Taking Turns

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.

Learn more

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
More Info

Sign Up
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.

More Info

Sign Up
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 22 hours, 27 minutes.

Don't show me this again

Congratulations to chickeninthebrain, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 32)

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	3371	5679–6064	48.4	19	140	180
Taking Turns	146	224–262	46.1	0	4	9

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	52–71	42.3
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	8–5	61.5
Mono White Heroic	8–2	80.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–3	0.0
Red Deck Wins	5–14	26.3
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Proliferate Red	0–1	0.0
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	0–2	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–5	16.7
White Weenie	4–3	57.1
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	5–4	55.6
Selesnya Little Kid	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Counters	1–1	50.0
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–6	14.3
Mono Red Swarm	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	13–18	41.9
Affinity	10–16	38.5
Tempered Steel	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Architect	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–2	50.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–2	33.3
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	2–1	66.7
AggroSlide	1–1	50.0
Cats	2–3	40.0
Selesnya Cats	2–3	40.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–2	0.0
Combo	42–62	40.4
Storm	6–17	26.1
Dimir Tendrils	5–9	35.7
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Grixis Tendrils	0–2	0.0
Stormpost	0–2	0.0
Reanimator	8–22	26.7
Worldgorger Dragon	3–12	20.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	4–10	28.6
Rakdos Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	3–8	27.3
Oriss Genesis	1–2	33.3
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–6	14.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–3	25.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Myr Incubator	1–0	100.0
Combo Post	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	2–0	100.0
Retraction Helix Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	2–2	50.0
Izzet Ascension	3–2	60.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–1	50.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–1	0.0
Dredge	8–5	61.5
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Protean Hulk Combo	0–1	0.0
Possibility Storm	0–1	0.0
Control	46–22	67.6
Mono Black Control	1–2	33.3
Esper Control	1–1	50.0
Demonic Rising	3–0	100.0
Dimir Control	3–0	100.0
Azorius Control	6–4	60.0
Cawblade	0–2	0.0
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Mill	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	10–4	71.4
Mono White Control	1–2	33.3
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	7–1	87.5
Astral Slide	7–1	87.5
Five Color Control	1–1	50.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Shrines	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	1–1	50.0
Pox	3–4	42.9
Prison	3–0	100.0
Enchantress	3–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	9–16	36.0
Aristocrats	6–9	40.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–5	16.7
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Food	3–1	75.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	0–1	0.0
Infect	0–1	0.0
Simic Infect	0–1	0.0
Pummeler	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–2	33.3
Combo Goblins	2–1	66.7
Goblin Persist	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Control	9–19	32.1
Izzet Tempo	2–7	22.2
Azorius Skies	1–1	50.0
Blue Madness	1–1	50.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–7	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	6–24	20.0
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Shared Fate	1–2	33.3
Mindcrank	1–9	10.0
Dragoncrank	0–3	0.0
Yosei Vat	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	2–9	18.2
Mass Land Destruction	1–1	50.0
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	46–41	52.9
The Rock	3–0	100.0
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	5–4	55.6
Séance	1–4	20.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Allies	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–5	28.6
Mardu Midrange	3–6	33.3
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	5–5	50.0
Naya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Card Advantage White	1–1	50.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–7	22.2
Mono Black Devotion	0–4	0.0
Heart of Darkness	0–2	0.0
Dimir Midrange	0–2	0.0
Angel Tribal	1–0	100.0
Adventures	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	6–2	75.0
Prophet Glare	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	1–1	50.0
Neoform	1–1	50.0
Sultai Neoform	1–0	100.0
Simic Neoform	0–1	0.0
Party	1–0	100.0
Ramp	14–7	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	7–4	63.6
Greenpost	5–3	62.5
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	3–1	75.0
Historic Bloom	1–0	100.0
Defenders	2–1	66.7