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.

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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!

Blazing Shoal Infect

Tournaments Only
Season 19▾
1. All
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Combo	904	1650–1505	52.3	8	48	38
Infect	146	225–249	47.5	0	2	3
Blazing Shoal Infect	85	127–136	48.3			2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	23–33	41.1
Mono Black Aggro	1–2	33.3
Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	2–9	18.2
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	1–3	25.0
Mono White Tokens	0–2	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	3–2	60.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–0	100.0
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Elves	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Little Kid	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Counters	0–2	0.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–3	25.0
8 Whack	1–3	25.0
Artifact Aggro	1–2	33.3
Affinity	1–2	33.3
Devastating Dreams	1–0	100.0
Slivers	1–1	50.0
Knights	1–1	50.0
AggroSlide	2–1	66.7
Cats	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Cats	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–2	33.3
Combo	37–13	74.0
Storm	4–2	66.7
Dragonstorm	2–1	66.7
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	0–1	0.0
Swath Storm	0–1	0.0
Song Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Dimir Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Oriss Genesis	4–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	9–1	90.0
Anvil Colossus	6–1	85.7
Upheaval Colossus	2–0	100.0
Eggs	3–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	11–5	68.8
Oops All Spells	6–4	60.0
Neoform Hermit	5–1	83.3
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Storm Herald	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	2–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	1–0	100.0
Control	21–27	43.8
Esper Control	1–2	33.3
Demonic Rising	0–3	0.0
Dimir Control	1–2	33.3
Azorius Control	3–7	30.0
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	3–0	100.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–0	100.0
Stax	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	2–2	50.0
Izzet Dragons	2–2	50.0
Ponza	2–1	66.7
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–1	50.0
Sultai Control	0–2	0.0
Sultai Ultimatum	0–2	0.0
Pox	0–4	0.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	5–7	41.7
Aristocrats	2–4	33.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	1–1	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	3–11	21.4
Simic Flash	0–1	0.0
Simic Vat	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–2	0.0
Dimir Tempo	1–3	25.0
Dimir Faeries	0–1	0.0
Sultai Tempo	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–1	0.0
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Midrange	30–40	42.9
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	0–3	0.0
Abzan Midrange	4–2	66.7
Jund	0–2	0.0
Blink	5–3	62.5
Wave Blink	5–3	62.5
Azorius Wave	2–3	40.0
Bant Wave	2–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	0–5	0.0
Séance	0–1	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Allies	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–5	16.7
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–0	100.0
Hellion Whip	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Ordealbreak	0–1	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–1	0.0
Neoform	3–0	100.0
Simic Neoform	3–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	4–4	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	5–5	50.0
Abzan Hero	2–2	50.0
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Esper Hero	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Hero	2–0	100.0
Gruul Obosh	1–0	100.0
Ramp	8–4	66.7
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–4	42.9
Golgari Post	0–1	0.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	2–0	100.0
Greenpost	0–2	0.0
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0
Domain	2–0	100.0