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!

Storm

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

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Combo	381	875–723	54.8	42	242
Storm	98	228–183	55.5	14	60
Dimir Tendrils	73	181–123	59.5	14	42
Dark Tide	6	15–11	57.7	2	4
Dragonstorm	3	7–8	46.7	0	1
Hazoret Storm	7	12–15	44.4	0	6
Simic Storm	1	1–2	33.3	0	1
High Tide	1	3–3	50.0	0	1
Grixis Tendrils	2	3–5	37.5	0	1
Izzet Storm	9	18–23	43.9	0	6
Song Storm	1	2–2	50.0	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	36–26	58.1
Mono Black Aggro	5–2	71.4
Heroic	3–6	33.3
Mono White Heroic	2–4	33.3
Azorius Heroic	0–1	0.0
Boros Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	8–5	61.5
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	5–5	50.0
Elves	5–1	83.3
Artifact Aggro	2–4	33.3
Affinity	2–3	40.0
Tempered Steel	0–1	0.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Knights	2–0	100.0
AggroSlide	5–1	83.3
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	40–56	41.7
Storm	8–8	50.0
Dimir Tendrils	6–6	50.0
Dark Tide	0–1	0.0
Dragonstorm	2–1	66.7
Izzet Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Recurring Nightmare	2–1	66.7
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–6	33.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	2–4	33.3
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	21–39	35.0
Oops All Spells	21–39	35.0
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Gyruda	3–0	100.0
Control	41–23	64.1
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	11–6	64.7
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	9–3	75.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	8–3	72.7
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	2–1	66.7
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Grixis Dragons	1–1	50.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	2–0	100.0
Cycling Control	11–9	55.0
Astral Slide	11–9	55.0
Pox	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Control	1–2	33.3
Prison	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	38–36	51.4
Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	8–6	57.1
Infect	4–7	36.4
Simic Infect	4–6	40.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	22–21	51.2
Izzet Dreadnought	7–8	46.7
Mono Blue Dreadnought	15–13	53.6
Hushnought	2–1	66.7
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Dirty Kitty	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	13–6	68.4
Izzet Tempo	8–4	66.7
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	17–7	70.8
Battle of Wits	4–0	100.0
Mindcrank	2–3	40.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	11–3	78.6
Jokulhaups Control	11–3	78.6
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	4–0	100.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
Midrange	36–29	55.4
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
Azorius Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	0–1	0.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Angels	5–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	5–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–3	25.0
Martyr's Grace	1–3	25.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	7–13	35.0
Orzhov Capenna	2–3	40.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–2	33.3
Mardu Hero	1–2	33.3
Artifact Midrange	15–9	62.5
Ramp	7–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–0	100.0
Greenpost	3–0	100.0