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 2 days, 19 hours.

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

Allies

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	1556	2420–2886	45.6	14	85	47
Allies	34	62–60	50.8	0	1	1
Mardu Allies	2	3–4	42.9
Esper Allies	2	4–5	44.4
Azorius Allies	21	37–32	53.6	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	18–7	72.0
Heroic	5–1	83.3
Mono White Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	4–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	2–3	40.0
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	2–0	100.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Elves	2–1	66.7
Artifact Aggro	1–2	33.3
Affinity	0–1	0.0
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	17–17	50.0
Storm	8–7	53.3
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	4–4	50.0
Channel Storm	2–2	50.0
Reanimator	3–3	50.0
Recurring Nightmare	2–3	40.0
Dragon Nightmare	1–2	33.3
Worldgorger Dragon	1–0	100.0
Warp World	4–0	100.0
Temur Glimpse	1–0	100.0
Four Color Glimpse	3–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	0–5	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Control	6–10	37.5
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Control	0–3	0.0
Azorius Control	1–1	50.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	4–5	44.4
Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	2–2	50.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	5–6	45.5
Izzet Tempo	1–3	25.0
Azorius Skies	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–2	33.3
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	2–2	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–2	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	10–13	43.5
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Jund	0–1	0.0
Allies	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–2	60.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–1	0.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Martyr's Grace	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–1	66.7
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	0–3	0.0
Simic Snow	1–1	50.0