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, 20 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	36498	60997–62350–18	49.5	416	2700	1643
Breakfast	2976	6463–4447–1	59.2	84	448	213
Hermit Gond	90	206–133	60.8	3	11	6

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	64–25	71.9
Mono Black Aggro	2–1	66.7
Heroic	12–4	75.0
Mono White Heroic	9–4	69.2
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	7–7	50.0
Goblins	3–0	100.0
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–2	50.0
White Weenie	3–2	60.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	8–2	80.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Rogues	2–0	100.0
Zombies	4–2	66.7
Mono Red Swarm	3–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	4–1	80.0
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	1–1	50.0
Tempered Steel	2–0	100.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Knights	5–1	83.3
AggroSlide	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	3–0	100.0
Combo	45–27	62.5
Storm	16–11	59.3
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	14–10	58.3
Stormpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Post Desire	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	6–2	75.0
Worldgorger Dragon	2–2	50.0
Double Dragon	1–2	33.3
Traditional Reanimator	4–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	3–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	4–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
"Twin"	1–2	33.3
Naya "Twin"	1–2	33.3
Combo Post	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	4–1	80.0
Upheaval Colossus	3–1	75.0
Eggs	2–1	66.7
Saffi Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–3	25.0
Ominous Good	2–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	2–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	1–0	100.0
Neoform Hermit	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Stuffy Doll	0–1	0.0
Control	23–29	44.2
Mono Black Control	0–2	0.0
Esper Control	0–1	0.0
Demonic Rising	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	1–2	33.3
Azorius Control	2–4	33.3
Turbo Fog	0–2	0.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	1–5	16.7
Cruel Control	1–3	25.0
Jeskai Control	1–3	25.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	3–2	60.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–2	33.3
Guildgate Control	4–0	100.0
Temur Reclamation	1–0	100.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	8–4	66.7
Aristocrats	4–3	57.1
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Burn	3–1	75.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	6–9	40.0
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	0–2	0.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	2–0	100.0
Simic Madness	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–4	20.0
Mono Blue Faeries	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	0–3	0.0
Combo-Control	13–14	48.1
Curses	0–2	0.0
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Familiars	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	2–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	10–8	55.6
Wildfire	10–8	55.6
Borderpost Wildfire	8–5	61.5
Midrange	38–22	63.3
The Rock	5–1	83.3
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–1	50.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	3–5	37.5
Wave Blink	2–5	28.6
Cloudpost Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Wave	0–1	0.0
Bant Wave	1–1	50.0
Allies	5–3	62.5
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Mono White Allies	4–2	66.7
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–2	50.0
Big Red	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Midrange	6–4	60.0
Mono Black Devotion	3–1	75.0
Davriel Braids	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–2	33.3
Angels	1–0	100.0
Mono White Angels	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	1–0	100.0
Coinflip Tribal	1–0	100.0
Ramp	8–3	72.7
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	5–3	62.5
Golgari Post	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	5–2	71.4
Reclamation at Wake	1–0	100.0
Applejacks	1–0	100.0
Unclassified	1–0	100.0