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
Control	359	640–704	47.6	10	130
Stax	70	145–133	52.2	3	30
Pollute the Planet	39	90–69	56.6	3	20
Birthday Stax	16	30–32	48.4	0	8

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	52–36	59.1
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	12–7	63.2
Goblins	2–3	40.0
Tokens	5–5	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	4–4	50.0
Mardu Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–0	100.0
White Weenie	6–2	75.0
Odric Keywords	2–2	50.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Kithkin	2–0	100.0
Elves	3–1	75.0
Zombies	8–13	38.1
Artifact Aggro	4–1	80.0
Affinity	3–1	75.0
Boros Vehicles	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	2–1	66.7
Madness	2–1	66.7
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Pirates	2–1	66.7
Combo	6–22	21.4
Storm	0–2	0.0
Dragonstorm	0–2	0.0
Reanimator	0–11	0.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–6	0.0
8 Goyf	0–2	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	0–3	0.0
Monumental Ignus	0–3	0.0
Mardu Life	1–2	33.3
Fake-Twin	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Infinite Infinite Combos	2–3	40.0
Control	42–25	62.7
Mono Black Control	3–2	60.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	9–2	81.8
Azorius Control	6–5	54.5
Turbo Fog	3–3	50.0
Izzet Control	2–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–2	33.3
Mill	1–0	100.0
Stax	6–6	50.0
Pollute the Planet	2–2	50.0
Birthday Stax	0–3	0.0
Jeskai Control	2–1	66.7
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	2–2	50.0
Cycling Control	3–1	75.0
Astral Slide	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	8–6	57.1
Aristocrats	5–4	55.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–4	20.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	2–2	50.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	3–4	42.9
Izzet Tempo	0–2	0.0
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	1–1	50.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Grixis Madness	1–0	100.0
Temur Clues	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	5–3	62.5
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Shared Fate	2–0	100.0
Swarm Intelligence	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	2–0	100.0
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Peregrine Drake	0–1	0.0
Midrange	24–32	42.9
Temur Ascendancy	3–6	33.3
Grenzo	3–3	50.0
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jund	1–1	50.0
Blink	3–8	27.3
Graveyard Value	3–4	42.9
Enchantments Matter	0–3	0.0
Constellation	0–2	0.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Selvala Morningstar	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–2	50.0
Sultai Midrange	0–2	0.0
Illness in the Ranks	1–0	100.0
Ramp	5–5	50.0
Rofellos Ramp	4–3	57.1
Wild Pair	3–1	75.0