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.

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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, 1 hour.

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-Combo	180	357–300	54.3	7	39	7
Aristocrats	143	299–227	56.8	6	33	6
Mono Black Aristocrats	14	19–20	48.7	0	5
Orzhov Aristocrats	6	6–12	33.3
Golgari Aristocrats	13	25–27	48.1
Abzan Aristocrats	1	1–2	33.3
Food	1	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	103	240–157	60.5	6	28	6
Boros Bombardment	1	0–3	0.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	51–61	45.5
Mono Black Aggro	3–2	60.0
Heroic	3–2	60.0
Boros Heroic	3–2	60.0
Red Deck Wins	19–35	35.2
Tokens	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono Green Stompy	0–2	0.0
White Weenie	3–1	75.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–1	50.0
Elves	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Rogues	0–2	0.0
Artifact Aggro	9–8	52.9
Affinity	7–7	50.0
Hardened Scales Affinity	6–7	46.2
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–1	50.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Knights	3–2	60.0
AggroSlide	3–5	37.5
Humans	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	55–39	58.5
Storm	12–7	63.2
Dimir Tendrils	3–1	75.0
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	6–6	50.0
Stormpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Post Desire	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	7–2	77.8
Hypergenesis	9–11	45.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	2–0	100.0
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	3–0	100.0
Reanim8 Rack	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	3–1	75.0
Polymorph	3–4	42.9
Enduring Ideal	1–4	20.0
Restore Balance	1–1	50.0
Gyruda	1–0	100.0
Belcher	1–2	33.3
Phoenix Altar	1–1	50.0
Actual Twin	5–5	50.0
Izzet Twin	5–3	62.5
Boros Twin	0–2	0.0
Control	85–50	63.0
Mono Black Control	3–6	33.3
Esper Control	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	2–0	100.0
Dimir Control	6–6	50.0
Azorius Control	11–2	84.6
Mill	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	3–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	26–15	63.4
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	10–3	76.9
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	14–12	53.8
Stax	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	2–1	66.7
Seasons Past Control	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	16–19	45.7
Prison	3–1	75.0
Enchantress	3–1	75.0
Aggro-Combo	15–16	48.4
Aristocrats	13–13	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Aristocrats	10–8	55.6
Burn	2–2	50.0
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	13–7	65.0
Izzet Tempo	0–1	0.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–2	60.0
Mono Blue Librarians	3–1	75.0
Dimir Tempo	7–3	70.0
Dimir Faeries	2–0	100.0
Dimir Librarians	4–2	66.7
Azorius Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	14–6	70.0
Battle of Wits	1–2	33.3
Solar Flare	11–4	73.3
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Greasefang	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Greasefang	1–0	100.0
Midrange	45–31	59.2
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jund	3–0	100.0
Blink	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Blink	0–1	0.0
Anti-Persecution	2–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	2–1	66.7
Allies	1–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–2	33.3
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	5–5	50.0
Angels	7–10	41.2
Mono White Angels	2–7	22.2
Azorius Angels	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Angels	0–1	0.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	6–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	4–1	80.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–1	50.0
Fires of Invention	0–2	0.0
Artifact Midrange	3–2	60.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Nissa Company	2–2	50.0
Game Objects	0–1	0.0
Ramp	21–17	55.3
Rofellos Ramp	6–5	54.5
Cloudpost Ramp	2–4	33.3
Eldrazipost	0–1	0.0
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	0–3	0.0
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	3–2	60.0
Applejacks	4–3	57.1