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
Combo-Control	188	289–304	48.7	1	10	10
Curses	3	4–5	44.4
Battle of Wits	17	24–41	36.9	0	2
Sunforger	3	0–3	0.0
Pickles	1	0–1	0.0
Yosei Vat	1	2–1	66.7
Lich's Mastery	1	1–2	33.3
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	87	148–140	51.4	1	6	6
Liliana's Contract	1	2–2	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	4	1–12	7.7
Wildfire	4	1–12	7.7
Borderpost Wildfire	1	0–1	0.0
Archfiend Alteration	36	74–49	60.2	0	1	3
Resurgent Belief	6	5–9	35.7
Greasefang	12	19–15	55.9	0	1	1
Esper Greasefang	1	4–1	80.0
Orzhov Greasefang	8	11–10	52.4	0	1	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	46–81	36.2
Mono Black Aggro	2–1	66.7
Heroic	3–5	37.5
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Azorius Heroic	1–2	33.3
Boros Heroic	1–3	25.0
Red Deck Wins	10–36	21.7
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono Green Stompy	3–2	60.0
White Weenie	3–1	75.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	3–1	75.0
Elves	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Rogues	0–5	0.0
Gruul Aggro	4–2	66.7
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	7–15	31.8
Affinity	7–13	35.0
Hardened Scales Affinity	6–11	35.3
Salvage Titan	0–2	0.0
Madness	0–1	0.0
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	1–2	33.3
Equipment Aggro	1–2	33.3
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	0–4	0.0
AggroSlide	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	3–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Humans	1–0	100.0
Rats	1–1	50.0
Combo	68–48	58.6
Storm	13–5	72.2
Dimir Tendrils	4–2	66.7
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	8–3	72.7
Necrotic Ooze Combo	5–6	45.5
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Four Color Glimpse	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	14–5	73.7
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	2–1	66.7
Reanim8 Rack	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Unctus	0–1	0.0
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	5–2	71.4
Enduring Ideal	2–8	20.0
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	2–2	50.0
Gyruda	0–1	0.0
Belcher	4–2	66.7
Possibility Storm	0–1	0.0
Actual Twin	4–10	28.6
Izzet Twin	3–9	25.0
Boros Twin	1–1	50.0
Control	53–65	44.9
Mono Black Control	1–4	20.0
Esper Control	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	5–7	41.7
Azorius Control	7–5	58.3
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	16–18	47.1
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	6–9	40.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	7–9	43.8
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	1–5	16.7
Jeskai Control	3–1	75.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	2–0	100.0
Pox	0–4	0.0
Seasons Past Control	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Control	7–14	33.3
Prison	1–1	50.0
Enchantress	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	7–16	30.4
Aristocrats	6–14	30.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	5–11	31.3
Burn	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Control	11–16	40.7
Izzet Tempo	1–1	50.0
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Tempo	0–7	0.0
Mono Blue Librarians	0–6	0.0
Izzet Spells	4–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	2–5	28.6
Dimir Faeries	0–1	0.0
Dimir Librarians	1–1	50.0
Azorius Tempo	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	14–14	50.0
Battle of Wits	1–2	33.3
Solar Flare	8–7	53.3
Liliana's Contract	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–0	100.0
Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Archfiend Alteration	2–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	0–1	0.0
Greasefang	0–3	0.0
Esper Greasefang	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Greasefang	0–1	0.0
Midrange	63–47	57.3
The Rock	1–2	33.3
Abzan Midrange	2–3	40.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	2–1	66.7
Blink	2–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–2	33.3
Séance	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Big Red	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	4–4	50.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Angels	14–14	50.0
Mono White Angels	9–9	50.0
Azorius Angels	4–4	50.0
Toughness Matters	1–2	33.3
Lifegain Midrange	8–3	72.7
Sultai Midrange	2–3	40.0
Fight Rigging	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Midrange	1–3	25.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	2–2	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	4–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	4–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	2–1	66.7
Death Cloud	2–2	50.0
Nissa Company	0–1	0.0
Game Objects	2–0	100.0
Ramp	27–17	61.4
Rofellos Ramp	8–7	53.3
Cloudpost Ramp	4–3	57.1
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	3–3	50.0
Carth Superfriends	2–2	50.0
Applejacks	3–0	100.0