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 6 days, 23 hours.

The Penny Dreadful 500 is on Nov 16th with free entry and $500 in prizes!

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	37235	62270–63485–18	49.5	428	2776	1687
Jeskai Ascendancy	1494	2824–2271	55.4	33	140	111
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	110	206–118	63.6	1	2	14

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	43–25	63.2
Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	13–5	72.2
Mono Green Stompy	3–1	75.0
White Weenie	4–2	66.7
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–1	50.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	2–1	66.7
Zombies	2–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	3–2	60.0
8 Whack	3–2	60.0
Artifact Aggro	5–6	45.5
Affinity	3–4	42.9
Tempered Steel	2–1	66.7
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	2–1	66.7
AggroSlide	3–2	60.0
Cats	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Cats	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	41–21	66.1
Storm	8–2	80.0
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	5–1	83.3
Reanimator	5–4	55.6
Worldgorger Dragon	2–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–4	42.9
Mono Black Reanimator	3–4	42.9
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Naya Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	6–3	66.7
Anvil Colossus	3–3	50.0
Upheaval Colossus	2–0	100.0
Eggs	1–1	50.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	5–3	62.5
Reanim8 Rack	2–1	66.7
Breakfast	3–4	42.9
Oops All Spells	0–3	0.0
Neoform Hermit	3–1	75.0
Dredge	3–1	75.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	1–0	100.0
Control	40–17	70.2
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	3–4	42.9
Dimir Control	3–2	60.0
Azorius Control	6–3	66.7
Mardu Control	0–2	0.0
Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	3–0	100.0
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Izzet Dragons	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	5–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	3–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	2–1	66.7
Sultai Ultimatum	2–1	66.7
Bant Control	3–1	75.0
Pox	2–1	66.7
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	0–1	0.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	12–6	66.7
Aristocrats	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Burn	0–1	0.0
Infect	0–2	0.0
Simic Infect	0–2	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	5–1	83.3
Aggro-Control	7–13	35.0
Izzet Tempo	1–5	16.7
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–2	50.0
Dimir Tempo	0–1	0.0
Sultai Tempo	1–3	25.0
Combo-Control	3–1	75.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Pickles	2–0	100.0
Mindcrank	0–1	0.0
Midrange	50–31	61.7
The Rock	2–1	66.7
Abzan Midrange	7–3	70.0
Blink	6–2	75.0
Wave Blink	6–2	75.0
Azorius Wave	2–1	66.7
Abzan Wave	4–0	100.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	3–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Legends	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Midrange	6–3	66.7
Big Red	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Midrange	4–2	66.7
Heart of Darkness	0–1	0.0
Hellion Whip	0–2	0.0
Dimir Midrange	2–1	66.7
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–2	33.3
Prophet Glare	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Neoform	1–1	50.0
Sultai Neoform	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	5–1	83.3
Hero of Precinct One	4–4	50.0
Mardu Hero	1–1	50.0
Esper Hero	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Hero	1–2	33.3
Five Color Hero	1–0	100.0
Gruul Obosh	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	0–2	0.0
Ramp	10–4	71.4
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	7–3	70.0
Greenpost	4–3	57.1
Defenders	0–1	0.0