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, 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	5–0s
Aggro	49580	92685–82990–65	52.8	724	5666	2335
White Weenie	4364	8252–7111–2	53.7	67	523	213
Chroma White	103	210–186	53.0	0	4	2

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	57–53	51.8
Mono Black Aggro	4–1	80.0
Heroic	3–3	50.0
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Azorius Heroic	3–2	60.0
Red Deck Wins	8–8	50.0
Goblins	3–3	50.0
Tokens	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	6–6	50.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Chroma White	3–3	50.0
Elves	0–2	0.0
Zombies	2–1	66.7
Gruul Aggro	1–2	33.3
Merfolk	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	15–17	46.9
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	14–17	45.2
Devoid Aggro	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	2–1	66.7
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	0–1	0.0
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	1–4	20.0
Equipment Aggro	0–4	0.0
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Hellbent	1–0	100.0
Combo	37–32	53.6
Storm	6–1	85.7
Dimir Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	2–0	100.0
High Tide	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	2–3	40.0
Recurring Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	4–11	26.7
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	2–1	66.7
New Perspectives	3–4	42.9
Metalwork Colossus	8–2	80.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	3–6	33.3
Cephalid Breakfast	2–5	28.6
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1–5	16.7
Grixis Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	1–1	50.0
Oops All Lands	0–1	0.0
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Belcher	0–2	0.0
Possibility Storm	1–0	100.0
Control	36–38	48.6
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	4–4	50.0
Demonic Rising	1–3	25.0
Paradox Haze Lock	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	5–2	71.4
Azorius Control	0–3	0.0
Turbo Fog	0–2	0.0
Mardu Control	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–2	50.0
Stax	5–1	83.3
Jeskai Control	0–2	0.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Galleon Control	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	4–3	57.1
Mono White Control	0–2	0.0
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–2	33.3
Astral Slide	1–2	33.3
Sultai Control	5–6	45.5
Pox	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Prison	0–2	0.0
Enchantress	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Combo	9–9	50.0
Aristocrats	8–4	66.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	4–4	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Infect	1–2	33.3
Simic Infect	0–2	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	12–5	70.6
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	3–3	50.0
Azorius Skies	2–1	66.7
Blue Madness	2–1	66.7
Simic Madness	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tempo	3–0	100.0
Dimir Faeries	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	11–9	55.0
Curses	6–0	100.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Yosei Vat	0–1	0.0
Lich's Mastery	1–1	50.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Liliana's Contract	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–6	14.3
Wildfire	0–3	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	1–3	25.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Midrange	43–36	54.4
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	4–1	80.0
Blink	4–7	36.4
Wave Blink	0–4	0.0
Azorius Wave	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Wave	0–1	0.0
Bant Wave	0–1	0.0
Acid Trip	1–2	33.3
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	6–0	100.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	2–0	100.0
Treefolk	1–3	25.0
-1/-1 Counters	2–1	66.7
Mardu Midrange	2–0	100.0
White Jund	1–2	33.3
Vampires	2–3	40.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–3	0.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	3–2	60.0
Boros Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mardu Legends	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–4	33.3
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–1	66.7
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Fires of Invention	0–2	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	0–1	0.0
Naya Hero	0–1	0.0
Clerics	3–1	75.0
Artifact Midrange	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	5–4	55.6
Cloudpost Ramp	3–3	50.0
Greenpost	3–1	75.0
Gruul Post	0–2	0.0