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 4 days, 9 hours.

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

Aggro-Combo

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Combo	392	669–723	48.1	6	42	14
Aristocrats	335	609–609	50.0	6	35	13
Mono Black Aristocrats	3	1–5	16.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	16	18–41	30.5
Golgari Aristocrats	6	11–13	45.8	1	3
Abzan Aristocrats	1	0–1	0.0
Mardu Aristocrats	2	1–1	50.0
Food	274	536–478	52.9	5	32	12
Rakdos Aristocrats	14	19–30	38.8
Burn	37	46–63	42.2	0	7	1
Infect	18	11–47	19.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	147–162	47.6
Mono Black Aggro	6–3	66.7
Heroic	1–2	33.3
Azorius Heroic	0–1	0.0
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	23–47	32.9
Goblins	5–1	83.3
Tokens	12–3	80.0
Selesnya Tokens	4–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	7–3	70.0
Mono Green Stompy	8–17	32.0
White Weenie	11–13	45.8
Soldiers	6–5	54.5
Selesnya Little Kid	5–10	33.3
Selesnya Counters	3–8	27.3
Gruul Aggro	5–8	38.5
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	24–27	47.1
Artifact Aggro	2–0	100.0
Affinity	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	2–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	15–13	53.6
Hexproof	1–3	25.0
Boros Auras	1–1	50.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	5–1	83.3
Knights	17–13	56.7
Cats	1–1	50.0
Mono White Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	51–29	63.8
Storm	11–3	78.6
Simic Storm	10–3	76.9
Reclamation Storm	10–3	76.9
Reanimator	36–15	70.6
Traditional Reanimator	36–15	70.6
Mono Black Reanimator	27–13	67.5
Grixis Reanimator	3–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	1–1	50.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1–10	9.1
Retraction Helix Combo	2–0	100.0
Control	168–231	42.1
Esper Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	20–36	35.7
Azorius Control	12–6	66.7
Turbo Fog	7–1	87.5
Izzet Control	13–23	36.1
Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	4–8	33.3
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	33–21	61.1
Astral Slide	33–21	61.1
Sultai Control	2–7	22.2
Guildgate Control	65–109	37.4
Temur Reclamation	7–19	26.9
Aggro-Combo	64–64	50.0
Aristocrats	58–56	50.9
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	4–1	80.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	42–45	48.3
Rakdos Aristocrats	4–3	57.1
Burn	3–6	33.3
Infect	2–2	50.0
Aggro-Control	67–111	37.6
Simic Flash	1–1	50.0
Izzet Tempo	16–32	33.3
Azorius Skies	5–10	33.3
Blue Madness	2–3	40.0
Simic Madness	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Tempo	21–27	43.8
Izzet Spells	12–19	38.7
Dimir Tempo	5–14	26.3
Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	161–119	57.5
The Rock	2–1	66.7
Jund	2–2	50.0
Blink	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	11–8	57.9
Fake-Rack	3–1	75.0
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
Vampires	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Vampires	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Midrange	6–1	85.7
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	62–60	50.8
Mono Black Devotion	58–58	50.0
Dimir Midrange	18–16	52.9
Toughness Matters	10–6	62.5
Lifegain Midrange	10–6	62.5
Adventures	6–4	60.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Neoform	4–4	50.0
Temur Neoform	0–1	0.0
UBRG Neoform	3–2	60.0
Ramp	10–7	58.8
Applejacks	3–4	42.9