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, 20 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	1324	2147–2252	48.8	19	158	43
Artifact Aggro	258	351–478	42.3	3	30	7
Affinity	147	165–291	36.2	0	13	3
Salvage Titan	13	10–28	26.3	0	2
Tempered Steel	92	174–146	54.4	3	15	4
Mono Blue Architect	4	2–10	16.7

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	74–107	40.9
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	6–9	40.0
Mono White Heroic	4–7	36.4
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Boros Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	15–32	31.9
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Goblins	7–3	70.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	5–1	83.3
White Weenie	3–8	27.3
Soldiers	1–5	16.7
Elves	4–15	21.1
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	4–4	50.0
Gruul Landfall	2–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–3	0.0
Artifact Aggro	18–18	50.0
Affinity	11–9	55.0
Salvage Titan	2–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	5–9	35.7
Madness	2–4	33.3
Golgari Madness	0–4	0.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
Knights	0–4	0.0
AggroSlide	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	0–2	0.0
Humans	1–1	50.0
Combo	67–98	40.6
Storm	15–21	41.7
Sultai Tendrils	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
Hazoret Storm	11–16	40.7
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	2–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	22–44	33.3
Recurring Nightmare	1–4	20.0
Dragon Nightmare	1–3	25.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–2	33.3
Starlit Graves	2–2	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	18–36	33.3
Dimir Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	16–35	31.4
Grixis Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Biovisionary	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–9	18.2
Warp World	4–4	50.0
Temur Glimpse	2–3	40.0
Four Color Glimpse	2–1	66.7
Hypergenesis	4–3	57.1
Jeskai Ascendancy	5–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	5–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–2	33.3
Eggs	3–0	100.0
Taking Turns	3–1	75.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	0–2	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–2	0.0
Dredge	0–1	0.0
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
GreenTwin	0–3	0.0
Belcher	1–5	16.7
Endless Belch	0–1	0.0
Possibility Storm	0–1	0.0
Control	51–89	36.4
Esper Control	8–13	38.1
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	0–2	0.0
Dimir Control	6–5	54.5
Azorius Control	9–25	26.5
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	1–1	50.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	6–7	46.2
Blackpost	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	4–1	80.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	2–4	33.3
Dragon Control	1–1	50.0
Runeflare	0–1	0.0
Ponza	4–6	40.0
Mono White Control	3–9	25.0
Life is Ez	0–2	0.0
Cycling Control	1–2	33.3
Astral Slide	1–2	33.3
Five Color Control	5–4	55.6
Last Stand Control	4–4	50.0
Pox	2–4	33.3
Aggro-Combo	37–54	40.7
Aristocrats	6–4	60.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Boros Bombardment	4–2	66.7
Burn	3–3	50.0
Infect	2–8	20.0
Simic Infect	1–3	25.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–5	16.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	14–30	31.8
Mono Blue Dreadnought	8–26	23.5
Izzet Blitzkrieg	5–3	62.5
Hushnought	3–5	37.5
Combo Goblins	3–1	75.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Dirty Kitty	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Control	13–14	48.1
Izzet Tempo	2–1	66.7
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–3	25.0
Ninjas	3–4	42.9
Mono Blue Tempo	3–2	60.0
Mono Blue Librarians	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	2–2	50.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	27–25	51.9
Curses	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	8–5	61.5
Mindcrank	2–5	28.6
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	1–1	50.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	14–11	56.0
Jokulhaups Control	14–11	56.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	5–4	55.6
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	6–2	75.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Resurgent Belief	2–0	100.0
Midrange	58–69	45.7
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	2–7	22.2
Selesnya Midrange	1–3	25.0
Jund	2–0	100.0
Blink	5–5	50.0
Orzhov Blink	2–2	50.0
Graveyard Value	0–3	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Matter	3–4	42.9
Allies	0–4	0.0
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Mono White Allies	0–2	0.0
Azorius Allies	0–1	0.0
-1/-1 Counters	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	2–1	66.7
Vampires	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–1	50.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–7	22.2
Mono Black Midrange	7–5	58.3
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	2–0	100.0
Angels	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	2–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Martyr's Grace	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Fight Rigging	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–3	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	8–15	34.8
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	6–14	30.0
Clerics	4–4	50.0
Artifact Midrange	3–1	75.0
Game Objects	1–0	100.0
Ramp	24–22	52.2
Cloudpost Ramp	18–17	51.4
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–1	50.0
Greenpost	17–14	54.8
Simic Post	0–2	0.0
Domain	1–1	50.0
Carth Superfriends	0–2	0.0