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, 6 days.

Tokens

Tournaments Only
Season 18 ▾
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
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22. 13
23. 12
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30. 5
31. 4
32. 3
33. 2
34. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	4103	8145–7092	53.5	58	393	203
Tokens	89	159–185	46.2	0	6
Selesnya Tokens	34	58–75	43.6	0	2
Mono White Tokens	35	56–72	43.8	0	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	47–52	47.5
Heroic	0–2	0.0
Mono White Heroic	0–2	0.0
Red Deck Wins	10–6	62.5
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Goblins	2–1	66.7
Tokens	3–3	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono White Tokens	1–2	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	2–0	100.0
White Weenie	1–0	100.0
Elves	4–6	40.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	0–2	0.0
Merfolk	3–9	25.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	10–11	47.6
Affinity	9–9	50.0
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–2	0.0
Madness	1–1	50.0
Golgari Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	1–2	33.3
Hexproof	0–2	0.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	2–1	66.7
Cats	3–5	37.5
Selesnya Cats	3–5	37.5
Rakdos Aggro	1–1	50.0
Combo	30–31	49.2
Storm	8–7	53.3
Dimir Tendrils	4–6	40.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	2–7	22.2
Worldgorger Dragon	0–4	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Maniac Combo	1–1	50.0
Hypergenesis	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Myr Incubator	1–1	50.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	2–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Ominous Good	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Combo	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–3	25.0
Oops All Spells	1–3	25.0
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Dredge	5–4	55.6
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Protean Hulk Combo	0–1	0.0
Dice Factory	0–1	0.0
Possibility Storm	0–1	0.0
Control	27–27	50.0
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	1–2	33.3
Demonic Rising	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	0–4	0.0
Azorius Control	2–2	50.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	2–4	33.3
Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Blackpost	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Ponza	3–6	33.3
Mono White Control	4–1	80.0
Life is Ez	2–1	66.7
Cycling Control	2–0	100.0
Astral Slide	2–0	100.0
Five Color Control	2–1	66.7
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Shrines	1–1	50.0
Pox	4–3	57.1
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Prison	0–1	0.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	3–12	20.0
Aristocrats	1–7	12.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–3	0.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	0–1	0.0
Simic Infect	0–1	0.0
Pummeler	0–1	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	1–1	50.0
Goblin Persist	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	9–22	29.0
Izzet Tempo	4–13	23.5
Azorius Skies	0–2	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–5	16.7
Dimir Tempo	2–2	50.0
Combo-Control	6–9	40.0
Curses	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	0–2	0.0
Shared Fate	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	1–5	16.7
Yosei Vat	2–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Thryx-Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	27–22	55.1
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	0–1	0.0
Blink	1–0	100.0
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	0–3	0.0
Séance	0–2	0.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	2–6	25.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	2–1	66.7
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–3	50.0
Owling Mine	1–0	100.0
Prophet Glare	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	0–1	0.0
Neoform	2–0	100.0
Temur Neoform	1–0	100.0
Simic Neoform	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	10–10	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	7–6	53.8
Greenpost	5–6	45.5
Summer Bloom Ramp	2–2	50.0
Historic Bloom	1–2	33.3