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 1 week, 6 days.

Humans

Tournaments Only
Season 33▾
1. All
2. 33
3. 32
4. 31
5. 30
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1333	2449–2210	52.6	20	204	61
Humans	219	478–310	60.7	3	36	16
Selesnya Humans	5	8–7	53.3
Boros Humans	106	255–143	64.1	2	23	9
Orzhov Humans	105	213–156	57.7	1	13	7

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	104–76	57.8
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	1–1	50.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	24–13	64.9
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–0	100.0
White Weenie	10–10	50.0
Soldiers	5–4	55.6
Mono White Humans	4–6	40.0
Elves	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	14–20	41.2
Affinity	13–17	43.3
Hardened Scales Affinity	13–16	44.8
Tempered Steel	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Voltron	9–2	81.8
Hexproof	3–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	6–2	75.0
AggroSlide	2–1	66.7
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–0	100.0
Humans	13–13	50.0
Boros Humans	2–4	33.3
Orzhov Humans	11–9	55.0
Legends Aggro	6–5	54.5
Boros Legends Aggro	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	0–2	0.0
Bard Class	4–2	66.7
Permanent Vacation	2–6	25.0
Pirates	8–3	72.7
Combo	94–48	66.2
Storm	9–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	5–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	4–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	5–1	83.3
Warp World	31–22	58.5
Temur Glimpse	9–4	69.2
Boros Glimpse	21–18	53.8
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–0	100.0
"Twin"	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–2	33.3
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	3–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	2–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	10–10	50.0
Dredge	10–6	62.5
Insidious Roots Dredge	9–6	60.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	2–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	2–1	66.7
Restore Balance	2–2	50.0
Gyruda	4–2	66.7
Belcher	1–0	100.0
Midnight Mass	0–1	0.0
Control	66–58	53.2
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	11–6	64.7
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	25–15	62.5
Turbo Fog	5–3	62.5
Izzet Control	2–3	40.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–2	33.3
Cruel Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	3–2	60.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Mono White Control	2–15	11.8
Seasons Past Control	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	8–8	50.0
Prison	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	33–12	73.3
Aristocrats	24–11	68.6
Rakdos Aristocrats	23–10	69.7
Burn	3–0	100.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Golgari Infect	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	21–17	55.3
Simic Flash	2–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	4–3	57.1
Mono Blue Tempo	7–10	41.2
Mono Blue Librarians	4–8	33.3
Izzet Spells	3–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	3–2	60.0
Dimir Faeries	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	2–2	50.0
Combo-Control	23–11	67.6
Curses	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	6–1	85.7
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Sunforger	3–2	60.0
Solar Flare	1–1	50.0
Resurgent Belief	1–1	50.0
Greasefang	10–6	62.5
Esper Greasefang	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Greasefang	7–4	63.6
Midrange	105–78	57.4
The Rock	15–15	50.0
Abzan Midrange	9–4	69.2
Selesnya Midrange	1–3	25.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	4–4	50.0
Graveyard Value	4–0	100.0
Allies	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	4–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Legends	2–1	66.7
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–1	50.0
Naya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	2–3	40.0
Angel Tribal	2–3	40.0
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	2–1	66.7
Fight Rigging	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	12–16	42.9
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	14–14	50.0
Fires of Invention	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–2	33.3
Five Color Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	1–1	50.0
Artifact Midrange	4–1	80.0
Death Cloud	5–1	83.3
Ramp	31–10	75.6
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–1	50.0
Applejacks	1–0	100.0
Field Ramp	20–8	71.4