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 12 weeks, 5 days.

The Season Kick Off is on Nov 30th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

Hero of Precinct One

Tournaments Only
Season 27▾
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3. 35
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	935	1502–1652	47.6	5	85	35
Hero of Precinct One	158	298–248	54.6	1	12	12
Mardu Hero	6	12–13	48.0			1
Five Color Hero	142	271–214	55.9	0	10	11
Naya Hero	2	2–4	33.3
Jeskai Hero	1	2–3	40.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	62–62	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	5–2	71.4
Mono White Heroic	3–2	60.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	16–25	39.0
Goblins	2–2	50.0
Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	6–4	60.0
Soldiers	3–2	60.0
Elves	2–14	12.5
Selesnya Little Kid	3–3	50.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	15–8	65.2
Affinity	10–5	66.7
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	4–3	57.1
Madness	2–1	66.7
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	2–0	100.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	2–0	100.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–0	100.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Boros Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	70–45	60.9
Storm	12–8	60.0
Sultai Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	0–2	0.0
Hazoret Storm	10–5	66.7
Izzet Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	20–21	48.8
Recurring Nightmare	2–1	66.7
Dragon Nightmare	2–1	66.7
Worldgorger Dragon	3–3	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	15–17	46.9
Rakdos Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	12–17	41.4
Grixis Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	7–5	58.3
Warp World	3–0	100.0
Temur Glimpse	2–0	100.0
Four Color Glimpse	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	6–1	85.7
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	6–1	85.7
Jokulhaups Combo	2–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Reanim8 Rack	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	3–2	60.0
Oops All Spells	3–2	60.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
GreenTwin	2–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	2–1	66.7
Belcher	1–5	16.7
Endless Belch	0–1	0.0
Control	44–28	61.1
Esper Control	3–3	50.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	2–1	66.7
Azorius Control	5–13	27.8
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	5–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	4–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Ponza	4–1	80.0
Mono White Control	5–3	62.5
Cycling Control	1–2	33.3
Astral Slide	1–2	33.3
Five Color Control	5–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	5–0	100.0
Pox	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	1–2	33.3
Prison	0–1	0.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	20–33	37.7
Aristocrats	1–7	12.5
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Boros Bombardment	0–5	0.0
Burn	1–2	33.3
Infect	4–2	66.7
Simic Infect	2–1	66.7
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–1	66.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	9–16	36.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	9–15	37.5
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–2	33.3
Hushnought	2–3	40.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–1	50.0
Dirty Kitty	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	10–10	50.0
Izzet Tempo	2–1	66.7
Blue Madness	2–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Tempo	4–3	57.1
Mono Blue Faeries	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Librarians	1–3	25.0
Izzet Spells	0–5	0.0
Combo-Control	22–18	55.0
Battle of Wits	10–1	90.9
Mindcrank	1–1	50.0
Lich's Mastery	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	8–15	34.8
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	8–14	36.4
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	4–1	80.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	3–7	30.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Resurgent Belief	1–1	50.0
Midrange	45–35	56.3
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	2–1	66.7
Jund	3–3	50.0
Blink	1–1	50.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Vampires	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Vampires	1–2	33.3
Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Boros Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–2	50.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	5–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	2–0	100.0
Angels	3–4	42.9
Orzhov Angels	3–4	42.9
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Martyr's Grace	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–6	25.0
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	9–9	50.0
Five Color Hero	7–8	46.7
Naya Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	7–2	77.8
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Game Objects	1–0	100.0
Ramp	25–17	59.5
Cloudpost Ramp	20–15	57.1
Greenpost	18–14	56.3
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0
Simic Post	2–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0