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 3 days, 2 hours.

Congratulations to vagstor, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 35)

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Control	132	219–271	44.7	8	67
Mono Black Control	1	1–3	25.0
Esper Control	14	20–27	42.6	0	6
Demonic Rising	1	3–2	60.0	0	1
Mono Blue Control	4	4–7	36.4	0	2
Dimir Control	13	21–28	42.9	1	6
Azorius Control	6	9–11	45.0	0	2
Turbo Fog	5	4–12	25.0	0	2
Izzet Control	2	0–4	0.0	0	1
Mardu Control	1	1–3	25.0
Mill	1	0–3	0.0
Boros Control	1	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	22	52–41	55.9	3	15
Cruel Control	21	52–38	57.8	3	15
Jeskai Control	26	53–52	50.5	3	12
Galleon Control	2	1–6	14.3	0	1
Ponza	2	3–4	42.9	0	2
Dynavolt Tower	4	1–9	10.0	0	1
Five Color Control	2	0–3	0.0
Guildgate Control	1	1–1	50.0	0	1
Enchantments Control	2	4–5	44.4	0	2
Four Color Counter Ghazi	12	21–25	45.7	0	8

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	89–106	45.6
Mono Black Aggro	2–1	66.7
Heroic	6–5	54.5
Mono White Heroic	1–2	33.3
Azorius Heroic	1–2	33.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	4–1	80.0
Red Deck Wins	21–27	43.8
Mono Red Devotion	2–0	100.0
Proliferate Red	1–0	100.0
Goblins	3–6	33.3
Tokens	4–4	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	4–2	66.7
White Weenie	21–28	42.9
Elves	4–11	26.7
Werewolves	0–1	0.0
Minotaurs	1–1	50.0
Warriors	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–4	33.3
Rogues	1–1	50.0
Gruul Aggro	9–6	60.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	1–1	50.0
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	0–2	0.0
Illusions	0–1	0.0
Voltron	5–2	71.4
Hexproof	4–2	66.7
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	1–3	25.0
Gruul Humans	1–3	25.0
Combo	15–17	46.9
Storm	7–8	46.7
Dragonstorm	3–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	3–3	50.0
Grixis Tendrils	0–4	0.0
Reanimator	3–6	33.3
Grozoth	0–2	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–4	42.9
Grixis Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–1	50.0
Eye of the Storm	0–1	0.0
Turntimber Ranger	1–1	50.0
Control	30–30	50.0
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	3–2	60.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	4–3	57.1
Azorius Control	1–1	50.0
Turbo Fog	1–1	50.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–5	16.7
Cruel Control	1–5	16.7
Jeskai Control	12–7	63.2
Galleon Control	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Control	2–1	66.7
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–4	20.0
Aggro-Combo	6–6	50.0
Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	2–2	50.0
Infect	2–1	66.7
Golgari Infect	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	10–11	47.6
Simic Flash	1–1	50.0
Simic Vat	1–1	50.0
Izzet Tempo	2–1	66.7
Blue Madness	3–7	30.0
Simic Madness	3–6	33.3
Temur Madness	0–1	0.0
Temur Clues	2–0	100.0
Tetsukotog	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	14–38	26.9
Cruel Combo-Control	6–26	18.8
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Displace Loop	5–5	50.0
Peregrine Drake	5–5	50.0
Hedron Alignment	1–3	25.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	2–1	66.7
Midrange	52–57	47.7
Temur Ascendancy	2–3	40.0
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Jund	1–4	20.0
Blink	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	2–4	33.3
Allies	5–6	45.5
BRGW Allies	3–5	37.5
Treefolk	4–4	50.0
-1/-1 Counters	2–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	0–2	0.0
Vampires	5–1	83.3
Mono Black Vampires	5–1	83.3
Legends Midrange	2–4	33.3
Mardu Legends	1–3	25.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–8	27.3
Hellion Whip	7–5	58.3
Dimir Midrange	8–5	61.5
Dimir Vat	1–1	50.0
Temur Energy	1–1	50.0
Toughness Matters	2–0	100.0
Mythic Colossification	1–2	33.3
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Ramp	3–6	33.3
Summer Bloom Ramp	0–1	0.0