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 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
Aggro	11931	24302–23253–65	51.1	734	5752
Voltron	263	382–577–2	39.8	5	101
Hexproof	96	150–210–2	41.7	2	36

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	56–61–1	47.9
Mono Black Aggro	3–1	75.0
Heroic	6–9	40.0
Mono White Heroic	4–7	36.4
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–2	33.3
Red Deck Wins	18–7	72.0
Proliferate Red	2–0	100.0
Goblins	0–2	0.0
Tokens	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–2	33.3
White Weenie	3–12	20.0
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Elves	1–5–1	16.7
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	3–3	50.0
Gruul Aggro	2–1	66.7
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	2–1	66.7
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	5–10	33.3
Affinity	5–7	41.7
Tempered Steel	0–3	0.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–1	66.7
Hexproof	1–1	50.0
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
Slivers	0–1	0.0
Knights	2–0	100.0
AggroSlide	3–3	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	13–36	26.5
Storm	4–9	30.8
Dimir Tendrils	3–8	27.3
Izzet Storm	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	3–8	27.3
Worldgorger Dragon	1–5	16.7
Double Dragon	0–1	0.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stormless Storm	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–1	0.0
Eye of the Storm	0–1	0.0
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	0–3	0.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	1–2	33.3
Reanim8 Rack	0–2	0.0
Breakfast	1–4	20.0
Oops All Spells	1–4	20.0
Dredge	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	0–1	0.0
GreenTwin	0–1	0.0
Control	21–44–1	32.3
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	1–3	25.0
Demonic Rising	0–2–1	0.0
Paradox Haze Lock	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–3	25.0
Azorius Control	1–10	9.1
Cawblade	0–3	0.0
Turbo Fog	0–2	0.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	2–2	50.0
Cruel Control	2–2	50.0
Stax	0–3	0.0
Pollute the Planet	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	0–2	0.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Dragons	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Ponza	3–4	42.9
Cycling Control	0–3	0.0
Astral Slide	0–3	0.0
Guildgate Control	4–1	80.0
Pox	1–1	50.0
Seasons Past Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	11–9	55.0
Aristocrats	6–2	75.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	0–2	0.0
Infect	2–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	0–2	0.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	7–16	30.4
Izzet Tempo	4–5	44.4
Azorius Skies	0–4	0.0
Blue Madness	1–2	33.3
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Temur Madness	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	0–2	0.0
Dimir Tempo	1–1	50.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	8–7	53.3
Cruel Combo-Control	2–1	66.7
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	1–3	25.0
Dragoncrank	0–2	0.0
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Peregrine Drake	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–1	66.7
Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Midrange	27–28	49.1
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Angels and Taxes	1–0	100.0
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Jund	2–2	50.0
Blink	1–4	20.0
Wave Blink	1–2	33.3
Azorius Wave	1–1	50.0
Abzan Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	1–2	33.3
Varolz Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Allies	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	0–1	0.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Legends	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–1	50.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–6	25.0
Mono Black Devotion	2–1	66.7
Heart of Darkness	0–2	0.0
Dimir Midrange	5–1	83.3
Angels	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Angels	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Martyr's Grace	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Hero	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	2–1	66.7
Ramp	7–9	43.8
Rofellos Ramp	0–3	0.0
Wild Pair	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	1–5	16.7
Greenpost	1–5	16.7
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–0	100.0
Applejacks	1–1	50.0