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 7 weeks, 5 days.

Combo-Control

Tournaments Only
Season 6▾
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
Combo-Control	70	111–154	41.9	0	4	1
Curses	2	1–3	25.0
Burning Vengeance	4	2–7	22.2
Battle of Wits	9	17–21	44.7
Swarm Intelligence	14	31–34	47.7	0	1	1
Sunforger	1	1–0	100.0
Pickles	6	14–15	48.3	0	1
Displace Loop	3	0–4	0.0
Familiars	3	0–4	0.0
Hedron Alignment	2	0–2	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	25	40–59	40.4	0	2
Wildfire	25	40–59	40.4	0	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	28–54	34.1
Heroic	7–16	30.4
Mono White Heroic	6–12	33.3
Azorius Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–3	0.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	3–17	15.0
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Goblins	2–5	28.6
Tokens	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–2	33.3
White Weenie	3–4	42.9
Odric Keywords	1–2	33.3
Soldiers	2–1	66.7
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	2–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–3	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	3–2	60.0
Madness	2–0	100.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	16–27	37.2
Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	5–9	35.7
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	5–8	38.5
Dimir Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	0–8	0.0
New Perspectives	3–2	60.0
Cat Wave	3–2	60.0
Acid Wave	2–0	100.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1–0	100.0
Mardu Life	0–1	0.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–1	50.0
Control	22–18	55.0
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	0–1	0.0
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Paradox Haze Lock	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	4–4	50.0
Adam's Ale	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	2–3	40.0
Cruel Control	2–2	50.0
Dragon Control	4–3	57.1
Esper Dragons	2–0	100.0
WUBR Dragons	0–1	0.0
Grixis Dragons	2–2	50.0
Galleon Control	2–0	100.0
Mono White Control	2–2	50.0
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	5–15	25.0
Aristocrats	4–13	23.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–4	33.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–5	16.7
Golgari Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Abzan Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Control	8–8	50.0
Izzet Tempo	2–0	100.0
Azorius Skies	0–2	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	3–1	75.0
Temur Clues	0–2	0.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	5–5	50.0
Curses	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	2–0	100.0
Swarm Intelligence	2–1	66.7
Sunforger	0–1	0.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–2	0.0
Wildfire	0–2	0.0
Midrange	21–20	51.2
Temur Ascendancy	1–4	20.0
Prophet Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	3–2	60.0
Séance	2–0	100.0
Dimir Graves	0–1	0.0
Indestructible	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–4	20.0
Orzhov Enchantress	1–2	33.3
Constellation	0–2	0.0
Allies	2–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	1–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Hellion Whip	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Prophet Glare	1–0	100.0
Mythic Colossification	0–1	0.0
Clerics	2–0	100.0
Ramp	6–7	46.2
Villainous Wealth	1–1	50.0
Devoid Cruelty	1–5	16.7
Applejacks	2–0	100.0
Orcish Aids	2–0	100.0