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	5–0s
Aggro	2396	4607–4082–1	53.0	40	246	107
Gruul Aggro	60	111–102	52.1	0	2	1
Gruul Landfall	10	18–18	50.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	28–29	49.1
Heroic	7–5	58.3
Mono White Heroic	5–4	55.6
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Red Deck Wins	2–1	66.7
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	2–1	66.7
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–1	66.7
Elves	1–7	12.5
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	2–2	50.0
Merfolk	3–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	4–10	28.6
Affinity	4–9	30.8
Hush-finity	1–1	50.0
Tempered Steel	0–1	0.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Slivers	0–1	0.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	20–23	46.5
Storm	3–3	50.0
Hazoret Storm	0–2	0.0
Stormpost	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–2	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–1	50.0
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–3	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Combo Post	0–1	0.0
Eggs	2–2	50.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	2–0	100.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	2–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–1	50.0
Soulflayer	2–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	1–2	33.3
Enduring Ideal	2–1	66.7
Ad Nauseam	1–3	25.0
Ad Swanseam	0–1	0.0
Control	18–12	60.0
Esper Control	2–1	66.7
Azorius Control	1–2	33.3
Cawblade	0–2	0.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	2–1	66.7
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Stax	4–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	2–1	66.7
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	1–1	50.0
Life is Ez	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Sultai Ultimatum	0–1	0.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	13–4	76.5
Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	2–2	50.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Hushnought	2–1	66.7
Liquimetal Fishing	3–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	2–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	7–6	53.8
Izzet Tempo	5–3	62.5
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–2	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	6–9	40.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	2–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	1–1	50.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	1–7	12.5
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Thryx-Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	13–15	46.4
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Jund	0–1	0.0
Blink	1–2	33.3
Graveyard Value	2–1	66.7
Varolz Dreadnought	2–1	66.7
Allies	0–1	0.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Legends	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–3	25.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–1	66.7
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mythic Colossification	1–0	100.0
Clerics	0–2	0.0
Ramp	6–4	60.0
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	5–2	71.4
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	2–1	66.7
Simic Post	1–1	50.0