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!

Orzhov Wave

Tournaments Only
Season 26▾
1. All
2. 35
3. 34
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Midrange	166	413–298	58.1	24	115
Blink	89	256–140	64.6	18	70
Wave Blink	89	256–140	64.6	18	70
Orzhov Wave	63	172–102	62.8	11	46

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	39–16	70.9
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	9–8	52.9
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	11–2	84.6
White Weenie	3–1	75.0
Elves	3–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	2–1	66.7
Artifact Aggro	7–1	87.5
Affinity	2–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	4–1	80.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	2–2	50.0
Combo	27–18	60.0
Reanimator	3–1	75.0
Recurring Nightmare	3–1	75.0
Dragon Nightmare	3–1	75.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	10–9	52.6
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	10–9	52.6
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–2	33.3
Izzet Ascension	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	8–4	66.7
Oops All Spells	8–4	66.7
Enduring Ideal	0–1	0.0
Possibility Storm	1–0	100.0
Control	15–13	53.6
Esper Control	2–0	100.0
Dimir Control	2–1	66.7
Azorius Control	3–2	60.0
Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	0–2	0.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–2	33.3
Izzet Dragons	0–1	0.0
Esper Dragons	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Pox	4–3	57.1
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	32–16	66.7
Aristocrats	1–4	20.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Burn	1–2	33.3
Infect	7–0	100.0
Simic Infect	7–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	21–6	77.8
Izzet Dreadnought	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	18–6	75.0
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	2–3	40.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	2–2	50.0
Aggro-Control	11–2	84.6
Izzet Tempo	3–0	100.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	7–2	77.8
Mono Blue Librarians	6–2	75.0
Combo-Control	3–0	100.0
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Familiars	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	35–33	51.5
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Blink	19–20	48.7
Wave Blink	19–20	48.7
Azorius Wave	5–6	45.5
Orzhov Wave	12–12	50.0
Abzan Wave	2–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	0–1	0.0
Allies	1–1	50.0
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–6	14.3
Martyr's Grace	1–6	14.3
Orzhov Midrange	6–4	60.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	10–4	71.4
Rofellos Ramp	4–2	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	5–2	71.4
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	4–2	66.7
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0