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!

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	37244	62285–63506–18	49.5	429	2779	1687
Dredge	1280	2004–2224	47.4	5	53	59
Insidious Roots Dredge	131	189–225	45.7	1	9	3

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	44–75	37.0
Heroic	0–5	0.0
Boros Heroic	0–5	0.0
Red Deck Wins	8–17	32.0
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	6–10	37.5
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	3–5	37.5
Mono White Humans	2–5	28.6
Elves	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	4–12	25.0
Affinity	4–12	25.0
Hardened Scales Affinity	4–12	25.0
Voltron	0–3	0.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	0–2	0.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	2–0	100.0
Humans	7–10	41.2
Boros Humans	4–4	50.0
Orzhov Humans	3–6	33.3
Legends Aggro	3–4	42.9
Boros Legends Aggro	0–1	0.0
Bard Class	3–3	50.0
Permanent Vacation	2–1	66.7
Pirates	1–7	12.5
Rats	1–1	50.0
Combo	21–40	34.4
Storm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
Warp World	5–18	21.7
Temur Glimpse	4–7	36.4
Boros Glimpse	1–11	8.3
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	2–6	25.0
Oops All Spells	2–6	25.0
Oops All Lands	1–2	33.3
Dredge	7–6	53.8
Insidious Roots Dredge	6–6	50.0
Tibalt's Trickery	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	0–2	0.0
Gyruda	0–1	0.0
Possibility Storm	1–0	100.0
Midnight Mass	1–0	100.0
Control	33–24	57.9
Esper Control	8–7	53.3
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	3–0	100.0
Azorius Control	9–6	60.0
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Izzet Control	1–5	16.7
Mill	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	5–1	83.3
Cruel Control	3–0	100.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	9–11	45.0
Aristocrats	5–8	38.5
Rakdos Aristocrats	5–8	38.5
Burn	2–0	100.0
Turbo Myth	1–0	100.0
Dwarf Combo	0–3	0.0
Aggro-Control	14–15	48.3
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	3–2	60.0
Mono Blue Tempo	5–9	35.7
Mono Blue Librarians	4–7	36.4
Izzet Spells	2–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	0–1	0.0
Azorius Tempo	2–3	40.0
Combo-Control	11–14	44.0
Battle of Wits	2–2	50.0
Sunforger	1–1	50.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–2	60.0
Wildfire	3–2	60.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	0–1	0.0
Greasefang	4–8	33.3
Esper Greasefang	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Greasefang	3–5	37.5
Midrange	42–38	52.5
The Rock	4–3	57.1
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	0–3	0.0
Selesnya Midrange	6–2	75.0
Blink	7–7	50.0
Orzhov Blink	5–6	45.5
Graveyard Value	0–2	0.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–1	50.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–2	33.3
Naya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Angels	1–1	50.0
Mono White Angels	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Angels	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Fight Rigging	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–2	33.3
Heartless Summoning Stompy	3–4	42.9
Ordealbreak	0–1	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	1–0	100.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	3–1	75.0
Death Cloud	1–2	33.3
Nissa Company	1–0	100.0
Game Objects	2–0	100.0
Ramp	15–8	65.2
Cloudpost Ramp	1–0	100.0
Temurpost	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–1	50.0
Field Ramp	9–7	56.3
Superfriends	2–0	100.0