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 6 days, 7 hours.

The Penny Dreadful 500 is on Nov 16th with free entry and $500 in prizes!

Rakdos Midrange

Tournaments Only
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	695	1148–1163	49.7	9	69	30
Rakdos Midrange	47	72–76	48.6	2	6	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	12–20	37.5
Mono Black Aggro	0–2	0.0
Heroic	1–2	33.3
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Boros Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	1–3	25.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–2	50.0
White Weenie	3–2	60.0
Soldiers	2–0	100.0
Mono White Humans	1–2	33.3
Elves	0–1	0.0
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
Humans	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Humans	0–2	0.0
Legends Aggro	1–5	16.7
Boros Legends Aggro	1–5	16.7
Combo	17–18	48.6
Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	6–4	60.0
Living Death	5–3	62.5
Excruciator Combo	4–3	57.1
Traditional Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Dimir Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–1	50.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	3–0	100.0
Anvil Colossus	3–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	0–1	0.0
Oops All Lands	0–2	0.0
Phoenix Altar	0–1	0.0
Actual Twin	0–2	0.0
Izzet Twin	0–1	0.0
Boros Twin	0–1	0.0
Nadu Combo	3–5	37.5
Control	11–15	42.3
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	1–3	25.0
Izzet Control	2–3	40.0
Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	0–4	0.0
Cruel Control	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	1–3	25.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	2–0	100.0
Burn	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	3–1	75.0
Izzet Tempo	1–0	100.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Librarians	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	0–1	0.0
Midrange	22–22	50.0
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Blink	2–5	28.6
Orzhov Blink	2–4	33.3
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–1	50.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–2	50.0
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–1	66.7
Five Color Hero	2–1	66.7
Illness in the Ranks	1–0	100.0
Game Objects	1–0	100.0
Laelia Cascade	3–6	33.3
Wight Midrange	3–6	33.3
Golgari Wight	1–1	50.0
Jund Wight	2–5	28.6
Ramp	5–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–0	100.0
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0