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, 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
Aggro	49591	92702–83000–65	52.8	724	5666	2337
Humans	687	1286–1115	53.6	12	91	33
Selesnya Humans	104	142–201	41.4	0	4	1

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	23–41	35.9
Mono Black Aggro	2–1	66.7
Heroic	1–2	33.3
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	3–13	18.8
Goblins	3–1	75.0
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	0–3	0.0
Elves	4–1	80.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Zombies	1–1	50.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	3–5	37.5
Affinity	3–5	37.5
Hardened Scales Affinity	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–1	66.7
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	2–0	100.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	0–1	0.0
Cats	1–1	50.0
Mono White Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Legends Aggro	0–4	0.0
Boros Legends Aggro	0–4	0.0
Combo	29–38	43.3
Storm	12–3	80.0
Dimir Tendrils	2–1	66.7
Simic Storm	2–0	100.0
High Tide	1–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Stormpost	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Post Desire	2–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	3–2	60.0
Channel Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	0–4	0.0
Recurring Nightmare	0–2	0.0
Dragon Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Living Death	0–2	0.0
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Warp World	0–1	0.0
Boros Glimpse	0–1	0.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	1–1	50.0
New Perspectives	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Myr Incubator	0–1	0.0
Umbral Mantle	0–1	0.0
"Twin"	0–2	0.0
Jeskai "Twin"	0–1	0.0
Naya "Twin"	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	4–3	57.1
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	3–2	60.0
Turntimber Ranger	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	0–2	0.0
Soulflayer	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	1–4	20.0
Cephalid Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Hermit Gond	0–3	0.0
Oops All Lands	1–2	33.3
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Dice Factory	0–1	0.0
Tibalt's Trickery	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	1–1	50.0
Restore Balance	1–1	50.0
Gyruda	0–3	0.0
Stuffy Doll	1–0	100.0
Control	28–32	46.7
Mono Black Control	1–1	50.0
Esper Control	5–1	83.3
Demonic Rising	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Control	3–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	6–7	46.2
Turbo Fog	1–1	50.0
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–4	33.3
Cruel Control	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Control	0–5	0.0
Galleon Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–2	33.3
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	0–2	0.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Prison	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	6–11	35.3
Aristocrats	2–7	22.2
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–4	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–1	0.0
Pummeler	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	12–16	42.9
Izzet Tempo	2–4	33.3
Azorius Skies	2–2	50.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	2–0	100.0
12 Pest	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Gush	2–1	66.7
Izzet Spells	0–3	0.0
Dimir Tempo	1–1	50.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	6–10	37.5
Curses	2–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Swarm Intelligence	0–1	0.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Familiars	0–1	0.0
Liliana's Contract	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–6	33.3
Wildfire	2–3	40.0
Borderpost Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Jokulhaups Control	1–3	25.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	33–46	41.8
Temur Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
The Rock	4–3	57.1
Abzan Midrange	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–3	0.0
Selesnya Value Town	0–3	0.0
Jund	3–4	42.9
Blink	3–14	17.6
Wave Blink	2–9	18.2
Cloudpost Wave Blink	1–4	20.0
Azorius Wave	1–5	16.7
Orzhov Blink	1–1	50.0
Allies	0–3	0.0
Mardu Allies	0–1	0.0
Mono White Allies	0–2	0.0
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Vampires	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–1	50.0
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Legends	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–3	40.0
Necro Midrange	0–1	0.0
Heart of Darkness	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	1–2	33.3
Toughness Matters	2–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–2	0.0
Mythic Colossification	1–0	100.0
Neoform	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	0–1	0.0
Ramp	5–7	41.7
Rofellos Ramp	2–0	100.0
Channel-Rofellos	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	0–1	0.0
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–2	33.3
Carth Superfriends	0–1	0.0
Field Ramp	1–1	50.0