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, 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	36494	60991–62339–18	49.5	416	2700	1643
Actual Twin	399	866–540	61.6	13	61	28
Boros Twin	44	87–63	58.0	2	8

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	26–10	72.2
White Weenie	11–3	78.6
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	6–1	85.7
Mono White Humans	4–2	66.7
Selesnya Little Kid	2–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	2–1	66.7
Affinity	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	0–2	0.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–0	100.0
Humans	2–1	66.7
Boros Humans	2–1	66.7
Legends Aggro	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Bard Class	0–1	0.0
Combo	14–22	38.9
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Dubious Challenge	0–1	0.0
Warp World	1–5	16.7
Boros Glimpse	1–4	20.0
Hypergenesis	2–3	40.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Midnight Mass	0–1	0.0
Phoenix Altar	3–4	42.9
Actual Twin	4–4	50.0
Izzet Twin	3–3	50.0
Boros Twin	1–1	50.0
Control	9–14	39.1
Esper Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	1–1	50.0
Cawblade	1–1	50.0
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Boros Control	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	2–1	66.7
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Mono White Control	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Prison	0–4	0.0
Enchantress	0–4	0.0
Aggro-Combo	6–1	85.7
Aristocrats	5–1	83.3
Golgari Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	9–8	52.9
Simic Flash	1–2	33.3
Izzet Tempo	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Librarians	0–2	0.0
Izzet Spells	2–3	40.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	2–2	50.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Hedron Alignment	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Archfiend Alteration	0–1	0.0
Midrange	12–4	75.0
Abzan Midrange	2–0	100.0
Jund	2–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	2–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Angels	1–1	50.0
Mono White Angels	0–1	0.0
Azorius Angels	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Nissa Company	1–0	100.0
Ramp	8–2	80.0
Rofellos Ramp	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–0	100.0
Greenpost	2–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0
Applejacks	3–2	60.0
Unclassified	1–0	100.0