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 2 days, 1 hour.

Congratulations to vagstor, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 35)

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	41539	68176–73186–34	48.2	354	3085	1593
Allies	1153	2012–1963–2	50.6	15	140	40
BRGW Allies	41	78–64	54.9	0	5	3

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	21–23	47.7
Heroic	2–3	40.0
Mono White Heroic	2–1	66.7
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–2	0.0
Red Deck Wins	4–8	33.3
Goblins	2–1	66.7
Tokens	4–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	4–5	44.4
Elves	1–2	33.3
Zombies	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Cats	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	6–6	50.0
Storm	5–2	71.4
Sultai Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	3–1	75.0
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Cephalid Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Control	12–12	50.0
Esper Control	2–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–3	25.0
Azorius Control	2–3	40.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–2	33.3
Cruel Control	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Galleon Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–2	33.3
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	3–2	60.0
Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Hermit Humans	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	10–5	66.7
Izzet Tempo	2–3	40.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	4–1	80.0
Simic Madness	2–0	100.0
Temur Madness	1–1	50.0
Grixis Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Gush	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	8–3	72.7
Cruel Combo-Control	3–1	75.0
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Peregrine Drake	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–1	50.0
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	17–11	60.7
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Jund	0–1	0.0
Blink	5–1	83.3
Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	3–1	75.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–1	50.0
Mardu Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	1–2	33.3
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Ramp	1–2	33.3
Cloudpost Ramp	0–2	0.0
Greenpost	0–1	0.0
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0