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 4 days, 5 hours.

Congratulations to vagstor, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 35)

Izzet Tempo

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Control	417	649–696	48.3	4	20	18
Izzet Tempo	113	168–205	45.0	1	5	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	23–50	31.5
Mono Black Aggro	0–2	0.0
Heroic	1–2	33.3
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	1–10	9.1
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–8	27.3
White Weenie	3–3	50.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Elves	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	7–15	31.8
Affinity	5–14	26.3
Mono Blue Architect	2–1	66.7
Madness	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Combo	26–27	49.1
Storm	1–1	50.0
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	2–2	50.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	2–11	15.4
Soulflayer	4–4	50.0
Breakfast	3–4	42.9
Oops All Spells	3–4	42.9
Dredge	0–1	0.0
Polymorph	2–2	50.0
Dice Factory	2–1	66.7
GreenTwin	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Control	25–23	52.1
Esper Control	2–4	33.3
Demonic Rising	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	3–0	100.0
Azorius Control	7–4	63.6
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Izzet Dragons	0–1	0.0
Ponza	1–2	33.3
Cycling Control	2–1	66.7
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	2–1	66.7
Prison	1–1	50.0
Enchantress	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	27–34	44.3
Aristocrats	6–6	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Abzan Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Boros Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	2–2	50.0
Infect	6–2	75.0
Simic Infect	5–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–2	33.3
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–2	50.0
Izzet Dreadnought	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–6	0.0
Hushnought	5–9	35.7
Liquimetal Fishing	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	4–6	40.0
Goblin Persist	4–6	40.0
Aggro-Control	14–14	50.0
Izzet Tempo	3–3	50.0
Azorius Skies	2–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–3	40.0
Dimir Tempo	2–3	40.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	1–4	20.0
Combo-Control	16–25	39.0
Curses	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	2–0	100.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	5–5	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	7–20	25.9
Wildfire	2–3	40.0
Jokulhaups Control	5–17	22.7
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	3–15	16.7
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
Midrange	23–26	46.9
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Blink	4–5	44.4
Graveyard Value	4–2	66.7
Séance	1–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Allies	2–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	1–0	100.0
Boros Allies	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–2	33.3
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Angels	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Martyr's Grace	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–3	0.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	3–4	42.9
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Esper Hero	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Hero	1–1	50.0
Boros Hero	1–2	33.3
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Game Objects	1–3	25.0
Ramp	14–6	70.0
Rofellos Ramp	4–2	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	6–4	60.0
Greenpost	1–1	50.0
Gruul Post	5–3	62.5
Carth Superfriends	2–0	100.0