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 1 day, 21 hours.

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

Orzhov Midrange

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	2932	4763–5217	47.7	14	183	117
Orzhov Midrange	93	149–164	47.6	0	4	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	37–39	48.7
Mono Black Aggro	1–2	33.3
Heroic	5–1	83.3
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	5–6	45.5
White Weenie	6–8	42.9
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–3	25.0
Elves	4–1	80.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	5–4	55.6
Mono Red Swarm	0–2	0.0
Artifact Aggro	3–10	23.1
Affinity	0–4	0.0
Tempered Steel	1–6	14.3
Mono Blue Architect	2–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	2–3	40.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	27–28	49.1
Storm	10–12	45.5
Dimir Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Simic Storm	0–1	0.0
Izzet Storm	9–9	50.0
Song Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–1	0.0
Double Dragon	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–2	0.0
Hypergenesis	3–0	100.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Myr Incubator	1–0	100.0
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	3–1	75.0
Reanim8 Rack	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	2–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	2–0	100.0
Dredge	2–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	2–1	66.7
Intruder Alarm	0–3	0.0
Restore Balance	0–2	0.0
Control	20–14	58.8
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	2–1	66.7
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	0–2	0.0
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	7–2	77.8
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Mill	0–2	0.0
Grixis Control	0–2	0.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–1	50.0
Ponza	2–2	50.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	10–12	45.5
Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	0–1	0.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	5–11	31.3
Izzet Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	5–9	35.7
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	8–10	44.4
Izzet Tempo	0–2	0.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	0–3	0.0
Simic Madness	0–3	0.0
Ninjas	2–3	40.0
Izzet Spells	4–2	66.7
Combo-Control	10–14	41.7
Curses	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	0–2	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	7–9	43.8
Jokulhaups Control	7–9	43.8
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	3–1	75.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–3	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	3–2	60.0
Resurgent Belief	1–1	50.0
Midrange	34–35	49.3
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Jund	5–7	41.7
Blink	3–2	60.0
Graveyard Value	3–1	75.0
Varolz Dreadnought	2–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–2	33.3
Vampires	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	9–6	60.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–3	0.0
Martyr's Grace	0–3	0.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	7–4	63.6
Mardu Hero	3–2	60.0
Naya Hero	0–1	0.0
Boros Hero	1–1	50.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	0–1	0.0
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	0–2	0.0
Ramp	3–12	20.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–8	20.0
Greenpost	2–8	20.0
Carth Superfriends	0–1	0.0