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 11 weeks, 1 day.

Esper Control

Tournaments Only
Season 33 ▾
1. All
2. 33
3. 32
4. 31
5. 30
6. 29
7. 28
8. 27
9. 26
10. 25
11. 24
12. 23
13. 22
14. 21
15. 20
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19. 16
20. 15
21. 14
22. 13
23. 12
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28. 7
29. 6
30. 5
31. 4
32. 3
33. 2
34. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	398	647–634	50.5	5	37	12
Esper Control	54	115–79	59.3	0	2	5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	28–20	58.3
Heroic	2–0	100.0
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	2–3	40.0
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	3–1	75.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Mono White Humans	1–1	50.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	6–4	60.0
Affinity	4–4	50.0
Hardened Scales Affinity	4–3	57.1
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	4–6	40.0
Boros Humans	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Humans	1–4	20.0
Legends Aggro	2–2	50.0
Boros Legends Aggro	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	2–0	100.0
Bard Class	0–1	0.0
Permanent Vacation	1–0	100.0
Combo	28–13	68.3
Storm	3–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	6–4	60.0
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	4–2	66.7
Oops All Spells	4–2	66.7
Oops All Lands	2–1	66.7
Dredge	6–4	60.0
Insidious Roots Dredge	4–4	50.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	2–0	100.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Gyruda	1–0	100.0
Control	15–10	60.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	2–4	33.3
Turbo Fog	3–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	3–3	50.0
Aggro-Combo	11–10	52.4
Aristocrats	9–10	47.4
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	7–10	41.2
Burn	1–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	5–3	62.5
Izzet Tempo	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Librarians	0–2	0.0
Dimir Tempo	2–1	66.7
Dimir Faeries	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	3–5	37.5
Sunforger	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Greasefang	2–4	33.3
Midrange	18–13	58.1
The Rock	0–4	0.0
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Blink	1–2	33.3
Graveyard Value	2–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	0–2	0.0
Angel Tribal	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–1	66.7
Fight Rigging	1–1	50.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	2–0	100.0
Ramp	7–5	58.3
Carth Superfriends	1–1	50.0
Field Ramp	3–3	50.0