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!

Mono Blue Librarians

Tournaments Only
Season 32▾
1. All
2. 35
3. 34
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Control	340	520–507	50.6	5	30	17
Mono Blue Tempo	80	171–103	62.4	3	14	5
Mono Blue Librarians	50	126–61	67.4	3	13	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	24–12	66.7
Red Deck Wins	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	8–4	66.7
Soldiers	8–4	66.7
Elves	2–0	100.0
Zombies	0–2	0.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	7–3	70.0
Affinity	1–1	50.0
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	5–2	71.4
Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	0–2	0.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Boros Humans	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Bard Class	1–0	100.0
Combo	32–16	66.7
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–1	66.7
Warp World	6–1	85.7
Boros Glimpse	6–1	85.7
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	3–1	75.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Midnight Mass	3–2	60.0
Phoenix Altar	0–1	0.0
Actual Twin	11–10	52.4
Izzet Twin	9–10	47.4
Boros Twin	2–0	100.0
Control	26–14	65.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	8–3	72.7
Azorius Control	4–3	57.1
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	4–1	80.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	3–0	100.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Izzet Dragons	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	0–1	0.0
Prison	8–4	66.7
Enchantress	8–4	66.7
Aggro-Combo	4–1	80.0
Aristocrats	4–1	80.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	4–1	80.0
Aggro-Control	5–5	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–3	50.0
Mono Blue Librarians	3–3	50.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Dimir Librarians	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	1–2	33.3
Combo-Control	5–4	55.6
Battle of Wits	2–1	66.7
Hive Mind	0–2	0.0
Solar Flare	2–1	66.7
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	23–4	85.2
Jund	4–0	100.0
Blink	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Blink	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Boros Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–1	66.7
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	4–1	80.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–0	100.0
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	2–0	100.0
Illness in the Ranks	1–0	100.0
Ramp	7–5	58.3
Rofellos Ramp	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–3	50.0
Greenpost	2–1	66.7
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0
Simic Post	1–1	50.0
Carth Superfriends	2–0	100.0
Applejacks	0–1	0.0