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 1 week.

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

Merfolk

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

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	2396	4607–4082–1	53.0	40	246	107
Merfolk	53	107–105	50.5	1	5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	17–30	36.2
Heroic	3–3	50.0
Mono White Heroic	2–3	40.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	0–5	0.0
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Elves	3–2	60.0
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	0–3	0.0
Artifact Aggro	5–11	31.3
Affinity	5–10	33.3
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Knights	0–3	0.0
AggroSlide	1–2	33.3
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Combo	17–12	58.6
Reanimator	3–1	75.0
Worldgorger Dragon	2–0	100.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	4–2	66.7
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–5	16.7
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–3	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–3	25.0
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	1–1	50.0
Control	16–9	64.0
Esper Control	0–2	0.0
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	2–2	50.0
Cloudpost Control	3–2	60.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	3–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	2–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	2–1	66.7
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	3–0	100.0
Sultai Ultimatum	3–0	100.0
Pox	1–1	50.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	9–17	34.6
Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	2–2	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–7	22.2
Hushnought	1–1	50.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–2	33.3
Combo Goblins	1–5	16.7
Goblin Persist	1–5	16.7
Aggro-Control	12–8	60.0
Izzet Tempo	0–2	0.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	2–1	66.7
Simic Madness	2–1	66.7
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Tempo	4–1	80.0
Mono Blue Faeries	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	8–12	40.0
Mindcrank	2–3	40.0
Dragoncrank	1–0	100.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	1–1	50.0
Plasma Swans	1–3	25.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–3	40.0
Wildfire	2–3	40.0
Thryx-Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	2–2	50.0
Midrange	22–15	59.5
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Blink	8–2	80.0
Graveyard Value	3–1	75.0
Séance	0–1	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	3–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Constellation	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	0–1	0.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Devotion	2–1	66.7
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Midrange	0–2	0.0
Mythic Colossification	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	0–1	0.0
Ramp	6–2	75.0
Rofellos Ramp	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	5–2	71.4
Greenpost	5–2	71.4