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 1 day, 13 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
Midrange	1210	1987–2018	49.6	9	96	63
Blink	261	547–351	60.9	4	30	31
Wave Blink	245	525–320	62.1	4	30	31
Cloudpost Wave Blink	52	113–62	64.6	0	10	6
Azorius Wave	133	292–185	61.2	4	17	19
Orzhov Wave	52	110–64	63.2	0	3	6
Abzan Wave	4	4–5	44.4
Bant Wave	1	3–2	60.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	135–69	66.2
Mono Black Aggro	4–1	80.0
Heroic	13–3	81.3
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	5–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	6–3	66.7
Red Deck Wins	30–15	66.7
Mono Red Devotion	2–0	100.0
Goblins	4–7	36.4
Mono Green Stompy	3–0	100.0
White Weenie	6–3	66.7
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Chroma White	2–0	100.0
Elves	8–11	42.1
Selesnya Little Kid	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Counters	2–0	100.0
Zombies	2–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	6–2	75.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	12–6	66.7
Affinity	5–3	62.5
Tempered Steel	7–3	70.0
Madness	1–1	50.0
Golgari Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	1–2	33.3
Equipment Aggro	1–2	33.3
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Knights	2–0	100.0
AggroSlide	1–2	33.3
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	4–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	5–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	28–16	63.6
Boros Legends Aggro	22–14	61.1
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1–2	33.3
Combo	83–44	65.4
Storm	20–10	66.7
Dragonstorm	3–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	2–0	100.0
High Tide	14–10	58.3
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	17–3	85.0
Worldgorger Dragon	6–1	85.7
Starlit Graves	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	7–2	77.8
Oriss Genesis	1–1	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–0	100.0
Myr Incubator	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	1–1	50.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	4–6	40.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Polymorph	2–0	100.0
Storm Herald	2–2	50.0
Enduring Ideal	7–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	2–0	100.0
Gyruda	5–10	33.3
Belcher	1–0	100.0
Endless Belch	1–0	100.0
Tameshi Bloom	11–8	57.9
Control	108–71	60.3
Mono Black Control	2–1	66.7
Esper Control	25–10	71.4
Dimir Control	3–0	100.0
Azorius Control	13–7	65.0
Izzet Control	0–2	0.0
Mardu Control	2–0	100.0
Mill	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	30–30	50.0
Blackpost	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	7–4	63.6
Izzet Cloudpost Control	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	14–20	41.2
Mono White Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	3–1	75.0
Dragon Control	2–2	50.0
Esper Dragons	1–2	33.3
Ponza	1–4	20.0
Cycling Control	2–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	4–2	66.7
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	3–2	60.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	3–1	75.0
Seasons Past Control	8–2	80.0
Orzhov Control	5–3	62.5
Prison	3–3	50.0
Enchantress	2–3	40.0
Aggro-Combo	23–17	57.5
Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Burn	2–4	33.3
Infect	17–12	58.6
Blazing Shoal Infect	3–2	60.0
Golgari Infect	14–10	58.3
Combo Goblins	2–1	66.7
Goblin Persist	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Control	17–16	51.5
Simic Flash	1–1	50.0
Izzet Tempo	3–2	60.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	3–4	42.9
Mono Blue Tempo	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Librarians	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	4–1	80.0
Dimir Tempo	3–2	60.0
Dimir Faeries	3–2	60.0
Combo-Control	20–20	50.0
Battle of Wits	3–6	33.3
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	0–2	0.0
Hive Mind	3–3	50.0
Zur's Weirding	2–0	100.0
Solar Flare	9–8	52.9
Mass Land Destruction	2–1	66.7
Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Midrange	114–62	64.8
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	4–4	50.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	7–4	63.6
Blink	15–13	53.6
Wave Blink	12–12	50.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	3–2	60.0
Azorius Wave	8–9	47.1
Orzhov Wave	1–1	50.0
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	11–3	78.6
Séance	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	2–1	66.7
Allies	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Vampires	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Vampires	3–2	60.0
Legends Midrange	10–2	83.3
Mardu Legends	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	5–1	83.3
Rakdos Midrange	3–2	60.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	4–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	11–1	91.7
Mono Black Devotion	7–1	87.5
Sultai Midrange	7–3	70.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	1–1	50.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–1	50.0
Fires of Invention	11–14	44.0
Hero of Precinct One	11–6	64.7
Orzhov Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	9–5	64.3
Naya Hero	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	3–1	75.0
Illness in the Ranks	2–0	100.0
Ramp	25–21	54.3
Cloudpost Ramp	12–17	41.4
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	5–2	71.4
Gruul Post	2–8	20.0
Simic Post	4–6	40.0
Domain	2–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	5–3	62.5