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
Tokens	354	568–745–1	43.3	8	127
Mono White Tokens	131	234–265	46.9	5	46

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	82–81	50.3
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	3–3	50.0
Mono White Heroic	1–3	25.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	28–24	53.8
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Goblins	3–0	100.0
Tokens	8–8	50.0
Mono White Tokens	8–8	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	5–1	83.3
White Weenie	6–2	75.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Soldiers	2–0	100.0
Elves	4–3	57.1
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	6–3	66.7
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–1	66.7
8 Whack	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	5–8	38.5
Affinity	2–3	40.0
Tempered Steel	3–5	37.5
Madness	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Madness	0–2	0.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Knights	3–3	50.0
AggroSlide	6–14	30.0
Cats	0–1	0.0
Mono White Cats	0–1	0.0
Boros Aggro	0–2	0.0
Humans	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Humans	1–2	33.3
Combo	24–41	36.9
Storm	9–12	42.9
Dimir Tendrils	5–5	50.0
Dragonstorm	1–2	33.3
High Tide	2–1	66.7
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Channel Storm	0–4	0.0
Reanimator	3–10	23.1
Recurring Nightmare	0–3	0.0
Dragon Nightmare	0–3	0.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–5	37.5
Mono Black Reanimator	2–5	28.6
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–3	25.0
Anvil Colossus	0–2	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–1	50.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–1	50.0
Reanim8 Rack	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	1–7	12.5
Hermit Gond	0–1	0.0
Hermit Dredge	0–1	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–2	0.0
Neoform Hermit	1–3	25.0
Oops All Lands	0–1	0.0
Dredge	1–1	50.0
Protean Hulk Combo	1–0	100.0
Chain of Acid	0–1	0.0
Stuffy Doll	1–0	100.0
Belcher	1–0	100.0
Control	39–45	46.4
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Control	2–1	66.7
Dimir Control	2–3	40.0
Azorius Control	3–5	37.5
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	0–4	0.0
Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	4–6	40.0
Cruel Control	3–1	75.0
Stax	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	2–2	50.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	3–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–2	33.3
Astral Slide	1–2	33.3
Five Color Control	1–2	33.3
Five Color Collected Conjuring	0–1	0.0
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	9–8	52.9
Temur Reclamation	2–4	33.3
Pox	1–1	50.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	2–2	50.0
Aggro-Combo	10–15	40.0
Aristocrats	1–5	16.7
Food	1–3	25.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	3–0	100.0
Infect	1–3	25.0
Simic Infect	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–2	33.3
Hermit Humans	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–3	25.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	2–2	50.0
Aggro-Control	23–23	50.0
Izzet Tempo	8–8	50.0
Ninjas	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	6–6	50.0
Mono Blue Faeries	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–5	16.7
Dimir Tempo	1–1	50.0
Dimir Faeries	1–0	100.0
Sultai Tempo	1–1	50.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	4–7	36.4
Curses	1–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–4	20.0
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Thryx-Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	1–3	25.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	50–48	51.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	1–2	33.3
Blink	1–8	11.1
Wave Blink	0–8	0.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Esper Wave	0–2	0.0
Azorius Wave	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Wave	0–2	0.0
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	3–1	75.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Allies	1–1	50.0
Mono White Allies	1–0	100.0
Esper Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	2–1	66.7
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Legends	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	6–1	85.7
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	17–18	48.6
Necro Midrange	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Devotion	16–14	53.3
Hellion Whip	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	3–1	75.0
Angels	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Angels	0–1	0.0
Toughness Matters	2–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–2	0.0
Adventures	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–3	50.0
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Mythic Colossification	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	0–5	0.0
Ramp	2–5	28.6
Rofellos Ramp	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	1–4	20.0
Greenpost	1–4	20.0
Domain	1–0	100.0