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.

Current League

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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 12 weeks, 5 days.

The Season Kick Off is on Nov 30th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	37323	62418–63648–18	49.5	430	2790	1688
Storm	8095	13165–14133–4	48.2	94	477	394
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	194	133–449	22.9			1

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	16–99	13.9
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	2–10	16.7
Mono White Heroic	0–5	0.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–2	33.3
Boros Heroic	0–3	0.0
Red Deck Wins	2–16	11.1
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–3	25.0
White Weenie	2–5	28.6
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Mono White Humans	0–2	0.0
Elves	0–8	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–4	0.0
Selesnya Counters	0–1	0.0
Rogues	0–2	0.0
Zombies	0–5	0.0
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–2	33.3
8 Whack	1–2	33.3
Artifact Aggro	0–12	0.0
Affinity	0–8	0.0
Hardened Scales Affinity	0–1	0.0
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	0–2	0.0
Madness	0–5	0.0
Rakdos Madness	0–5	0.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Slivers	0–1	0.0
Naya Zoo	3–1	75.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	0–5	0.0
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–1	50.0
Humans	0–5	0.0
Jeskai Humans	0–1	0.0
Boros Humans	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Humans	0–2	0.0
Shamans	0–1	0.0
Combo	27–88	23.5
Storm	4–15	21.1
Dimir Tendrils	0–5	0.0
Dragonstorm	1–4	20.0
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Simic Storm	1–1	50.0
Citadel Storm	0–2	0.0
High Tide	1–1	50.0
Song Storm	0–1	0.0
Channel Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	1–17	5.6
Worldgorger Dragon	0–3	0.0
Living Death	0–2	0.0
Excruciator Combo	0–2	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–12	7.7
Rakdos Reanimator	0–3	0.0
Dimir Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–8	11.1
Oriss Genesis	2–1	66.7
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–8	0.0
Warp World	1–1	50.0
Actual Warp World	1–0	100.0
Four Color Glimpse	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	0–3	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–7	12.5
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–5	16.7
Metalwork Colossus	2–1	66.7
Upheaval Colossus	1–1	50.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Eggs	1–5	16.7
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Ominous Good	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Combo	2–0	100.0
Soulflayer	3–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–10	9.1
Oops All Spells	1–6	14.3
Neoform Hermit	0–4	0.0
Oops All Lands	1–1	50.0
Dredge	2–3	40.0
Polymorph	1–2	33.3
Dice Factory	0–3	0.0
Enduring Ideal	0–4	0.0
Ad Nauseam	1–1	50.0
Chain of Acid	1–1	50.0
Calibrated Blast	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Possibility Storm	0–1	0.0
Control	27–58	31.8
Esper Control	2–6	25.0
Dimir Control	4–2	66.7
Azorius Control	4–12	25.0
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	0–2	0.0
Cloudpost Control	5–15	25.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–6	14.3
Blackpost	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	3–5	37.5
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Grixis Control	1–6	14.3
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	1–1	50.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–1	50.0
Sultai Ultimatum	1–1	50.0
Guildgate Control	1–1	50.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Control	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Combo	10–33	23.3
Aristocrats	2–4	33.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	0–2	0.0
Infect	1–5	16.7
Simic Infect	0–2	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–3	25.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–7	22.2
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–6	14.3
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–3	0.0
Hushnought	3–4	42.9
Liquimetal Fishing	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	1–6	14.3
Goblin Persist	1–2	33.3
Dirty Kitty	0–4	0.0
Aggro-Control	8–41	16.3
Izzet Tempo	3–19	13.6
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Wizards	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–6	25.0
Mono Blue Librarians	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	0–3	0.0
Dimir Tempo	0–8	0.0
Sultai Tempo	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	5–21	19.2
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	1–2	33.3
Mindcrank	0–3	0.0
Zur's Weirding	0–3	0.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–10	16.7
Wildfire	2–3	40.0
Thryx-Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–2	33.3
Jokulhaups Control	0–7	0.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–3	0.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Thopter-Sword	0–1	0.0
Azorius Thopter-Sword	0–1	0.0
Greasefang	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Greasefang	0–2	0.0
Midrange	31–93	25.0
The Rock	0–4	0.0
Grenzo	0–2	0.0
Abzan Midrange	3–4	42.9
Selesnya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Blink	1–7	12.5
Wave Blink	0–2	0.0
Esper Wave	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Wave	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Blink	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	2–2	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	2–2	50.0
Mardu Midrange	0–2	0.0
Vampires	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	2–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	0–3	0.0
Selesnya Legends	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–4	42.9
Big Red	2–3	40.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–15	6.3
Mono Black Devotion	1–11	8.3
Hellion Whip	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	2–7	22.2
Angels	0–1	0.0
Mono White Angels	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–3	0.0
Martyr's Grace	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	0–4	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–2	33.3
Heartless Summoning Stompy	0–2	0.0
Zur the Enchanter	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	0–2	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–2	0.0
Neoform	0–1	0.0
Sultai Neoform	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	1–3	25.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–6	14.3
Abzan Hero	0–1	0.0
Mardu Hero	1–1	50.0
Esper Hero	0–2	0.0
Clerics	1–2	33.3
Simic Snow	2–3	40.0
Artifact Midrange	0–1	0.0
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	9–16	36.0
Rofellos Ramp	0–2	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	5–11	31.3
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	2–9	18.2
Gruul Post	1–1	50.0
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Domain	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	0–1	0.0
Field Ramp	1–1	50.0