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, 13 hours.

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

Infect

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Season 22▾
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2. 35
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4. 33
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36. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Combo	798	1610–1235	56.6	14	82	57
Infect	118	217–185	54.0	1	14	11
Simic Infect	69	140–112	55.6	1	9	8
Blazing Shoal Infect	46	77–70	52.4	0	5	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	31–35	47.0
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	1–2	33.3
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–2	0.0
Red Deck Wins	2–14	12.5
Goblins	1–4	20.0
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	6–1	85.7
White Weenie	1–4	20.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Elves	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	9–2	81.8
Affinity	5–1	83.3
Tempered Steel	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Architect	2–0	100.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	2–4	33.3
Combo	29–18	61.7
Storm	2–0	100.0
Stormpost	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–4	20.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–0	100.0
Anvil Colossus	2–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	2–4	33.3
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	3–1	75.0
Breakfast	9–7	56.3
Oops All Spells	9–7	56.3
Dredge	2–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	3–1	75.0
Control	39–29	57.4
Esper Control	3–2	60.0
Demonic Rising	0–2	0.0
Dimir Control	1–2	33.3
Azorius Control	10–13	43.5
Cawblade	4–6	40.0
Turbo Fog	7–0	100.0
Izzet Control	2–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	6–3	66.7
Blackpost	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	3–3	50.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Chandra Nalaar	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	3–1	75.0
Mono White Control	2–1	66.7
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	1–3	25.0
Astral Slide	1–3	25.0
Aggro-Combo	28–26	51.9
Aristocrats	4–3	57.1
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Boros Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	1–2	33.3
Infect	9–9	50.0
Simic Infect	3–3	50.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	6–6	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–2	50.0
Hushnought	7–2	77.8
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	4–8	33.3
Goblin Persist	4–8	33.3
Aggro-Control	12–19	38.7
Izzet Tempo	2–6	25.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	0–6	0.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	4–4	50.0
Combo-Control	22–26	45.8
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Mindcrank	2–6	25.0
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	0–2	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	19–16	54.3
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	18–15	54.5
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	12–12	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	2–2	50.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	40–29	58.0
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
The Rock	2–0	100.0
Golgari Citadel	2–0	100.0
Blink	6–3	66.7
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–2	33.3
Mardu Midrange	2–1	66.7
Legends Midrange	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Legends	1–1	50.0
Big Red	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Midrange	1–1	50.0
Dimir Midrange	3–2	60.0
Dimir Vat	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	3–0	100.0
Martyr's Grace	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mythic Colossification	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	3–1	75.0
Hero of Precinct One	5–5	50.0
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Esper Hero	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Hero	3–4	42.9
Boros Hero	0–1	0.0
Coinflips	2–0	100.0
Game Objects	1–1	50.0
Ramp	16–3	84.2
Villainous Wealth	0–1	0.0
Rofellos Ramp	4–2	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	10–0	100.0
Greenpost	3–0	100.0
Gruul Post	7–0	100.0
Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp	1–0	100.0