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, 2 days.

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

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	50135	93638–83885–65	52.7	734	5741	2359
Red Deck Wins	9372	20828–14683–29	58.7	213	1591	642
Prisoner	52	114–94	54.8	0	5	2

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	17–30	36.2
Mono Black Aggro	2–1	66.7
Heroic	0–2	0.0
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	5–9	35.7
Prisoner	2–2	50.0
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Tokens	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–3	0.0
White Weenie	1–1	50.0
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Elves	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–1	50.0
Rogues	1–1	50.0
Zombies	0–2	0.0
Gruul Aggro	0–2	0.0
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–2	0.0
Artifact Aggro	1–2	33.3
Affinity	0–2	0.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	1–0	100.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	14–10	58.3
Storm	0–1	0.0
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	7–5	58.3
Recurring Nightmare	4–3	57.1
Dragon Nightmare	2–1	66.7
Four Color Powerful Magic	2–1	66.7
Living Death	3–1	75.0
Traditional Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
New Perspectives	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	0–1	0.0
Fake-Twin	0–1	0.0
Saffi Combo	1–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	1–0	100.0
Control	32–17	65.3
Mono Black Control	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	5–4	55.6
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	12–8	60.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	4–2	66.7
Blackpost	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	3–2	60.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	2–1	66.7
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	0–3	0.0
Astral Slide	0–3	0.0
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	4–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	7–9	43.8
Aristocrats	1–4	20.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–4	20.0
Infect	2–1	66.7
Golgari Infect	1–0	100.0
Pummeler	2–2	50.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	7–2	77.8
Azorius Skies	1–1	50.0
Tetsukotog	1–0	100.0
12 Pest	2–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	1–1	50.0
Dimir Faeries	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	10–6	62.5
Curses	3–2	60.0
Cruel Combo-Control	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	2–0	100.0
Mindcrank	0–1	0.0
Displace Loop	1–1	50.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–0	100.0
Wildfire	4–0	100.0
Midrange	12–17	41.4
Temur Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Blink	3–4	42.9
Wave Blink	3–3	50.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	0–2	0.0
Azorius Wave	3–1	75.0
Allies	2–2	50.0
Mardu Allies	2–2	50.0
Vampires	0–4	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Vampires	0–1	0.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–3	0.0
Mono Black Devotion	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Emerge	1–0	100.0
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Illness in the Ranks	1–0	100.0
Ramp	15–3	83.3
Rofellos Ramp	1–2	33.3
Cloudpost Ramp	14–1	93.3
Eldrazipost	4–0	100.0
Locus Awakening	5–1	83.3
Greenpost	1–0	100.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0