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
Combo	875	1430–1422	50.1	13	66	35
Storm	246	437–413	51.4	2	14	12
High Tide	192	351–306	53.4	2	13	10

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	102–74	58.0
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	8–2	80.0
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Boros Heroic	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	6–1	85.7
Red Deck Wins	25–18	58.1
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Goblins	5–5	50.0
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–2	50.0
White Weenie	4–3	57.1
Kithkin	2–1	66.7
Elves	10–5	66.7
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Counters	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	6–6	50.0
Artifact Aggro	8–4	66.7
Affinity	1–2	33.3
Tempered Steel	7–2	77.8
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	9–2	81.8
Rakdos Aggro	7–1	87.5
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	12–25	32.4
Boros Legends Aggro	9–18	33.3
Selesnya Legends Aggro	2–2	50.0
Combo	52–44	54.2
Storm	17–18	48.6
Dragonstorm	4–3	57.1
Hazoret Storm	1–3	25.0
High Tide	12–12	50.0
Reanimator	8–2	80.0
Worldgorger Dragon	2–1	66.7
Traditional Reanimator	6–1	85.7
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Reanimator	4–1	80.0
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–0	100.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–2	33.3
Upheaval Colossus	1–1	50.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	1–1	50.0
Enduring Ideal	2–3	40.0
Chain of Acid	0–1	0.0
Intruder Alarm	1–1	50.0
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Gyruda	8–5	61.5
Belcher	1–0	100.0
Tameshi Bloom	5–7	41.7
Control	72–66	52.2
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	4–12	25.0
Dimir Control	2–6	25.0
Azorius Control	11–2	84.6
Izzet Control	0–2	0.0
Cloudpost Control	15–15	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–4	20.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	6–9	40.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	3–0	100.0
Stax	4–6	40.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	0–2	0.0
Izzet Dragons	0–1	0.0
Esper Dragons	0–1	0.0
Ponza	3–5	37.5
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	2–1	66.7
Last Stand Control	2–1	66.7
Bant Control	1–5	16.7
Pox	1–1	50.0
Seasons Past Control	15–2	88.2
Orzhov Control	2–3	40.0
Prison	9–4	69.2
Enchantress	6–4	60.0
Aggro-Combo	9–13	40.9
Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Food	2–0	100.0
Burn	1–1	50.0
Infect	6–11	35.3
Golgari Infect	6–11	35.3
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	11–15	42.3
Simic Flash	1–1	50.0
Izzet Tempo	0–3	0.0
Wizards	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–3	0.0
Izzet Spells	2–1	66.7
Dimir Tempo	2–4	33.3
Dimir Faeries	1–4	20.0
Combo-Control	8–24	25.0
Battle of Wits	1–5	16.7
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Yosei Vat	1–3	25.0
Hive Mind	1–7	12.5
Zur's Weirding	3–0	100.0
Solar Flare	2–8	20.0
Midrange	66–61	52.0
The Rock	4–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	5–4	55.6
Jund	7–6	53.8
Blink	11–15	42.3
Wave Blink	10–14	41.7
Cloudpost Wave Blink	2–2	50.0
Azorius Wave	5–9	35.7
Orzhov Wave	3–3	50.0
Acid Trip	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	4–4	50.0
Séance	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Allies	0–1	0.0
Vampires	0–3	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–3	0.0
Legends Midrange	3–6	33.3
Orzhov Legends	3–6	33.3
Elementals	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–1	66.7
Naya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Big Red	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Midrange	2–5	28.6
Mono Black Devotion	1–3	25.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Mutate	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–2	33.3
Heartless Summoning Stompy	3–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	0–1	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	12–2	85.7
Hero of Precinct One	0–4	0.0
Orzhov Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	0–2	0.0
Clerics	2–0	100.0
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	0–2	0.0
Ramp	31–9	77.5
Cloudpost Ramp	22–9	71.0
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Golgari Post	3–0	100.0
Greenpost	3–0	100.0
Gruul Post	5–5	50.0
Simic Post	8–4	66.7
Carth Superfriends	8–0	100.0