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?

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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

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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)

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Combo	5758	12115–11178–18	52.0	430	2788
Reanimator	1011	2249–1945–4	53.6	58	468
Worldgorger Dragon	139	373–266	58.4	10	77
Double Dragon	23	67–46	59.3	1	11

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	131–100	56.7
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	18–13	58.1
Mono White Heroic	17–10	63.0
Azorius Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–2	33.3
Red Deck Wins	29–26	52.7
Proliferate Red	0–1	0.0
Goblins	4–3	57.1
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mardu Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	6–0	100.0
White Weenie	10–12	45.5
Odric Keywords	4–1	80.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Soldiers	2–1	66.7
Elves	2–5	28.6
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Zombies	8–12	40.0
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	5–2	71.4
Mono Red Swarm	0–2	0.0
Artifact Aggro	15–10	60.0
Affinity	11–10	52.4
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	3–0	100.0
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	6–1	85.7
Hexproof	5–1	83.3
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Knights	4–2	66.7
AggroSlide	12–7	63.2
Rakdos Aggro	3–1	75.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	0–1	0.0
Bant Humans	0–1	0.0
Pirates	1–0	100.0
Combo	45–29	60.8
Storm	5–5	50.0
Dimir Tendrils	2–1	66.7
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
High Tide	1–3	25.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	13–14	48.1
Worldgorger Dragon	7–7	50.0
Double Dragon	1–1	50.0
8 Goyf	0–2	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	6–5	54.5
Mono Black Reanimator	4–3	57.1
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Dubious Challenge	2–0	100.0
Mardu Life	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Naya Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Eggs	3–3	50.0
Taking Turns	2–1	66.7
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	2–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	4–0	100.0
Cephalid Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Hermit Gond	1–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	1–0	100.0
Neoform Hermit	1–0	100.0
Dredge	2–0	100.0
Protean Hulk Combo	1–1	50.0
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Ad Swanseam	1–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	1–0	100.0
Control	49–29	62.8
Mono Black Control	2–0	100.0
Esper Control	1–3	25.0
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	3–4	42.9
Azorius Control	6–5	54.5
Cawblade	3–1	75.0
Turbo Fog	1–1	50.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	5–3	62.5
Azorius Cloudpost Control	3–3	50.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	5–1	83.3
Cruel Control	3–0	100.0
Stax	7–0	100.0
Pollute the Planet	4–0	100.0
Birthday Stax	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	2–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	5–4	55.6
Astral Slide	5–4	55.6
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–2	33.3
Pox	3–1	75.0
Aggro-Combo	22–15	59.5
Aristocrats	8–2	80.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Burn	5–3	62.5
Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Hushnought	1–3	25.0
Liquimetal Fishing	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	2–1	66.7
Goblin Persist	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Control	19–23	45.2
Izzet Tempo	10–8	55.6
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	2–0	100.0
Simic Madness	2–0	100.0
Wizards	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–6	14.3
Mono Blue Faeries	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	4–1	80.0
Dimir Tempo	1–1	50.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	13–14	48.1
Battle of Wits	2–0	100.0
Shared Fate	0–2	0.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	2–7	22.2
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Peregrine Drake	1–0	100.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	0–2	0.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	6–1	85.7
Wildfire	5–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	5–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	72–46	61.0
Temur Ascendancy	7–1	87.5
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jund	3–1	75.0
Blink	8–10	44.4
Wave Blink	3–2	60.0
Azorius Wave	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Wave	0–1	0.0
Bant Wave	1–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	4–3	57.1
Varolz Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Constellation	1–0	100.0
Allies	2–0	100.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	5–4	55.6
Selvala Morningstar	2–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	9–3	75.0
Vampires	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–1	75.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	5–3	62.5
Mono Black Devotion	2–2	50.0
Heart of Darkness	2–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	2–3	40.0
Angels	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Angels	2–2	50.0
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mutate	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Midrange	4–4	50.0
Prophet Glare	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	0–1	0.0
Ramp	22–10	68.8
Villainous Wealth	0–1	0.0
Rofellos Ramp	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	18–7	72.0
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Golgari Post	2–0	100.0
Greenpost	15–5	75.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–0	100.0