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 week.

The Penny Dreadful 500 is on Nov 16th with free entry and $500 in prizes!

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo-Control	1805	3667–3581–13	50.6	103	853
Curses	77	137–155–1	46.9	5	39

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	38–64	37.3
Mono Black Aggro	4–3	57.1
Heroic	1–4	20.0
Mono White Heroic	1–4	20.0
Red Deck Wins	11–10	52.4
Prisoner	2–2	50.0
Goblins	1–3	25.0
Tokens	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	4–2	66.7
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Elves	2–0	100.0
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–2	0.0
Zombies	0–2	0.0
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	6–28	17.6
Affinity	0–2	0.0
Tempered Steel	6–26	18.8
Madness	0–3	0.0
Rakdos Madness	0–3	0.0
Voltron	4–2	66.7
Equipment Aggro	4–2	66.7
AggroSlide	1–0	100.0
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Combo	20–17	54.1
Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	3–1	75.0
Recurring Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Jund Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–2	0.0
New Perspectives	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–2	0.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	10–10	50.0
Cephalid Breakfast	10–7	58.8
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	3–5	37.5
Grixis Breakfast	7–2	77.8
Oops All Spells	0–3	0.0
Storm Herald	2–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	0–1	0.0
Control	33–29–1	53.2
Mono Black Control	2–0	100.0
Esper Control	1–1	50.0
Demonic Rising	1–2	33.3
Paradox Haze Lock	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	2–0	100.0
Dimir Control	3–3–1	50.0
Dreadful Inspiration	0–2	0.0
Azorius Control	3–1	75.0
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	3–0	100.0
Mill	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	3–0	100.0
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Stax	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Dynavolt Tower	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	2–0	100.0
Astral Slide	2–0	100.0
Five Color Control	0–2	0.0
Sultai Control	7–7	50.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–5	0.0
Aggro-Combo	10–8	55.6
Aristocrats	6–5	54.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–4	42.9
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	0–1	0.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Pummeler	1–1	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	2–5	28.6
Izzet Tempo	1–1	50.0
Azorius Skies	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	9–7	56.3
Curses	3–3	50.0
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	1–2	33.3
Mass Land Destruction	3–2	60.0
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	23–22	51.1
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Value Town	0–1	0.0
Jund	1–1	50.0
Blink	2–2	50.0
Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	0–1	0.0
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Constellation	0–1	0.0
Allies	4–2	66.7
Mardu Allies	3–2	60.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
White Jund	1–2	33.3
Vampires	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Stoic Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Temur Energy	0–1	0.0
Ordealbreak	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	2–1	66.7
Ramp	2–3	40.0
Rofellos Ramp	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	0–2	0.0
Greenpost	0–1	0.0