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, 13 hours.

Congratulations to thewatchwander, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 34)

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Ramp	1267	2341–2613–2	47.3	66	571
Cloudpost Ramp	496	929–1033	47.3	23	193
Gruul Post	44	78–99	44.1	1	17

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	16–24	40.0
Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	6–7	46.2
Mono Red Devotion	1–1	50.0
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–2	33.3
White Weenie	3–2	60.0
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Mono White Humans	0–1	0.0
Elves	0–1	0.0
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	0–3	0.0
Affinity	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Slivers	0–1	0.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	0–1	0.0
Boros Legends Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	9–21	30.0
Storm	1–1	50.0
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	1–3	25.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–3	25.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Warp World	1–2	33.3
Boros Glimpse	1–2	33.3
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	1–8	11.1
Oops All Spells	1–7	12.5
Neoform Hermit	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Tameshi Bloom	1–0	100.0
Midnight Mass	0–1	0.0
Phoenix Altar	0–1	0.0
Actual Twin	1–1	50.0
Izzet Twin	1–1	50.0
Control	15–8	65.2
Esper Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	3–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	2–0	100.0
Cycling Control	2–1	66.7
Astral Slide	2–1	66.7
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	1–3	25.0
Enchantress	1–3	25.0
Aggro-Combo	9–15	37.5
Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	2–1	66.7
Infect	1–4	20.0
Simic Infect	0–3	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Golgari Infect	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Hushnought	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	2–5	28.6
Goblin Persist	2–4	33.3
Dirty Kitty	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	4–8	33.3
Izzet Tempo	0–3	0.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	0–2	0.0
Dimir Tempo	2–2	50.0
Azorius Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	5–13	27.8
Cruel Combo-Control	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	0–1	0.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	5–9	35.7
Jokulhaups Control	5–9	35.7
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	4–6	40.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	18–8	69.2
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Golgari Citadel	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Blink	1–0	100.0
Wave Blink	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Hellion Whip	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	4–0	100.0
Angels	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	2–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Hero	2–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	1–1	50.0
Simic Snow	0–1	0.0
Game Objects	1–0	100.0
Ramp	2–2	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	1–1	50.0
Greenpost	0–1	0.0
Temurpost	1–0	100.0
Applejacks	0–1	0.0