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 11 weeks, 3 days.

Control

Tournaments Only
Season 36▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
9. 29
10. 28
11. 27
12. 26
13. 25
14. 24
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24. 14
25. 13
26. 12
27. 11
28. 10
29. 9
30. 8
31. 7
32. 6
33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	166	298–237	55.7	1	17	10
Mono Black Control	2	1–4	20.0
Esper Control	7	7–9	43.8
Dimir Control	4	9–4	69.2			1
Azorius Control	27	46–46	50.0	0	1	2
Turbo Fog	1	0–1	0.0
Izzet Control	31	54–40	57.4	0	3	2
Mardu Control	1	2–1	66.7
Boros Control	1	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	3	3–6	33.3
Cruel Control	1	0–1	0.0
Stax	6	8–13	38.1
Dragon Control	1	2–3	40.0
Ponza	2	2–6	25.0
Dynavolt Tower	5	10–7	58.8
Five Color Control	1	0–2	0.0
Enchantments Control	4	3–9	25.0
Orzhov Control	51	112–62	64.4	1	11	3
Prison	19	39–23	62.9	0	2	2
Enchantress	19	39–23	62.9	0	2	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	62–64	49.2
Mono Black Aggro	1–2	33.3
Heroic	18–12	60.0
Mono White Heroic	7–4	63.6
Azorius Heroic	6–5	54.5
Selesnya Heroic	5–3	62.5
Red Deck Wins	5–9	35.7
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	2–0	100.0
White Weenie	13–20	39.4
Mono White Humans	12–19	38.7
Elves	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	3–3	50.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	2–0	100.0
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	2–0	100.0
Affinity	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	3–7	30.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	4–0	100.0
Humans	4–7	36.4
Boros Humans	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Humans	3–5	37.5
Pirates	1–1	50.0
Combo	51–34	60.0
Storm	19–16	54.3
Dragonstorm	2–0	100.0
High Tide	16–16	50.0
Hypergenesis	5–3	62.5
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–3	25.0
Anvil Colossus	1–3	25.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	3–0	100.0
Taking Turns	5–3	62.5
Polymorph	4–0	100.0
Storm Herald	2–2	50.0
Restore Balance	1–2	33.3
Gyruda	0–1	0.0
Primal Prayers Combo	3–1	75.0
Control	49–49	50.0
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	2–2	50.0
Azorius Control	7–10	41.2
Izzet Control	7–11	38.9
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	3–1	75.0
Dragon Control	1–1	50.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–1	50.0
Enchantments Control	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	17–14	54.8
Prison	6–6	50.0
Enchantress	6–6	50.0
Aggro-Combo	40–29	58.0
Aristocrats	37–23	61.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	7–4	63.6
Golgari Aristocrats	20–4	83.3
Rakdos Aristocrats	10–15	40.0
Burn	1–5	16.7
Aggro-Control	10–12	45.5
Izzet Tempo	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	4–6	40.0
Azorius Tempo	1–3	25.0
Combo-Control	8–3	72.7
Battle of Wits	5–3	62.5
Solar Flare	2–0	100.0
Coveted Falcon Combo	1–0	100.0
Midrange	69–42	62.2
The Rock	5–1	83.3
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jund	1–1	50.0
Blink	4–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	3–4	42.9
Fake-Rack	1–3	25.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	9–5	64.3
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	14–4	77.8
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Angels	3–1	75.0
Mono White Angels	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	2–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–3	40.0
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	1–3	25.0
Gruul Obosh	2–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	12–12	50.0
Boros Engineers	4–5	44.4
Game Objects	1–3	25.0
Ramp	9–4	69.2
Cloudpost Ramp	1–1	50.0
Simic Post	1–1	50.0
Carth Superfriends	2–1	66.7