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, 17 hours.

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

Azorius Control

Tournaments Only
Season 27▾
1. All
2. 34
3. 33
4. 32
5. 31
6. 30
7. 29
8. 28
9. 27
10. 26
11. 25
12. 24
13. 23
14. 22
15. 21
16. 20
17. 19
18. 18
19. 17
20. 16
21. 15
22. 14
23. 13
24. 12
25. 11
26. 10
27. 9
28. 8
29. 7
30. 6
31. 5
32. 4
33. 3
34. 2
35. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Control	166	376–304	55.3	13	99
Azorius Control	50	137–85	61.7	8	32
Cawblade	1	2–2	50.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	34–18	65.4
Heroic	3–1	75.0
Mono White Heroic	2–1	66.7
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	19–10	65.5
Goblins	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	0–2	0.0
Elves	5–1	83.3
Artifact Aggro	6–3	66.7
Affinity	2–2	50.0
Tempered Steel	4–1	80.0
Combo	28–20	58.3
Storm	4–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	3–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	18–11	62.1
Worldgorger Dragon	2–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	16–11	59.3
Mono Black Reanimator	16–11	59.3
Necrotic Ooze Combo	3–3	50.0
Warp World	0–3	0.0
Temur Glimpse	0–3	0.0
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	1–0	100.0
Control	30–22	57.7
Esper Control	0–3	0.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	6–0	100.0
Azorius Control	10–10	50.0
Dragon Control	2–1	66.7
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	4–0	100.0
Mono White Control	3–0	100.0
Cycling Control	2–1	66.7
Astral Slide	2–1	66.7
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	1–6	14.3
Prison	0–1	0.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	20–5	80.0
Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Boros Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Infect	7–1	87.5
Simic Infect	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	5–1	83.3
Trickbind Dreadnought	8–2	80.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	6–2	75.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–1	50.0
Dirty Kitty	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Librarians	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	4–6	40.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–6	33.3
Jokulhaups Control	3–6	33.3
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	2–5	28.6
Midrange	15–7	68.2
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Angels	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Angels	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	5–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	4–0	100.0
Clerics	3–3	50.0
Ramp	3–7	30.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–7	22.2
Greenpost	2–7	22.2