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, 4 days.

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Red Deck Wins • 454 matches • 55.5-60.1%-64.5 Mono Red Devotion • 95 matches • 52.6-62.6%-71.7 Abzan Midrange • 119 matches • 51.2-60.2%-68.5 Traditional Reanimator • 56 matches • 51.1-64.2%-75.5 Dimir Tendrils • 124 matches • 50.5-59.3%-67.5 UBRG Dragons • 25 matches • 48.4-68.0%-82.8 Mono Black Vampires • 62 matches • 43.6-55.9%-67.6 Demonic Rising • 87 matches • 42.7-53.1%-63.2 Mono Black Control • 18 matches • 41.9-64.7%-82.3 Mono White Heroic • 44 matches • 41.5-56.1%-69.7 Astral Slide • 40 matches • 41.1-56.4%-70.5 Grenzo • 63 matches • 39.6-51.7%-63.6 Simic Flash • 20 matches • 36.8-57.9%-76.5 Golgari Aristocrats • 16 matches • 36.4-60.0%-79.7 White Weenie • 46 matches • 36.1-50.0%-63.9 Elves • 7 matches • 35.9-71.4%-91.8 Angels and Taxes • 71 matches • 34.6-45.7%-57.2 Wildfire • 36 matches • 33.2-48.6%-64.3 Dimir Control • 60 matches • 33.1-45.0%-57.5 Mardu Control • 7 matches • 32.1-66.7%-89.5 Selesnya Midrange • 31 matches • 31.9-48.3%-65.1 Oriss Genesis • 22 matches • 30.7-50.0%-69.3 Mono Blue Aggro • 8 matches • 30.6-62.5%-86.3 Azorius Heroic • 8 matches • 30.6-62.5%-86.3 Mardu Aristocrats • 6 matches • 30.0-66.7%-90.3 Hexproof • 14 matches • 29.8-53.8%-76.1 Control • 13 matches • 29.1-53.8%-76.8 Affinity • 18 matches • 29.0-50.0%-71.0 Mono Green Stompy • 16 matches • 28.0-50.0%-72.0 Pickles • 19 matches • 27.4-47.4%-68.3 Jeskai Control • 38 matches • 25.6-39.5%-55.3 Proliferate Red • 12 matches • 25.4-50.0%-74.6 Combo • 25 matches • 24.8-41.7%-60.8 Graveyard Value • 38 matches • 24.2-37.8%-53.7 Combo-Control • 17 matches • 23.6-43.8%-66.3 Azorius Control • 84 matches • 23.4-32.5%-43.1 Selesnya Little Kid • 16 matches • 23.1-43.8%-66.9 Izzet Control • 16 matches • 23.1-43.8%-66.9 The Rock • 5 matches • 23.1-60.0%-88.2 Rakdos Midrange • 5 matches • 23.1-60.0%-88.2 Mono Black Midrange • 9 matches • 22.7-50.0%-77.3 Aggro-Control • 20 matches • 21.9-40.0%-61.3 Odric Keywords • 8 matches • 21.5-50.0%-78.5 Midrange • 40 matches • 20.1-32.5%-48.0 Orzhov Allies • 10 matches • 19.7-44.4%-72.2 Quest for the Holy Relic • 6 matches • 18.8-50.0%-81.2 Infect • 28 matches • 17.9-32.1%-50.6 Eldrazipost • 10 matches • 16.8-40.0%-68.7 Orzhov Midrange • 41 matches • 15.7-26.8%-41.9 Stax • 4 matches • 15.0-50.0%-85.0 Sultai Control • 4 matches • 15.0-50.0%-85.0 Burning Vengeance • 4 matches • 15.0-50.0%-85.0 Mono Red Blitzkrieg • 4 matches • 15.0-50.0%-85.0 Esper Dragons • 4 matches • 15.0-50.0%-85.0 Azorius Wave • 4 matches • 15.0-50.0%-85.0 Curious Niv-Mizzet • 9 matches • 14.5-37.5%-68.0 Dragonstorm • 8 matches • 13.7-37.5%-69.4 Ramp • 13 matches • 12.7-30.8%-57.7 Burn • 18 matches • 12.5-27.8%-50.9 Slivers • 5 matches • 11.8-40.0%-76.9 Goblins • 6 matches • 9.7-33.3%-70.0 Aggro • 33 matches • 8.6-18.2%-34.4 Ponza • 8 matches • 7.1-25.0%-59.1 Izzet Tempo • 8 matches • 7.1-25.0%-59.1 Boros Control • 3 matches • 6.1-33.3%-79.2 Mardu Midrange • 3 matches • 6.1-33.3%-79.2 Sultai Tendrils • 3 matches • 6.1-33.3%-79.2 Salvage Titan • 3 matches • 6.1-33.3%-79.2 Esper Control • 4 matches • 4.6-25.0%-69.9 Hermit Humans • 4 matches • 4.6-25.0%-69.9 Rogues • 6 matches • 3.0-16.7%-56.4 Aggro-Combo • 7 matches • 2.6-14.3%-51.3 Clerics • 7 matches • 2.6-14.3%-51.3 Selesnya Tokens • 7 matches • 2.6-14.3%-51.3 Grixis Control • 8 matches • 2.2-12.5%-47.1 Battle of Wits • 8 matches • 0.0-0.0%-32.4 Equipment Aggro • 8 matches • 0.0-0.0%-32.4 Azorius Skies • 6 matches • 0.0-0.0%-39.0 Big Red • 3 matches • 0.0-0.0%-56.2 Abzan Aristocrats • 2 matches • 0.0-0.0%-65.8 Peregrine Drake • 2 matches • 0.0-0.0%-65.8 Unclassified • 1 match • 0.0-0.0%-79.3