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!

Cloudpost Ramp

Tournaments Only
Season 28▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
9. 29
10. 28
11. 27
12. 26
13. 25
14. 24
15. 23
16. 22
17. 21
18. 20
19. 19
20. 18
21. 17
22. 16
23. 15
24. 14
25. 13
26. 12
27. 11
28. 10
29. 9
30. 8
31. 7
32. 6
33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Ramp	148	207–299	40.9	0	3	1
Cloudpost Ramp	79	129–170	43.1
Eldrazipost	3	1–3	25.0
Locus Awakening	1	0–2	0.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	2	4–2	66.7
Greenpost	43	76–94	44.7
Gruul Post	18	37–42	46.8
Simic Post	9	10–22	31.3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	25–37	40.3
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	3–1	75.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	3–6	33.3
Goblins	3–0	100.0
Tokens	1–6	14.3
Mono White Tokens	0–4	0.0
Orzhov Tokens	1–2	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	0–3	0.0
White Weenie	5–5	50.0
Elves	3–8	27.3
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	4–4	50.0
Affinity	2–2	50.0
Tempered Steel	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Madness	1–1	50.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	0–2	0.0
Combo	29–43	40.3
Storm	11–14	44.0
Dragonstorm	2–0	100.0
High Tide	8–14	36.4
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Four Color Glimpse	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–5	16.7
Izzet Ascension	0–2	0.0
Breakfast	3–8	27.3
Oops All Spells	2–2	50.0
Unctus	1–6	14.3
Dredge	6–5	54.5
Polymorph	1–1	50.0
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	0–2	0.0
Belcher	0–2	0.0
Control	14–10	58.3
Demonic Rising	2–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Mill	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Stax	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	0–2	0.0
Astral Slide	0–2	0.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Control	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Control	1–2	33.3
Prison	0–2	0.0
Enchantress	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Combo	10–20	33.3
Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	0–2	0.0
Infect	6–1	85.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–11	8.3
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–8	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Hushnought	1–1	50.0
Liquimetal Fishing	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	6–8	42.9
Izzet Tempo	2–4	33.3
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Wizards	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	0–2	0.0
Azorius Tempo	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	11–14	44.0
Curses	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	4–1	80.0
Liliana's Contract	2–1	66.7
Mass Land Destruction	0–4	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	0–4	0.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Thopter-Sword	3–8	27.3
Azorius Thopter-Sword	1–4	20.0
Dimir Thopter-Sword	0–3	0.0
Esper Thopter-Sword	2–1	66.7
Midrange	29–35	45.3
The Rock	0–2	0.0
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Value Town	0–2	0.0
Jund	2–0	100.0
Blink	3–5	37.5
Orzhov Blink	3–5	37.5
Graveyard Value	3–2	60.0
Séance	2–0	100.0
Allies	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	5–2	71.4
Mono Black Devotion	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–2	33.3
Martyr's Grace	1–2	33.3
Sultai Midrange	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	6–13	31.6
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	0–1	0.0
Coinflips	0–1	0.0
Ramp	5–3	62.5
Cloudpost Ramp	3–3	50.0
Greenpost	2–1	66.7
Gruul Post	0–2	0.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	2–0	100.0
Jund Carth	1–0	100.0