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!

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Combo	5725	12045–11104–18	52.0	428	2776
Warp World	171	358–320	52.8	16	104
Boros Glimpse	126	289–229	55.8	13	82

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	90–73	55.2
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	0–3	0.0
Boros Heroic	0–3	0.0
Red Deck Wins	18–11	62.1
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	25–32	43.9
Soldiers	21–27	43.8
Mono White Humans	4–4	50.0
Elves	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–1	66.7
Artifact Aggro	10–8	55.6
Affinity	7–8	46.7
Hardened Scales Affinity	7–8	46.7
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	2–0	100.0
Voltron	3–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	2–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	8–3	72.7
Humans	9–10	47.4
Boros Humans	5–8	38.5
Orzhov Humans	3–2	60.0
Legends Aggro	4–2	66.7
Boros Legends Aggro	2–2	50.0
Bard Class	2–0	100.0
Permanent Vacation	2–0	100.0
Pirates	5–2	71.4
Combo	59–64	48.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–2	50.0
Warp World	24–21	53.3
Temur Glimpse	5–2	71.4
Boros Glimpse	19–19	50.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	3–1	75.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–3	25.0
Oops All Spells	1–3	25.0
Oops All Lands	2–0	100.0
Dredge	3–1	75.0
Insidious Roots Dredge	3–1	75.0
Intruder Alarm	3–2	60.0
Restore Balance	0–2	0.0
Gyruda	1–0	100.0
Belcher	1–0	100.0
Midnight Mass	1–0	100.0
Phoenix Altar	4–11	26.7
Actual Twin	10–21	32.3
Izzet Twin	8–20	28.6
Boros Twin	2–1	66.7
Control	29–20	59.2
Dimir Control	3–1	75.0
Azorius Control	8–18	30.8
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	5–1	83.3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	5–0	100.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Prison	5–0	100.0
Enchantress	5–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	11–14	44.0
Aristocrats	10–14	41.7
Rakdos Aristocrats	10–14	41.7
Infect	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Infect	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	11–18	37.9
Izzet Tempo	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–5	28.6
Mono Blue Librarians	1–4	20.0
Izzet Spells	2–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Dimir Librarians	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	4–13	23.5
Combo-Control	14–11	56.0
Battle of Wits	2–2	50.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–0	100.0
Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Greasefang	8–5	61.5
Esper Greasefang	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Greasefang	6–5	54.5
Coveted Falcon Combo	2–2	50.0
Midrange	62–25	71.3
The Rock	3–1	75.0
Grenzo	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	3–0	100.0
Blink	16–5	76.2
Orzhov Blink	14–5	73.7
Mardu Midrange	2–0	100.0
White Jund	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Legends	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–1	66.7
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Angels	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Angels	2–1	66.7
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Fight Rigging	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–1	75.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	15–5	75.0
Ordealbreak	0–1	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	3–3	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	0–1	0.0
Clerics	0–2	0.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	3–0	100.0
Nissa Company	1–0	100.0
Ramp	13–4	76.5
Cloudpost Ramp	5–1	83.3
Greenpost	2–0	100.0
Gruul Post	2–1	66.7
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	0–1	0.0
Applejacks	3–1	75.0
Field Ramp	5–1	83.3