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!

Burn

Tournaments Only
Season 17▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
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12. 26
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35. 3
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37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Combo	503	851–896	48.7	1	25	11
Burn	147	281–278	50.3	1	14	4

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	57–92	38.3
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	4–14	22.2
Mono White Heroic	2–10	16.7
Azorius Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–3	25.0
Red Deck Wins	10–18	35.7
Goblins	1–3	25.0
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	6–9	40.0
Soldiers	3–1	75.0
Elves	3–3	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–3	40.0
Selesnya Counters	0–2	0.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	5–11	31.3
Gruul Aggro	2–1	66.7
Artifact Aggro	0–6	0.0
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	0–5	0.0
Voltron	2–1	66.7
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–1	50.0
Knights	2–6	25.0
AggroSlide	11–13	45.8
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	68–42	61.8
Storm	17–23	42.5
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	16–22	42.1
Reanimator	9–4	69.2
Worldgorger Dragon	6–3	66.7
Double Dragon	4–2	66.7
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
Fake-Twin	4–0	100.0
Naya Fake-Twin	3–0	100.0
Combo Post	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	3–1	75.0
Taking Turns	6–2	75.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–1	50.0
Izzet Ascension	2–0	100.0
Ominous Good	6–1	85.7
Soulflayer	2–1	66.7
Breakfast	5–5	50.0
Hermit Gond	1–2	33.3
Hermit Dredge	0–2	0.0
Neoform Hermit	4–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Protean Hulk Combo	1–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	3–1	75.0
Control	53–31	63.1
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	1–6	14.3
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	5–1	83.3
Turbo Fog	3–1	75.0
Mardu Control	2–0	100.0
Mill	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	7–4	63.6
Cruel Control	2–2	50.0
Stax	4–3	57.1
Chandra Nalaar	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Approach	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	7–5	58.3
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Five Color Control	1–1	50.0
Shrines	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	4–3	57.1
Guildgate Control	4–0	100.0
Bant Control	2–1	66.7
Temur Reclamation	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	9–16	36.0
Aristocrats	1–10	9.1
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–7	0.0
Burn	3–3	50.0
Infect	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Infect	2–0	100.0
Hermit Humans	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–1	50.0
Goblin Persist	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	10–21	32.3
Izzet Tempo	3–9	25.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Wizards	1–1	50.0
Ninjas	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–5	16.7
Izzet Spells	1–2	33.3
Dimir Tempo	1–2	33.3
Combo-Control	27–15	64.3
Cruel Combo-Control	2–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Pickles	3–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	2–3	40.0
Plasma Swans	2–2	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	17–8	68.0
Wildfire	17–8	68.0
Thryx-Wildfire	2–2	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	14–4	77.8
Midrange	45–52	46.4
Selesnya Midrange	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Value Town	1–2	33.3
Jund	5–1	83.3
Blink	5–14	26.3
Wave Blink	4–11	26.7
Esper Wave	1–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	2–7	22.2
Orzhov Wave	1–4	20.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Vampires	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–1	50.0
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	6–7	46.2
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	2–4	33.3
Mono Black Midrange	5–8	38.5
Mono Black Devotion	2–4	33.3
Dimir Midrange	2–2	50.0
Sultai Midrange	2–1	66.7
Sultai Emerge	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	0–2	0.0
Zur the Enchanter	1–2	33.3
Ordealbreak	0–2	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–2	0.0
Neoform	2–2	50.0
Temur Neoform	2–0	100.0
Sultai Neoform	0–2	0.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	12–9	57.1
Villainous Wealth	0–1	0.0
Rofellos Ramp	1–0	100.0
Wild Pair	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	8–6	57.1
Golgari Post	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	4–4	50.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Eureka!	2–2	50.0