Penny Dreadful. The ultra-budget, thousands-of-cards Magic Online brewer's paradise with powerful cards, six free weekly tournaments, free 24/7 league, prizes, quarterly rotations, and a super friendly community.

How do I get started with Magic Online?

Check out the guide to Magic Online.
Which cards are legal?

Card legality is set quarterly based on which cards are 2¢ or less at that time.
The best way to search legal cards is with Scryfall.

You can view the full legal cards list.
How do I find or brew a decklist?

Minimum 60 cards. Any number of basic lands. Max four of any other legal card. Sideboard of up to fifteen cards.

The best way to build decks is to use a search engine that supports Penny Dreadful legality (f:pd) like Scryfall.

Browse Decklists from tournaments, leagues and elsewhere

View the full legal cards list
How do I get a game and find other Penny Dreadful players?

To get a match in Magic Online go to Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice on Magic Online and create a Freeform game with "Penny Dreadful" in the comments.

To find the Penny Dreadful community join the Discord.
How do I enter the league?

Leagues last for roughly a month. You may enter any number of times but only one deck at a time.

You play five matches per run. You can join the league at any time.

To find a game sign up and then create a game in Constructed, Specialty, Freeform Tournament Practice with "Penny Dreadful League" as the comment.

Top 8 finishers on each month's league leaderboard win credit with Cardhoarder.

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How do I enter a tournament?

We have six free-to-enter weekly tournaments with prizes from Cardhoarder.

They are hosted on Gatherling along with a lot of other player-run Magic Online events.

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What happens if a card goes above 2¢? How does rotation work? When is the next rotation? How long are cards legal for?

Legality is determined a week after the release of a Standard-legal set on Magic Online.

Prices are checked every hour for a week. Anything 2¢ or less for half or more of all checks is legal for the season.

Any version of a card on the legal cards list is legal.

The next rotation is in 1 week.

The Penny Dreadful 500 is on Nov 16th with free entry and $500 in prizes!

Azorius Heroic

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro	11903	24241–23187–65	51.1	734	5741
Heroic	996	2101–1867–25	52.9	73	502
Azorius Heroic	56	106–112	48.6	1	22

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	31–32	49.2
Mono Black Aggro	1–2	33.3
Heroic	7–3	70.0
Mono White Heroic	6–2	75.0
Azorius Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	9–9	50.0
Proliferate Red	1–0	100.0
Goblins	0–3	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–0	100.0
White Weenie	2–6	25.0
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Elves	1–2	33.3
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	0–3	0.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	1–0	100.0
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	2–2	50.0
Humans	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Humans	0–1	0.0
Combo	16–11	59.3
Storm	4–4	50.0
Dimir Tendrils	2–1	66.7
High Tide	1–1	50.0
Channel Storm	1–2	33.3
Reanimator	3–2	60.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Dimir Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	2–1	66.7
Hyperwave	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	2–1	66.7
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Control	17–26	39.5
Mono Black Control	0–3	0.0
Esper Control	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Control	2–3	40.0
Dimir Control	5–3	62.5
Azorius Control	0–3	0.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Cruel Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	2–1	66.7
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	1–1	50.0
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	1–2	33.3
Prison	0–1	0.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	5–7	41.7
Aristocrats	2–4	33.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	2–1	66.7
Infect	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	1–1	50.0
Dirty Kitty	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	8–8	50.0
Izzet Tempo	3–1	75.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–1	50.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Faeries	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Librarians	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	2–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	0–2	0.0
Dimir Librarians	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	5–3	62.5
Burning Vengeance	0–1	0.0
Cruel Combo-Control	2–0	100.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Greasefang	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Greasefang	0–1	0.0
Midrange	19–21	47.5
Temur Ascendancy	3–1	75.0
Prophet Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	1–2	33.3
Dimir Graves	0–1	0.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Selvala Morningstar	0–1	0.0
Elementals	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–3	40.0
Mono Black Devotion	0–2	0.0
Hellion Whip	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	0–3	0.0
Angels	2–2	50.0
Mono White Angels	1–2	33.3
Lifegain Midrange	0–2	0.0
Martyr's Grace	0–2	0.0
Sultai Midrange	2–1	66.7
Sultai Emerge	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Nissa Company	3–0	100.0
Illness in the Ranks	1–0	100.0
Ramp	5–4	55.6
Cloudpost Ramp	0–3	0.0
Eldrazipost	0–2	0.0
Greenpost	0–1	0.0
Devoid Cruelty	1–1	50.0