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.

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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
Combo-Control	11075	19285–19022–13	50.3	103	853	522
Yosei Vat	95	189–169	52.8	4	13	3

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	40–46	46.5
Mono Black Aggro	3–0	100.0
Heroic	4–1	80.0
Mono White Heroic	3–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	12–16	42.9
Proliferate Red	0–3	0.0
Goblins	0–3	0.0
Tokens	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	4–2	66.7
White Weenie	3–2	60.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Kithkin	0–1	0.0
Chroma White	1–0	100.0
Elves	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	4–0	100.0
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–3	25.0
Gruul Aggro	1–2	33.3
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	3–3	50.0
Affinity	2–2	50.0
Boros Vehicles	0–1	0.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–1	50.0
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Jund Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–1	66.7
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	0–2	0.0
Shamans	0–1	0.0
Legends Aggro	1–1	50.0
Boros Legends Aggro	1–1	50.0
Combo	43–33	56.6
Storm	10–5	66.7
Sultai Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	1–3	25.0
Hazoret Storm	3–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	3–1	75.0
Izzet Storm	1–1	50.0
Swath Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	11–13	45.8
Recurring Nightmare	4–3	57.1
Dragon Nightmare	3–3	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–0	100.0
Living Death	3–4	42.9
Traditional Reanimator	3–6	33.3
Rakdos Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–5	16.7
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
New Perspectives	0–1	0.0
Umbral Mantle	0–1	0.0
"Twin"	0–1	0.0
Combo Post	3–3	50.0
Seismic Swans	4–0	100.0
Turntimber Ranger	1–0	100.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Ominous Good	1–2	33.3
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Oops All Spells	1–1	50.0
Oops All Lands	0–1	0.0
Dredge	3–1	75.0
Intruder Alarm	1–1	50.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Gyruda	0–1	0.0
Tameshi Bloom	0–1	0.0
Control	40–28	58.8
Mono Black Control	1–1	50.0
Esper Control	1–3	25.0
Dimir Control	4–0	100.0
Azorius Control	2–2	50.0
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	6–9	40.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Blackpost	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	3–1	75.0
Chandra Nalaar	3–1	75.0
Jeskai Control	6–2	75.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	4–0	100.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–2	33.3
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	2–1	66.7
Last Stand Control	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	0–1	0.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Combo	2–8	20.0
Aristocrats	0–3	0.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	1–1	50.0
Infect	0–3	0.0
Simic Infect	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–1	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	11–4	73.3
Simic Flash	1–1	50.0
Simic Vat	1–1	50.0
Izzet Tempo	1–0	100.0
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Temur Clues	1–0	100.0
Tetsukotog	1–0	100.0
12 Pest	1–1	50.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	8–7	53.3
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	0–1	0.0
Hedron Alignment	1–1	50.0
Hive Mind	1–1	50.0
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–2	33.3
Wildfire	1–2	33.3
Thryx-Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	34–30	53.1
Temur Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
The Rock	2–0	100.0
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	2–2	50.0
Blink	7–4	63.6
Wave Blink	5–4	55.6
Cloudpost Wave Blink	1–0	100.0
Esper Wave	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Wave	1–1	50.0
Abzan Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	0–2	0.0
Enchantments Matter	0–1	0.0
-1/-1 Counters	0–2	0.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Vampires	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Vampires	4–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Legends	2–3	40.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–2	33.3
Big Red	2–3	40.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Davriel Braids	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	6–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–0	100.0
Abzan Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	1–1	50.0
Game Objects	0–1	0.0
Ramp	11–13	45.8
Rofellos Ramp	3–4	42.9
Wild Pair	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	5–5	50.0
Eldrazipost	0–1	0.0
Golgari Post	1–1	50.0
Greenpost	2–1	66.7
Gruul Post	1–2	33.3
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	0–2	0.0
Reclamation at Wake	2–0	100.0