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 8 weeks.

Combo

Tournaments Only
Season 36▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
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34. 4
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36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	312	482–556	46.4	3	32	6
Storm	118	251–219	53.4	2	13	4
Dragonstorm	7	7–14	33.3
Citadel Storm	1	2–3	40.0
High Tide	104	238–189	55.7	2	13	4
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	18	18–14	56.3
Traditional Reanimator	18	18–14	56.3
Warp World	1	0–2	0.0
Four Color Glimpse	1	0–2	0.0
Hypergenesis	15	28–23	54.9	0	5
Jeskai Ascendancy	21	33–25	56.9	0	3	1
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	16	27–22	55.1	0	3	1
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	5	6–3	66.7
Metalwork Colossus	6	6–10	37.5	0	1
Anvil Colossus	4	4–6	40.0	0	1
Saffi Combo	1	1–3	25.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	18	16–33	32.7	0	3
Taking Turns	9	16–17	48.5
Izzet Ascension	1	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	2	2–4	33.3
Breakfast	1	0–2	0.0
Unctus	1	0–2	0.0
Oops All Lands	6	9–8	52.9	0	1
Dredge	18	14–49	22.2
Polymorph	8	5–17	22.7
Storm Herald	4	5–8	38.5
Enduring Ideal	1	1–2	33.3
Tibalt's Trickery	1	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	18	32–31	50.8	1	5
Gyruda	3	3–3	50.0
Primal Prayers Combo	12	19–20	48.7			1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	101–177	36.3
Mono Black Aggro	0–3	0.0
Heroic	18–47	27.7
Mono White Heroic	3–5	37.5
Azorius Heroic	2–6	25.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	10–36	21.7
Red Deck Wins	9–13	40.9
Mono Red Devotion	1–2	33.3
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	1–7	12.5
Mono White Tokens	1–6	14.3
Orzhov Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–1	66.7
White Weenie	17–36	32.1
Mono White Humans	17–33	34.0
Elves	2–1	66.7
Werewolves	3–4	42.9
Selesnya Little Kid	11–5	68.8
Selesnya Counters	1–1	50.0
Gruul Aggro	2–2	50.0
Merfolk	7–3	70.0
Artifact Aggro	4–6	40.0
Affinity	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Architect	1–4	20.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–4	33.3
Humans	14–22	38.9
Selesnya Humans	2–0	100.0
Boros Humans	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Humans	2–9	18.2
Azorius Humans	7–10	41.2
Legends Aggro	5–19	20.8
Boros Legends Aggro	3–14	17.6
Bard Class	2–2	50.0
Pirates	1–2	33.3
Rats	2–0	100.0
Combo	85–85	50.0
Storm	41–46	47.1
Dragonstorm	3–2	60.0
Citadel Storm	1–1	50.0
High Tide	34–42	44.7
Reanimator	1–8	11.1
Traditional Reanimator	1–8	11.1
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Four Color Glimpse	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	3–5	37.5
Jeskai Ascendancy	5–6	45.5
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	4–4	50.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Blazing Shoal Combo	3–3	50.0
Taking Turns	2–4	33.3
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	2–2	50.0
Dredge	11–5	68.8
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	3–1	75.0
Restore Balance	4–3	57.1
Primal Prayers Combo	0–1	0.0
Control	88–103	46.1
Mono Black Control	2–1	66.7
Esper Control	5–8	38.5
Dimir Control	0–2	0.0
Azorius Control	18–20	47.4
Izzet Control	18–20	47.4
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	5–2	71.4
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	2–1	66.7
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–5	16.7
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Five Color Control	1–2	33.3
Five Color Collected Conjuring	0–1	0.0
Last Stand Control	1–1	50.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Control	2–2	50.0
Seasons Past Control	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	17–35	32.7
Prison	8–3	72.7
Enchantress	8–3	72.7
Aggro-Combo	49–31	61.3
Aristocrats	40–28	58.8
Mono Black Aristocrats	8–5	61.5
Golgari Aristocrats	24–10	70.6
Rakdos Aristocrats	8–13	38.1
Burn	6–3	66.7
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	28–51	35.4
Simic Flash	2–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	3–4	42.9
Azorius Skies	2–2	50.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	3–3	50.0
Dimir Tempo	5–19	20.8
Azorius Tempo	2–1	66.7
Spirits	8–21	27.6
Azorius Spirits	1–10	9.1
Mono Blue Spirits	7–11	38.9
Combo-Control	6–11	35.3
Curses	0–4	0.0
Battle of Wits	3–3	50.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	0–2	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Coveted Falcon Combo	1–0	100.0
Midrange	114–91	55.6
The Rock	13–16	44.8
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	3–2	60.0
Jund	1–1	50.0
Blink	8–7	53.3
Orzhov Blink	2–2	50.0
Graveyard Value	4–1	80.0
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	1–2	33.3
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–1	50.0
Legends Midrange	3–0	100.0
Boros Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	6–7	46.2
Naya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Big Red	4–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–3	50.0
Verdant Succession	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	3–1	75.0
Angels	6–4	60.0
Mono White Angels	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Angels	4–2	66.7
Toughness Matters	4–1	80.0
Lifegain Midrange	4–3	57.1
Sultai Midrange	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Midrange	3–3	50.0
Jeskai Midrange	0–2	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	8–5	61.5
Five Color Hero	8–5	61.5
Gruul Obosh	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	21–15	58.3
Boros Engineers	10–8	55.6
Death Cloud	1–2	33.3
Game Objects	2–3	40.0
Laelia Cascade	4–3	57.1
Ramp	11–7	61.1
Cloudpost Ramp	1–1	50.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0
Applejacks	1–2	33.3