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?

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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

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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 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
Aggro	50245	93862–84071–65	52.8	735	5760	2362
Artifact Aggro	6304	11742–10383	53.1	99	681	289
Affinity	3157	5776–5269	52.3	50	337	136
Hush-finity	46	93–76	55.0	1	4	1
Hardened Scales Affinity	282	510–460	52.6	4	32	11

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	1392–1420	49.5
Mono Black Aggro	21–22	48.8
Heroic	120–149	44.6
Mono White Heroic	81–110	42.4
Azorius Heroic	0–4	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	22–20	52.4
Boros Heroic	15–12	55.6
Selesnya Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	204–268	43.2
Mono Red Devotion	2–5	28.6
Prisoner	2–0	100.0
Proliferate Red	5–7	41.7
Goblins	25–33	43.1
Tokens	33–35	48.5
Selesnya Tokens	11–12	47.8
Mardu Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	12–12	50.0
Orzhov Tokens	1–3	25.0
Mono Green Stompy	53–44	54.6
White Weenie	109–121	47.4
Odric Keywords	0–4	0.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	13–13	50.0
Soldiers	21–18	53.8
Kithkin	3–0	100.0
Chroma White	0–1	0.0
Mono White Humans	5–4	55.6
Elves	87–115	43.1
Werewolves	5–1	83.3
Minotaurs	0–1	0.0
Warriors	0–3	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	24–11	68.6
Selesnya Counters	7–1	87.5
Rogues	12–7	63.2
Zombies	21–16	56.8
Gruul Aggro	36–19	65.5
Gruul Landfall	8–0	100.0
Merfolk	54–39	58.1
Mono Red Swarm	14–13	51.9
8 Whack	1–5	16.7
Artifact Aggro	295–292	50.3
Affinity	226–226	50.0
Hush-finity	7–3	70.0
Hardened Scales Affinity	22–24	47.8
Boros Vehicles	1–2	33.3
Salvage Titan	7–2	77.8
Tempered Steel	38–49	43.7
Mono Blue Architect	19–11	63.3
Mono Blue Aggro	2–4	33.3
Illusions	2–1	66.7
Madness	20–16	55.6
Gruul Madness	2–4	33.3
Golgari Madness	6–6	50.0
Rakdos Madness	10–5	66.7
Jund Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	41–37	52.6
Hexproof	26–16	61.9
Equipment Aggro	7–9	43.8
Hateful Auras	7–12	36.8
Slivers	6–5	54.5
Naya Zoo	6–2	75.0
Knights	14–20	41.2
AggroSlide	81–57	58.7
Cats	18–12	60.0
Mono White Cats	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	16–12	57.1
Rakdos Aggro	19–16	54.3
Boros Aggro	8–2	80.0
Humans	23–19	54.8
Selesnya Humans	5–3	62.5
Jeskai Humans	0–1	0.0
Boros Humans	6–4	60.0
Orzhov Humans	9–9	50.0
Shamans	5–2	71.4
Mono Red Eldrazi	0–1	0.0
Legends Aggro	10–17	37.0
Boros Legends Aggro	3–9	25.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	0–4	0.0
Bard Class	6–3	66.7
Permanent Vacation	3–3	50.0
Pirates	1–7	12.5
Rats	3–5	37.5
Combo	1047–920	53.2
Storm	206–165	55.5
Sultai Tendrils	2–1	66.7
Dimir Tendrils	67–56	54.5
Dragonstorm	15–5	75.0
Hazoret Storm	14–19	42.4
Simic Storm	6–4	60.0
Citadel Storm	12–9	57.1
High Tide	24–26	48.0
Grixis Tendrils	5–3	62.5
Stormpost	5–1	83.3
Mono Blue Post Desire	3–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	8–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	21–22	48.8
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Song Storm	2–2	50.0
Channel Storm	3–7	30.0
Reanimator	127–133	48.8
Recurring Nightmare	13–7	65.0
Dragon Nightmare	6–5	54.5
Jund Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Four Color Powerful Magic	1–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	33–44	42.9
Double Dragon	2–0	100.0
Starlit Graves	0–1	0.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	3–2	60.0
8 Goyf	0–1	0.0
Living Death	2–6	25.0
Grozoth	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	75–71	51.4
Rakdos Reanimator	12–9	57.1
Dimir Reanimator	7–4	63.6
Mono Black Reanimator	49–50	49.5
Grixis Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Oriss Genesis	14–7	66.7
Biovisionary	3–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	25–38	39.7
Dubious Challenge	2–0	100.0
Warp World	42–45	48.3
Temur Glimpse	8–10	44.4
Boros Glimpse	14–22	38.9
Actual Warp World	5–2	71.4
Four Color Glimpse	10–8	55.6
Zubera Tribal	1–1	50.0
Maniac Combo	5–9	35.7
Hypergenesis	31–40	43.7
Hyperwave	0–3	0.0
New Perspectives	1–1	50.0
Cat Wave	1–0	100.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1–0	100.0
Monumental Ignus	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	71–57	55.5
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	52–40	56.5
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	14–11	56.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	4–3	57.1
Myr Incubator	5–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	3–6	33.3
Fake-Twin	3–7	30.0
Murderous Mastery	1–3	25.0
Jeskai Fake-Twin	1–1	50.0
Naya Fake-Twin	1–2	33.3
Combo Post	2–8	20.0
Metalwork Colossus	13–14	48.1
Anvil Colossus	4–3	57.1
Upheaval Colossus	4–4	50.0
Seismic Swans	2–1	66.7
Eye of the Storm	1–0	100.0
Eggs	35–29	54.7
Turntimber Ranger	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	9–7	56.3
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	3–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	15–5	75.0
Retraction Helix Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	29–14	67.4
Quest for Ula's Temple	4–1	80.0
Izzet Ascension	47–30	61.0
Ominous Good	5–3	62.5
Jokulhaups Combo	12–5	70.6
Soulflayer	21–10	67.7
Reanim8 Rack	3–0	100.0
Breakfast	34–101	25.2
Cephalid Breakfast	2–2	50.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1–2	33.3
Grixis Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Hermit Gond	0–1	0.0
Oops All Spells	29–87	25.0
Neoform Hermit	1–6	14.3
Unctus	0–3	0.0
Oops All Lands	16–12	57.1
Dredge	67–50	57.3
Insidious Roots Dredge	12–4	75.0
Polymorph	7–2	77.8
Protean Hulk Combo	8–1	88.9
Dice Factory	22–9	71.0
Storm Herald	12–5	70.6
Enduring Ideal	16–12	57.1
Ad Nauseam	25–14	64.1
Ad Swanseam	6–4	60.0
GreenTwin	2–3	40.0
Tibalt's Trickery	0–1	0.0
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	7–2	77.8
Restore Balance	10–14	41.7
Gyruda	5–3	62.5
Stuffy Doll	1–1	50.0
Belcher	5–14	26.3
Endless Belch	0–1	0.0
Tameshi Bloom	1–3	25.0
Possibility Storm	3–4	42.9
Midnight Mass	1–7	12.5
Actual Twin	12–8	60.0
Izzet Twin	11–6	64.7
Boros Twin	0–2	0.0
Control	911–741	55.1
Mono Black Control	5–13	27.8
Esper Control	68–57	54.4
Demonic Rising	17–15	53.1
Paradox Haze Lock	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Control	13–8	61.9
Dimir Control	50–37	57.5
Dreadful Inspiration	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	155–197	44.0
Cawblade	20–32	38.5
Turbo Fog	16–8	66.7
Izzet Control	15–6	71.4
Mardu Control	16–5	76.2
Mill	50–7	87.7
Boros Control	4–10	28.6
Cloudpost Control	66–62	51.6
Azorius Cloudpost Control	16–11	59.3
Blackpost	7–2	77.8
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	24–12	66.7
Dimir Cloudpost Control	5–2	71.4
Izzet Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	2–3	40.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Mono White Cloudpost Control	2–22	8.3
Grixis Control	43–23	65.2
Cruel Control	21–12	63.6
Stax	39–29	57.4
Pollute the Planet	1–2	33.3
Birthday Stax	1–4	20.0
Chandra Nalaar	6–6	50.0
Stagnant Control	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	13–16	44.8
Jeskai Approach	2–5	28.6
Dragon Control	10–6	62.5
Izzet Dragons	4–3	57.1
Grixis Dragons	1–0	100.0
Dimir Dragons	1–0	100.0
Galleon Control	1–1	50.0
Runeflare	26–3	89.7
Ponza	55–35	61.1
Mono White Control	21–43	32.8
Life is Ez	5–23	17.9
Dynavolt Tower	4–1	80.0
Cycling Control	27–33	45.0
Astral Slide	22–32	40.7
Five Color Control	35–13	72.9
Five Color Collected Conjuring	11–4	73.3
Shrines	11–2	84.6
Last Stand Control	5–4	55.6
Sultai Control	12–3	80.0
Sultai Ultimatum	5–2	71.4
Guildgate Control	5–3	62.5
Bant Control	10–7	58.8
Temur Reclamation	1–1	50.0
Pox	56–31	64.4
Enchantments Control	6–11	35.3
Four Color Counter Ghazi	16–9	64.0
Seasons Past Control	9–3	75.0
Orzhov Control	15–20	42.9
Prison	13–15	46.4
Enchantress	11–11	50.0
Aggro-Combo	371–430	46.3
Aristocrats	93–105	47.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	17–13	56.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	21–25	45.7
Golgari Aristocrats	9–7	56.3
Abzan Aristocrats	4–3	57.1
Mardu Aristocrats	1–4	20.0
Food	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	31–47	39.7
Boros Bombardment	2–3	40.0
Burn	47–51	48.0
Necro Burn	1–1	50.0
Infect	43–46	48.3
Simic Infect	13–20	39.4
Blazing Shoal Infect	18–16	52.9
Golgari Infect	0–2	0.0
Pummeler	3–3	50.0
Hermit Humans	3–2	60.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	49–94	34.3
Izzet Dreadnought	6–16	27.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	32–70	31.4
Izzet Blitzkrieg	22–32	40.7
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	4–3	57.1
Hushnought	34–27	55.7
Liquimetal Fishing	8–10	44.4
Combo Goblins	55–54	50.5
Goblin Persist	52–51	50.5
Dirty Kitty	2–3	40.0
Dwarf Combo	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	388–321	54.7
Simic Flash	8–1	88.9
Simic Vat	5–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	113–96	54.1
Azorius Skies	12–16	42.9
Blue Madness	17–9	65.4
Simic Madness	11–8	57.9
Temur Madness	3–0	100.0
Grixis Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	7–7	50.0
Wizards	21–12	63.6
Tetsukotog	1–0	100.0
12 Pest	2–1	66.7
Ninjas	21–16	56.8
Mono Blue Tempo	73–74	49.7
Mono Blue Faeries	5–2	71.4
Mono Blue Librarians	6–16	27.3
Izzet Spells	32–35	47.8
Dimir Tempo	41–22	65.1
Dimir Faeries	6–3	66.7
Dimir Librarians	1–2	33.3
Ensoul Aggro-Control	9–7	56.3
Azorius Tempo	4–3	57.1
Combo-Control	351–296	54.3
Curses	13–10	56.5
Burning Vengeance	0–1	0.0
Cruel Combo-Control	0–5	0.0
Battle of Wits	36–14	72.0
Shared Fate	1–2	33.3
Sunforger	4–3	57.1
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	73–51	58.9
Dragoncrank	6–10	37.5
Displace Loop	2–2	50.0
Peregrine Drake	2–1	66.7
Hedron Alignment	5–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	2–2	50.0
Lich's Mastery	6–1	85.7
Hive Mind	16–8	66.7
Zur's Weirding	26–19	57.8
Solar Flare	13–7	65.0
Plasma Swans	21–25	45.7
Liliana's Contract	2–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	104–112	48.1
Wildfire	42–39	51.9
Thryx-Wildfire	5–4	55.6
Borderpost Wildfire	21–22	48.8
Jokulhaups Control	62–73	45.9
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	27–27	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	7–10	41.2
Temur Jokulhaups Control	9–11	45.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	4–7	36.4
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	4–4	50.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	4–7	36.4
Thopter-Sword	4–8	33.3
Azorius Thopter-Sword	1–1	50.0
Dimir Thopter-Sword	2–4	33.3
Esper Thopter-Sword	0–2	0.0
Archfiend Alteration	1–3	25.0
Resurgent Belief	2–2	50.0
Greasefang	11–15	42.3
Esper Greasefang	4–4	50.0
Orzhov Greasefang	5–11	31.3
Coveted Falcon Combo	0–4	0.0
Midrange	1023–911	52.9
Temur Ascendancy	5–14	26.3
Prophet Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	37–43	46.3
Golgari Citadel	3–1	75.0
Angels and Taxes	1–0	100.0
Grenzo	3–4	42.9
Abzan Midrange	36–29	55.4
Selesnya Midrange	7–7	50.0
Selesnya Value Town	0–2	0.0
Jund	37–19	66.1
Blink	82–120	40.6
Wave Blink	7–30	18.9
Cloudpost Wave Blink	2–0	100.0
Esper Wave	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	4–19	17.4
Orzhov Wave	1–6	14.3
Abzan Wave	0–4	0.0
Orzhov Blink	16–31	34.0
Anti-Persecution	5–1	83.3
Graveyard Value	45–37	54.9
Séance	8–14	36.4
Dimir Graves	1–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	8–12	40.0
Enchantments Matter	6–8	42.9
Orzhov Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Constellation	0–1	0.0
Allies	33–28	54.1
Orzhov Allies	2–4	33.3
Mardu Allies	7–6	53.8
Boros Allies	3–3	50.0
Mono White Allies	0–3	0.0
Esper Allies	11–3	78.6
Azorius Allies	4–0	100.0
Treefolk	2–3	40.0
-1/-1 Counters	2–2	50.0
Fake-Rack	33–16	67.3
Mardu Midrange	48–38	55.8
Leave // Chance Midrange	0–1	0.0
Yisan-Prophet	1–1	50.0
White Jund	0–1	0.0
Vampires	20–25	44.4
Mono Black Vampires	9–17	34.6
Rakdos Vampires	6–5	54.5
Orzhov Vampires	2–1	66.7
Legends Midrange	6–9	40.0
Boros Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Legends	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Legends	3–5	37.5
Elementals	6–1	85.7
Rakdos Midrange	74–52	58.7
Naya Midrange	4–1	80.0
Card Advantage White	1–0	100.0
Big Red	29–13	69.0
Mono Black Midrange	94–93	50.3
Necro Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	40–38	51.3
Davriel Braids	1–2	33.3
Heart of Darkness	10–15	40.0
Hellion Whip	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	33–25	56.9
Dimir Vat	1–0	100.0
Temur Energy	1–1	50.0
Angels	8–13	38.1
Mono White Angels	0–4	0.0
Azorius Angels	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Angels	8–8	50.0
Toughness Matters	14–6	70.0
Lifegain Midrange	21–34	38.2
Martyr's Grace	10–9	52.6
Adventures	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	19–25	43.2
Sultai Emerge	3–7	30.0
Sultai Energy	1–0	100.0
Fight Rigging	1–6	14.3
Orzhov Midrange	68–65	51.1
Orzhov Capenna	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Midrange	6–7	46.2
Prophet Glare	0–2	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	20–10	66.7
Zur the Enchanter	0–1	0.0
Ordealbreak	6–2	75.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	4–2	66.7
Mythic Colossification	1–3	25.0
Neoform	7–7	50.0
Temur Neoform	1–1	50.0
Sultai Neoform	4–4	50.0
Simic Neoform	2–0	100.0
Party	8–3	72.7
Fires of Invention	22–14	61.1
Hero of Precinct One	38–33	53.5
Abzan Hero	1–1	50.0
Mardu Hero	7–4	63.6
Orzhov Hero	6–2	75.0
Five Color Hero	8–14	36.4
Naya Hero	7–6	53.8
Boros Hero	1–0	100.0
Gruul Obosh	1–0	100.0
Clerics	7–13	35.0
Simic Snow	2–7	22.2
Artifact Midrange	26–18	59.1
Coinflips	2–2	50.0
Death Cloud	11–10	52.4
Nissa Company	1–1	50.0
Illness in the Ranks	0–2	0.0
Game Objects	6–5	54.5
Laelia Cascade	1–0	100.0
Ramp	292–230	55.9
Villainous Wealth	9–1	90.0
Rofellos Ramp	38–39	49.4
Wild Pair	3–2	60.0
Channel-Rofellos	2–4	33.3
Cloudpost Ramp	158–128	55.2
Eldrazipost	2–0	100.0
Locus Awakening	2–2	50.0
Golgari Post	3–5	37.5
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	4–12	25.0
Greenpost	115–91	55.8
Gruul Post	11–5	68.8
Simic Post	10–7	58.8
Domain	2–2	50.0
Selvala Tokens	0–1	0.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	15–5	75.0
Historic Bloom	6–2	75.0
Reclamation at Wake	0–2	0.0
Defenders	2–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	7–5	58.3
Jund Carth	1–1	50.0
Applejacks	4–4	50.0
Field Ramp	14–16	46.7
Unclassified	1–0	100.0