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 2 days, 19 hours.

Congratulations to thewatchwander, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 34)

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	853	1563–1311	54.4	12	87	58
Heroic	69	136–101	57.4	2	11	5
Mono White Heroic	1	3–1	75.0
Azorius Heroic	21	30–36	45.5	1	6
Boros Heroic	42	97–50	66.0	1	5	5
Selesnya Heroic	1	2–3	40.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	36–17	67.9
Mono Black Aggro	2–1	66.7
Heroic	2–2	50.0
Boros Heroic	2–2	50.0
Red Deck Wins	12–5	70.6
Tokens	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Tokens	1–2	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	2–0	100.0
Elves	1–1	50.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	3–1	75.0
Artifact Aggro	3–1	75.0
Affinity	3–1	75.0
Hardened Scales Affinity	2–1	66.7
Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	2–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	2–0	100.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	3–1	75.0
Combo	19–25	43.2
Storm	3–4	42.9
Dimir Tendrils	2–1	66.7
Citadel Storm	1–3	25.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–2	50.0
Dubious Challenge	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	1–5	16.7
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Oops All Lands	1–1	50.0
Polymorph	2–0	100.0
Storm Herald	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	5–1	83.3
Ad Nauseam	2–2	50.0
Calibrated Blast	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Actual Twin	2–2	50.0
Izzet Twin	2–2	50.0
Control	23–23	50.0
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	3–1	75.0
Azorius Control	0–4	0.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Mill	2–0	100.0
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	5–5	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	4–4	50.0
Stax	4–1	80.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	6–10	37.5
Aggro-Combo	4–3	57.1
Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Burn	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	6–11	35.3
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Librarians	1–2	33.3
Izzet Spells	0–2	0.0
Dimir Tempo	3–6	33.3
Dimir Faeries	0–1	0.0
Dimir Librarians	0–4	0.0
Combo-Control	5–3	62.5
Solar Flare	2–2	50.0
Archfiend Alteration	2–0	100.0
Greasefang	1–1	50.0
Esper Greasefang	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Greasefang	0–1	0.0
Midrange	29–15	65.9
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	2–1	66.7
Jund	0–1	0.0
Blink	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Blink	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–1	66.7
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Angels	11–6	64.7
Mono White Angels	8–4	66.7
Azorius Angels	1–1	50.0
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	2–1	66.7
Fight Rigging	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	2–0	100.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Nissa Company	3–0	100.0
Game Objects	0–1	0.0
Ramp	14–4	77.8
Rofellos Ramp	5–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–2	50.0
Eldrazipost	1–1	50.0
Golgari Post	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–2	33.3
Applejacks	1–0	100.0