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!

Demonic Rising

Tournaments Only
Season 6▾
1. All
2. 35
3. 34
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	620	983–1214	44.7	10	77	11
Demonic Rising	81	170–154	52.5	5	22	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	56–43	56.6
Heroic	11–10	52.4
Mono White Heroic	10–7	58.8
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–3	25.0
Red Deck Wins	12–14	46.2
Mono Red Devotion	3–0	100.0
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Tokens	1–5	16.7
Selesnya Tokens	1–4	20.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–2	50.0
White Weenie	9–3	75.0
Odric Keywords	6–2	75.0
Soldiers	2–1	66.7
Elves	6–1	85.7
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	3–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	2–1	66.7
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	3–2	60.0
Artifact Aggro	1–0	100.0
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	0–1	0.0
Combo	23–36	39.0
Reanimator	10–15	40.0
Starlit Graves	1–1	50.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	8–14	36.4
Dimir Reanimator	3–11	21.4
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–0	100.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Actual Warp World	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	6–12	33.3
Hyperwave	3–10	23.1
New Perspectives	1–1	50.0
Cat Wave	1–7	12.5
Acid Wave	1–2	33.3
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	0–1	0.0
Control	31–20	60.8
Mono Black Control	3–0	100.0
Esper Control	1–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	6–6	50.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	4–1	80.0
Adam's Ale	0–1	0.0
Izzet Control	2–1	66.7
Grixis Control	1–2	33.3
Cruel Control	1–2	33.3
Dragon Control	5–1	83.3
WUBR Dragons	1–0	100.0
Grixis Dragons	1–0	100.0
Galleon Control	4–3	57.1
Runeflare	0–1	0.0
Ponza	2–3	40.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	15–18	45.5
Aristocrats	11–12	47.8
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	5–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–5	16.7
Mardu Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Burn	3–3	50.0
Infect	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Control	9–8	52.9
Izzet Tempo	4–2	66.7
Lich Aggro-Control	1–3	25.0
Temur Clues	2–2	50.0
Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	28–18	60.9
Abzan Midrange	2–3	40.0
Jund	2–1	66.7
Blink	0–2	0.0
Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	4–2	66.7
Séance	1–0	100.0
Dimir Graves	2–1	66.7
Indestructible	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Constellation	1–1	50.0
Allies	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Allies	2–1	66.7
Mardu Allies	1–0	100.0
Elementals	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Sultai Emerge	1–1	50.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	1–1	50.0
Ramp	7–11	38.9
Devoid Cruelty	4–8	33.3
Applejacks	0–1	0.0
Orcish Aids	0–1	0.0