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.

Ramp

Tournaments Only
Season 33▾
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
Ramp	344	475–643	42.5	0	18	7
Villainous Wealth	2	0–5	0.0
Rofellos Ramp	1	2–3	40.0	0	1
Cloudpost Ramp	9	10–19	34.5
Greenpost	1	1–2	33.3
Simic Post	1	1–2	33.3
Temurpost	7	8–15	34.8
Selvala Tokens	1	0–1	0.0
Carth Superfriends	35	59–63	48.4	0	1	1
Applejacks	5	7–10	41.2
Field Ramp	225	320–411	43.8	0	15	3
Superfriends	11	9–16	36.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	86–151	36.3
Mono Black Aggro	3–0	100.0
Heroic	0–2	0.0
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	11–34	24.4
Tokens	2–5	28.6
Selesnya Tokens	2–4	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	2–2	50.0
White Weenie	8–20	28.6
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–1	66.7
Soldiers	3–10	23.1
Mono White Humans	1–9	10.0
Elves	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	4–1	80.0
Artifact Aggro	19–18	51.4
Affinity	18–18	50.0
Hardened Scales Affinity	16–16	50.0
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Jund Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	6–9	40.0
Equipment Aggro	2–1	66.7
Hateful Auras	3–8	27.3
Knights	1–1	50.0
AggroSlide	1–1	50.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–1	50.0
Humans	10–31	24.4
Selesnya Humans	1–1	50.0
Boros Humans	5–16	23.8
Orzhov Humans	4–14	22.2
Legends Aggro	7–11	38.9
Boros Legends Aggro	4–6	40.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1–1	50.0
Bard Class	2–4	33.3
Permanent Vacation	3–3	50.0
Pirates	1–9	10.0
Combo	55–151	26.7
Storm	3–5	37.5
Citadel Storm	1–3	25.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	2–2	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–6	25.0
Dubious Challenge	0–3	0.0
Warp World	7–58	10.8
Temur Glimpse	2–14	12.5
Boros Glimpse	5–43	10.4
Hypergenesis	2–0	100.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–4	0.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	2–11	15.4
Oops All Spells	2–11	15.4
Oops All Lands	4–22	15.4
Dredge	7–11	38.9
Insidious Roots Dredge	6–11	35.3
Polymorph	1–1	50.0
Storm Herald	3–2	60.0
Tibalt's Trickery	1–1	50.0
Intruder Alarm	1–1	50.0
Calibrated Blast	1–4	20.0
Restore Balance	5–6	45.5
Gyruda	0–3	0.0
Belcher	1–1	50.0
Possibility Storm	1–2	33.3
Midnight Mass	3–1	75.0
Control	108–84	56.3
Esper Control	12–15	44.4
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	2–1	66.7
Dimir Control	6–4	60.0
Azorius Control	32–31	50.8
Turbo Fog	4–0	100.0
Izzet Control	6–7	46.2
Mill	4–0	100.0
Boros Control	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	3–5	37.5
Cruel Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–2	33.3
Runeflare	0–1	0.0
Mono White Control	9–4	69.2
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Control	15–9	62.5
Prison	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	8–44	15.4
Aristocrats	7–40	14.9
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	6–39	13.3
Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	20–41	32.8
Simic Flash	5–3	62.5
Izzet Tempo	0–5	0.0
Blue Madness	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Tempo	11–22	33.3
Mono Blue Librarians	8–18	30.8
Izzet Spells	1–4	20.0
Dimir Tempo	1–3	25.0
Azorius Tempo	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	18–30	37.5
Battle of Wits	4–6	40.0
Sunforger	2–0	100.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–2	0.0
Wildfire	0–2	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Resurgent Belief	1–1	50.0
Greasefang	10–19	34.5
Esper Greasefang	2–5	28.6
Orzhov Greasefang	7–14	33.3
Midrange	146–109	57.3
The Rock	29–17	63.0
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	14–3	82.4
Selesnya Midrange	3–1	75.0
Jund	0–4	0.0
Blink	6–6	50.0
Graveyard Value	3–1	75.0
Allies	2–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	8–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Vampires	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Legends	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Legends	1–0	100.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–4	20.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	2–4	33.3
Angel Tribal	2–1	66.7
Toughness Matters	2–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–0	100.0
Adventures	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	10–2	83.3
Fight Rigging	4–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	9–16	36.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	17–21	44.7
Fires of Invention	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	0–3	0.0
Five Color Hero	0–1	0.0
Boros Hero	0–2	0.0
Clerics	1–1	50.0
Artifact Midrange	9–11	45.0
Death Cloud	2–2	50.0
Ramp	33–33	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	0–1	0.0
Temurpost	0–1	0.0
Carth Superfriends	0–2	0.0
Applejacks	0–1	0.0
Field Ramp	25–19	56.8
Unclassified	1–0	100.0