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.

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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)

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Ramp	328	672–621	52.0	3	19	16
Cloudpost Ramp	259	557–504	52.5	3	18	14
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	4	9–8	52.9
Greenpost	228	500–449	52.7	3	17	13
Gruul Post	7	12–16	42.9
Simic Post	19	33–29	53.2	0	1	1
Domain	4	3–5	37.5
Defenders	2	0–2	0.0
Carth Superfriends	17	29–25	53.7

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	110–154	41.7
Heroic	3–7	30.0
Mono White Heroic	3–6	33.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	20–66	23.3
Goblins	7–3	70.0
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–0	100.0
White Weenie	10–11	47.6
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	5–5	50.0
Elves	13–26	33.3
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	3–1	75.0
Gruul Landfall	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	1–4	20.0
Mono Red Swarm	3–3	50.0
Artifact Aggro	22–24	47.8
Affinity	14–6	70.0
Salvage Titan	2–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	6–18	25.0
Madness	3–2	60.0
Golgari Madness	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Jund Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	4–0	100.0
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	2–0	100.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	2–1	66.7
AggroSlide	1–0	100.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–3	25.0
Boros Aggro	2–1	66.7
Humans	2–2	50.0
Combo	125–136	47.9
Storm	18–22	45.0
Sultai Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	11–17	39.3
Izzet Storm	5–4	55.6
Reanimator	40–47	46.0
Recurring Nightmare	2–2	50.0
Dragon Nightmare	1–1	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	3–4	42.9
Traditional Reanimator	34–41	45.3
Rakdos Reanimator	4–1	80.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	28–39	41.8
Necrotic Ooze Combo	3–17	15.0
Warp World	4–3	57.1
Temur Glimpse	1–1	50.0
Four Color Glimpse	3–2	60.0
Hypergenesis	6–10	37.5
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–5	37.5
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–5	37.5
"Twin"	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	5–1	83.3
Anvil Colossus	2–1	66.7
Eggs	0–2	0.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	4–2	66.7
Izzet Ascension	7–3	70.0
Jokulhaups Combo	2–3	40.0
Soulflayer	3–0	100.0
Reanim8 Rack	3–0	100.0
Breakfast	3–5	37.5
Oops All Spells	3–5	37.5
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Dredge	8–1	88.9
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
GreenTwin	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	4–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–2	33.3
Belcher	3–9	25.0
Endless Belch	2–1	66.7
Possibility Storm	1–0	100.0
Control	123–69	64.1
Esper Control	12–6	66.7
Mono Blue Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	9–1	90.0
Azorius Control	36–18	66.7
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Mill	3–1	75.0
Cloudpost Control	5–1	83.3
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Grixis Control	4–0	100.0
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Stax	2–4	33.3
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	10–10	50.0
Mono White Control	8–0	100.0
Life is Ez	2–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	4–0	100.0
Astral Slide	4–0	100.0
Five Color Control	11–10	52.4
Last Stand Control	10–10	50.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	5–8	38.5
Orzhov Control	5–3	62.5
Prison	3–4	42.9
Enchantress	3–4	42.9
Aggro-Combo	58–60	49.2
Aristocrats	12–6	66.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Boros Bombardment	7–3	70.0
Burn	4–5	44.4
Infect	4–11	26.7
Simic Infect	2–1	66.7
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–10	16.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	17–29	37.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	14–26	35.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	8–3	72.7
Hushnought	6–3	66.7
Liquimetal Fishing	0–2	0.0
Combo Goblins	7–1	87.5
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Dirty Kitty	6–1	85.7
Aggro-Control	17–29	37.0
Izzet Tempo	7–8	46.7
Blue Madness	2–2	50.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Wizards	0–3	0.0
Ninjas	4–1	80.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–8	20.0
Mono Blue Faeries	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Librarians	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	2–3	40.0
Dimir Tempo	0–2	0.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	58–53	52.3
Curses	2–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	10–4	71.4
Mindcrank	12–3	80.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	25–44	36.2
Jokulhaups Control	25–44	36.2
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	5–8	38.5
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	9–24	27.3
Jund Jokulhaups Control	7–8	46.7
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Resurgent Belief	5–2	71.4
Midrange	135–74	64.6
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	10–4	71.4
Selesnya Midrange	3–0	100.0
Jund	7–0	100.0
Blink	7–4	63.6
Orzhov Blink	5–2	71.4
Graveyard Value	3–1	75.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Allies	0–2	0.0
Mono White Allies	0–1	0.0
Azorius Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	3–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	2–0	100.0
Vampires	4–3	57.1
Mono Black Vampires	4–2	66.7
Orzhov Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	5–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	5–0	100.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	13–1	92.9
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	9–2	81.8
Mono Black Devotion	2–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	5–0	100.0
Angels	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	2–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	0–3	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	4–1	80.0
Martyr's Grace	3–1	75.0
Mutate	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	13–17	43.3
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–2	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	17–25	40.5
Mardu Hero	0–2	0.0
Five Color Hero	16–23	41.0
Clerics	7–2	77.8
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Illness in the Ranks	1–0	100.0
Game Objects	6–1	85.7
Ramp	46–46	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	34–33	50.7
Greenpost	29–33	46.8
Gruul Post	2–0	100.0
Simic Post	3–0	100.0
Domain	0–1	0.0
Defenders	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	2–2	50.0