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)

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro	559	1165–1087–1	51.7	40	246
Heroic	105	216–197–1	52.3	9	46
Mono White Heroic	98	211–182–1	53.7	9	44

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	80–55	59.3
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	17–17	50.0
Mono White Heroic	17–17	50.0
Red Deck Wins	4–3	57.1
Goblins	2–0	100.0
White Weenie	0–2	0.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–2	0.0
Elves	18–0	100.0
Zombies	3–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	19–29	39.6
Affinity	17–29	37.0
Hush-finity	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	2–0	100.0
AggroSlide	16–2	88.9
Combo	24–32	42.9
Storm	1–1	50.0
Izzet Storm	0–1	0.0
Swath Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Worldgorger Dragon	2–0	100.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	4–6	40.0
Hypergenesis	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–4	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–3	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Eggs	10–11	47.6
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Dice Factory	2–0	100.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	2–1	66.7
Ad Nauseam	1–4	20.0
Ad Swanseam	0–1	0.0
Control	17–26	39.5
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	3–3	50.0
Azorius Control	6–15	28.6
Cawblade	3–13	18.8
Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	3–2	60.0
Cruel Control	3–1	75.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Mono White Control	3–1	75.0
Life is Ez	2–1	66.7
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	29–19	60.4
Burn	13–6	68.4
Infect	2–1	66.7
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–1	66.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–2	33.3
Hushnought	2–4	33.3
Liquimetal Fishing	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	10–3	76.9
Goblin Persist	10–3	76.9
Aggro-Control	14–7	66.7
Izzet Tempo	3–2	60.0
Wizards	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Tempo	5–4	55.6
Dimir Tempo	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	15–16	48.4
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	3–5	37.5
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	5–8	38.5
Mass Land Destruction	4–3	57.1
Wildfire	4–3	57.1
Borderpost Wildfire	4–3	57.1
Midrange	25–17–1	59.5
Blink	1–6	14.3
Graveyard Value	1–1	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Enchantments Matter	0–1	0.0
Allies	6–1	85.7
Mardu Allies	1–0	100.0
Boros Allies	2–0	100.0
Esper Allies	3–1	75.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Vampires	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–3	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	3–2	60.0
Dimir Midrange	4–0	100.0
Angels	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Angels	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	0–1–1	0.0
Orzhov Hero	0–1	0.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Ramp	7–10	41.2
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	0–3	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	5–7	41.7
Greenpost	5–7	41.7