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	1788	2790–3121	47.2	15	105	80
Ad Nauseam	151	254–274	48.1	2	9	6
Ad Swanseam	29	72–38	65.5	1	3	4

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	57–79	41.9
Heroic	8–8	50.0
Mono White Heroic	8–7	53.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	1–6	14.3
Goblins	3–7	30.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–1	75.0
White Weenie	3–3	50.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–1	66.7
Chroma White	0–1	0.0
Elves	13–12	52.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	3–1	75.0
Gruul Landfall	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	13–31	29.5
Affinity	11–22	33.3
Tempered Steel	2–4	33.3
Mono Blue Architect	0–5	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	0–2	0.0
Slivers	1–2	33.3
AggroSlide	6–1	85.7
Rakdos Aggro	1–2	33.3
Pirates	0–1	0.0
Combo	57–49	53.8
Storm	5–2	71.4
Hazoret Storm	2–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	0–1	0.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	0–1	0.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Song Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	4–3	57.1
Worldgorger Dragon	3–3	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	7–3	70.0
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	8–6	57.1
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–3	40.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–3	25.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Combo Post	0–3	0.0
Eggs	10–5	66.7
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Oops All Lands	0–1	0.0
Dredge	0–1	0.0
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Dice Factory	4–2	66.7
Storm Herald	2–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	2–7	22.2
Ad Nauseam	9–9	50.0
Ad Swanseam	0–1	0.0
Control	29–25	53.7
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	2–4	33.3
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	7–7	50.0
Cawblade	4–1	80.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–4	33.3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	3–2	60.0
Cruel Control	3–2	60.0
Stax	2–3	40.0
Ponza	0–1	0.0
Mono White Control	2–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	2–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–2	33.3
Astral Slide	0–2	0.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Prison	2–0	100.0
Enchantress	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	19–29	39.6
Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Burn	3–4	42.9
Infect	2–1	66.7
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–1	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–3	40.0
Izzet Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–3	25.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	4–3	57.1
Hushnought	1–7	12.5
Liquimetal Fishing	0–2	0.0
Combo Goblins	6–6	50.0
Goblin Persist	6–6	50.0
Aggro-Control	17–26	39.5
Izzet Tempo	7–12	36.8
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Wizards	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	5–6	45.5
Mono Blue Faeries	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	2–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	1–4	20.0
Azorius Tempo	0–3	0.0
Combo-Control	18–21	46.2
Curses	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	2–8	20.0
Dragoncrank	1–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	1–1	50.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	6–5	54.5
Mass Land Destruction	4–4	50.0
Wildfire	4–4	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	4–4	50.0
Midrange	38–39	49.4
The Rock	2–0	100.0
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	3–4	42.9
Blink	9–7	56.3
Graveyard Value	2–4	33.3
Séance	0–1	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	2–3	40.0
Enchantments Matter	0–1	0.0
Allies	2–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	0–1	0.0
Vampires	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Vampires	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	2–3	40.0
Boros Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Legends	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–4	20.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Devotion	1–1	50.0
Dimir Midrange	2–2	50.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	0–2	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–2	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	0–1	0.0
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Ramp	19–6	76.0
Villainous Wealth	4–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	1–3	25.0
Cloudpost Ramp	11–2	84.6
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	8–2	80.0
Simic Post	2–0	100.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–0	100.0