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	50199	93775–84018–65	52.7	734	5753	2361
Pirates	129	236–233	50.3	1	11	3

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	56–59	48.7
Mono Black Aggro	4–0	100.0
Heroic	2–4	33.3
Mono White Heroic	2–3	40.0
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	11–12	47.8
Goblins	2–3	40.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	6–6	50.0
Soldiers	6–4	60.0
Mono White Humans	0–1	0.0
Elves	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	0–4	0.0
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	9–3	75.0
Affinity	7–1	87.5
Hardened Scales Affinity	5–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	0–1	0.0
Madness	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Jund Madness	2–0	100.0
Voltron	4–3	57.1
Hateful Auras	3–3	50.0
AggroSlide	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Aggro	2–3	40.0
Humans	3–8	27.3
Boros Humans	2–5	28.6
Orzhov Humans	1–3	25.0
Legends Aggro	3–4	42.9
Boros Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Bard Class	1–3	25.0
Pirates	1–1	50.0
Combo	34–33	50.7
Storm	1–2	33.3
Dimir Tendrils	0–1	0.0
High Tide	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Worldgorger Dragon	1–2	33.3
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–1	50.0
Warp World	6–7	46.2
Temur Glimpse	2–2	50.0
Boros Glimpse	4–5	44.4
Hypergenesis	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–1	50.0
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Oops All Spells	1–1	50.0
Dredge	9–2	81.8
Insidious Roots Dredge	7–1	87.5
Storm Herald	1–3	25.0
Enduring Ideal	0–2	0.0
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Ad Swanseam	1–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	1–4	20.0
Gyruda	0–1	0.0
Belcher	2–1	66.7
Possibility Storm	1–0	100.0
Midnight Mass	1–1	50.0
Phoenix Altar	0–1	0.0
Control	39–35	52.7
Mono Black Control	1–2	33.3
Esper Control	4–5	44.4
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	13–15	46.4
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	0–3	0.0
Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Izzet Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	4–1	80.0
Cruel Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	5–3	62.5
Birthday Stax	1–2	33.3
Dragon Control	2–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	12–13	48.0
Aristocrats	6–5	54.5
Mardu Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	6–4	60.0
Burn	1–2	33.3
Necro Burn	0–1	0.0
Infect	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–1	0.0
Turbo Myth	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–2	50.0
Izzet Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Combo Goblins	0–3	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–2	0.0
Dirty Kitty	0–1	0.0
Dwarf Combo	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	14–9	60.9
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	0–4	0.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	8–2	80.0
Mono Blue Librarians	6–1	85.7
Izzet Spells	2–1	66.7
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	1–2	33.3
Combo-Control	11–10	52.4
Battle of Wits	5–0	100.0
Sunforger	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	1–1	50.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–2	50.0
Wildfire	2–2	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	1–1	50.0
Greasefang	1–3	25.0
Esper Greasefang	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Greasefang	0–3	0.0
Coveted Falcon Combo	0–2	0.0
Midrange	55–63	46.6
Temur Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
The Rock	5–2	71.4
Abzan Midrange	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Midrange	4–1	80.0
Blink	9–21	30.0
Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Blink	5–18	21.7
Anti-Persecution	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	3–1	75.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Matter	0–1	0.0
Constellation	0–1	0.0
Allies	1–1	50.0
Esper Allies	0–1	0.0
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Legends	1–1	50.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–1	50.0
Naya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–10	23.1
Necro Midrange	1–3	25.0
Mono Black Devotion	0–3	0.0
Angels	1–1	50.0
Mono White Angels	1–1	50.0
Adventures	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–4	20.0
Orzhov Capenna	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–7	22.2
Fires of Invention	2–1	66.7
Hero of Precinct One	1–1	50.0
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Nissa Company	1–0	100.0
Illness in the Ranks	1–0	100.0
Ramp	15–11	57.7
Rofellos Ramp	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	5–5	50.0
Golgari Post	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	4–3	57.1
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0
Temurpost	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–2	33.3
Applejacks	1–0	100.0
Field Ramp	4–0	100.0