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
Midrange	1464	2542–2309–1	52.4	31	223	79
Mono Black Midrange	134	236–181–1	56.6	7	34	6
Necro Midrange	131	232–173–1	57.3	7	34	6

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	52–37	58.4
Heroic	1–1	50.0
Boros Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	1–1	50.0
Goblins	8–1	88.9
Mono Green Stompy	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	3–3	50.0
Soldiers	1–1	50.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	2–1	66.7
Affinity	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	0–1	0.0
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Knights	1–2	33.3
AggroSlide	1–1	50.0
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Humans	6–5	54.5
Boros Humans	6–5	54.5
Mono Red Eldrazi	0–2	0.0
Legends Aggro	20–14	58.8
Boros Legends Aggro	20–14	58.8
Pirates	3–1	75.0
Combo	38–29	56.7
Storm	3–4	42.9
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Citadel Storm	3–3	50.0
Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Necro Combo	0–4	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–0	100.0
Warp World	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	3–3	50.0
Anvil Colossus	2–2	50.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	12–3	80.0
Izzet Ascension	1–1	50.0
Oops All Lands	1–1	50.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	1–1	50.0
Tibalt's Trickery	0–1	0.0
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	3–3	50.0
Gyruda	3–0	100.0
Belcher	1–0	100.0
Midnight Mass	5–6	45.5
Control	23–22–1	51.1
Esper Control	5–5	50.0
Dimir Control	1–4	20.0
Azorius Control	4–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Mardu Control	2–0	100.0
Mill	2–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–1	66.7
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	2–4	33.3
Ponza	1–1–1	50.0
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Last Stand Control	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	2–4	33.3
Prison	1–1	50.0
Enchantress	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	4–5	44.4
Burn	4–5	44.4
Necro Burn	4–4	50.0
Aggro-Control	12–11	52.2
Izzet Tempo	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Tempo	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	2–3	40.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Dimir Faeries	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	10–8	55.6
Curses	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Approach Necro	1–1	50.0
Hive Mind	2–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–0	100.0
Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	1–3	25.0
Midrange	88–67	56.8
The Rock	5–1	83.3
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	10–4	71.4
Selesnya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Value Town	0–1	0.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	36–25	59.0
Orzhov Blink	33–23	58.9
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	3–2	60.0
Allies	2–1	66.7
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Mono White Allies	1–1	50.0
Legends Midrange	2–4	33.3
Boros Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mardu Legends	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Legends	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Big Red	4–3	57.1
Mono Black Midrange	10–10	50.0
Necro Midrange	9–9	50.0
Dimir Midrange	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	0–3	0.0
Fires of Invention	1–2	33.3
Clerics	3–4	42.9
Artifact Midrange	0–3	0.0
Death Cloud	1–1	50.0
Ramp	9–2	81.8
Applejacks	1–0	100.0