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

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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 4 days, 10 hours.

Congratulations to thewatchwander, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 36)

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Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	945	1798–1592	53.0	35	229	39
Mono Black Aggro	5	9–5	64.3
Heroic	186	422–297	58.7	12	64	13
Mono White Heroic	19	46–33	58.2	0	9	1
Azorius Heroic	16	31–29	51.7	1	5	1
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1	0–4	0.0
Boros Heroic	2	0–4	0.0
Selesnya Heroic	146	344–221	60.9	11	50	11
Red Deck Wins	122	197–203	49.3	1	28	2
Mono Red Devotion	13	30–22	57.7
Goblins	7	7–22	24.1	0	2
Tokens	21	33–24	57.9	1	5	2
Selesnya Tokens	1	1–1	50.0
Mono White Tokens	15	25–18	58.1	1	4	2
Orzhov Tokens	1	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	10	6–17	26.1	0	1
White Weenie	203	466–344	57.5	16	66	7
Soldiers	2	7–4	63.6	0	2
Mono White Humans	194	451–335	57.4	16	63	6
Elves	6	7–9	43.8
Werewolves	12	16–21	43.2
Minotaurs	2	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Little Kid	41	63–77	45.0	0	1	1
Selesnya Counters	5	7–9	43.8
Rogues	4	10–8	55.6
Zombies	12	14–20	41.2	0	2
Gruul Aggro	14	15–25	37.5	0	1
Gruul Landfall	2	0–3	0.0
Merfolk	23	29–46	38.7	0	3
Mono Red Swarm	2	1–5	16.7
Artifact Aggro	37	36–69	34.3	0	8
Affinity	15	14–27	34.1	0	3
Salvage Titan	1	0–3	0.0
Tempered Steel	2	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	17	19–32	37.3	0	5
Madness	5	2–15	11.8
Golgari Madness	1	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Madness	3	2–12	14.3
Voltron	4	9–7	56.3
Equipment Aggro	2	2–4	33.3
Hateful Auras	2	7–3	70.0
Slivers	1	0–4	0.0
Knights	8	9–13	40.9	0	1
AggroSlide	5	5–9	35.7
Rakdos Aggro	32	52–64	44.8	0	3	3
Humans	96	199–147	57.5	3	24	6
Selesnya Humans	3	8–6	57.1	0	1
Boros Humans	7	15–13	53.6	1	3
Orzhov Humans	60	129–91	58.6	1	17	3
Azorius Humans	24	46–33	58.2	1	3	3
Mono Red Eldrazi	2	4–3	57.1	0	1
Legends Aggro	68	150–116	56.4	2	16	3
Boros Legends Aggro	52	112–87	56.3	2	16	2
Bard Class	3	5–8	38.5
Permanent Vacation	1	1–0	100.0
Pirates	5	12–7	63.2	0	2	1
Rats	9	17–10	63.0			1
Combo	622	1011–1067	48.7	14	89	21
Storm	221	460–379	54.8	8	35	11
Dragonstorm	7	7–14	33.3
Hazoret Storm	1	0–1	0.0
Citadel Storm	2	4–6	40.0
High Tide	198	444–334	57.1	8	35	11
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	31	35–34	50.7
Traditional Reanimator	31	35–34	50.7
Orzhov Reanimator	12	17–19	47.2
Oriss Genesis	6	5–5	50.0			1
Necrotic Ooze Combo	7	9–12	42.9	0	1
Warp World	3	1–5	16.7
Temur Glimpse	1	0–2	0.0
Four Color Glimpse	2	1–3	25.0
Hypergenesis	43	72–70	50.7	0	8	1
Jeskai Ascendancy	30	46–39	54.1	0	4	2
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	27	41–37	52.6	0	4	2
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3	5–2	71.4
Fake-Twin	1	0–1	0.0
Naya Fake-Twin	1	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	9	13–18	41.9	0	1
Anvil Colossus	3	4–5	44.4	0	1
Saffi Combo	1	1–3	25.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	34	43–65	39.8	1	5
Shoal Life	16	27–32	45.8	1	2
Taking Turns	10	16–19	45.7
Izzet Ascension	1	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	2	2–4	33.3
Oops All Lands	10	13–16	44.8	1	3
Dredge	47	60–99	37.7	0	11	1
Polymorph	9	5–18	21.7
Storm Herald	5	6–10	37.5
Enduring Ideal	1	1–2	33.3
Tibalt's Trickery	2	2–4	33.3
Intruder Alarm	2	1–2	33.3
Restore Balance	36	57–54	51.4	1	9	1
Gyruda	3	3–3	50.0
Phoenix Altar	2	3–4	42.9
Primal Prayers Combo	27	59–49	54.6	3	6	1
Esper Raton	21	40–32	55.6	0	5	3
Control	756	1325–1195	52.6	16	129	36
Mono Black Control	6	3–11	21.4
Esper Control	30	44–49	47.3
Mono Blue Control	3	1–3	25.0
Dimir Control	21	28–34	45.2			1
Azorius Control	101	176–145	54.8	1	9	11
Turbo Fog	1	0–1	0.0
Izzet Control	148	274–218	55.7	9	43	4
Mardu Control	2	4–3	57.1
Mill	11	16–22	42.1
Boros Control	4	1–4	20.0
Cloudpost Control	8	12–13	48.0	1	1	1
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	6	6–9	40.0	1	1
Grixis Control	23	22–47	31.9	0	1
Cruel Control	3	1–3	25.0
Stax	32	41–62	39.8	0	5
Chandra Nalaar	2	2–4	33.3	0	1
Jeskai Control	1	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	2	4–6	40.0
Izzet Dragons	1	2–3	40.0
Runeflare	8	14–12	53.8
Ponza	3	3–7	30.0
Mono White Control	11	8–20	28.6	0	1
Dynavolt Tower	14	27–25	51.9
Cycling Control	5	2–9	18.2	0	1
Astral Slide	5	2–9	18.2	0	1
Five Color Control	8	5–15	25.0	0	1
Five Color Collected Conjuring	2	1–4	20.0
Last Stand Control	3	2–5	28.6
Bant Control	1	0–4	0.0
Enchantments Control	5	3–10	23.1
Seasons Past Control	1	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Control	271	570–416	57.8	5	63	15
Prison	33	63–50	55.8	0	3	4
Enchantress	33	63–50	55.8	0	3	4
Aggro-Combo	229	309–393	44.0	0	27	8
Aristocrats	196	275–335	45.1	0	25	8
Mono Black Aristocrats	45	71–79	47.3	0	10	1
Orzhov Aristocrats	7	7–8	46.7			1
Golgari Aristocrats	67	81–141	36.5	0	9	1
Abzan Aristocrats	1	0–1	0.0
Mardu Aristocrats	2	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Aristocrats	68	112–93	54.6	0	6	5
Boros Bombardment	2	0–2	0.0
Burn	23	26–37	41.3	0	1
Infect	4	5–8	38.5	0	1
Blazing Shoal Infect	2	4–4	50.0	0	1
Izzet Blitzkrieg	3	1–6	14.3
Aggro-Control	207	318–285	52.7	0	9	13
Simic Flash	9	7–18	28.0
Izzet Tempo	29	36–44	45.0	0	1	1
Azorius Skies	3	6–6	50.0
Wizards	6	3–7	30.0
Ninjas	1	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	30	53–39	57.6	0	1	2
Mono Blue Librarians	27	51–33	60.7	0	1	2
Izzet Spells	7	5–8	38.5
Dimir Tempo	54	96–61	61.1	0	3	3
Azorius Tempo	15	21–20	51.2	0	2	1
Spirits	51	88–74	54.3	0	2	6
Azorius Spirits	13	23–19	54.8			3
Mono Blue Spirits	37	65–51	56.0	0	2	3
Combo-Control	49	56–100	35.9	0	2
Curses	7	11–15	42.3
Battle of Wits	15	19–34	35.8	0	1
Shared Fate	1	2–3	40.0
Hive Mind	1	1–1	50.0
Zur's Weirding	2	1–2	33.3
Solar Flare	8	11–18	37.9
Mass Land Destruction	5	1–6	14.3	0	1
Wildfire	5	1–6	14.3	0	1
Borderpost Wildfire	1	0–1	0.0
Resurgent Belief	4	0–10	0.0
Coveted Falcon Combo	2	1–4	20.0
Midrange	762	1130–1217	48.1	10	83	27
The Rock	68	108–94	53.5	1	6	2
Golgari Citadel	1	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	24	38–41	48.1	0	1	3
Selesnya Midrange	43	95–62	60.5	4	6	2
Jund	11	16–15	51.6	0	1	1
Blink	31	40–43	48.2	0	1	2
Orzhov Blink	7	9–9	50.0	0	1
Graveyard Value	16	9–33	21.4	0	1
Enchantments Matter	11	18–19	48.6	1	4
Allies	4	6–7	46.2
Esper Allies	2	4–3	57.1
BRGW Allies	1	2–1	66.7
Treefolk	1	1–2	33.3
Fake-Rack	7	11–16	40.7
Mardu Midrange	16	15–22	40.5	0	2
Vampires	3	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Vampires	2	2–1	66.7
Legends Midrange	8	13–19	40.6
Boros Legends Midrange	2	5–3	62.5
Orzhov Legends	2	0–4	0.0
Elementals	1	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	94	135–142	48.7	0	7	3
Naya Midrange	4	7–9	43.8
Big Red	9	13–21	38.2
Mono Black Midrange	56	90–89	50.3	3	17	1
Mono Black Lurrus Midrange	29	56–33	62.9	3	10	1
Verdant Succession	1	1–2	33.3
Dimir Midrange	24	20–31	39.2			1
Angels	23	33–39	45.8	0	3	1
Mono White Angels	10	7–15	31.8
Orzhov Angels	10	20–16	55.6	0	3	1
Toughness Matters	16	29–29	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	7	8–15	34.8	0	4
Sultai Midrange	5	3–9	25.0
Orzhov Midrange	19	31–25	55.4	0	4
Jeskai Midrange	3	6–5	54.5
Heartless Summoning Stompy	4	5–12	29.4	0	3
Ordealbreak	2	1–5	16.7
Enigmatic Incarnation	2	1–5	16.7
Hero of Precinct One	32	38–49	43.7	0	2	2
Mardu Hero	3	0–4	0.0
Esper Hero	1	1–3	25.0
Five Color Hero	26	35–39	47.3	0	2	2
Naya Hero	2	2–3	40.0
Gruul Obosh	3	6–6	50.0
Artifact Midrange	134	239–205	53.8	1	20	9
Boros Engineers	52	99–80	55.3	1	13	2
Coinflips	1	0–2	0.0
Death Cloud	11	18–23	43.9
Nissa Company	2	1–4	20.0
Game Objects	9	14–17	45.2
Laelia Cascade	10	8–23	25.8
Ramp	84	74–170	30.3	0	3
Cloudpost Ramp	6	9–14	39.1
Eldrazipost	1	0–2	0.0
Simic Post	3	4–7	36.4
Carth Superfriends	4	4–7	36.4
Applejacks	27	26–53	32.9	0	1
Unclassified	4	4–6	40.0	0	1