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)

Red Deck Wins

Tournaments Only
Season 21▾
1. All
2. 35
3. 34
4. 33
5. 32
6. 31
7. 30
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35. 2
36. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	410	791–854–2	48.1	16	148
Red Deck Wins	101	178–222	44.5	3	32

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	55–66	45.5
Mono Black Aggro	2–3	40.0
Heroic	1–4	20.0
Mono White Heroic	1–4	20.0
Red Deck Wins	19–19	50.0
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Tokens	2–3	40.0
Mono White Tokens	2–3	40.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	2–4	33.3
Elves	5–2	71.4
Selesnya Little Kid	1–1	50.0
Zombies	0–4	0.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	11–13	45.8
Salvage Titan	1–1	50.0
Tempered Steel	10–12	45.5
Madness	6–6	50.0
Rakdos Madness	6–6	50.0
Voltron	0–2	0.0
Hexproof	0–2	0.0
AggroSlide	2–3	40.0
Combo	28–45	38.4
Storm	12–14	46.2
Dimir Tendrils	3–6	33.3
Dragonstorm	5–4	55.6
Izzet Storm	2–4	33.3
Reanimator	7–12	36.8
Traditional Reanimator	7–12	36.8
Rakdos Reanimator	5–8	38.5
Mono Black Reanimator	2–4	33.3
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–11	8.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–11	8.3
Metalwork Colossus	2–0	100.0
Upheaval Colossus	2–0	100.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	2–3	40.0
Breakfast	0–2	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–2	0.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Chain of Acid	3–2	60.0
Control	24–23	51.1
Mono Black Control	2–1	66.7
Esper Control	4–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	4–4	50.0
Mill	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	6–5	54.5
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	6–5	54.5
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	1–1	50.0
Chandra Nalaar	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	1–2	33.3
Izzet Dragons	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	1–3	25.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	1–1	50.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	14–17	45.2
Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Boros Bombardment	1–1	50.0
Infect	10–9	52.6
Simic Infect	10–9	52.6
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–4	20.0
Goblin Persist	1–2	33.3
Dirty Kitty	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Control	7–5	58.3
Simic Flash	1–1	50.0
Izzet Tempo	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Tempo	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tempo	3–1	75.0
Combo-Control	6–6	50.0
Curses	0–2	0.0
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	5–4	55.6
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	4–4	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	4–4	50.0
Midrange	42–59	41.6
The Rock	1–2	33.3
Golgari Citadel	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	0–3	0.0
Blink	10–20	33.3
Wave Blink	10–20	33.3
Esper Wave	1–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	8–18	30.8
Abzan Wave	1–2	33.3
Graveyard Value	1–2	33.3
Varolz Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Allies	2–1	66.7
Esper Allies	2–1	66.7
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–4	50.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	6–9	40.0
Mono Black Devotion	4–6	40.0
Dimir Midrange	3–3	50.0
Angels	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	5–2	71.4
Fires of Invention	1–1	50.0
Simic Snow	6–8	42.9
Artifact Midrange	0–1	0.0
Ramp	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	1–1	50.0
Greenpost	1–1	50.0
Applejacks	1–0	100.0