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.

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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, 16 hours.

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

Mono Black Midrange

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	1215	1912–2086	47.8	12	76	49
Mono Black Midrange	90	124–137	47.5	0	5	3
Mono Black Devotion	39	49–54	47.6	0	2	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	31–24	56.4
Heroic	4–2	66.7
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	4–6	40.0
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–0	100.0
White Weenie	1–0	100.0
Elves	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Rogues	2–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	0–2	0.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
8 Whack	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	4–4	50.0
Affinity	0–1	0.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–2	33.3
Madness	1–1	50.0
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	2–1	66.7
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–1	50.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Knights	2–3	40.0
AggroSlide	1–0	100.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Shamans	0–1	0.0
Combo	28–26	51.9
Storm	5–4	55.6
Dimir Tendrils	0–2	0.0
Dragonstorm	3–1	75.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–1	50.0
Warp World	0–1	0.0
Four Color Glimpse	0–1	0.0
Maniac Combo	2–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	4–3	57.1
Umbral Mantle	1–1	50.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	2–2	50.0
Izzet Ascension	1–2	33.3
Breakfast	2–5	28.6
Oops All Spells	2–5	28.6
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	2–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	2–1	66.7
Ad Nauseam	2–0	100.0
Ad Swanseam	1–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	2–2	50.0
Gyruda	0–1	0.0
Control	14–21	40.0
Esper Control	1–3	25.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	3–9	25.0
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	1–1	50.0
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	0–2	0.0
Cloudpost Control	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	0–1	0.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	2–1	66.7
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	8–6	57.1
Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	0–2	0.0
Infect	4–0	100.0
Simic Infect	2–0	100.0
Golgari Infect	1–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Control	11–15	42.3
Izzet Tempo	4–3	57.1
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Wizards	0–4	0.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	4–5	44.4
Ensoul Aggro-Control	2–1	66.7
Combo-Control	10–15	40.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	3–5	37.5
Plasma Swans	4–1	80.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–9	18.2
Jokulhaups Control	2–9	18.2
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	2–3	40.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–4	0.0
Midrange	13–22	37.1
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Blink	0–2	0.0
Allies	2–1	66.7
Boros Allies	1–1	50.0
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–1	0.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–9	25.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–1	50.0
Game Objects	0–1	0.0
Ramp	9–8	52.9
Rofellos Ramp	4–5	44.4
Wild Pair	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–3	50.0
Greenpost	3–2	60.0
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–0	100.0
Applejacks	1–0	100.0