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 10 weeks, 1 day.

Affinity

Tournaments Only
Season 33▾
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	736	1352–1216	52.6	4	70	36
Artifact Aggro	111	203–202	50.1	0	4	5
Affinity	92	175–171	50.6	0	2	4
Hardened Scales Affinity	87	166–165	50.2	0	2	4

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	49–49	50.0
Red Deck Wins	10–5	66.7
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	7–6	53.8
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	1–2	33.3
Mono White Humans	4–3	57.1
Gruul Aggro	3–0	100.0
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	12–9	57.1
Affinity	9–9	50.0
Hardened Scales Affinity	9–9	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	2–0	100.0
Voltron	0–3	0.0
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	0–2	0.0
AggroSlide	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	9–11	45.0
Boros Humans	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Humans	6–8	42.9
Legends Aggro	3–6	33.3
Boros Legends Aggro	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	0–2	0.0
Bard Class	1–3	25.0
Permanent Vacation	3–3	50.0
Pirates	0–2	0.0
Combo	33–29	53.2
Storm	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–1	50.0
Warp World	5–7	41.7
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	2–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	0–3	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–3	0.0
Oops All Lands	7–9	43.8
Dredge	9–4	69.2
Insidious Roots Dredge	9–4	69.2
Storm Herald	1–1	50.0
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Midnight Mass	0–2	0.0
Control	20–22	47.6
Esper Control	4–5	44.4
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	3–6	33.3
Turbo Fog	2–2	50.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	2–0	100.0
Boros Control	0–2	0.0
Grixis Control	5–0	100.0
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Mono White Control	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Control	0–3	0.0
Aggro-Combo	7–6	53.8
Aristocrats	6–3	66.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Burn	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	8–9	47.1
Izzet Tempo	0–1	0.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	4–5	44.4
Mono Blue Librarians	1–3	25.0
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tempo	2–1	66.7
Combo-Control	13–14	48.1
Battle of Wits	3–1	75.0
Sunforger	1–3	25.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Greasefang	6–10	37.5
Midrange	38–38	50.0
The Rock	7–17	29.2
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	1–4	20.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	0–1	0.0
Blink	2–1	66.7
Graveyard Value	3–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	2–0	100.0
Vampires	4–2	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	2–2	50.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Fight Rigging	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	5–2	71.4
Fires of Invention	2–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–0	100.0
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–4	20.0
Ramp	7–4	63.6
Field Ramp	6–4	60.0