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 8 weeks, 3 days.

High Tide

Tournaments Only
Season 36▾
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	303	464–537	46.4	3	32	6
Storm	114	236–210	52.9	2	13	4
High Tide	100	223–180	55.3	2	13	4

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	47–64	42.3
Mono Black Aggro	0–2	0.0
Heroic	8–14	36.4
Azorius Heroic	1–2	33.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	5–12	29.4
Red Deck Wins	6–6	50.0
Mono Red Devotion	1–1	50.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	4–15	21.1
Mono White Humans	4–13	23.5
Elves	1–0	100.0
Werewolves	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	7–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	5–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	3–3	50.0
Affinity	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–2	33.3
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–1	66.7
Humans	1–8	11.1
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Boros Humans	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Humans	0–1	0.0
Azorius Humans	0–5	0.0
Legends Aggro	4–10	28.6
Boros Legends Aggro	3–8	27.3
Bard Class	1–2	33.3
Pirates	1–2	33.3
Combo	41–33	55.4
Storm	21–21	50.0
Dragonstorm	2–1	66.7
Citadel Storm	0–1	0.0
High Tide	18–18	50.0
Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Hypergenesis	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	2–1	66.7
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	2–2	50.0
Dredge	5–1	83.3
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–1	50.0
Primal Prayers Combo	0–1	0.0
Control	39–30	56.5
Mono Black Control	1–1	50.0
Esper Control	4–2	66.7
Dimir Control	0–2	0.0
Azorius Control	9–1	90.0
Izzet Control	8–7	53.3
Stax	4–1	80.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Control	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Control	8–13	38.1
Prison	1–1	50.0
Enchantress	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	21–9	70.0
Aristocrats	16–7	69.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	12–2	85.7
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–5	16.7
Burn	4–2	66.7
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	17–19	47.2
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	2–2	50.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	3–1	75.0
Dimir Tempo	3–8	27.3
Azorius Tempo	0–1	0.0
Spirits	5–7	41.7
Azorius Spirits	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Spirits	4–4	50.0
Combo-Control	2–2	50.0
Curses	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	52–22	70.3
The Rock	5–4	55.6
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	3–0	100.0
Jund	1–1	50.0
Blink	5–3	62.5
Orzhov Blink	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–1	50.0
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–1	75.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–1	50.0
Dimir Midrange	2–1	66.7
Angels	2–0	100.0
Mono White Angels	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	3–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	3–2	60.0
Five Color Hero	3–2	60.0
Artifact Midrange	10–4	71.4
Boros Engineers	5–1	83.3
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Laelia Cascade	1–1	50.0
Ramp	4–1	80.0