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 1 week.

The Penny Dreadful 500 is on Nov 16th with free entry and $500 in prizes!

Living Death

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Combo	5725	12045–11104–18	52.0	428	2776
Reanimator	1003	2228–1925–4	53.6	57	466
Living Death	50	127–92	58.0	5	26
Excruciator Combo	25	63–47	57.3	2	13

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	35–33	51.5
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	3–3	50.0
Boros Heroic	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Heroic	2–2	50.0
Red Deck Wins	14–12	53.8
Prisoner	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	5–7	41.7
White Weenie	1–5	16.7
Soldiers	0–4	0.0
Mono White Humans	1–0	100.0
Elves	1–0	100.0
Werewolves	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	2–1	66.7
Mono Red Swarm	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	0–1	0.0
Affinity	0–1	0.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	2–2	50.0
Boros Legends Aggro	2–2	50.0
Rats	2–0	100.0
Combo	18–18	50.0
Reanimator	9–9	50.0
Recurring Nightmare	2–0	100.0
Dragon Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Living Death	6–6	50.0
Excruciator Combo	4–4	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Reanimator	1–3	25.0
New Perspectives	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Umbral Mantle	0–1	0.0
Turntimber Ranger	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–3	25.0
Unctus	1–3	25.0
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–1	50.0
Nadu Combo	4–1	80.0
Control	22–17	56.4
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	2–0	100.0
Dimir Control	3–1	75.0
Azorius Control	5–5	50.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	3–4	42.9
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	0–1	0.0
Stax	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Approach	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	2–3	40.0
Aggro-Combo	6–1	85.7
Aristocrats	4–1	80.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Pummeler	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	7–4	63.6
Simic Flash	1–3	25.0
Simic Vat	1–3	25.0
Izzet Tempo	3–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	3–1	75.0
Combo-Control	8–3	72.7
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	2–0	100.0
Hedron Alignment	0–1	0.0
Yosei Vat	2–1	66.7
Mass Land Destruction	3–1	75.0
Wildfire	3–1	75.0
Midrange	29–16	64.4
Temur Ascendancy	3–0	100.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	9–5	64.3
Wave Blink	1–4	20.0
Azorius Wave	1–4	20.0
Orzhov Blink	8–1	88.9
Allies	4–1	80.0
Mardu Allies	3–1	75.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	2–0	100.0
Vampires	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Vampires	3–2	60.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	0–1	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–3	40.0
Five Color Hero	2–3	40.0
Laelia Cascade	2–1	66.7
Ramp	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	1–0	100.0
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Unclassified	1–0	100.0