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)

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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
Orzhov Wave	52	110–64	63.2	0	3	6

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	29–14	67.4
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	6–5	54.5
Goblins	3–1	75.0
White Weenie	1–1	50.0
Chroma White	1–0	100.0
Elves	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	1–1	50.0
Tempered Steel	1–1	50.0
Madness	1–1	50.0
Golgari Madness	1–1	50.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	2–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	6–1	85.7
Boros Legends Aggro	4–1	80.0
Combo	23–13	63.9
Storm	3–3	50.0
High Tide	3–3	50.0
Reanimator	5–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	2–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Reanimator	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Myr Incubator	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	1–1	50.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	2–3	40.0
Storm Herald	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Gyruda	2–4	33.3
Tameshi Bloom	5–0	100.0
Control	18–18	50.0
Esper Control	4–2	66.7
Azorius Control	4–2	66.7
Cloudpost Control	5–9	35.7
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	1–7	12.5
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Last Stand Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Control	1–1	50.0
Prison	2–1	66.7
Enchantress	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	4–0	100.0
Infect	3–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Golgari Infect	2–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	7–2	77.8
Izzet Tempo	1–0	100.0
Wizards	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Tempo	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	2–0	100.0
Dimir Faeries	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	4–2	66.7
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Yosei Vat	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Midrange	20–11	64.5
Abzan Midrange	0–2	0.0
Jund	1–2	33.3
Blink	1–1	50.0
Wave Blink	1–1	50.0
Azorius Wave	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	1–1	50.0
Enchantments Matter	0–1	0.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Big Red	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	5–1	83.3
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	1–2	33.3
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Illness in the Ranks	1–0	100.0
Ramp	5–4	55.6
Cloudpost Ramp	2–3	40.0
Greenpost	2–0	100.0
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0
Simic Post	0–2	0.0
Carth Superfriends	0–1	0.0