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 1 week.

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

Boros Hero

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	41489	68106–73112–34	48.2	351	3078	1592
Hero of Precinct One	1359	2373–2345–1	50.3	9	93	57
Boros Hero	52	86–95	47.5

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	17–20	45.9
Red Deck Wins	4–3	57.1
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	1–1	50.0
Elves	1–3	25.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Merfolk	0–2	0.0
Artifact Aggro	2–2	50.0
Affinity	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	2–1	66.7
Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	1–2	33.3
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	1–1	50.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	2–1	66.7
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	16–21	43.2
Storm	4–4	50.0
Hazoret Storm	1–1	50.0
Izzet Storm	3–3	50.0
Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Warp World	1–1	50.0
Temur Glimpse	0–1	0.0
Four Color Glimpse	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Myr Incubator	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–2	0.0
Anvil Colossus	0–2	0.0
Soulflayer	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	2–3	40.0
Oops All Spells	2–3	40.0
Dredge	1–1	50.0
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Storm Herald	1–1	50.0
Ad Nauseam	0–1	0.0
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	0–2	0.0
Gyruda	1–0	100.0
Tameshi Bloom	0–1	0.0
Midnight Mass	0–1	0.0
Control	11–9	55.0
Esper Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	6–5	54.5
Cawblade	2–1	66.7
Mill	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Pox	0–1	0.0
Prison	0–1	0.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	7–4	63.6
Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Burn	2–0	100.0
Infect	1–1	50.0
Simic Infect	1–1	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–3	25.0
Aggro-Control	6–7	46.2
Izzet Tempo	4–1	80.0
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	1–1	50.0
Simic Madness	1–1	50.0
Ninjas	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	0–2	0.0
Dimir Tempo	0–1	0.0
Dimir Faeries	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	8–9	47.1
Curses	1–2	33.3
Battle of Wits	2–0	100.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	1–2	33.3
Mass Land Destruction	2–3	40.0
Jokulhaups Control	2–3	40.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–3	25.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	0–1	0.0
Greasefang	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Greasefang	0–1	0.0
Midrange	18–25	41.9
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Blink	3–7	30.0
Wave Blink	1–2	33.3
Azorius Wave	0–2	0.0
Bant Wave	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Blink	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	0–2	0.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–1	75.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–1	0.0
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–2	0.0
Martyr's Grace	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–1	66.7
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Party	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	2–1	66.7
Hero of Precinct One	2–2	50.0
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Esper Hero	0–2	0.0
Five Color Hero	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	0–2	0.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Illness in the Ranks	1–1	50.0
Ramp	3–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	1–0	100.0
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Field Ramp	2–0	100.0