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 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	1070	2026–1902	51.6	6	97	47
Sultai Midrange	83	200–133	60.1	2	12	4
Sultai Emerge	73	187–112	62.5	2	12	4

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	49–42	53.8
Mono Black Aggro	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	7–16	30.4
Mono Red Devotion	1–3	25.0
Goblins	8–1	88.9
Tokens	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono Green Stompy	3–0	100.0
White Weenie	6–3	66.7
Odric Keywords	0–2	0.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	1–1	50.0
Minotaurs	0–2	0.0
Rogues	1–1	50.0
Zombies	3–5	37.5
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	0–2	0.0
Artifact Aggro	6–1	85.7
Affinity	4–1	80.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Devastating Dreams	0–2	0.0
Madness	1–2	33.3
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–3	25.0
Boros Auras	1–1	50.0
Combo	13–9	59.1
Storm	4–5	44.4
Sultai Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tendrils	2–4	33.3
Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Traditional Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Biovisionary	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
Myr Incubator	2–1	66.7
Cruel Combo	0–1	0.0
Control	46–19	70.8
Mono Black Control	3–0	100.0
Esper Control	4–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	16–6	72.7
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	2–1	66.7
Izzet Control	3–2	60.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Grixis Control	3–2	60.0
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Galleon Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	4–4	50.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	4–2	66.7
Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Infect	2–0	100.0
Pummeler	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Control	12–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	3–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	4–0	100.0
Tetsukotog	3–0	100.0
Combo-Control	9–1	90.0
Cruel Combo-Control	3–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Sunforger	1–0	100.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	1–0	100.0
Midrange	40–29	58.0
Temur Ascendancy	4–2	66.7
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	0–2	0.0
Jund	3–4	42.9
Blink	3–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	2–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Allies	0–1	0.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	3–1	75.0
Mardu Midrange	2–0	100.0
Leave // Chance Midrange	1–0	100.0
Yisan-Prophet	1–2	33.3
White Jund	5–3	62.5
Vampires	3–2	60.0
Rakdos Vampires	3–2	60.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–1	50.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	4–4	50.0
Sultai Emerge	4–4	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Ramp	14–10	58.3
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	0–1	0.0
Eldrazipost	0–1	0.0
Domain	3–1	75.0
Temur Bombardment	1–0	100.0