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
Midrange	6642	12897–13407–34	49.0	353	3083
Temur Ascendancy	155	311–301–4	50.8	8	71
Prophet Ascendancy	8	9–15	37.5	0	1

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	109–111–2	49.5
Mono Black Aggro	3–0	100.0
Heroic	11–27–2	28.9
Mono White Heroic	9–21–2	30.0
Azorius Heroic	1–3	25.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–2	33.3
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	25–28	47.2
Mono Red Devotion	1–4	20.0
Proliferate Red	0–1	0.0
Goblins	7–11	38.9
Tokens	13–6	68.4
Selesnya Tokens	8–3	72.7
Mardu Tokens	1–2	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	13–3	81.3
Odric Keywords	2–0	100.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Kithkin	3–1	75.0
Elves	1–0	100.0
Werewolves	2–1	66.7
Minotaurs	0–1	0.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	10–15	40.0
Gruul Aggro	2–1	66.7
Merfolk	3–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	3–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	2–4	33.3
Affinity	1–1	50.0
Tempered Steel	0–3	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	3–1	75.0
Devastating Dreams	0–4	0.0
Madness	3–0	100.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	2–0	100.0
Voltron	3–5	37.5
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Boros Auras	1–1	50.0
Equipment Aggro	2–3	40.0
AggroSlide	0–1	0.0
Brushwaggs	1–0	100.0
Pirates	1–0	100.0
Combo	23–32	41.8
Storm	3–4	42.9
Sultai Tendrils	0–2	0.0
Dimir Tendrils	1–2	33.3
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	5–20	20.0
Recurring Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–7	12.5
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	0–1	0.0
8 Goyf	1–0	100.0
Living Death	0–3	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–7	30.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–3	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–1	50.0
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
New Perspectives	1–0	100.0
Monumental Ignus	2–1	66.7
Mardu Life	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Combo Post	1–1	50.0
Infinite Infinite Combos	2–1	66.7
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Cephalid Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Control	75–59	56.0
Mono Black Control	8–7	53.3
Esper Control	5–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	5–3	62.5
Paradox Haze Lock	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	4–7	36.4
Dreadful Inspiration	3–2	60.0
Azorius Control	10–10	50.0
Turbo Fog	6–2	75.0
Izzet Control	2–5	28.6
Mardu Control	2–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	3–5	37.5
Cruel Control	0–4	0.0
Stax	6–3	66.7
Pollute the Planet	5–2	71.4
Jeskai Control	8–6	57.1
Dragon Control	2–1	66.7
Esper Dragons	0–1	0.0
Dimir Dragons	1–0	100.0
Galleon Control	0–1	0.0
Ponza	0–2	0.0
Dynavolt Tower	2–1	66.7
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Sultai Control	2–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	13–20	39.4
Aristocrats	9–18	33.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–11	21.4
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–4	42.9
Abzan Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Mardu Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Burn	4–1	80.0
Infect	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Infect	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	11–6	64.7
Izzet Tempo	4–1	80.0
Azorius Skies	2–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–2	33.3
Simic Madness	0–2	0.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Temur Clues	1–1	50.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Tetsukotog	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	14–17	45.2
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	0–4	0.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Shared Fate	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	2–3	40.0
Peregrine Drake	2–2	50.0
Familiars	0–1	0.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	1–1	50.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–1	50.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	5–4	55.6
Wildfire	5–3	62.5
Borderpost Wildfire	2–3	40.0
Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	54–45–2	54.5
Temur Ascendancy	6–6–2	50.0
Grenzo	1–2	33.3
Abzan Midrange	1–2	33.3
Jund	7–2	77.8
Blink	7–7	50.0
Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	3–1	75.0
Enchantments Matter	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Constellation	0–1	0.0
Allies	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	2–1	66.7
Selvala Morningstar	0–5	0.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
White Jund	1–1	50.0
Vampires	9–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	9–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Midrange	0–2	0.0
Naya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Card Advantage White	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	2–1	66.7
Lifegain Midrange	1–2	33.3
Sultai Midrange	1–2	33.3
Sultai Emerge	0–1	0.0
Illness in the Ranks	0–1	0.0
Ramp	11–10	52.4
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	2–1	66.7
Wild Pair	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	1–2	33.3
Eldrazipost	1–1	50.0
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0
Devoid Cruelty	2–0	100.0
Domain	0–2	0.0
Unclassified	1–1	50.0