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 8 weeks, 3 days.

Stax

Tournaments Only
Season 20▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	1514	2243–2730	45.1	5	70	50
Stax	135	159–251	38.8	0	2	2
Pollute the Planet	5	7–8	46.7
Birthday Stax	5	2–5	28.6

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	30–68	30.6
Heroic	4–10	28.6
Mono White Heroic	4–10	28.6
Red Deck Wins	2–6	25.0
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	2–3	40.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–2	50.0
Elves	2–14	12.5
Rogues	1–1	50.0
Zombies	1–3	25.0
Gruul Aggro	0–4	0.0
Merfolk	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	9–19	32.1
Affinity	8–16	33.3
Hush-finity	0–2	0.0
Tempered Steel	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	0–1	0.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
AggroSlide	2–3	40.0
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	19–43	30.6
Storm	1–0	100.0
Stormpost	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	2–5	28.6
Worldgorger Dragon	0–3	0.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–6	0.0
Zubera Tribal	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	0–4	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–9	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–9	0.0
Combo Post	0–1	0.0
Eggs	1–6	14.3
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	0–2	0.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	0–2	0.0
Oops All Lands	0–1	0.0
Dice Factory	4–1	80.0
Storm Herald	4–1	80.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	3–2	60.0
Ad Swanseam	1–2	33.3
Control	27–28	49.1
Esper Control	1–6	14.3
Mono Blue Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	3–0	100.0
Azorius Control	4–4	50.0
Cawblade	2–3	40.0
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Mardu Control	0–2	0.0
Mill	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	4–7	36.4
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–4	33.3
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Grixis Control	4–0	100.0
Cruel Control	3–0	100.0
Stax	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	0–2	0.0
Mono White Control	2–1	66.7
Life is Ez	1–1	50.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	0–2	0.0
Sultai Ultimatum	0–2	0.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Prison	1–1	50.0
Enchantress	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	19–27	41.3
Aristocrats	4–3	57.1
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Burn	3–3	50.0
Infect	0–3	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–3	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–6	25.0
Hushnought	1–2	33.3
Liquimetal Fishing	3–1	75.0
Combo Goblins	5–7	41.7
Goblin Persist	5–7	41.7
Aggro-Control	8–17	32.0
Izzet Tempo	4–9	30.8
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Wizards	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–6	25.0
Mono Blue Faeries	0–2	0.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	15–20	42.9
Mindcrank	6–5	54.5
Lich's Mastery	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	1–1	50.0
Plasma Swans	1–8	11.1
Mass Land Destruction	6–5	54.5
Wildfire	6–5	54.5
Thryx-Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	5–5	50.0
Midrange	30–32	48.4
The Rock	0–3	0.0
Golgari Citadel	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Value Town	0–1	0.0
Jund	0–1	0.0
Blink	7–6	53.8
Graveyard Value	3–2	60.0
Séance	0–2	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	2–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Esper Allies	0–2	0.0
Legends Midrange	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Legends	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Legends	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Midrange	3–3	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	6–1	85.7
Mono Black Devotion	5–1	83.3
Dimir Midrange	1–1	50.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–2	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	0–4	0.0
Five Color Hero	0–1	0.0
Illness in the Ranks	0–1	0.0
Ramp	11–16	40.7
Villainous Wealth	2–1	66.7
Rofellos Ramp	2–3	40.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–10	23.1
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	0–2	0.0
Greenpost	2–7	22.2
Simic Post	1–1	50.0
Domain	4–0	100.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	0–1	0.0
Applejacks	0–1	0.0