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 1 day, 11 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	5605	11784–10875–18	52.0	416	2701
Enduring Ideal	41	69–87	44.2	1	18

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	15–32	31.9
Heroic	2–4	33.3
Mono White Heroic	1–2	33.3
Azorius Heroic	1–2	33.3
Red Deck Wins	6–10	37.5
Elves	0–4	0.0
Zombies	0–2	0.0
Merfolk	0–2	0.0
Artifact Aggro	3–5	37.5
Affinity	3–5	37.5
Voltron	2–1	66.7
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	1–4	20.0
Combo	14–14	50.0
Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Necro Combo	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	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
Eggs	1–1	50.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Ominous Good	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	1–2	33.3
Reanim8 Rack	0–1	0.0
Oops All Lands	0–2	0.0
Dice Factory	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	1–1	50.0
Ad Nauseam	2–0	100.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Belcher	1–0	100.0
Actual Twin	1–0	100.0
Izzet Twin	1–0	100.0
Control	12–7	63.2
Mono Black Control	3–0	100.0
Azorius Control	2–2	50.0
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Pox	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	2–3	40.0
Aggro-Combo	6–7	46.2
Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	1–3	25.0
Infect	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	0–3	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–3	0.0
Aggro-Control	5–4	55.6
Izzet Tempo	1–0	100.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Librarians	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	5–7	41.7
Curses	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	1–3	25.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	1–1	50.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–2	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Midrange	11–13	45.8
Blink	3–5	37.5
Wave Blink	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Wave	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	0–1	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Allies	2–0	100.0
Vampires	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	0–1	0.0
Angels	1–0	100.0
Mono White Angels	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–3	25.0
Nissa Company	1–1	50.0
Ramp	1–3	25.0
Rofellos Ramp	0–2	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	1–1	50.0
Greenpost	1–1	50.0