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 4 days, 2 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
Aggro	49580	92685–82990–65	52.8	724	5666	2335
Legends Aggro	723	1455–1182	55.2	15	140	40
Bard Class	87	177–137	56.4	0	7	4

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	42–30	58.3
Red Deck Wins	7–2	77.8
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Tokens	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	1–3	25.0
Soldiers	1–2	33.3
Mono White Humans	0–1	0.0
Elves	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Rogues	2–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	4–6	40.0
Affinity	3–6	33.3
Hardened Scales Affinity	3–6	33.3
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	0–2	0.0
Madness	2–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	2–0	100.0
AggroSlide	4–2	66.7
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–1	50.0
Humans	2–6	25.0
Jeskai Humans	0–1	0.0
Boros Humans	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Humans	2–3	40.0
Legends Aggro	3–3	50.0
Boros Legends Aggro	2–1	66.7
Bard Class	1–1	50.0
Pirates	3–1	75.0
Rats	2–2	50.0
Combo	32–36	47.1
Storm	2–4	33.3
Dimir Tendrils	0–2	0.0
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Citadel Storm	2–1	66.7
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–3	40.0
Warp World	2–6	25.0
Temur Glimpse	2–3	40.0
Boros Glimpse	0–3	0.0
Hypergenesis	0–4	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–1	50.0
Seismic Swans	2–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	1–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	1–1	50.0
Dredge	4–3	57.1
Insidious Roots Dredge	3–3	50.0
Ad Nauseam	0–1	0.0
Tibalt's Trickery	0–1	0.0
Calibrated Blast	1–1	50.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Belcher	1–1	50.0
Possibility Storm	1–0	100.0
Midnight Mass	0–1	0.0
Phoenix Altar	3–0	100.0
Actual Twin	4–3	57.1
Izzet Twin	3–3	50.0
Boros Twin	1–0	100.0
Control	36–24	60.0
Esper Control	6–0	100.0
Dimir Control	3–1	75.0
Azorius Control	7–7	50.0
Izzet Control	1–4	20.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	5–3	62.5
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	3–0	100.0
Mono White Control	2–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	2–6	25.0
Prison	3–2	60.0
Enchantress	3–2	60.0
Aggro-Combo	10–0	100.0
Aristocrats	5–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	5–0	100.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Infect	2–0	100.0
Dwarf Combo	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	12–8	60.0
Simic Flash	2–1	66.7
Izzet Tempo	2–1	66.7
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–4	42.9
Mono Blue Librarians	2–3	40.0
Dimir Tempo	2–1	66.7
Dimir Librarians	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	3–0	100.0
Combo-Control	5–3	62.5
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Greasefang	1–2	33.3
Esper Greasefang	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Greasefang	1–1	50.0
Midrange	27–28	49.1
The Rock	2–2	50.0
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–2	0.0
Jund	0–2	0.0
Blink	3–6	33.3
Orzhov Blink	2–6	25.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–1	50.0
Angels	0–1	0.0
Azorius Angels	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–1	66.7
Adventures	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–4	20.0
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	4–3	57.1
Hero of Precinct One	3–2	60.0
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	1–1	50.0
Naya Hero	0–1	0.0
Nissa Company	1–1	50.0
Ramp	13–8	61.9
Rofellos Ramp	3–0	100.0
Wild Pair	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–7	30.0
Eldrazipost	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	1–2	33.3
Gruul Post	1–2	33.3
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Temurpost	0–2	0.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0
Field Ramp	2–1	66.7
Superfriends	1–0	100.0