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 4 days, 2 hours.

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

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Control	152	316–315	50.1	12	81
Mono Black Control	8	16–16	50.0	1	4
Esper Control	2	5–4	55.6	0	2
Mono Blue Control	1	2–2	50.0	0	1
Dimir Control	12	26–25	51.0	1	7
Azorius Control	12	15–27	35.7	0	5
Turbo Fog	2	1–3	25.0
Mill	2	2–7	22.2
Boros Control	1	1–3	25.0
Cloudpost Control	45	93–90	50.8	2	25
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1	0–1	0.0
Blackpost	3	1–10	9.1	0	1
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	9	14–17	45.2	0	4
Mono White Cloudpost Control	32	78–62	55.7	2	20
Grixis Control	1	0–4	0.0
Cruel Control	1	0–4	0.0
Stax	1	2–4	33.3
Dragon Control	1	0–2	0.0
Ponza	1	0–2	0.0
Mono White Control	1	2–2	50.0
Dynavolt Tower	1	0–2	0.0
Bant Control	1	2–2	50.0
Pox	2	4–5	44.4	0	1
Enchantments Control	1	2–3	40.0	0	1
Orzhov Control	51	133–102	56.6	7	34
Prison	5	9–8	52.9	1	1
Enchantress	5	9–8	52.9	1	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	70–90	43.8
Mono Black Aggro	6–3	66.7
Heroic	11–11	50.0
Azorius Heroic	4–5	44.4
Boros Heroic	7–6	53.8
Red Deck Wins	23–38	37.7
Tokens	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Tokens	1–3	25.0
Mono Green Stompy	8–7	53.3
Elves	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	0–2	0.0
Artifact Aggro	3–2	60.0
Affinity	3–2	60.0
Hardened Scales Affinity	1–1	50.0
Voltron	4–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	4–0	100.0
Knights	1–2	33.3
AggroSlide	9–21	30.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Rats	1–0	100.0
Combo	49–47	51.0
Storm	4–7	36.4
Dimir Tendrils	2–3	40.0
Citadel Storm	2–4	33.3
Necrotic Ooze Combo	8–11	42.1
Hypergenesis	13–7	65.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–8	20.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–8	20.0
Seismic Swans	3–2	60.0
Soulflayer	2–1	66.7
Reanim8 Rack	2–1	66.7
Oops All Lands	1–1	50.0
Dredge	4–0	100.0
Polymorph	6–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	3–6	33.3
Restore Balance	1–2	33.3
Actual Twin	2–2	50.0
Izzet Twin	2–2	50.0
Control	73–73	50.0
Mono Black Control	2–2	50.0
Esper Control	2–1	66.7
Dimir Control	7–14	33.3
Azorius Control	6–2	75.0
Mill	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	14–22	38.9
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	12–20	37.5
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–1	50.0
Pox	3–0	100.0
Enchantments Control	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Control	34–29	54.0
Aggro-Combo	29–45	39.2
Aristocrats	25–39	39.1
Mono Black Aristocrats	6–5	54.5
Golgari Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	16–34	32.0
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	4–6	40.0
Aggro-Control	11–10	52.4
Izzet Tempo	2–0	100.0
Ninjas	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Librarians	3–1	75.0
Dimir Tempo	4–9	30.8
Dimir Faeries	1–4	20.0
Dimir Librarians	2–3	40.0
Combo-Control	12–8	60.0
Battle of Wits	3–1	75.0
Solar Flare	7–7	50.0
Archfiend Alteration	2–0	100.0
Midrange	53–36	59.6
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	3–2	60.0
Blink	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Blink	1–2	33.3
Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	0–3	0.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	6–4	60.0
Angels	25–14	64.1
Mono White Angels	8–8	50.0
Azorius Angels	5–4	55.6
Orzhov Angels	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Nissa Company	7–8	46.7
Ramp	19–6	76.0
Rofellos Ramp	7–3	70.0
Cloudpost Ramp	1–0	100.0
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	2–0	100.0
Applejacks	5–1	83.3