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 2 days, 7 hours.

Congratulations to vagstor, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 35)

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro	11932	24305–23255–65	51.1	734	5753
Red Deck Wins	3076	6752–5839–29	53.6	213	1591
Proliferate Red	37	76–65	53.9	3	15

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	28–28	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	2–4	33.3
Mono White Heroic	1–3	25.0
Azorius Heroic	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	14–13	51.9
Proliferate Red	6–6	50.0
Goblins	2–1	66.7
White Weenie	1–2	33.3
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	2–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	1–2	33.3
Affinity	0–2	0.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–3	25.0
Hexproof	0–2	0.0
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Naya Zoo	0–2	0.0
Combo	8–3	72.7
Storm	1–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	3–0	100.0
Recurring Nightmare	2–0	100.0
Four Color Powerful Magic	2–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–0	100.0
New Perspectives	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Combo Post	1–0	100.0
Turntimber Ranger	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	0–2	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–2	0.0
Control	11–11	50.0
Mono Black Control	2–1	66.7
Esper Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	1–1	50.0
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	0–1	0.0
Pollute the Planet	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Approach	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	3–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	3–3	50.0
Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	4–4	50.0
Izzet Tempo	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
12 Pest	2–2	50.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	7–3	70.0
Swarm Intelligence	2–0	100.0
Mindcrank	0–1	0.0
Displace Loop	2–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–1	75.0
Wildfire	3–1	75.0
Midrange	11–11	50.0
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	2–0	100.0
Blink	3–3	50.0
Wave Blink	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	1–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	0–1	0.0
Selvala Morningstar	0–1	0.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–2	0.0
Necro Midrange	0–1	0.0
Hellion Whip	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–3	25.0
Ramp	4–2	66.7
Rofellos Ramp	3–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	0–2	0.0
Greenpost	0–2	0.0