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)

Mardu Jokulhaups Control

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo-Control	757	1265–1309	49.1	2	50	29
Mass Land Destruction	487	865–781	52.6	1	35	23
Jokulhaups Control	476	851–763	52.7	1	35	23
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	70	143–107	57.2	0	8	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	22–23	48.9
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	6–6	50.0
White Weenie	6–5	54.5
Quest for the Holy Relic	3–1	75.0
Soldiers	1–1	50.0
Chroma White	0–1	0.0
Elves	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Counters	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	4–6	40.0
Affinity	2–1	66.7
Tempered Steel	2–5	28.6
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	1–2	33.3
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	20–11	64.5
Storm	6–2	75.0
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	5–2	71.4
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Myr Incubator	0–1	0.0
Eggs	1–1	50.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	6–2	75.0
Oops All Spells	6–2	75.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–2	33.3
Control	24–11	68.6
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	1–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	2–4	33.3
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	3–0	100.0
Mono White Control	3–0	100.0
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	3–1	75.0
Pox	2–2	50.0
Seasons Past Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	19–17	52.8
Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	3–3	50.0
Infect	3–0	100.0
Simic Infect	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	7–9	43.8
Mono Blue Dreadnought	7–9	43.8
Hushnought	4–1	80.0
Combo Goblins	1–3	25.0
Goblin Persist	1–3	25.0
Aggro-Control	5–7	41.7
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	3–5	37.5
Izzet Spells	0–2	0.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	5–6	45.5
Curses	2–2	50.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–4	33.3
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	2–3	40.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Midrange	41–27	60.3
The Rock	0–3	0.0
Abzan Midrange	4–1	80.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	5–1	83.3
Blink	1–3	25.0
Enchantments Matter	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	2–3	40.0
Vampires	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	8–7	53.3
Mono Black Devotion	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	1–1	50.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–1	66.7
Martyr's Grace	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–3	40.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	5–2	71.4
Mardu Hero	2–0	100.0
Naya Hero	2–2	50.0
Artifact Midrange	2–0	100.0
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	7–5	58.3
Cloudpost Ramp	3–2	60.0
Greenpost	3–1	75.0
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–1	50.0
Carth Superfriends	0–1	0.0
Applejacks	1–1	50.0