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, 1 day.

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

Midrange

Tournaments Only
Season 28▾
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Midrange	142	286–276–1	50.9	12	68
The Rock	4	7–7	50.0	0	3
Abzan Midrange	1	1–3	25.0
Selesnya Midrange	2	0–4	0.0
Selesnya Value Town	2	0–4	0.0
Jund	2	1–4	20.0
Blink	2	2–4	33.3	0	1
Orzhov Blink	2	2–4	33.3	0	1
Graveyard Value	3	6–8	42.9	0	1
Séance	3	6–8	42.9	0	1
Enchantments Matter	4	4–8	33.3	0	2
Allies	2	4–3	57.1	0	2
Fake-Rack	1	1–5	16.7
Vampires	2	1–4	20.0
Mono Black Vampires	2	1–4	20.0
Elementals	1	2–3	40.0
Mono Black Midrange	17	17–37	31.5	1	3
Mono Black Devotion	12	8–26	23.5	0	1
Angels	3	1–5	16.7
Orzhov Angels	3	1–5	16.7
Lifegain Midrange	25	74–41–1	64.3	6	18
Martyr's Grace	25	74–41–1	64.3	6	18
Orzhov Midrange	56	139–101	57.9	5	32
Hero of Precinct One	2	2–4	33.3	0	2
Abzan Hero	1	2–2	50.0	0	1
Clerics	2	5–5	50.0	0	1
Artifact Midrange	11	19–25	43.2	0	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	110–92–1	54.5
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	7–4	63.6
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Boros Heroic	5–3	62.5
Red Deck Wins	13–14–1	48.1
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	6–0	100.0
White Weenie	47–34	58.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	4–0	100.0
Elves	8–7	53.3
Zombies	4–2	66.7
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Gruul Landfall	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	15–21	41.7
Affinity	10–8	55.6
Tempered Steel	5–13	27.8
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Madness	0–2	0.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	2–4	33.3
Boros Aggro	3–1	75.0
Rats	1–0	100.0
Combo	45–63	41.7
Storm	26–34	43.3
High Tide	25–34	42.4
Blazing Shoal Combo	2–2	50.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	3–5	37.5
Oops All Spells	1–3	25.0
Unctus	2–2	50.0
Dredge	11–12	47.8
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Belcher	3–7	30.0
Control	33–36	47.8
Esper Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Control	6–2	75.0
Izzet Control	1–4	20.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–3	25.0
Cloudpost Control	3–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	3–0	100.0
Grixis Control	0–3	0.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	0–1	0.0
Ponza	0–1	0.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Control	4–4	50.0
Orzhov Control	9–13	40.9
Prison	4–3	57.1
Enchantress	4–2	66.7
Aggro-Combo	23–16	59.0
Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	2–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	16–10	61.5
Izzet Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	15–8	65.2
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Hushnought	2–3	40.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Dirty Kitty	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	21–18	53.8
Izzet Tempo	3–3	50.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	2–1	66.7
Dimir Tempo	5–1	83.3
Combo-Control	14–13	51.9
Mass Land Destruction	7–9	43.8
Wildfire	0–2	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	7–7	50.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	4–1	80.0
Thopter-Sword	7–4	63.6
Azorius Thopter-Sword	2–2	50.0
Dimir Thopter-Sword	3–0	100.0
Esper Thopter-Sword	2–2	50.0
Midrange	37–37	50.0
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Value Town	2–0	100.0
Blink	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Blink	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	2–1	66.7
Séance	2–1	66.7
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	6–2	75.0
Mono Black Devotion	3–1	75.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–3	40.0
Martyr's Grace	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Midrange	17–24	41.5
Hero of Precinct One	1–1	50.0
Abzan Hero	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	5–4	55.6
Ramp	3–1	75.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–0	100.0
Greenpost	2–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	0–1	0.0