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 2 days, 20 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
Combo	36498	60997–62350–18	49.5	416	2700	1643
Warp World	930	1663–1608	50.8	16	104	37
Temur Glimpse	127	238–217	52.3	2	17	5

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	50–57	46.7
Heroic	2–3	40.0
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Boros Heroic	2–1	66.7
Red Deck Wins	12–7	63.2
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Tokens	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono Green Stompy	0–2	0.0
White Weenie	3–8	27.3
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	2–4	33.3
Mono White Humans	0–2	0.0
Elves	2–2	50.0
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Merfolk	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	11–12	47.8
Affinity	10–8	55.6
Hardened Scales Affinity	7–6	53.8
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Voltron	0–2	0.0
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	4–11	26.7
Jeskai Humans	0–1	0.0
Boros Humans	2–9	18.2
Orzhov Humans	2–1	66.7
Legends Aggro	3–3	50.0
Boros Legends Aggro	0–1	0.0
Bard Class	3–2	60.0
Pirates	2–2	50.0
Combo	43–32	57.3
Storm	5–4	55.6
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	1–3	25.0
Citadel Storm	2–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	3–1	75.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–1	75.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–5	28.6
Dubious Challenge	0–1	0.0
Warp World	12–8	60.0
Temur Glimpse	2–2	50.0
Boros Glimpse	10–6	62.5
Hypergenesis	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–0	100.0
Anvil Colossus	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	1–1	50.0
Dredge	8–4	66.7
Insidious Roots Dredge	7–4	63.6
GreenTwin	1–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	0–2	0.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Belcher	3–1	75.0
Possibility Storm	1–0	100.0
Control	36–27	57.1
Esper Control	2–3	40.0
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–2	33.3
Azorius Control	15–14	51.7
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	2–2	50.0
Mill	2–0	100.0
Boros Control	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	0–1	0.0
Ponza	0–1	0.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Prison	2–3	40.0
Enchantress	0–3	0.0
Aggro-Combo	13–17	43.3
Aristocrats	6–12	33.3
Abzan Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	5–9	35.7
Boros Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	2–2	50.0
Infect	2–0	100.0
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	13–14	48.1
Simic Flash	1–1	50.0
Izzet Tempo	4–2	66.7
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–5	37.5
Mono Blue Faeries	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Librarians	2–5	28.6
Izzet Spells	3–1	75.0
Azorius Tempo	0–3	0.0
Combo-Control	10–14	41.7
Curses	0–2	0.0
Battle of Wits	2–1	66.7
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Lich's Mastery	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–5	37.5
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	2–5	28.6
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Greasefang	3–4	42.9
Esper Greasefang	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Greasefang	0–3	0.0
Midrange	58–52	52.7
The Rock	5–7	41.7
Abzan Midrange	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–4	20.0
Jund	1–1	50.0
Blink	11–9	55.0
Orzhov Blink	8–8	50.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
Azorius Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Legends	0–1	0.0
Elementals	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–2	0.0
Dimir Midrange	2–0	100.0
Angels	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Martyr's Grace	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–3	50.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	4–10	28.6
Fires of Invention	3–1	75.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–2	50.0
Five Color Hero	0–2	0.0
Boros Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	1–1	50.0
Simic Snow	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	4–1	80.0
Nissa Company	2–0	100.0
Illness in the Ranks	2–4	33.3
Ramp	15–4	78.9
Cloudpost Ramp	1–1	50.0
Greenpost	0–1	0.0
Temurpost	1–0	100.0
Field Ramp	9–2	81.8