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

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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
Control	223	419–444	48.6	17	128
Mono Black Control	1	1–2	33.3	0	1
Esper Control	12	40–21	65.6	2	12
Mono Blue Control	11	25–24	51.0	2	8
Dimir Control	7	9–18	33.3	0	2
Azorius Control	79	180–134	57.3	9	47
Turbo Fog	5	11–9	55.0	1	4
Mill	8	6–22	21.4	0	2
Boros Control	14	30–27	52.6	2	11
Cloudpost Control	1	3–2	60.0	0	1
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1	3–2	60.0	0	1
Grixis Control	7	10–13	43.5	0	3
Cruel Control	2	2–4	33.3	0	1
Stax	13	12–32	27.3	0	6
Chandra Nalaar	2	3–4	42.9	0	1
Jeskai Control	2	5–4	55.6	0	2
Dragon Control	1	0–2	0.0
Runeflare	7	4–19	17.4	0	1
Ponza	14	19–30	38.8	0	7
Mono White Control	4	4–8	33.3	0	1
Life is Ez	1	0–2	0.0
Five Color Control	1	2–2	50.0	0	1
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1	2–2	50.0	0	1
Bant Control	2	4–3	57.1	0	1
Pox	15	17–32	34.7	0	5
Seasons Past Control	1	2–3	40.0	0	1
Orzhov Control	4	7–11	38.9	0	2
Prison	11	25–21	54.3	1	9
Enchantress	1	3–3	50.0	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	101–114	47.0
Mono Black Aggro	2–7	22.2
Heroic	2–2	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	21–26	44.7
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	7–2	77.8
Selesnya Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono White Tokens	4–1	80.0
White Weenie	16–16	50.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	3–2	60.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	9–4	69.2
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	2–1	66.7
Merfolk	3–9	25.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	15–20	42.9
Affinity	8–7	53.3
Tempered Steel	7–13	35.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	2–0	100.0
Knights	3–4	42.9
AggroSlide	13–19	40.6
Cats	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Humans	0–1	0.0
Combo	64–71	47.4
Storm	34–32	51.5
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–2	33.3
Izzet Storm	32–30	51.6
Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–1	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	8–8	50.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Four Color Glimpse	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–4	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–4	0.0
Myr Incubator	1–2	33.3
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–3	25.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	1–1	50.0
Reanim8 Rack	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	6–9	40.0
Oops All Spells	6–9	40.0
Dredge	3–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	1–1	50.0
Intruder Alarm	3–1	75.0
Restore Balance	0–3	0.0
Possibility Storm	0–3	0.0
Control	46–46	50.0
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	1–4	20.0
Mono Blue Control	4–4	50.0
Dimir Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Control	14–22	38.9
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Mill	2–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–2	33.3
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	1–1	50.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	3–1	75.0
Ponza	3–4	42.9
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Pox	8–4	66.7
Orzhov Control	2–0	100.0
Prison	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	66–99	40.0
Aristocrats	7–10	41.2
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	4–6	40.0
Boros Bombardment	1–2	33.3
Burn	6–12	33.3
Infect	8–2	80.0
Simic Infect	2–1	66.7
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Infect	3–1	75.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	38–68	35.8
Izzet Dreadnought	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	35–64	35.4
Hushnought	2–5	28.6
Liquimetal Fishing	2–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	3–2	60.0
Goblin Persist	3–2	60.0
Aggro-Control	13–21	38.2
Izzet Tempo	0–2	0.0
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	6–4	60.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	4–13	23.5
Combo-Control	14–23	37.8
Curses	2–1	66.7
Battle of Wits	2–1	66.7
Displace Loop	0–5	0.0
Familiars	0–5	0.0
Solar Flare	1–2	33.3
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	8–13	38.1
Jokulhaups Control	8–13	38.1
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Temur Jokulhaups Control	2–7	22.2
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	2–2	50.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
Resurgent Belief	0–1	0.0
Midrange	113–68	62.4
The Rock	4–5	44.4
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	7–5	58.3
Blink	3–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	5–2	71.4
Mardu Allies	1–0	100.0
Boros Allies	2–2	50.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	4–2	66.7
Mardu Midrange	3–3	50.0
Vampires	8–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	4–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–4	42.9
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	43–26	62.3
Mono Black Devotion	5–2	71.4
Dimir Midrange	5–2	71.4
Angels	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	2–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	5–4	55.6
Martyr's Grace	3–4	42.9
Orzhov Midrange	2–2	50.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–1	66.7
Hero of Precinct One	10–8	55.6
Mardu Hero	3–3	50.0
Naya Hero	7–5	58.3
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Coinflips	2–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–1	50.0
Ramp	2–2	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–1	66.7
Greenpost	2–1	66.7