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.

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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
Aggro-Control	13700	24108–22779–3	51.4	89	960	677
Sultai Tempo	56	115–105	52.3	0	4	2

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	18–29	38.3
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	2–2	50.0
Mono White Heroic	2–1	66.7
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	2–5	28.6
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono White Tokens	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	0–4	0.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Kithkin	0–1	0.0
Elves	1–5	16.7
Selesnya Little Kid	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Counters	2–0	100.0
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–1	50.0
8 Whack	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	0–1	0.0
Madness	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Slivers	2–0	100.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	1–3	25.0
Cats	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Cats	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–1	50.0
Humans	0–1	0.0
Bant Humans	0–1	0.0
Combo	23–17	57.5
Storm	3–4	42.9
Dimir Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
High Tide	0–1	0.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–1	50.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Channel Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	2–3	40.0
Recurring Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–3	25.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–3	25.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	4–1	80.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–1	75.0
Metalwork Colossus	4–1	80.0
Anvil Colossus	2–1	66.7
Upheaval Colossus	2–0	100.0
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	1–2	33.3
Reanim8 Rack	1–2	33.3
Breakfast	5–2	71.4
Oops All Spells	2–0	100.0
Neoform Hermit	3–2	60.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	0–1	0.0
Control	18–7	72.0
Esper Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	1–2	33.3
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	4–1	80.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	0–2	0.0
Izzet Dragons	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Ultimatum	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–1	50.0
Pox	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	8–7	53.3
Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–3	0.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	3–1	75.0
Simic Infect	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–1	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–1	66.7
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Control	12–12	50.0
Izzet Tempo	4–4	50.0
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Wizards	1–2	33.3
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	4–1	80.0
Dimir Faeries	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	2–2	50.0
Curses	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Midrange	29–28	50.9
The Rock	2–1	66.7
Abzan Midrange	2–2	50.0
Blink	3–1	75.0
Wave Blink	3–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	1–0	100.0
Abzan Wave	1–0	100.0
Bant Wave	1–0	100.0
Acid Trip	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	0–1	0.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Legends	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Midrange	2–7	22.2
Big Red	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	2–1	66.7
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Martyr's Grace	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Neoform	1–0	100.0
Sultai Neoform	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	3–1	75.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–2	33.3
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Hero	1–1	50.0
Gruul Obosh	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	0–2	0.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	5–3	62.5
Rofellos Ramp	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	4–1	80.0
Greenpost	2–0	100.0
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–0	100.0
Historic Bloom	1–0	100.0
Applejacks	0–1	0.0