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 6 days, 22 hours.

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

Field Ramp

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Ramp	9830	16457–17849–2	48.0	67	575	354
Field Ramp	237	335–443	43.1	0	15	3

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	57–108	34.5
Heroic	1–8	11.1
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Boros Heroic	1–7	12.5
Red Deck Wins	5–21	19.2
Tokens	2–5	28.6
Selesnya Tokens	2–4	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	3–1	75.0
White Weenie	4–16	20.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Soldiers	2–9	18.2
Mono White Humans	1–6	14.3
Elves	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	2–1	66.7
Artifact Aggro	16–14	53.3
Affinity	16–14	53.3
Hardened Scales Affinity	16–12	57.1
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–6	25.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–6	14.3
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	9–20	31.0
Selesnya Humans	1–1	50.0
Boros Humans	5–11	31.3
Orzhov Humans	3–8	27.3
Legends Aggro	4–8	33.3
Boros Legends Aggro	2–5	28.6
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1–1	50.0
Bard Class	1–2	33.3
Permanent Vacation	2–1	66.7
Pirates	0–4	0.0
Rats	3–1	75.0
Combo	42–102	29.2
Storm	2–3	40.0
Citadel Storm	1–2	33.3
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–1	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–2	50.0
Dubious Challenge	0–3	0.0
Warp World	4–39	9.3
Temur Glimpse	2–9	18.2
Boros Glimpse	2–29	6.5
Hypergenesis	2–0	100.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–4	0.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	2–6	25.0
Oops All Spells	2–6	25.0
Oops All Lands	4–14	22.2
Dredge	8–10	44.4
Insidious Roots Dredge	7–9	43.8
Polymorph	1–1	50.0
Storm Herald	3–2	60.0
Tibalt's Trickery	0–1	0.0
Intruder Alarm	1–1	50.0
Calibrated Blast	1–4	20.0
Restore Balance	3–3	50.0
Gyruda	0–1	0.0
Belcher	1–1	50.0
Possibility Storm	1–2	33.3
Midnight Mass	1–1	50.0
Control	68–41	62.4
Esper Control	9–7	56.3
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	6–1	85.7
Azorius Control	23–15	60.5
Turbo Fog	3–0	100.0
Izzet Control	2–6	25.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	3–4	42.9
Cruel Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–2	33.3
Runeflare	0–1	0.0
Mono White Control	5–0	100.0
Bant Control	2–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Control	2–1	66.7
Prison	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	6–35	14.6
Aristocrats	6–34	15.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	6–33	15.4
Dwarf Combo	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	18–26	40.9
Simic Flash	5–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	0–2	0.0
Blue Madness	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Tempo	8–14	36.4
Mono Blue Librarians	5–11	31.3
Izzet Spells	2–1	66.7
Dimir Tempo	0–3	0.0
Azorius Tempo	2–3	40.0
Combo-Control	14–23	37.8
Battle of Wits	4–5	44.4
Sunforger	1–0	100.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–2	0.0
Wildfire	0–2	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Resurgent Belief	1–1	50.0
Greasefang	6–12	33.3
Esper Greasefang	0–3	0.0
Orzhov Greasefang	5–9	35.7
Coveted Falcon Combo	1–2	33.3
Midrange	108–80	57.4
The Rock	21–12	63.6
Abzan Midrange	10–3	76.9
Selesnya Midrange	2–1	66.7
Jund	0–4	0.0
Blink	20–15	57.1
Orzhov Blink	15–12	55.6
Graveyard Value	1–1	50.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	4–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	2–0	100.0
Vampires	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	2–1	66.7
Legends Midrange	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Legends	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Midrange	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Midrange	2–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	2–3	40.0
Angels	0–1	0.0
Mono White Angels	0–1	0.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	4–2	66.7
Fight Rigging	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–4	33.3
Heartless Summoning Stompy	8–14	36.4
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	0–2	0.0
Boros Hero	0–2	0.0
Clerics	1–1	50.0
Artifact Midrange	5–4	55.6
Death Cloud	2–1	66.7
Nissa Company	2–1	66.7
Illness in the Ranks	0–3	0.0
Game Objects	5–1	83.3
Ramp	21–28	42.9
Cloudpost Ramp	0–1	0.0
Temurpost	0–1	0.0
Carth Superfriends	0–2	0.0
Applejacks	0–1	0.0
Field Ramp	15–15	50.0
Unclassified	1–0	100.0