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

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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 2 days, 19 hours.

Congratulations to thewatchwander, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 34)

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	40789	66950–71916–34	48.2	342	3009	1562
Allies	1149	2010–1956–2	50.7	15	140	40
Boros Allies	126	222–212	51.2	2	8	5

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	62–52	54.4
Mono Black Aggro	4–3	57.1
Heroic	3–4	42.9
Mono White Heroic	1–2	33.3
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–2	0.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	13–6	68.4
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Proliferate Red	1–0	100.0
Goblins	0–2	0.0
Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	5–6	45.5
Odric Keywords	0–1	0.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Soldiers	3–1	75.0
Elves	5–3	62.5
Werewolves	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–2	33.3
Zombies	1–3	25.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	3–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	13–10	56.5
Affinity	3–3	50.0
Boros Vehicles	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	8–6	57.1
Mono Blue Architect	1–1	50.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–2	50.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Boros Auras	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	0–2	0.0
Naya Zoo	3–1	75.0
Knights	0–3	0.0
AggroSlide	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Hellbent	1–1	50.0
Shamans	0–1	0.0
Legends Aggro	0–1	0.0
Boros Legends Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	28–42	40.0
Storm	3–2	60.0
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Simic Storm	0–1	0.0
Izzet Storm	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	3–5	37.5
Recurring Nightmare	3–3	50.0
Dragon Nightmare	1–1	50.0
Jund Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Four Color Powerful Magic	1–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–1	0.0
Living Death	0–1	0.0
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–3	25.0
Maniac Combo	1–2	33.3
Hypergenesis	3–0	100.0
New Perspectives	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Myr Incubator	2–1	66.7
Umbral Mantle	1–2	33.3
Combo Post	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–1	66.7
Eggs	2–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	2–18	10.0
Cephalid Breakfast	1–8	11.1
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1–8	11.1
Hermit Dredge	0–1	0.0
Oops All Spells	1–9	10.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Control	46–41	52.9
Esper Control	1–1	50.0
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	0–3	0.0
Azorius Control	6–7	46.2
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	3–1	75.0
Izzet Control	2–1	66.7
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	3–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	4–8	33.3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	0–1	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Grixis Control	2–1	66.7
Stax	0–2	0.0
Pollute the Planet	0–1	0.0
Birthday Stax	0–1	0.0
Stagnant Control	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	3–3	50.0
Jeskai Approach	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	1–3	25.0
Astral Slide	1–3	25.0
Sultai Control	5–2	71.4
Bant Control	4–0	100.0
Pox	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	2–2	50.0
Seasons Past Control	0–2	0.0
Prison	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	9–16	36.0
Aristocrats	3–6	33.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	2–2	50.0
Infect	0–2	0.0
Simic Infect	0–1	0.0
Pummeler	1–2	33.3
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–1	66.7
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–0	100.0
Hushnought	1–3	25.0
Aggro-Control	11–7	61.1
Izzet Tempo	6–3	66.7
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	0–3	0.0
Sultai Tempo	1–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	9–9	50.0
Curses	0–3	0.0
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	3–0	100.0
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	0–2	0.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–1	75.0
Wildfire	3–1	75.0
Borderpost Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Resurgent Belief	0–1	0.0
Midrange	42–39	51.9
Temur Ascendancy	0–3	0.0
The Rock	2–2	50.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	0–3	0.0
Blink	5–5	50.0
Wave Blink	5–3	62.5
Cloudpost Wave Blink	2–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	3–3	50.0
Graveyard Value	0–1	0.0
Allies	4–3	57.1
Orzhov Allies	2–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	1–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–1	50.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Vampires	1–4	20.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–3	0.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	5–4	55.6
Necro Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Devotion	2–1	66.7
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Temur Energy	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–2	33.3
Sultai Midrange	2–1	66.7
Sultai Emerge	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–2	50.0
Fires of Invention	0–1	0.0
Coinflip Tribal	2–0	100.0
Game Objects	1–0	100.0
Ramp	15–6	71.4
Rofellos Ramp	8–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	6–4	60.0
Golgari Post	2–0	100.0
Greenpost	1–2	33.3
Gruul Post	1–1	50.0
Simic Post	2–0	100.0
Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp	0–1	0.0
Defenders	1–0	100.0
Applejacks	0–1	0.0