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 2 days, 7 hours.

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

Four Color Counter Ghazi

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	5873	10777–11925–43	47.5	269	2503
Four Color Counter Ghazi	84	153–188	44.9	1	51

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	55–92	37.4
Mono Black Aggro	3–1	75.0
Heroic	6–2	75.0
Mono White Heroic	5–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–2	33.3
Red Deck Wins	12–33	26.7
Mono Red Devotion	2–0	100.0
Proliferate Red	1–1	50.0
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	4–3	57.1
Selesnya Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	2–2	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–2	33.3
White Weenie	4–3	57.1
Elves	1–2	33.3
Warriors	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–1	50.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	1–1	50.0
Gruul Aggro	2–2	50.0
Merfolk	0–3	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
8 Whack	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	10–27	27.0
Affinity	6–11	35.3
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	3–13	18.8
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	0–1	0.0
Devastating Dreams	1–0	100.0
Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	3–1	75.0
Cats	2–0	100.0
Mono White Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–2	0.0
Combo	9–18	33.3
Storm	0–2	0.0
Dimir Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	2–2	50.0
New Perspectives	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–1	50.0
Anvil Colossus	1–0	100.0
Infinite Infinite Combos	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Eye of the Storm	0–1	0.0
Eggs	0–2	0.0
Turntimber Ranger	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	2–4	33.3
Cephalid Breakfast	2–3	40.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1–3	25.0
Oops All Spells	0–1	0.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	0–1	0.0
Ad Nauseam	0–1	0.0
Control	38–9	80.9
Esper Control	4–1	80.0
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Paradox Haze Lock	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	5–0	100.0
Azorius Control	5–1	83.3
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Blackpost	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	5–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–1	50.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	3–0	100.0
Pox	2–0	100.0
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	7–11	38.9
Aristocrats	1–4	20.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	0–2	0.0
Infect	1–2	33.3
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–2	0.0
Pummeler	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–2	33.3
Goblin Persist	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Control	12–12	50.0
Izzet Tempo	6–2	75.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Clues	1–0	100.0
Tetsukotog	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–3	40.0
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	1–3	25.0
Combo-Control	7–12	36.8
Curses	5–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	0–2	0.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	0–4	0.0
Yosei Vat	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–1	66.7
Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	22–31	41.5
Temur Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Midrange	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Value Town	0–2	0.0
Jund	0–1	0.0
Blink	1–3	25.0
Wave Blink	1–2	33.3
Azorius Wave	1–2	33.3
Anti-Persecution	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Allies	3–3	50.0
Mardu Allies	1–3	25.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Vampires	4–2	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	3–1	75.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–1	66.7
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–4	20.0
Heart of Darkness	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Angels	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Angels	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–1	66.7
Abzan Hero	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	0–1	0.0
Ramp	3–3	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–2	50.0
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	1–1	50.0
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0
Domain	0–1	0.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0
Jund Carth	1–0	100.0