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 3 days, 2 hours.

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

Aggro-Combo

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro-Combo	116	201–222	47.5	7	56
Aristocrats	12	19–21	47.5	0	6
Mono Black Aristocrats	2	1–4	20.0	0	1
Rakdos Aristocrats	2	3–6	33.3	0	1
Boros Bombardment	7	15–9	62.5	0	4
Burn	4	4–11	26.7	0	1
Infect	21	36–42	46.2	0	11
Simic Infect	11	18–21	46.2	0	7
Blazing Shoal Infect	10	18–21	46.2	0	4
Trickbind Dreadnought	58	111–98	53.1	7	30
Mono Blue Dreadnought	53	106–84	55.8	7	30
Izzet Blitzkrieg	13	14–33	29.8	0	5
Hushnought	4	8–8	50.0	0	2
Combo Goblins	4	9–9	50.0	0	1
Dirty Kitty	4	9–9	50.0	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	55–59	48.2
Heroic	3–1	75.0
Mono White Heroic	3–1	75.0
Red Deck Wins	15–22	40.5
Goblins	3–3	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	4–4	50.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	1–2	33.3
Elves	3–16	15.8
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	0–2	0.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	3–1	75.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	16–7	69.6
Affinity	8–2	80.0
Salvage Titan	1–1	50.0
Tempered Steel	7–4	63.6
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Humans	0–1	0.0
Combo	32–35	47.8
Storm	2–2	50.0
Hazoret Storm	2–2	50.0
Reanimator	13–17	43.3
Recurring Nightmare	2–1	66.7
Dragon Nightmare	1–1	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–2	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	11–14	44.0
Mono Black Reanimator	11–14	44.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	3–3	50.0
Warp World	3–0	100.0
Four Color Glimpse	3–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–7	30.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–5	37.5
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Combo Post	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	3–3	50.0
GreenTwin	3–2	60.0
Control	29–45	39.2
Esper Control	10–9	52.6
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–4	20.0
Azorius Control	5–20	20.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	2–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	0–2	0.0
Cycling Control	0–3	0.0
Astral Slide	0–3	0.0
Five Color Control	2–1	66.7
Last Stand Control	2–1	66.7
Pox	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Control	1–2	33.3
Prison	1–1	50.0
Enchantress	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	28–28	50.0
Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Boros Bombardment	1–2	33.3
Burn	3–1	75.0
Infect	7–5	58.3
Simic Infect	6–2	75.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–3	25.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	11–16	40.7
Mono Blue Dreadnought	10–15	40.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Hushnought	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	2–2	50.0
Dirty Kitty	2–2	50.0
Aggro-Control	6–3	66.7
Wizards	1–1	50.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	4–0	100.0
Combo-Control	16–12	57.1
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	1–1	50.0
Displace Loop	1–2	33.3
Familiars	1–2	33.3
Mass Land Destruction	13–9	59.1
Jokulhaups Control	13–9	59.1
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	9–4	69.2
Jund Jokulhaups Control	3–4	42.9
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	30–36	45.5
The Rock	0–3	0.0
Jund	0–1	0.0
Blink	2–0	100.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–3	25.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–3	25.0
Legends Midrange	4–2	66.7
Orzhov Legends	4–2	66.7
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Midrange	2–4	33.3
Mono Black Devotion	0–3	0.0
Dimir Midrange	0–2	0.0
Angels	2–7	22.2
Orzhov Angels	2–7	22.2
Orzhov Midrange	0–2	0.0
Zur the Enchanter	2–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	7–5	58.3
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	6–4	60.0
Clerics	4–5	44.4
Coinflips	2–0	100.0
Ramp	5–4	55.6
Cloudpost Ramp	4–4	50.0
Greenpost	4–3	57.1
Simic Post	0–1	0.0