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 6 days, 22 hours.

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

Four Color Powerful Magic

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	37244	62285–63506–18	49.5	429	2779	1687
Reanimator	5485	10414–9088–4	53.4	58	467	275
Recurring Nightmare	1010	1923–1640	54.0	8	86	51
Four Color Powerful Magic	39	88–72	55.0	0	3

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	17–22	43.6
Mono Black Aggro	1–1	50.0
Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	4–13	23.5
Prisoner	1–2	33.3
Proliferate Red	0–2	0.0
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	1–1	50.0
Odric Keywords	0–1	0.0
Elves	1–0	100.0
Werewolves	2–0	100.0
Rogues	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	1–1	50.0
Affinity	0–1	0.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–1	50.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	8–12	40.0
Reanimator	4–6	40.0
Recurring Nightmare	2–5	28.6
Dragon Nightmare	1–2	33.3
Jund Nightmare	1–2	33.3
Living Death	2–1	66.7
New Perspectives	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	0–3	0.0
Combo Post	0–2	0.0
Turntimber Ranger	0–1	0.0
Stuffy Doll	2–0	100.0
Control	21–10	67.7
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	6–5	54.5
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Blackpost	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	3–2	60.0
Jeskai Approach	1–2	33.3
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	3–1	75.0
Aggro-Combo	6–5	54.5
Aristocrats	4–3	57.1
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Pummeler	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Control	6–2	75.0
Simic Flash	1–1	50.0
Simic Vat	1–1	50.0
Izzet Tempo	2–0	100.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Tetsukotog	0–1	0.0
12 Pest	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	5–3	62.5
Battle of Wits	3–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–3	25.0
Wildfire	1–3	25.0
Midrange	18–16	52.9
Temur Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Blink	3–3	50.0
Wave Blink	3–3	50.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	2–2	50.0
Azorius Wave	1–1	50.0
Allies	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Allies	0–1	0.0
Mardu Allies	1–0	100.0
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Vampires	2–4	33.3
Mono Black Vampires	2–3	40.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–1	0.0
Elementals	0–1	0.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	3–1	75.0
Sultai Emerge	3–1	75.0
Ramp	7–2	77.8
Rofellos Ramp	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	5–1	83.3
Eldrazipost	2–1	66.7
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0