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 day, 21 hours.

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

Red Deck Wins

Tournaments Only
Season 12▾
1. All
2. 35
3. 34
4. 33
5. 32
6. 31
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1004	1890–1790	51.4	25	168	42
Red Deck Wins	177	385–301	56.1	10	49	11
Mono Red Devotion	5	4–8	33.3
Proliferate Red	6	4–15	21.1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	100–86	53.8
Mono Black Aggro	9–4	69.2
Heroic	15–44	25.4
Mono White Heroic	9–37	19.6
Azorius Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	6–6	50.0
Red Deck Wins	17–17	50.0
Goblins	4–0	100.0
Tokens	5–2	71.4
Mono White Tokens	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–2	33.3
White Weenie	3–1	75.0
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	11–4	73.3
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Rogues	11–3	78.6
Zombies	3–1	75.0
Gruul Aggro	0–2	0.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	6–2	75.0
Affinity	5–2	71.4
Boros Vehicles	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Slivers	4–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–1	50.0
Humans	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Humans	2–1	66.7
Combo	74–51	59.2
Storm	11–9	55.0
Dragonstorm	2–0	100.0
Simic Storm	5–3	62.5
Stormpost	4–5	44.4
Mono Blue Post Desire	4–5	44.4
Reanimator	1–7	12.5
8 Goyf	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–6	14.3
Mono Black Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–4	0.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Actual Warp World	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	3–3	50.0
New Perspectives	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	5–5	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	5–5	50.0
Myr Incubator	1–0	100.0
Fake-Twin	4–0	100.0
Naya Fake-Twin	4–0	100.0
Combo Post	0–3	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	16–8	66.7
Upheaval Colossus	12–7	63.2
Eggs	5–6	45.5
Saffi Combo	5–0	100.0
Breakfast	9–5	64.3
Hermit Gond	2–4	33.3
Hermit Dredge	3–0	100.0
Neoform Hermit	4–1	80.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Control	73–44	62.4
Mono Black Control	1–2	33.3
Esper Control	12–4	75.0
Demonic Rising	5–7	41.7
Mono Blue Control	2–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Control	5–3	62.5
Turbo Fog	5–3	62.5
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Mardu Control	2–0	100.0
Mill	3–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	7–3	70.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	5–1	83.3
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–1	66.7
Cruel Control	2–1	66.7
Stagnant Control	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	4–6	40.0
Dragon Control	2–0	100.0
Ponza	8–5	61.5
Dynavolt Tower	3–1	75.0
Cycling Control	1–2	33.3
Astral Slide	1–2	33.3
Guildgate Control	1–1	50.0
Pox	8–2	80.0
Aggro-Combo	11–9	55.0
Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Infect	4–1	80.0
Hermit Humans	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–3	25.0
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	7–1	87.5
Izzet Tempo	1–1	50.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	2–0	100.0
Dimir Faeries	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	16–6	72.7
Burning Vengeance	2–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	1–2	33.3
Familiars	1–0	100.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	9–4	69.2
Wildfire	9–4	69.2
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	82–96	46.1
The Rock	6–7	46.2
Abzan Midrange	7–24	22.6
Blink	14–21	40.0
Wave Blink	14–21	40.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	8–8	50.0
Esper Wave	1–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	5–9	35.7
Orzhov Wave	0–3	0.0
Abzan Wave	0–1	0.0
Anti-Persecution	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	8–1	88.9
Varolz Dreadnought	3–1	75.0
Allies	12–17	41.4
Mardu Allies	2–3	40.0
Boros Allies	0–2	0.0
Mono White Allies	6–11	35.3
Treefolk	4–4	50.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	2–0	100.0
Elementals	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–3	40.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Temur Energy	2–2	50.0
Angels	0–1	0.0
Mono White Angels	0–1	0.0
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	7–4	63.6
Sultai Energy	6–3	66.7
Orzhov Midrange	2–0	100.0
Ramp	21–8	72.4
Rofellos Ramp	8–4	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	11–4	73.3
Locus Awakening	2–0	100.0
Golgari Post	7–3	70.0
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0
Simic Post	2–0	100.0
Defenders	1–0	100.0
Unclassified	1–0	100.0