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 3 days, 2 hours.

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

Reanim8 Rack

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	2339	4193–4003	51.2	23	123	132
Soulflayer	96	197–175	53.0	3	16	2
Reanim8 Rack	43	117–86	57.6	3	16

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	29–17	63.0
Heroic	2–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	5–6	45.5
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono White Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–0	100.0
White Weenie	1–0	100.0
Elves	3–3	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Counters	0–1	0.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	0–3	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
8 Whack	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	2–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	2–0	100.0
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	6–2	75.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	21–17	55.3
Storm	3–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	2–0	100.0
Reanimator	6–3	66.7
Traditional Reanimator	6–3	66.7
Mono Black Reanimator	6–3	66.7
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	4–2	66.7
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–0	100.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Metalwork Colossus	1–4	20.0
Anvil Colossus	1–4	20.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	2–6	25.0
Neoform Hermit	2–6	25.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Control	16–14	53.3
Esper Control	1–6	14.3
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	1–2	33.3
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–4	33.3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–2	33.3
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Galleon Control	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	2–0	100.0
Astral Slide	2–0	100.0
Pox	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Combo	6–6	50.0
Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Infect	0–2	0.0
Simic Infect	0–2	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	1–2	33.3
Combo Goblins	2–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	10–2	83.3
Izzet Tempo	5–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Sultai Tempo	2–1	66.7
Combo-Control	2–1	66.7
Mass Land Destruction	2–0	100.0
Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	28–25	52.8
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	0–3	0.0
Wave Blink	0–3	0.0
Esper Wave	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	0–2	0.0
Graveyard Value	1–2	33.3
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–3	25.0
Selesnya Legends	1–3	25.0
Rakdos Midrange	9–8	52.9
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Hellion Whip	1–1	50.0
Dimir Midrange	2–2	50.0
Sultai Midrange	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	3–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–1	50.0
Esper Hero	1–0	100.0
Gruul Obosh	1–1	50.0
Death Cloud	1–1	50.0
Ramp	5–4	55.6
Cloudpost Ramp	5–4	55.6
Greenpost	4–4	50.0