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, 19 hours.

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

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	2932	4763–5217	47.7	14	183	117
Fake-Rack	120	196–219	47.2	0	7	4

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	36–53	40.4
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	5–14	26.3
Tokens	2–2	50.0
Mono White Tokens	2–2	50.0
White Weenie	6–11	35.3
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–4	33.3
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Kithkin	0–1	0.0
Elves	3–3	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Zombies	2–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–3	25.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	10–12	45.5
Affinity	4–2	66.7
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	5–10	33.3
Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	1–2	33.3
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	1–1	50.0
Cats	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Cats	1–2	33.3
Humans	0–1	0.0
Combo	44–23	65.7
Storm	16–9	64.0
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Simic Storm	3–1	75.0
Izzet Storm	9–8	52.9
Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Worldgorger Dragon	1–2	33.3
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–2	0.0
Warp World	1–1	50.0
Four Color Glimpse	1–1	50.0
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	5–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	2–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Reanim8 Rack	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	7–3	70.0
Oops All Spells	7–3	70.0
Dredge	1–1	50.0
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	4–1	80.0
Control	25–28	47.2
Esper Control	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Control	0–3	0.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	4–8	33.3
Turbo Fog	2–1	66.7
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	2–1	66.7
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	2–3	40.0
Ponza	2–1	66.7
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	1–1	50.0
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	4–1	80.0
Pox	2–2	50.0
Prison	4–2	66.7
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	27–27	50.0
Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Boros Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	6–1	85.7
Infect	3–4	42.9
Simic Infect	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–3	40.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	8–16	33.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	8–15	34.8
Hushnought	3–1	75.0
Liquimetal Fishing	2–1	66.7
Combo Goblins	3–2	60.0
Goblin Persist	3–2	60.0
Aggro-Control	10–18	35.7
Izzet Tempo	0–2	0.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	6–11	35.3
Mono Blue Tempo	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	1–3	25.0
Dimir Tempo	1–1	50.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	20–15	57.1
Curses	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	16–15	51.6
Jokulhaups Control	16–15	51.6
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	4–1	80.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	6–10	37.5
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	3–2	60.0
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Midrange	22–50	30.6
The Rock	1–2	33.3
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–4	0.0
Jund	3–5	37.5
Blink	2–6	25.0
Graveyard Value	0–1	0.0
Allies	0–3	0.0
Mardu Allies	0–2	0.0
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–2	50.0
Mardu Midrange	1–2	33.3
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	4–9	30.8
Mono Black Devotion	0–2	0.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Martyr's Grace	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	0–6	0.0
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Naya Hero	0–4	0.0
Boros Hero	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–1	50.0
Illness in the Ranks	0–1	0.0
Ramp	12–5	70.6
Cloudpost Ramp	7–3	70.0
Greenpost	6–3	66.7
Simic Post	1–0	100.0