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, 23 hours.

Congratulations to thewatchwander, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 34)

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Combo	798	1610–1235	56.6	14	82	57
Aristocrats	130	210–224	48.4	1	2	5
Mono Black Aristocrats	59	104–96	52.0	1	1	3
Orzhov Aristocrats	38	69–74	48.3			1
Golgari Aristocrats	7	4–13	23.5
Abzan Aristocrats	2	1–7	12.5
Food	8	3–15	16.7
Rakdos Aristocrats	4	12–4	75.0	0	1	1
Boros Bombardment	7	13–8	61.9
Burn	72	143–105	57.7	0	5	8
Infect	118	217–185	54.0	1	14	11
Simic Infect	69	140–112	55.6	1	9	8
Blazing Shoal Infect	46	77–70	52.4	0	5	3
Trickbind Dreadnought	30	63–36	63.6	2	7	2
Izzet Dreadnought	6	12–12	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	24	51–24	68.0	2	7	2
Izzet Blitzkrieg	47	73–75	49.3	0	3	2
Hushnought	182	454–254	64.1	8	35	17
Liquimetal Fishing	58	84–104	44.7			2
Combo Goblins	140	329–218	60.1	2	16	10
Goblin Persist	139	329–217	60.3	2	16	10

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	313–268	53.9
Mono Black Aggro	12–7	63.2
Heroic	35–21	62.5
Mono White Heroic	13–3	81.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	19–15	55.9
Boros Heroic	3–3	50.0
Red Deck Wins	41–47	46.6
Goblins	22–24	47.8
Tokens	10–6	62.5
Selesnya Tokens	4–4	50.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	38–32	54.3
White Weenie	13–19	40.6
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–3	0.0
Soldiers	3–0	100.0
Elves	14–9	60.9
Werewolves	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Rogues	2–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	3–1	75.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	66–48	57.9
Affinity	48–33	59.3
Tempered Steel	7–4	63.6
Mono Blue Architect	11–11	50.0
Madness	8–4	66.7
Golgari Madness	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Madness	7–1	87.5
Jund Madness	0–2	0.0
Voltron	12–12	50.0
Hexproof	9–9	50.0
Equipment Aggro	3–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	0–3	0.0
Slivers	0–1	0.0
Naya Zoo	3–1	75.0
Knights	13–12	52.0
AggroSlide	9–15	37.5
Cats	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Cats	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Humans	1–2	33.3
Shamans	4–2	66.7
Combo	229–151	60.3
Storm	23–11	67.6
Hazoret Storm	3–1	75.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Stormpost	1–1	50.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–1	50.0
Izzet Storm	8–5	61.5
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Song Storm	4–2	66.7
Oriss Genesis	4–1	80.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–10	16.7
Dubious Challenge	4–0	100.0
Warp World	6–2	75.0
Maniac Combo	4–1	80.0
Hypergenesis	2–0	100.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–1	66.7
Anvil Colossus	2–1	66.7
Eggs	8–1	88.9
Taking Turns	4–1	80.0
Izzet Ascension	34–28	54.8
Ominous Good	4–1	80.0
Soulflayer	12–13	48.0
Breakfast	64–59	52.0
Oops All Spells	64–59	52.0
Oops All Lands	4–1	80.0
Dredge	11–1	91.7
Polymorph	7–2	77.8
Dice Factory	3–1	75.0
Storm Herald	5–6	45.5
Enduring Ideal	2–4	33.3
GreenTwin	4–1	80.0
Calibrated Blast	9–4	69.2
Restore Balance	4–1	80.0
Control	195–158	55.2
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	12–14	46.2
Demonic Rising	2–5	28.6
Mono Blue Control	2–1	66.7
Dimir Control	15–14	51.7
Azorius Control	44–57	43.6
Cawblade	17–21	44.7
Turbo Fog	13–5	72.2
Izzet Control	7–1	87.5
Mardu Control	5–0	100.0
Mill	9–1	90.0
Boros Control	3–3	50.0
Cloudpost Control	18–11	62.1
Azorius Cloudpost Control	4–0	100.0
Blackpost	4–3	57.1
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	9–7	56.3
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	0–1	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	6–6	50.0
Cruel Control	2–1	66.7
Stax	1–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	0–3	0.0
Jeskai Control	1–2	33.3
Dragon Control	3–2	60.0
Izzet Dragons	3–2	60.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Ponza	12–6	66.7
Mono White Control	6–4	60.0
Life is Ez	2–3	40.0
Cycling Control	15–10	60.0
Astral Slide	14–10	58.3
Five Color Control	3–1	75.0
Shrines	3–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–2	33.3
Seasons Past Control	8–7	53.3
Orzhov Control	1–2	33.3
Prison	0–1	0.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	212–212	50.0
Aristocrats	34–34	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	17–19	47.2
Orzhov Aristocrats	9–10	47.4
Food	3–1	75.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Boros Bombardment	3–2	60.0
Burn	16–28	36.4
Infect	26–28	48.1
Simic Infect	14–13	51.9
Blazing Shoal Infect	12–15	44.4
Trickbind Dreadnought	8–10	44.4
Izzet Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	7–8	46.7
Izzet Blitzkrieg	7–4	63.6
Hushnought	48–64	42.9
Liquimetal Fishing	21–5	80.8
Combo Goblins	46–33	58.2
Goblin Persist	46–33	58.2
Aggro-Control	116–81	58.9
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	34–27	55.7
Azorius Skies	6–5	54.5
Blue Madness	2–4	33.3
Simic Madness	2–4	33.3
Lich Aggro-Control	1–1	50.0
Wizards	4–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Tempo	16–6	72.7
Dimir Tempo	23–12	65.7
Ensoul Aggro-Control	17–19	47.2
Azorius Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	187–167	52.8
Curses	3–0	100.0
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	4–3	57.1
Pickles	1–2	33.3
Mindcrank	32–34	48.5
Yosei Vat	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	9–7	56.3
Zur's Weirding	1–1	50.0
Plasma Swans	1–6	14.3
Mass Land Destruction	133–114	53.8
Wildfire	26–15	63.4
Borderpost Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	107–99	51.9
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	67–67	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	3–2	60.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	9–5	64.3
Jund Jokulhaups Control	2–3	40.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	16–14	53.3
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	9–5	64.3
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Midrange	237–132	64.2
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
The Rock	8–5	61.5
Golgari Citadel	6–1	85.7
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	7–2	77.8
Blink	38–18	67.9
Graveyard Value	11–10	52.4
Séance	4–3	57.1
Varolz Dreadnought	3–7	30.0
Enchantments Matter	4–7	36.4
Allies	7–3	70.0
Orzhov Allies	2–0	100.0
Boros Allies	4–3	57.1
Mardu Midrange	3–1	75.0
Vampires	7–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	5–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Legends	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Midrange	9–6	60.0
Big Red	7–2	77.8
Mono Black Midrange	8–2	80.0
Mono Black Devotion	6–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	14–5	73.7
Dimir Vat	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	6–4	60.0
Martyr's Grace	5–4	55.6
Adventures	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	7–8	46.7
Jeskai Midrange	6–4	60.0
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Mythic Colossification	4–1	80.0
Fires of Invention	16–7	69.6
Hero of Precinct One	23–24	48.9
Mardu Hero	3–0	100.0
Esper Hero	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Hero	17–23	42.5
Boros Hero	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	1–0	100.0
Coinflip Tribal	7–1	87.5
Death Cloud	1–3	25.0
Game Objects	11–3	78.6
Ramp	118–66	64.1
Villainous Wealth	1–1	50.0
Rofellos Ramp	38–28	57.6
Cloudpost Ramp	61–33	64.9
Greenpost	17–7	70.8
Gruul Post	31–25	55.4
Simic Post	13–1	92.9
Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	6–1	85.7
Applejacks	2–1	66.7
Unclassified	3–0	100.0