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.

Ramp

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
24. 11
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
Ramp	150	187–276	40.4	0	5	2
Villainous Wealth	1	0–2	0.0
Carth Superfriends	21	39–38	50.6	0	1	1
Applejacks	2	1–4	20.0
Field Ramp	102	123–178	40.9	0	4
Superfriends	2	3–4	42.9

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	35–60	36.8
Heroic	0–2	0.0
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	6–13	31.6
Tokens	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	2–2	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	5–6	45.5
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–1	66.7
Soldiers	2–2	50.0
Mono White Humans	0–3	0.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	5–7	41.7
Affinity	4–7	36.4
Hardened Scales Affinity	4–5	44.4
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Jund Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	3–5	37.5
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–5	16.7
Knights	1–1	50.0
AggroSlide	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	5–14	26.3
Selesnya Humans	1–1	50.0
Boros Humans	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Humans	3–11	21.4
Legends Aggro	1–2	33.3
Boros Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Bard Class	0–2	0.0
Permanent Vacation	2–2	50.0
Pirates	0–5	0.0
Combo	19–72	20.9
Storm	2–1	66.7
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	2–1	66.7
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–2	33.3
Dubious Challenge	0–2	0.0
Warp World	2–19	9.5
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–4	0.0
Breakfast	2–7	22.2
Oops All Spells	2–7	22.2
Oops All Lands	2–18	10.0
Dredge	4–6	40.0
Insidious Roots Dredge	4–6	40.0
Storm Herald	1–1	50.0
Tibalt's Trickery	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	0–3	0.0
Restore Balance	0–3	0.0
Gyruda	0–1	0.0
Midnight Mass	1–0	100.0
Control	43–34	55.8
Esper Control	6–8	42.9
Dimir Control	5–0	100.0
Azorius Control	5–7	41.7
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–3	25.0
Mill	3–0	100.0
Boros Control	2–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–4	33.3
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	0–2	0.0
Mono White Control	6–3	66.7
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	6–5	54.5
Prison	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	5–14	26.3
Aristocrats	5–12	29.4
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	4–11	26.7
Aggro-Control	12–28	30.0
Simic Flash	2–3	40.0
Izzet Tempo	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	5–15	25.0
Mono Blue Librarians	2–11	15.4
Izzet Spells	1–2	33.3
Dimir Tempo	3–4	42.9
Azorius Tempo	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	10–18	35.7
Battle of Wits	2–4	33.3
Sunforger	2–0	100.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–1	0.0
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Resurgent Belief	0–1	0.0
Greasefang	5–10	33.3
Midrange	52–41	55.9
The Rock	6–5	54.5
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	8–2	80.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	0–2	0.0
Blink	3–3	50.0
Graveyard Value	3–0	100.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–3	25.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–2	33.3
Angel Tribal	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	6–1	85.7
Fight Rigging	4–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–4	33.3
Heartless Summoning Stompy	5–9	35.7
Fires of Invention	0–1	0.0
Clerics	1–1	50.0
Artifact Midrange	2–2	50.0
Death Cloud	1–2	33.3
Ramp	9–9	50.0
Carth Superfriends	0–2	0.0
Field Ramp	8–6	57.1
Unclassified	1–0	100.0