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 1 week, 6 days.

Combo

Tournaments Only
Season 33▾
1. All
2. 33
3. 32
4. 31
5. 30
6. 29
7. 28
8. 27
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10. 25
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34. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	964	1639–1605	50.5	14	96	42
Storm	38	35–92	27.6	0	1
Dragonstorm	2	0–3	0.0
Citadel Storm	22	29–50	36.7	0	1
Grixis Tendrils	3	1–7	12.5
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	11	5–32	13.5
Reanimator	7	3–11	21.4
Traditional Reanimator	5	0–9	0.0
Rakdos Reanimator	2	0–6	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	41	77–56	57.9	1	3	3
Dubious Challenge	7	15–15	50.0
Warp World	290	666–442	60.1	10	57	20
Temur Glimpse	74	168–131	56.2	2	16	4
Boros Glimpse	209	486–298	62.0	8	41	16
Hypergenesis	13	18–20	47.4	0	1
Splendid Reclamation Combo	8	7–14	33.3
Jeskai Ascendancy	6	9–15	37.5			1
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	6	9–15	37.5			1
"Twin"	2	1–8	11.1
Metalwork Colossus	7	5–11	31.3	0	1
Anvil Colossus	3	2–4	33.3	0	1
Upheaval Colossus	1	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	6	4–10	28.6
Eggs	4	4–12	25.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	14	25–30	45.5	0	2
Taking Turns	10	5–11	31.3
Quest for Ula's Temple	3	0–7	0.0
Izzet Ascension	2	3–5	37.5
Ominous Good	3	1–6	14.3
Soulflayer	1	1–2	33.3
Breakfast	56	91–84	52.0	0	5	3
Oops All Spells	55	91–79	53.5	0	5	3
Oops All Lands	95	167–123	57.6	1	6	2
Dredge	143	199–247	44.6	1	7	4
Insidious Roots Dredge	123	172–210	45.0	1	7	3
Polymorph	8	10–16	38.5			1
Storm Herald	11	22–22	50.0
Enduring Ideal	2	0–2	0.0
Tibalt's Trickery	15	24–29	45.3	0	1
Intruder Alarm	7	4–14	22.2	0	1
Calibrated Blast	22	38–41	48.1			2
Restore Balance	47	89–66	57.4	1	7	5
Gyruda	10	19–16	54.3	0	2
Belcher	3	2–4	33.3
Possibility Storm	9	9–27	25.0
Midnight Mass	14	23–18	56.1			1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	355–427	45.4
Mono Black Aggro	5–5	50.0
Heroic	5–2	71.4
Azorius Heroic	2–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	3–2	60.0
Red Deck Wins	61–87	41.2
Goblins	2–1	66.7
Tokens	4–5	44.4
Selesnya Tokens	2–2	50.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	9–14	39.1
White Weenie	41–52	44.1
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	3–0	100.0
Soldiers	24–34	41.4
Mono White Humans	11–16	40.7
Elves	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Little Kid	6–3	66.7
Selesnya Counters	2–1	66.7
Zombies	5–2	71.4
Gruul Aggro	8–2	80.0
Merfolk	6–3	66.7
Artifact Aggro	67–73	47.9
Affinity	60–65	48.0
Hardened Scales Affinity	59–59	50.0
Tempered Steel	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Architect	3–4	42.9
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Jund Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	13–17	43.3
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	2–1	66.7
Hateful Auras	10–16	38.5
Slivers	0–1	0.0
Naya Zoo	3–0	100.0
Knights	2–1	66.7
AggroSlide	11–9	55.0
Rakdos Aggro	3–3	50.0
Boros Aggro	5–4	55.6
Humans	48–94	33.8
Selesnya Humans	3–1	75.0
Boros Humans	20–57	26.0
Orzhov Humans	24–35	40.7
Legends Aggro	18–17	51.4
Boros Legends Aggro	7–3	70.0
Bard Class	10–13	43.5
Permanent Vacation	8–4	66.7
Pirates	18–25	41.9
Combo	237–237	50.0
Storm	14–5	73.7
Citadel Storm	10–3	76.9
Grixis Tendrils	2–1	66.7
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	2–1	66.7
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	9–11	45.0
Dubious Challenge	5–4	55.6
Warp World	73–103	41.5
Temur Glimpse	21–25	45.7
Boros Glimpse	51–76	40.2
Hypergenesis	5–5	50.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	3–1	75.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–3	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–3	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	4–2	66.7
Anvil Colossus	3–1	75.0
Seismic Swans	2–0	100.0
Eggs	3–1	75.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	5–3	62.5
Taking Turns	1–1	50.0
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	11–18	37.9
Oops All Spells	11–18	37.9
Oops All Lands	11–17	39.3
Dredge	46–20	69.7
Insidious Roots Dredge	36–19	65.5
Polymorph	3–2	60.0
Storm Herald	2–4	33.3
Tibalt's Trickery	1–4	20.0
Intruder Alarm	2–2	50.0
Calibrated Blast	4–3	57.1
Restore Balance	9–13	40.9
Gyruda	2–3	40.0
Belcher	1–0	100.0
Possibility Storm	2–2	50.0
Midnight Mass	2–0	100.0
Control	281–273	50.7
Esper Control	26–44	37.1
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	2–1	66.7
Dimir Control	13–17	43.3
Azorius Control	76–112	40.4
Turbo Fog	13–12	52.0
Izzet Control	20–22	47.6
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	9–4	69.2
Boros Control	9–6	60.0
Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Grixis Control	12–4	75.0
Cruel Control	9–2	81.8
Stax	6–3	66.7
Chandra Nalaar	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	5–3	62.5
Dragon Control	2–1	66.7
Runeflare	4–2	66.7
Mono White Control	21–8	72.4
Cycling Control	3–0	100.0
Astral Slide	3–0	100.0
Five Color Control	3–5	37.5
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	11–1	91.7
Orzhov Control	29–19	60.4
Prison	7–3	70.0
Aggro-Combo	85–111	43.4
Aristocrats	69–99	41.1
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Food	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Aristocrats	64–94	40.5
Boros Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	10–7	58.8
Turbo Myth	1–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	74–81	47.7
Simic Flash	7–3	70.0
Izzet Tempo	17–13	56.7
Blue Madness	2–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	29–50	36.7
Mono Blue Librarians	21–35	37.5
Izzet Spells	5–4	55.6
Dimir Tempo	9–6	60.0
Dimir Faeries	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	1–3	25.0
Combo-Control	73–78	48.3
Battle of Wits	18–11	62.1
Sunforger	4–7	36.4
Curious Niv-Mizzet	2–0	100.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	11–4	73.3
Wildfire	11–4	73.3
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	2–2	50.0
Greasefang	35–52	40.2
Esper Greasefang	10–16	38.5
Orzhov Greasefang	24–35	40.7
Midrange	365–321	53.2
The Rock	53–52	50.5
Grenzo	3–5	37.5
Abzan Midrange	21–20	51.2
Selesnya Midrange	11–15	42.3
Jund	6–2	75.0
Blink	18–17	51.4
Graveyard Value	5–4	55.6
Enchantments Matter	3–4	42.9
Allies	5–1	83.3
Fake-Rack	10–2	83.3
Mardu Midrange	1–2	33.3
Vampires	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	2–1	66.7
Legends Midrange	4–8	33.3
Boros Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Legends	3–6	33.3
Selesnya Legends	0–1	0.0
Elementals	2–3	40.0
Rakdos Midrange	12–7	63.2
Naya Midrange	2–2	50.0
Big Red	6–5	54.5
Dimir Midrange	10–13	43.5
Angel Tribal	10–5	66.7
Toughness Matters	5–3	62.5
Lifegain Midrange	3–5	37.5
Adventures	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	14–13	51.9
Fight Rigging	4–3	57.1
Orzhov Midrange	37–41	47.4
Jeskai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	33–48	40.7
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	18–6	75.0
Hero of Precinct One	6–5	54.5
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	2–1	66.7
Naya Hero	0–1	0.0
Boros Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	1–5	16.7
Artifact Midrange	17–8	68.0
Death Cloud	8–7	53.3
Ramp	151–55	73.3
Villainous Wealth	2–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	4–0	100.0
Temurpost	4–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	13–6	68.4
Applejacks	2–1	66.7
Field Ramp	96–41	70.1
Superfriends	3–0	100.0