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!

Boros Humans

Tournaments Only
Season 33▾
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
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35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1465	2704–2429	52.7	24	233	72
Humans	238	516–336	60.6	5	43	17
Boros Humans	122	288–165	63.6	4	30	10

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	70–29	70.7
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	4–2	66.7
Boros Heroic	4–2	66.7
Red Deck Wins	26–5	83.9
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	4–5	44.4
Soldiers	4–2	66.7
Mono White Humans	0–3	0.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	4–7	36.4
Affinity	4–6	40.0
Hardened Scales Affinity	4–6	40.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Voltron	5–2	71.4
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	3–2	60.0
AggroSlide	1–0	100.0
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–0	100.0
Humans	6–3	66.7
Boros Humans	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Humans	5–2	71.4
Legends Aggro	2–1	66.7
Boros Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Bard Class	1–0	100.0
Permanent Vacation	3–1	75.0
Pirates	5–2	71.4
Combo	60–21	74.1
Storm	6–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	4–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	2–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	3–1	75.0
Warp World	21–10	67.7
Temur Glimpse	9–2	81.8
Boros Glimpse	12–8	60.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–0	100.0
Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	3–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	2–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	3–3	50.0
Dredge	5–4	55.6
Insidious Roots Dredge	4–4	50.0
Tibalt's Trickery	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	2–1	66.7
Restore Balance	2–1	66.7
Gyruda	2–0	100.0
Belcher	1–0	100.0
Control	39–24	61.9
Esper Control	7–2	77.8
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	18–9	66.7
Turbo Fog	2–1	66.7
Izzet Control	1–3	25.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	3–1	75.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	1–4	20.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	18–13	58.1
Aristocrats	16–12	57.1
Rakdos Aristocrats	15–12	55.6
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Golgari Infect	1–0	100.0
Dwarf Combo	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	8–10	44.4
Izzet Tempo	4–2	66.7
Mono Blue Tempo	2–5	28.6
Mono Blue Librarians	0–3	0.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Dimir Faeries	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	1–3	25.0
Combo-Control	14–6	70.0
Curses	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	5–1	83.3
Sunforger	1–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	1–1	50.0
Greasefang	5–3	62.5
Esper Greasefang	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Greasefang	3–2	60.0
Coveted Falcon Combo	1–1	50.0
Midrange	62–56	52.5
The Rock	2–7	22.2
Abzan Midrange	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–2	33.3
Blink	12–18	40.0
Orzhov Blink	9–14	39.1
Graveyard Value	2–0	100.0
Allies	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Vampires	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Legends	3–1	75.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–1	50.0
Naya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	2–1	66.7
Angels	1–2	33.3
Mono White Angels	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Angels	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Fight Rigging	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–2	60.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	5–9	35.7
Fires of Invention	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	1–2	33.3
Artifact Midrange	4–1	80.0
Death Cloud	2–2	50.0
Nissa Company	1–1	50.0
Illness in the Ranks	3–0	100.0
Game Objects	2–1	66.7
Ramp	17–6	73.9
Carth Superfriends	2–1	66.7
Applejacks	2–0	100.0
Field Ramp	11–5	68.8