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 1 week.

The Penny Dreadful 500 is on Nov 16th with free entry and $500 in prizes!

Cephalid Breakfast

Tournaments Only
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Combo	171	391–316	55.3	21	115
Breakfast	99	262–167	61.1	17	82
Cephalid Breakfast	99	262–167	61.1	17	82
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	51	137–94	59.3	7	41
Grixis Breakfast	40	104–61	63.0	8	35

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	99–53	65.1
Mono Black Aggro	10–13	43.5
Heroic	2–0	100.0
Mono White Heroic	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	14–4	77.8
Goblins	4–1	80.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	5–2	71.4
Odric Keywords	2–1	66.7
Elves	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	49–31	61.3
Tempered Steel	49–31	61.3
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	7–2	77.8
Equipment Aggro	7–2	77.8
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	51–40	56.0
Storm	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	4–1	80.0
New Perspectives	3–1	75.0
Metalwork Colossus	6–2	75.0
Breakfast	36–36	50.0
Cephalid Breakfast	36–36	50.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	23–18	56.1
Grixis Breakfast	10–13	43.5
Control	50–32	61.0
Demonic Rising	5–1	83.3
Azorius Control	1–0	100.0
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	7–3	70.0
Mill	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	7–3	70.0
Stax	0–1	0.0
Stagnant Control	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Galleon Control	1–2	33.3
Dynavolt Tower	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	2–0	100.0
Astral Slide	2–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	19–13	59.4
Guildgate Control	1–2	33.3
Four Color Counter Ghazi	3–2	60.0
Aggro-Combo	7–4	63.6
Aristocrats	7–4	63.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	6–4	60.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	10–2	83.3
Izzet Tempo	4–2	66.7
Azorius Skies	6–0	100.0
Combo-Control	14–14	50.0
Curses	7–10	41.2
Lich's Mastery	3–3	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–1	80.0
Wildfire	4–1	80.0
Midrange	30–22	57.7
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	3–1	75.0
Jund	2–2	50.0
Blink	1–0	100.0
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Allies	5–4	55.6
Orzhov Allies	1–2	33.3
Mardu Allies	2–2	50.0
Boros Allies	2–0	100.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
White Jund	4–1	80.0
Vampires	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Vampires	3–1	75.0
Legends Midrange	4–8	33.3
Boros Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mardu Legends	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Legends	3–7	30.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	1–0	100.0