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	5–0s
Combo-Control	814	1579–1347	54.0	5	62	53
Mass Land Destruction	220	410–372	52.4	0	16	10
Wildfire	220	410–372	52.4	0	16	10
Borderpost Wildfire	183	361–313	53.6	0	16	8

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	66–75	46.8
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	13–15	46.4
Mono White Heroic	12–15	44.4
Red Deck Wins	2–10	16.7
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	1–1	50.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Elves	5–12	29.4
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	2–2	50.0
Merfolk	2–2	50.0
Artifact Aggro	23–19	54.8
Affinity	20–17	54.1
Hush-finity	2–1	66.7
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	2–1	66.7
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Slivers	3–3	50.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	0–2	0.0
AggroSlide	4–7	36.4
Cats	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	48–44	52.2
Storm	6–2	75.0
Hazoret Storm	3–1	75.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–1	50.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	0–8	0.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–6	0.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–6	14.3
Zubera Tribal	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	2–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	4–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	4–9	30.8
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	4–7	36.4
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Combo Post	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Eggs	8–7	53.3
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–1	50.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	3–1	75.0
Storm Herald	3–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	0–4	0.0
Ad Nauseam	4–4	50.0
Control	70–39	64.2
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	7–4	63.6
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	20–6	76.9
Cawblade	12–6	66.7
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	6–6	50.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	4–3	57.1
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–3	40.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	5–5	50.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	2–0	100.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Ponza	5–3	62.5
Mono White Control	6–1	85.7
Life is Ez	6–1	85.7
Cycling Control	4–3	57.1
Astral Slide	4–3	57.1
Five Color Control	1–3	25.0
Sultai Control	3–2	60.0
Sultai Ultimatum	3–2	60.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Combo	32–42	43.2
Burn	4–13	23.5
Infect	3–8	27.3
Simic Infect	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	3–6	33.3
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	3–3	50.0
Hushnought	7–5	58.3
Liquimetal Fishing	2–1	66.7
Combo Goblins	12–12	50.0
Goblin Persist	12–12	50.0
Aggro-Control	19–21	47.5
Izzet Tempo	10–11	47.6
Wizards	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–6	14.3
Mono Blue Faeries	0–3	0.0
Izzet Spells	3–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	3–1	75.0
Dimir Faeries	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	35–23	60.3
Curses	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	12–9	57.1
Lich's Mastery	3–0	100.0
Hive Mind	5–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	3–3	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	10–9	52.6
Wildfire	10–9	52.6
Thryx-Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	9–9	50.0
Midrange	73–53	57.9
The Rock	1–4	20.0
Golgari Citadel	1–2	33.3
Grenzo	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	2–1	66.7
Blink	15–8	65.2
Graveyard Value	0–9	0.0
Séance	0–4	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–3	0.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Constellation	1–0	100.0
Allies	2–2	50.0
Boros Allies	1–1	50.0
Esper Allies	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Vampires	4–2	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	3–1	75.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–1	50.0
Legends Midrange	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	10–4	71.4
Mono Black Midrange	3–5	37.5
Mono Black Devotion	2–4	33.3
Dimir Midrange	6–2	75.0
Angels	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Angels	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	4–1	80.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Zur the Enchanter	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	2–1	66.7
Enigmatic Incarnation	2–1	66.7
Hero of Precinct One	6–2	75.0
Abzan Hero	1–0	100.0
Esper Hero	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	1–1	50.0
Simic Snow	0–1	0.0
Ramp	18–16	52.9
Villainous Wealth	2–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	4–6	40.0
Cloudpost Ramp	11–6	64.7
Greenpost	11–5	68.8
Simic Post	0–1	0.0