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 4 days, 7 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	165	241–285–11	45.8	6	42	2
Temur Ascendancy	40	88–76–4	53.7	3	20	1
The Rock	8	8–20	28.6	0	1
Abzan Midrange	3	6–4–1	60.0
Jund	6	8–12	40.0	0	1
Blink	7	6–16	27.3
Graveyard Value	7	1–6	14.3
Séance	3	0–2	0.0
Enchantments Matter	5	0–10	0.0
Orzhov Enchantress	5	0–10	0.0
Allies	17	22–37	37.3	0	2
Orzhov Allies	17	22–37	37.3	0	2
Treefolk	1	0–4	0.0
-1/-1 Counters	2	2–2	50.0
Fake-Rack	2	0–2	0.0
Vampires	32	64–44–4	59.3	3	13	1
Mono Black Vampires	31	64–44–4	59.3	3	13	1
Rakdos Vampires	1
Legends Midrange	1	2–3	40.0	0	1
Elementals	1
Rakdos Midrange	3	5–9	35.7
Mono Black Midrange	1	3–2	60.0
Dimir Midrange	3	2–2	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	2	2–2	50.0
Sultai Midrange	1	0–3	0.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	77–70–4	52.4
Mono Black Aggro	2–2	50.0
Heroic	36–34–4	51.4
Mono White Heroic	31–30–4	50.8
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	5–4	55.6
Red Deck Wins	8–17	32.0
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	11–4	73.3
Selesnya Tokens	10–4	71.4
Mono Green Stompy	2–0	100.0
Werewolves	2–2	50.0
Zombies	1–2	33.3
Merfolk	0–2	0.0
Artifact Aggro	3–1	75.0
Affinity	1–1	50.0
Salvage Titan	2–0	100.0
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	0–2	0.0
Boros Aggro	1–1	50.0
Combo	24–30–1	44.4
Storm	9–16–1	36.0
Sultai Tendrils	4–9–1	30.8
Dimir Tendrils	3–7	30.0
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	8–11	42.1
Recurring Nightmare	4–5	44.4
Starlit Graves	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	4–5	44.4
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Cephalid Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Control	54–70	43.5
Mono Black Control	11–6	64.7
Esper Control	1–4	20.0
Demonic Rising	5–9	35.7
Paradox Haze Lock	2–4	33.3
Mono Blue Control	7–2	77.8
Turbo Xerox	3–1	75.0
Dimir Control	10–16	38.5
Dreadful Inspiration	6–4	60.0
Azorius Control	1–0	100.0
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	1–1	50.0
Izzet Control	3–8	27.3
Mill	2–0	100.0
Boros Control	2–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–14	6.7
Cruel Control	1–14	6.7
Dragon Control	3–2	60.0
Izzet Dragons	0–1	0.0
Dimir Dragons	2–1	66.7
Cycling Control	0–4	0.0
Astral Slide	0–4	0.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	15–40	27.3
Aristocrats	11–35	23.9
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–21	12.5
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–4	20.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–5	28.6
Abzan Aristocrats	4–5	44.4
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	2–0	100.0
Infect	2–2	50.0
Hermit Humans	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Control	9–3	75.0
Izzet Tempo	4–0	100.0
Blue Madness	2–2	50.0
Simic Madness	2–1	66.7
Grixis Madness	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	15–30–2	33.3
Curses	2–0	100.0
Oketra's Monument	5–4	55.6
Azorius Oketra's Monument	5–3	62.5
Mono White Oketra's Monument	0–1	0.0
Burning Vengeance	2–2	50.0
Shared Fate	0–1	0.0
Displace Loop	3–9–1	25.0
Peregrine Drake	3–9–1	25.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–12	14.3
Wildfire	2–12	14.3
Borderpost Wildfire	2–11	15.4
Midrange	39–39–4	50.0
Temur Ascendancy	2–15–2	11.8
The Rock	2–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	2–0	100.0
Blink	6–1	85.7
Graveyard Value	2–0	100.0
Séance	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Allies	6–6	50.0
Orzhov Allies	6–6	50.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Vampires	9–9–1	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	9–9–1	50.0
Legends Midrange	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	8–3	72.7
Villainous Wealth	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	1–1	50.0