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!

Simic Snow

Tournaments Only
Season 23▾
1. All
2. 35
3. 34
4. 33
5. 32
6. 31
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	178	358–379	48.6	14	85
Simic Snow	67	184–130	58.6	12	42

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	54–33	62.1
Heroic	4–2	66.7
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3–2	60.0
Red Deck Wins	17–6	73.9
Tokens	4–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	4–0	100.0
White Weenie	5–7	41.7
Elves	4–6	40.0
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	8–2	80.0
Salvage Titan	5–1	83.3
Tempered Steel	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Knights	0–3	0.0
AggroSlide	3–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	5–5	50.0
Jeskai Humans	3–5	37.5
Boros Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	13–45	22.4
Storm	6–33	15.4
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
High Tide	4–8	33.3
Channel Storm	2–24	7.7
Reanimator	4–8	33.3
Recurring Nightmare	4–7	36.4
Dragon Nightmare	3–5	37.5
Traditional Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–2	33.3
Oops All Spells	1–2	33.3
Restore Balance	0–2	0.0
Control	35–10	77.8
Esper Control	3–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	6–3	66.7
Azorius Control	10–2	83.3
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	3–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	4–1	80.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Pox	2–0	100.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	11–7	61.1
Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Burn	4–2	66.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–5	16.7
Dirty Kitty	1–5	16.7
Aggro-Control	33–11	75.0
Izzet Tempo	2–3	40.0
Ninjas	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Tempo	9–5	64.3
Izzet Spells	12–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	2–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	2–1	66.7
Azorius Tempo	4–1	80.0
Combo-Control	8–8	50.0
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	7–6	53.8
Jokulhaups Control	7–6	53.8
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	3–1	75.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	4–3	57.1
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	28–15	65.1
Rakdos Midrange	2–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	7–0	100.0
Angels	0–1	0.0
Mono White Angels	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	2–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	2–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	5–4	55.6
Five Color Hero	2–3	40.0
Jeskai Hero	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	9–9	50.0
Ramp	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	2–1	66.7
Greenpost	1–1	50.0
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0