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

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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.
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.

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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 1 week.

The Penny Dreadful 500 is on Nov 16th with free entry and $500 in prizes!

Midrange

Tournaments Only
Season 18▾
1. All
2. 35
3. 34
4. 33
5. 32
6. 31
7. 30
8. 29
9. 28
10. 27
11. 26
12. 25
13. 24
14. 23
15. 22
16. 21
17. 20
18. 19
19. 18
20. 17
21. 16
22. 15
23. 14
24. 13
25. 12
26. 11
27. 10
28. 9
29. 8
30. 7
31. 6
32. 5
33. 4
34. 3
35. 2
36. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Midrange	347	677–737	47.9	7	131
The Rock	1	0–1	0.0
Grenzo	2	8–3	72.7	0	1
Selesnya Midrange	1	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Value Town	1	1–2	33.3
Jund	3	5–7	41.7	0	1
Blink	5	8–11	42.1
Anti-Persecution	5	7–12	36.8	0	2
Graveyard Value	5	5–12	29.4
Séance	1	0–2	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	2	3–4	42.9
Allies	5	3–11	21.4
Esper Allies	1	0–3	0.0
Treefolk	4	8–8	50.0	0	1
-1/-1 Counters	3	4–7	36.4
Fake-Rack	25	40–53	43.0	0	8
Mardu Midrange	42	86–87	49.7	0	19
Yisan-Prophet	1	1–2	33.3	0	1
Vampires	7	3–16	15.8
Mono Black Vampires	6	3–14	17.6
Orzhov Vampires	1	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	56	135–125	51.9	3	25
Naya Midrange	4	2–10	16.7	0	1
Card Advantage White	2	3–4	42.9
Big Red	11	22–30	42.3	0	3
Mono Black Midrange	47	118–92	56.2	2	20
Mono Black Devotion	14	32–30	51.6	0	7
Heart of Darkness	27	81–52	60.9	2	12
Dimir Midrange	7	15–15	50.0	0	1
Angels	23	45–44	50.6	0	13
Orzhov Angels	23	45–44	50.6	0	13
Toughness Matters	1	0–2	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	6	4–14	22.2
Sultai Midrange	14	31–28	52.5	1	5
Orzhov Midrange	27	69–55	55.6	1	15
Prophet Glare	4	10–8	55.6	0	2
Ordealbreak	2	5–4	55.6	0	1
Neoform	3	3–8	27.3	0	1
Temur Neoform	1	0–1	0.0	0	1
Sultai Neoform	1	0–3	0.0
Party	3	5–6	45.5
Clerics	5	4–15	21.1
Death Cloud	1	4–2	66.7	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	263–334	44.1
Heroic	38–59	39.2
Mono White Heroic	36–58	38.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	54–57	48.6
Mono Red Devotion	2–0	100.0
Goblins	3–0	100.0
Tokens	2–3	40.0
Selesnya Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	0–2	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	10–10	50.0
White Weenie	12–3	80.0
Soldiers	3–1	75.0
Elves	14–11	56.0
Selesnya Little Kid	4–4	50.0
Rogues	2–4	33.3
Zombies	2–2	50.0
Gruul Aggro	3–1	75.0
Merfolk	18–33	35.3
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	54–84	39.1
Affinity	46–75	38.0
Tempered Steel	8–8	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Madness	1–5	16.7
Golgari Madness	1–5	16.7
Voltron	5–4	55.6
Hexproof	4–4	50.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–1	50.0
AggroSlide	30–47	39.0
Cats	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Cats	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Aggro	7–3	70.0
Combo	92–113	44.9
Storm	28–23	54.9
Dimir Tendrils	27–22	55.1
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	33–53	38.4
Worldgorger Dragon	17–27	38.6
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	15–25	37.5
Rakdos Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Dimir Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	15–22	40.5
Oriss Genesis	2–1	66.7
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–0	100.0
Warp World	0–1	0.0
Actual Warp World	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–4	20.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–3	25.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Myr Incubator	1–3	25.0
Seismic Swans	0–4	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Retraction Helix Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–4	20.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	0–2	0.0
Breakfast	3–1	75.0
Oops All Spells	3–1	75.0
Dredge	16–15	51.6
Protean Hulk Combo	2–1	66.7
Control	82–49	62.6
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	6–3	66.7
Demonic Rising	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	3–5	37.5
Azorius Control	20–15	57.1
Cawblade	4–3	57.1
Mill	2–3	40.0
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	5–3	62.5
Cruel Control	5–1	83.3
Chandra Nalaar	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Ponza	8–2	80.0
Mono White Control	3–0	100.0
Cycling Control	10–7	58.8
Astral Slide	10–7	58.8
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	3–3	50.0
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	8–1	88.9
Prison	0–2	0.0
Enchantress	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Combo	37–29	56.1
Aristocrats	12–14	46.2
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	8–9	47.1
Burn	9–10	47.4
Infect	6–3	66.7
Simic Infect	1–2	33.3
Trickbind Dreadnought	4–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	4–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	57–47	54.8
Izzet Tempo	27–25	51.9
Azorius Skies	4–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	15–12	55.6
Mono Blue Faeries	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	7–4	63.6
Dimir Tempo	3–5	37.5
Combo-Control	24–26	48.0
Battle of Wits	2–0	100.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	6–4	60.0
Dragoncrank	3–2	60.0
Hedron Alignment	0–1	0.0
Yosei Vat	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	4–1	80.0
Zur's Weirding	11–17	39.3
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	103–103	50.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–1	50.0
Jund	1–1	50.0
Blink	0–1	0.0
Anti-Persecution	3–1	75.0
Graveyard Value	2–1	66.7
Varolz Dreadnought	2–0	100.0
Allies	0–2	0.0
Treefolk	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	10–7	58.8
Mardu Midrange	8–12	40.0
Yisan-Prophet	1–0	100.0
Vampires	5–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	5–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	17–23	42.5
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Card Advantage White	0–1	0.0
Big Red	6–2	75.0
Mono Black Midrange	11–20	35.5
Mono Black Devotion	3–7	30.0
Heart of Darkness	7–12	36.8
Dimir Midrange	4–3	57.1
Angels	10–8	55.6
Orzhov Angels	10–8	55.6
Lifegain Midrange	2–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	5–3	62.5
Orzhov Midrange	7–11	38.9
Prophet Glare	1–2	33.3
Ordealbreak	2–0	100.0
Party	1–1	50.0
Ramp	19–36	34.5
Cloudpost Ramp	15–35	30.0
Greenpost	15–33	31.3
Summer Bloom Ramp	2–0	100.0
Historic Bloom	2–0	100.0