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, 3 days.

Mindcrank

Tournaments Only
Season 13▾
1. All
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo-Control	335	668–567	54.1	5	36	21
Mindcrank	105	271–137	66.4	3	22	13

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	54–60	47.4
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	2–2	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–2	50.0
Red Deck Wins	13–18	41.9
Prisoner	1–0	100.0
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	5–2	71.4
Mono White Tokens	3–1	75.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–4	0.0
White Weenie	10–3	76.9
Soldiers	2–2	50.0
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Rogues	1–1	50.0
Zombies	9–14	39.1
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Merfolk	1–2	33.3
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	1–9	10.0
Affinity	0–5	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Devastating Dreams	1–2	33.3
Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cats	1–0	100.0
Brushwaggs	0–2	0.0
Combo	32–7	82.1
Storm	11–1	91.7
Sultai Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	3–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	3–1	75.0
Reanimator	3–1	75.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–1	75.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	6–3	66.7
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	3–2	60.0
Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–1	50.0
Taking Turns	4–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	3–0	100.0
Control	69–14	83.1
Esper Control	3–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Control	5–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	17–1	94.4
Turbo Fog	6–0	100.0
Izzet Control	2–1	66.7
Mill	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	3–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	12–3	80.0
Galleon Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	2–4	33.3
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	5–1	83.3
Astral Slide	5–1	83.3
Five Color Control	4–0	100.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Prison	0–1	0.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	11–4	73.3
Aristocrats	8–3	72.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	4–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	1–1	50.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Pummeler	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	12–6	66.7
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	2–1	66.7
Azorius Skies	4–1	80.0
Blue Madness	0–3	0.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Temur Madness	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	4–1	80.0
Spirits	1–0	100.0
Azorius Spirits	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	26–11	70.3
Curses	1–0	100.0
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	5–1	83.3
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Pickles	4–0	100.0
Mindcrank	9–9	50.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	2–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–1	66.7
Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Borderpost Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Midrange	60–34	63.8
Temur Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
The Rock	3–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Midrange	4–1	80.0
Selesnya Value Town	4–1	80.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	17–12	58.6
Graveyard Value	5–1	83.3
Allies	7–8	46.7
Mardu Allies	5–7	41.7
Mono White Allies	1–0	100.0
BRGW Allies	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Naya Midrange	4–2	66.7
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–3	50.0
Davriel Braids	1–2	33.3
Dimir Midrange	4–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	7–1	87.5
Domain	2–1	66.7
Summer Bloom Ramp	2–0	100.0