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 12 weeks, 5 days.

The Season Kick Off is on Nov 30th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

Big Red

Tournaments Only
Season 17▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	2235	3327–3843	46.4	3	78	64
Big Red	94	197–163	54.7	2	10	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	58–42	58.0
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	4–6	40.0
Mono White Heroic	2–5	28.6
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	8–6	57.1
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	5–5	50.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	2–0	100.0
Elves	3–1	75.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	9–4	69.2
Gruul Aggro	3–1	75.0
Mono Red Swarm	3–1	75.0
Artifact Aggro	1–1	50.0
Tempered Steel	1–1	50.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Hateful Auras	1–1	50.0
Knights	4–3	57.1
AggroSlide	10–9	52.6
Cats	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cats	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	31–32	49.2
Storm	3–14	17.6
Dragonstorm	0–2	0.0
Citadel Storm	0–1	0.0
High Tide	3–11	21.4
Reanimator	2–5	28.6
Worldgorger Dragon	2–5	28.6
Double Dragon	1–5	16.7
Dubious Challenge	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Fake-Twin	3–1	75.0
Jeskai Fake-Twin	2–1	66.7
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	2–1	66.7
Taking Turns	1–1	50.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Ominous Good	5–5	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	2–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	5–3	62.5
Hermit Gond	2–1	66.7
Hermit Dredge	0–1	0.0
Neoform Hermit	1–1	50.0
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Control	34–28	54.8
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	2–6	25.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	1–2	33.3
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–1	66.7
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Stax	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	7–1	87.5
Ponza	5–9	35.7
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–4	20.0
Guildgate Control	2–2	50.0
Aggro-Combo	14–3	82.4
Aristocrats	6–1	85.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	4–1	80.0
Burn	4–2	66.7
Hermit Humans	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	11–14	44.0
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	0–5	0.0
Azorius Skies	2–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	0–2	0.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	5–3	62.5
Izzet Spells	0–4	0.0
Combo-Control	8–11	42.1
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	1–1	50.0
Plasma Swans	2–2	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–8	20.0
Wildfire	2–8	20.0
Thryx-Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–6	14.3
Midrange	33–29	53.2
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Jund	5–4	55.6
Blink	3–1	75.0
Wave Blink	2–1	66.7
Azorius Wave	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Wave	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–1	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	0–2	0.0
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–6	33.3
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	6–4	60.0
Mono Black Devotion	3–2	60.0
Dimir Midrange	2–3	40.0
Toughness Matters	2–1	66.7
Sultai Midrange	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Neoform	1–0	100.0
Temur Neoform	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	8–4	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	6–3	66.7
Greenpost	4–2	66.7
Simic Post	2–0	100.0
Eureka!	2–1	66.7