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!

Mono Blue Tempo

Tournaments Only
Season 29▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
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10. 28
11. 27
12. 26
13. 25
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33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Control	514	851–864	49.6	1	39	19
Mono Blue Tempo	81	117–124	48.5	0	7	4
Mono Blue Faeries	2	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Librarians	10	13–18	41.9	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	23–21	52.3
Mono Black Aggro	1–3	25.0
Heroic	5–5	50.0
Mono White Heroic	5–5	50.0
Red Deck Wins	2–3	40.0
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	1–2	33.3
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	7–1	87.5
Affinity	5–1	83.3
Hush-finity	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–2	33.3
Hexproof	1–1	50.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Slivers	0–1	0.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	0–1	0.0
Combo	19–21	47.5
Storm	6–4	60.0
Dimir Tendrils	1–2	33.3
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Simic Storm	1–1	50.0
Grixis Tendrils	2–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Recurring Nightmare	1–2	33.3
Warp World	1–1	50.0
Four Color Glimpse	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	6–9	40.0
Oops All Spells	6–9	40.0
Ad Nauseam	1–2	33.3
Chain of Acid	1–0	100.0
Gyruda	1–0	100.0
Control	26–24	52.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Control	6–8	42.9
Boros Control	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Izzet Dragons	0–1	0.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	4–4	50.0
Astral Slide	4–4	50.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	2–0	100.0
Pox	3–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	0–2	0.0
Enchantress	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Combo	14–16	46.7
Aristocrats	0–3	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Boros Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	2–1	66.7
Infect	5–4	55.6
Simic Infect	3–4	42.9
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	5–4	55.6
Izzet Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	3–3	50.0
Hushnought	2–3	40.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	1–7	12.5
Izzet Tempo	0–2	0.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	17–11	60.7
Curses	2–1	66.7
Battle of Wits	2–0	100.0
Mindcrank	0–4	0.0
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Familiars	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	12–6	66.7
Jokulhaups Control	12–6	66.7
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	4–2	66.7
Temur Jokulhaups Control	3–1	75.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	4–1	80.0
Midrange	17–20	45.9
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	2–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–2	0.0
Martyr's Grace	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–7	30.0
Orzhov Capenna	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–1	50.0
Five Color Hero	1–1	50.0
Artifact Midrange	1–5	16.7
Ramp	0–4	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	0–4	0.0
Greenpost	0–3	0.0
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0