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

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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 10 weeks, 1 day.

Midrange

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
16. 19
17. 18
18. 17
19. 16
20. 15
21. 14
22. 13
23. 12
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25. 10
26. 9
27. 8
28. 7
29. 6
30. 5
31. 4
32. 3
33. 2
34. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	576	906–1078	45.7	8	42	19
The Rock	92	165–165	50.0	1	11	2
Grenzo	8	19–12	61.3	0	1
Abzan Midrange	37	67–84	44.4	0	1	1
Selesnya Midrange	19	28–38	42.4
Jund	7	9–12	42.9
Blink	33	61–50	55.0	1	4	3
Graveyard Value	20	16–37	30.2
Enchantments Matter	9	10–18	35.7
Allies	4	3–8	27.3
Azorius Allies	1	1–1	50.0
-1/-1 Counters	1	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	8	3–16	15.8
Mardu Midrange	6	3–11	21.4
Vampires	10	7–23	23.3
Mono Black Vampires	4	6–9	40.0
Orzhov Vampires	4	1–9	10.0
Legends Midrange	11	14–18	43.8
Boros Legends Midrange	6	6–8	42.9
Orzhov Legends	4	7–7	50.0
Selesnya Legends	1	1–3	25.0
Rakdos Midrange	9	13–24	35.1
Naya Midrange	1	1–4	20.0
Big Red	6	6–16	27.3	0	3
Mono Black Midrange	5	0–11	0.0
Dimir Midrange	25	44–36	55.0			3
Angel Tribal	19	29–33	46.8	0	3
Toughness Matters	5	4–8	33.3
Lifegain Midrange	10	18–14	56.3			2
Mutate	3	1–2	33.3
Sultai Midrange	24	35–56	38.5	0	2
Fight Rigging	10	19–20	48.7	0	1
Orzhov Midrange	43	119–68	63.6	5	11	3
Jeskai Midrange	3	4–5	44.4
Heartless Summoning Stompy	45	86–76	53.1	0	4	2
Zur the Enchanter	1	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	22	34–40	45.9			1
Hero of Precinct One	10	16–19	45.7
Mardu Hero	1	3–2	60.0
Five Color Hero	1	2–2	50.0
Naya Hero	2	3–4	42.9
Clerics	8	15–10	60.0	1	2	1
Artifact Midrange	15	9–34	20.9
Death Cloud	19	39–42	48.1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	249–292	46.0
Mono Black Aggro	2–3	40.0
Heroic	1–1	50.0
Boros Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	46–62	42.6
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	6–5	54.5
Selesnya Tokens	3–4	42.9
Mono Green Stompy	7–4	63.6
White Weenie	29–35	45.3
Odric Keywords	3–0	100.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	6–5	54.5
Soldiers	8–12	40.0
Mono White Humans	11–18	37.9
Elves	1–4	20.0
Selesnya Little Kid	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Counters	2–2	50.0
Zombies	7–1	87.5
Gruul Aggro	2–3	40.0
Merfolk	0–3	0.0
Artifact Aggro	43–44	49.4
Affinity	38–38	50.0
Hardened Scales Affinity	35–36	49.3
Tempered Steel	2–4	33.3
Mono Blue Architect	3–2	60.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	13–6	68.4
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	2–1	66.7
Hateful Auras	9–4	69.2
Knights	2–3	40.0
AggroSlide	3–5	37.5
Rakdos Aggro	4–1	80.0
Boros Aggro	1–1	50.0
Humans	45–62	42.1
Selesnya Humans	1–5	16.7
Boros Humans	18–24	42.9
Orzhov Humans	26–32	44.8
Legends Aggro	13–11	54.2
Boros Legends Aggro	4–5	44.4
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Bard Class	6–4	60.0
Permanent Vacation	10–16	38.5
Pirates	8–19	29.6
Combo	157–188	45.5
Storm	12–5	70.6
Citadel Storm	4–5	44.4
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	8–0	100.0
Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Traditional Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	5–5	50.0
Dubious Challenge	2–1	66.7
Warp World	29–57	33.7
Hypergenesis	0–5	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–1	50.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	4–6	40.0
Taking Turns	2–2	50.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Ominous Good	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	15–8	65.2
Oops All Spells	13–8	61.9
Oops All Lands	23–33	41.1
Dredge	18–28	39.1
Insidious Roots Dredge	16–22	42.1
Polymorph	2–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	2–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	0–1	0.0
Calibrated Blast	7–9	43.8
Restore Balance	10–7	58.8
Gyruda	3–6	33.3
Midnight Mass	1–4	20.0
Control	111–161	40.8
Esper Control	19–25	43.2
Mono Blue Control	2–0	100.0
Dimir Control	5–2	71.4
Azorius Control	15–40	27.3
Turbo Fog	10–5	66.7
Izzet Control	6–4	60.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–3	25.0
Boros Control	2–7	22.2
Grixis Control	6–10	37.5
Cruel Control	5–8	38.5
Stax	3–3	50.0
Jeskai Control	1–3	25.0
Dragon Control	0–2	0.0
Runeflare	1–7	12.5
Mono White Control	14–9	60.9
Cycling Control	4–1	80.0
Astral Slide	4–1	80.0
Five Color Control	1–4	20.0
Bant Control	1–2	33.3
Seasons Past Control	3–4	42.9
Orzhov Control	8–25	24.2
Prison	6–5	54.5
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	52–60	46.4
Aristocrats	38–56	40.4
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Food	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	33–54	37.9
Burn	8–2	80.0
Aggro-Control	43–52	45.3
Simic Flash	3–2	60.0
Izzet Tempo	6–8	42.9
Mono Blue Tempo	21–25	45.7
Mono Blue Librarians	12–14	46.2
Izzet Spells	2–2	50.0
Dimir Tempo	2–9	18.2
Azorius Tempo	4–1	80.0
Combo-Control	45–67	40.2
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	6–5	54.5
Sunforger	5–3	62.5
Curious Niv-Mizzet	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	2–4	33.3
Mass Land Destruction	5–0	100.0
Wildfire	5–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	1–1	50.0
Greasefang	24–53	31.2
Midrange	206–206	50.0
The Rock	40–30	57.1
Grenzo	2–4	33.3
Abzan Midrange	11–13	45.8
Selesnya Midrange	8–8	50.0
Jund	3–2	60.0
Blink	7–13	35.0
Graveyard Value	3–3	50.0
Enchantments Matter	1–2	33.3
Allies	0–2	0.0
Azorius Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	2–2	50.0
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
Vampires	6–1	85.7
Mono Black Vampires	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Boros Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–1	80.0
Naya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Big Red	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	7–7	50.0
Angel Tribal	7–6	53.8
Toughness Matters	2–1	66.7
Lifegain Midrange	2–1	66.7
Mutate	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	11–8	57.9
Fight Rigging	5–5	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	16–33	32.7
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	15–21	41.7
Zur the Enchanter	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	10–13	43.5
Hero of Precinct One	5–1	83.3
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	1–0	100.0
Naya Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	2–2	50.0
Artifact Midrange	10–4	71.4
Death Cloud	8–12	40.0
Ramp	41–52	44.1
Carth Superfriends	5–13	27.8
Applejacks	3–0	100.0
Field Ramp	29–34	46.0
Superfriends	0–1	0.0
Unclassified	1–0	100.0