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 3 days.

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

Orzhov Wave

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Midrange	6642	12897–13407–34	49.0	353	3083
Blink	935	2414–1723	58.4	122	563
Wave Blink	388	1059–694	60.4	54	243
Orzhov Wave	85	229–142	61.7	11	63

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	62–31	66.7
Mono Black Aggro	1–1	50.0
Heroic	3–3	50.0
Mono White Heroic	1–2	33.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	17–14	54.8
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	11–2	84.6
White Weenie	5–2	71.4
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Elves	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Rogues	2–0	100.0
Zombies	2–2	50.0
Gruul Aggro	3–1	75.0
Artifact Aggro	8–1	88.9
Affinity	2–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	5–1	83.3
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	2–4	33.3
Rakdos Aggro	2–0	100.0
Combo	35–25	58.3
Storm	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	4–5	44.4
Recurring Nightmare	3–3	50.0
Dragon Nightmare	3–3	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	10–10	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	10–9	52.6
Fake-Twin	0–2	0.0
Naya Fake-Twin	0–2	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–2	33.3
Izzet Ascension	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	11–4	73.3
Hermit Gond	1–0	100.0
Hermit Dredge	1–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	8–4	66.7
Neoform Hermit	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	0–1	0.0
Tameshi Bloom	1–0	100.0
Possibility Storm	1–0	100.0
Control	22–23	48.9
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	2–0	100.0
Dimir Control	2–2	50.0
Azorius Control	4–4	50.0
Cloudpost Control	1–6	14.3
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	1–4	20.0
Grixis Control	0–2	0.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	2–2	50.0
Izzet Dragons	0–1	0.0
Esper Dragons	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	2–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Reclamation	1–0	100.0
Pox	4–4	50.0
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Prison	0–1	0.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	35–16	68.6
Aristocrats	2–4	33.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Burn	2–2	50.0
Infect	7–0	100.0
Simic Infect	7–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	21–6	77.8
Izzet Dreadnought	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	18–6	75.0
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	3–3	50.0
Goblin Persist	1–1	50.0
Dirty Kitty	2–2	50.0
Aggro-Control	13–2	86.7
Izzet Tempo	4–0	100.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	8–2	80.0
Mono Blue Librarians	6–2	75.0
Combo-Control	6–2	75.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Familiars	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	0–2	0.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	2–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	43–37	53.8
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	21–21	50.0
Wave Blink	21–21	50.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	1–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	6–7	46.2
Orzhov Wave	12–12	50.0
Abzan Wave	2–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	0–1	0.0
Allies	4–3	57.1
Mardu Allies	1–1	50.0
Mono White Allies	2–1	66.7
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–1	66.7
Angels	1–0	100.0
Mono White Angels	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–6	14.3
Martyr's Grace	1–6	14.3
Orzhov Midrange	6–4	60.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	13–6	68.4
Rofellos Ramp	5–3	62.5
Cloudpost Ramp	7–3	70.0
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	6–3	66.7
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0