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.
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How do I get started with Magic Online?
Check out the guide to Magic Online.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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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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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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 12 weeks, 4 days.
Season 35 (DSK)
1 day ago–Now (1 days so far)
- 188 Decks
- 188 Decks Per Day
- 176 League Decks
- 2 Competitions
- 64 Archetypes
- 86 People
- 2,073 Cards
- Rotation Changes
- 15,239 Legal Cards
- Tournament Leaderboards
- 252 matches
- 252 Matches Per Day
Season 34 (BLB)
Aug 9th–1 day ago (56 days)
- 4,099 Decks
- 73 Decks Per Day
- 3,410 League Decks
- 50 Competitions
- 243 Archetypes
- 396 People
- 3,755 Cards
- Rotation Changes
- 15,107 Legal Cards
- Tournament Leaderboards
- 7,109 matches
- 127 Matches Per Day
Season 33 (OTJ)
Apr 26th–Aug 9th (105 days)
- 6,056 Decks
- 58 Decks Per Day
- 4,837 League Decks
- 93 Competitions
- 245 Archetypes
- 603 People
- 4,303 Cards
- Rotation Changes
- 14,649 Legal Cards
- Tournament Leaderboards
- 10,686 matches
- 102 Matches Per Day
Season 32 (MKM)
Feb 16th–Apr 26th (70 days)
- 5,059 Decks
- 72 Decks Per Day
- 4,155 League Decks
- 61 Competitions
- 257 Archetypes
- 474 People
- 3,840 Cards
- Rotation Changes
- 14,329 Legal Cards
- Tournament Leaderboards
- 8,592 matches
- 123 Matches Per Day
Season 31 (LCI)
Nov 24th–Feb 16th (84 days)
- 4,425 Decks
- 53 Decks Per Day
- 3,487 League Decks
- 74 Competitions
- 218 Archetypes
- 438 People
- 3,634 Cards
- Rotation Changes
- 13,852 Legal Cards
- Tournament Leaderboards
- 7,307 matches
- 87 Matches Per Day
Season 30 (WOE)
Sep 2023–Nov 24th (70 days)
- 5,220 Decks
- 75 Decks Per Day
- 4,386 League Decks
- 62 Competitions
- 246 Archetypes
- 480 People
- 3,766 Cards
- Rotation Changes
- 15,517 Legal Cards
- Tournament Leaderboards
- 8,899 matches
- 127 Matches Per Day
Season 29 (MOM)
Apr 2023–Sep 2023 (140 days)
- 9,918 Decks
- 71 Decks Per Day
- 8,221 League Decks
- 125 Competitions
- 306 Archetypes
- 854 People
- 4,908 Cards
- Rotation Changes
- 16,306 Legal Cards
- Tournament Leaderboards
- 17,401 matches
- 124 Matches Per Day
Season 28 (ONE)
Feb 2023–Apr 2023 (70 days)
- 4,890 Decks
- 70 Decks Per Day
- 3,981 League Decks
- 62 Competitions
- 250 Archetypes
- 566 People
- 3,959 Cards
- Rotation Changes
- 15,888 Legal Cards
- Tournament Leaderboards
- 8,447 matches
- 121 Matches Per Day
Season 27 (BRO)
Nov 2022–Feb 2023 (84 days)
- 6,110 Decks
- 73 Decks Per Day
- 5,057 League Decks
- 75 Competitions
- 279 Archetypes
- 623 People
- 4,256 Cards
- Rotation Changes
- 15,795 Legal Cards
- Tournament Leaderboards
- 10,497 matches
- 125 Matches Per Day
Season 26 (DMU)
Sep 2022–Nov 2022 (70 days)
- 6,023 Decks
- 86 Decks Per Day
- 5,169 League Decks
- 62 Competitions
- 272 Archetypes
- 622 People
- 4,317 Cards
- Rotation Changes
- 15,464 Legal Cards
- Tournament Leaderboards
- 10,435 matches
- 149 Matches Per Day
Season 25 (SNC)
May 2022–Sep 2022 (133 days)
- 13,385 Decks
- 101 Decks Per Day
- 11,541 League Decks
- 134 Competitions
- 323 Archetypes
- 1,112 People
- 5,610 Cards
- Rotation Changes
- 15,067 Legal Cards
- Tournament Leaderboards
- 23,310 matches
- 175 Matches Per Day
Season 24 (NEO)
Feb 2022–May 2022 (70 days)
- 7,132 Decks
- 102 Decks Per Day
- 6,008 League Decks
- 70 Competitions
- 289 Archetypes
- 736 People
- 4,574 Cards
- Rotation Changes
- 14,998 Legal Cards
- Tournament Leaderboards
- 12,244 matches
- 175 Matches Per Day
Season 23 (VOW)
Nov 2021–Feb 2022 (91 days)
- 8,883 Decks
- 98 Decks Per Day
- 7,582 League Decks
- 81 Competitions
- 298 Archetypes
- 952 People
- 4,779 Cards
- Rotation Changes
- 15,059 Legal Cards
- Tournament Leaderboards
- 15,709 matches
- 173 Matches Per Day
Season 22 (MID)
Oct 2021–Nov 2021 (56 days)
- 5,952 Decks
- 106 Decks Per Day
- 5,103 League Decks
- 58 Competitions
- 267 Archetypes
- 600 People
- 4,014 Cards
- Rotation Changes
- 14,847 Legal Cards
- Tournament Leaderboards
- 10,158 matches
- 181 Matches Per Day
Season 21 (AFR)
Jul 2021–Oct 2021 (63 days)
- 8,899 Decks
- 141 Decks Per Day
- 7,630 League Decks
- 65 Competitions
- 283 Archetypes
- 732 People
- 4,447 Cards
- Rotation Changes
- 14,607 Legal Cards
- Tournament Leaderboards
- 15,437 matches
- 245 Matches Per Day
Season 20 (STX)
Apr 2021–Jul 2021 (91 days)
- 10,537 Decks
- 116 Decks Per Day
- 8,764 League Decks
- 94 Competitions
- 297 Archetypes
- 897 People
- 4,728 Cards
- Rotation Changes
- 14,040 Legal Cards
- Tournament Leaderboards
- 18,672 matches
- 205 Matches Per Day
Season 19 (KHM)
Feb 2021–Apr 2021 (77 days)
- 12,335 Decks
- 160 Decks Per Day
- 10,379 League Decks
- 80 Competitions
- 319 Archetypes
- 1,080 People
- 5,181 Cards
- Rotation Changes
- 14,010 Legal Cards
- Tournament Leaderboards
- 22,330 matches
- 290 Matches Per Day
Season 18 (ZNR)
Oct 2020–Feb 2021 (133 days)
- 16,488 Decks
- 124 Decks Per Day
- 14,195 League Decks
- 118 Competitions
- 296 Archetypes
- 1,292 People
- 5,305 Cards
- Rotation Changes
- 12,702 Legal Cards
- Tournament Leaderboards
- 29,839 matches
- 224 Matches Per Day
Season 17 (M21)
Jul 2020–Oct 2020 (84 days)
- 12,079 Decks
- 144 Decks Per Day
- 10,175 League Decks
- 75 Competitions
- 288 Archetypes
- 1,198 People
- 4,874 Cards
- Rotation Changes
- 11,822 Legal Cards
- Tournament Leaderboards
- 21,848 matches
- 260 Matches Per Day
Season 16 (IKO)
Apr 2020–Jul 2020 (77 days)
- 8,335 Decks
- 108 Decks Per Day
- 6,650 League Decks
- 68 Competitions
- 264 Archetypes
- 639 People
- 4,248 Cards
- Rotation Changes
- 11,182 Legal Cards
- Tournament Leaderboards
- 14,925 matches
- 194 Matches Per Day
Season 15 (THB)
Jan 2020–Apr 2020 (91 days)
- 4,853 Decks
- 53 Decks Per Day
- 3,495 League Decks
- 74 Competitions
- 122 Archetypes
- 510 People
- 2,490 Cards
- Rotation Changes
- 5,715 Legal Cards
- Tournament Leaderboards
- 8,726 matches
- 96 Matches Per Day
Season 14 (ELD)
Oct 2019–Jan 2020 (112 days)
- 3,535 Decks
- 32 Decks Per Day
- 2,588 League Decks
- 83 Competitions
- 175 Archetypes
- 404 People
- 3,659 Cards
- Rotation Changes
- 12,380 Legal Cards
- Tournament Leaderboards
- 6,423 matches
- 57 Matches Per Day
Season 13 (M20)
Jul 2019–Oct 2019 (84 days)
- 5,190 Decks
- 62 Decks Per Day
- 4,248 League Decks
- 63 Competitions
- 222 Archetypes
- 498 People
- 4,404 Cards
- Rotation Changes
- 12,226 Legal Cards
- Tournament Leaderboards
- 9,608 matches
- 114 Matches Per Day
Season 12 (WAR)
May 2019–Jul 2019 (70 days)
- 3,760 Decks
- 54 Decks Per Day
- 3,033 League Decks
- 52 Competitions
- 215 Archetypes
- 427 People
- 4,107 Cards
- Rotation Changes
- 11,703 Legal Cards
- Tournament Leaderboards
- 7,080 matches
- 101 Matches Per Day
Season 11 (RNA)
Jan 2019–May 2019 (98 days)
- 4,857 Decks
- 50 Decks Per Day
- 3,946 League Decks
- 69 Competitions
- 196 Archetypes
- 499 People
- 4,216 Cards
- Rotation Changes
- 9,671 Legal Cards
- Tournament Leaderboards
- 8,913 matches
- 91 Matches Per Day
Season 10 (GRN)
Oct 2018–Jan 2019 (112 days)
- 5,326 Decks
- 48 Decks Per Day
- 4,224 League Decks
- 84 Competitions
- 178 Archetypes
- 596 People
- 4,389 Cards
- Rotation Changes
- 10,942 Legal Cards
- Tournament Leaderboards
- 9,979 matches
- 89 Matches Per Day
Season 9 (M19)
Jul 2018–Oct 2018 (84 days)
- 5,946 Decks
- 71 Decks Per Day
- 4,870 League Decks
- 63 Competitions
- 207 Archetypes
- 742 People
- 4,571 Cards
- Rotation Changes
- 10,388 Legal Cards
- Tournament Leaderboards
- 11,383 matches
- 136 Matches Per Day
Season 8 (DOM)
Apr 2018–Jul 2018 (77 days)
- 4,519 Decks
- 59 Decks Per Day
- 3,607 League Decks
- 58 Competitions
- 186 Archetypes
- 574 People
- 4,199 Cards
- Rotation Changes
- 10,216 Legal Cards
- Tournament Leaderboards
- 8,808 matches
- 114 Matches Per Day
Season 7 (RIX)
Jan 2018–Apr 2018 (98 days)
- 5,230 Decks
- 53 Decks Per Day
- 3,836 League Decks
- 75 Competitions
- 180 Archetypes
- 702 People
- 4,921 Cards
- Rotation Changes
- 9,896 Legal Cards
- Tournament Leaderboards
- 10,328 matches
- 105 Matches Per Day
Season 6 (XLN)
Sep 2017–Jan 2018 (112 days)
- 3,119 Decks
- 28 Decks Per Day
- 1,937 League Decks
- 64 Competitions
- 177 Archetypes
- 450 People
- 3,961 Cards
- Rotation Changes
- 10,329 Legal Cards
- Tournament Leaderboards
- 6,302 matches
- 56 Matches Per Day
Season 5 (HOU)
Jul 2017–Sep 2017 (77 days)
- 1,288 Decks
- 17 Decks Per Day
- 757 League Decks
- 36 Competitions
- 127 Archetypes
- 258 People
- 2,649 Cards
- Rotation Changes
- 9,728 Legal Cards
- Tournament Leaderboards
- 2,635 matches
- 34 Matches Per Day
Season 4 (AKH)
Apr 2017–Jul 2017 (76 days)
- 762 Decks
- 10 Decks Per Day
- 300 League Decks
- 32 Competitions
- 108 Archetypes
- 168 People
- 2,947 Cards
- Rotation Changes
- 9,312 Legal Cards
- Tournament Leaderboards
- 1,578 matches
- 21 Matches Per Day
Season 3 (AER)
Jan 2017–Apr 2017 (98 days)
- 582 Decks
- 6 Decks Per Day
- 26 League Decks
- 29 Competitions
- 84 Archetypes
- 126 People
- 2,007 Cards
- Rotation Changes
- 8,567 Legal Cards
- Tournament Leaderboards
- 1,228 matches
- 13 Matches Per Day
Season 2 (KLD)
Oct 2016–Jan 2017 (112 days)
- 553 Decks
- 5 Decks Per Day
- 199 League Decks
- 18 Competitions
- 101 Archetypes
- 178 People
- 2,737 Cards
- Rotation Changes
- 9,838 Legal Cards
- Tournament Leaderboards
- 1,076 matches
- 10 Matches Per Day