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 2 days, 19 hours.

Congratulations to thewatchwander, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 34)

Mono Black Aristocrats

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Combo	948	1714–1665	50.7	6	45	45
Aristocrats	421	820–690	54.3	3	22	31
Mono Black Aristocrats	48	88–75	54.0	0	1	4

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	18–21	46.2
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	3–4	42.9
Mono White Heroic	3–4	42.9
Red Deck Wins	1–1	50.0
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–1	66.7
White Weenie	3–0	100.0
Rogues	1–1	50.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–4	20.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	2–5	28.6
Affinity	1–4	20.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–1	50.0
Voltron	0–3	0.0
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	0–2	0.0
Rats	1–0	100.0
Combo	11–17	39.3
Storm	2–6	25.0
Dimir Tendrils	1–3	25.0
Stormpost	0–2	0.0
Reanimator	4–8	33.3
Worldgorger Dragon	2–6	25.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Dredge	1–1	50.0
Protean Hulk Combo	1–0	100.0
Control	21–3	87.5
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	1–1	50.0
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	5–0	100.0
Azorius Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Blackpost	2–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	6–9	40.0
Aristocrats	2–7	22.2
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Food	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	3–1	75.0
Goblin Persist	1–1	50.0
Dirty Kitty	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	5–6	45.5
Izzet Tempo	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–6	25.0
Mono Blue Faeries	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	3–4	42.9
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	2–2	50.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Midrange	19–13	59.4
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	0–2	0.0
Séance	0–2	0.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	0–1	0.0
Mardu Midrange	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–1	75.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Heart of Darkness	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	2–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–2	60.0
Neoform	1–0	100.0
Sultai Neoform	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	5–2	71.4
Cloudpost Ramp	3–1	75.0
Locus Awakening	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	2–1	66.7
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–1	50.0
Historic Bloom	0–1	0.0