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)

Aristocrats

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Combo	647	1119–1078	50.9	7	56	33
Aristocrats	101	155–152	50.5	0	6	4
Mono Black Aristocrats	7	14–10	58.3	0	1	1
Orzhov Aristocrats	13	15–19	44.1
Golgari Aristocrats	3	2–4	33.3
Mardu Aristocrats	2	5–5	50.0
Food	1	1–3	25.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	20	20–35	36.4	0	1
Boros Bombardment	46	93–66	58.5	0	4	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	21–38	35.6
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	2–3	40.0
Mono White Heroic	2–3	40.0
Red Deck Wins	5–15	25.0
Goblins	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	2–1	66.7
Soldiers	2–0	100.0
Elves	2–4	33.3
Selesnya Little Kid	2–2	50.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	0–2	0.0
Artifact Aggro	4–6	40.0
Affinity	1–2	33.3
Tempered Steel	3–4	42.9
Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Humans	0–1	0.0
Combo	29–29	50.0
Storm	1–8	11.1
Hazoret Storm	1–8	11.1
Reanimator	10–5	66.7
Worldgorger Dragon	3–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	7–5	58.3
Rakdos Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	7–3	70.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–6	0.0
Warp World	2–0	100.0
Four Color Glimpse	2–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	0–3	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Eggs	2–0	100.0
Taking Turns	2–1	66.7
Izzet Ascension	2–1	66.7
Breakfast	2–1	66.7
Oops All Spells	2–1	66.7
Ad Nauseam	1–1	50.0
Belcher	2–2	50.0
Endless Belch	1–0	100.0
Control	26–21	55.3
Esper Control	2–2	50.0
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	5–2	71.4
Azorius Control	4–9	30.8
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	1–1	50.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	3–1	75.0
Mono White Control	2–1	66.7
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Five Color Control	1–2	33.3
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Prison	3–0	100.0
Enchantress	3–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	27–19	58.7
Aristocrats	8–8	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Boros Bombardment	3–6	33.3
Burn	4–2	66.7
Infect	3–0	100.0
Simic Infect	3–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	10–8	55.6
Mono Blue Dreadnought	5–5	50.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	8–7	53.3
Izzet Tempo	5–3	62.5
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Tempo	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Faeries	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Librarians	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	14–12	53.8
Battle of Wits	2–1	66.7
Mindcrank	1–1	50.0
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	10–9	52.6
Jokulhaups Control	10–9	52.6
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	7–6	53.8
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Resurgent Belief	0–1	0.0
Midrange	24–14	63.2
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Blink	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Blink	0–1	0.0
Vampires	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–2	0.0
Legends Midrange	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Legends	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–1	75.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Angels	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	5–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	7–1	87.5
Five Color Hero	6–1	85.7
Clerics	0–2	0.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Game Objects	1–0	100.0
Ramp	6–12	33.3
Cloudpost Ramp	6–12	33.3
Greenpost	6–12	33.3