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, 21 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
Vampires	123	200–197	50.4	0	9	7
Mono Black Vampires	70	140–112	55.6	0	7	7
Rakdos Vampires	20	23–33	41.1
Orzhov Vampires	1	0–3	0.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	47–32	59.5
Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	13–7	65.0
Tokens	5–3	62.5
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	2–1	66.7
White Weenie	6–2	75.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–2	50.0
Elves	1–2	33.3
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	2–2	50.0
Artifact Aggro	14–7	66.7
Affinity	5–2	71.4
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	7–5	58.3
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–1	66.7
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–1	50.0
Knights	1–1	50.0
AggroSlide	1–4	20.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	28–44	38.9
Storm	12–16	42.9
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	10–15	40.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	5–2	71.4
Warp World	0–2	0.0
Four Color Glimpse	0–2	0.0
Hypergenesis	2–3	40.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	2–4	33.3
Reanim8 Rack	0–2	0.0
Breakfast	1–6	14.3
Oops All Spells	1–6	14.3
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	0–2	0.0
Restore Balance	1–6	14.3
Control	28–34	45.2
Esper Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	2–0	100.0
Dimir Control	2–3	40.0
Azorius Control	3–10	23.1
Turbo Fog	0–2	0.0
Mill	3–1	75.0
Grixis Control	2–1	66.7
Stax	4–6	40.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	4–3	57.1
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Bant Control	1–2	33.3
Pox	4–1	80.0
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Prison	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	28–20	58.3
Aristocrats	0–3	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–3	0.0
Burn	2–1	66.7
Infect	4–0	100.0
Simic Infect	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	19–12	61.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	17–11	60.7
Hushnought	1–1	50.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–2	33.3
Combo Goblins	1–1	50.0
Goblin Persist	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	12–15	44.4
Izzet Tempo	1–2	33.3
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–1	50.0
Simic Madness	1–1	50.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	3–5	37.5
Mono Blue Tempo	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	0–7	0.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	4–12	25.0
Curses	0–1	0.0
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Familiars	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–11	15.4
Jokulhaups Control	2–11	15.4
Temur Jokulhaups Control	2–6	25.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–3	0.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Midrange	47–28	62.7
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jund	7–4	63.6
Blink	5–3	62.5
Enchantments Matter	0–1	0.0
Allies	2–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	2–2	50.0
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Naya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	13–10	56.5
Hellion Whip	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	2–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Midrange	2–2	50.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	3–1	75.0
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Naya Hero	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Ramp	5–12	29.4
Cloudpost Ramp	3–9	25.0
Greenpost	2–9	18.2
Carth Superfriends	0–1	0.0
Applejacks	0–2	0.0
Unclassified	1–0	100.0