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, 6 days.

Rakdos Madness

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro	11935	24309–23262–65	51.1	734	5755
Madness	114	192–246	43.8	4	32
Rakdos Madness	68	120–140	46.2	3	23

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	37–42	46.8
Mono Black Aggro	2–1	66.7
Heroic	0–2	0.0
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	8–10	44.4
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–2	0.0
White Weenie	5–4	55.6
Soldiers	0–3	0.0
Elves	3–2	60.0
Zombies	3–3	50.0
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	5–7	41.7
Salvage Titan	2–1	66.7
Tempered Steel	3–6	33.3
Madness	6–7	46.2
Rakdos Madness	6–6	50.0
AggroSlide	1–2	33.3
Combo	19–29	39.6
Storm	6–5	54.5
Dimir Tendrils	2–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	3–3	50.0
Citadel Storm	0–1	0.0
Izzet Storm	0–1	0.0
Song Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	3–7	30.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–7	30.0
Rakdos Reanimator	3–4	42.9
Mono Black Reanimator	0–3	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–1	0.0
Infinite Infinite Combos	0–1	0.0
Eggs	1–2	33.3
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Ominous Good	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	1–7	12.5
Oops All Spells	1–7	12.5
Dredge	0–3	0.0
Chain of Acid	2–0	100.0
GreenTwin	1–0	100.0
Control	21–23	47.7
Esper Control	4–1	80.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	3–5	37.5
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Izzet Control	2–0	100.0
Mill	0–1	0.0
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	0–3	0.0
Stax	3–0	100.0
Birthday Stax	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–3	25.0
Izzet Dragons	1–3	25.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	0–3	0.0
Astral Slide	0–3	0.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Temur Reclamation	1–0	100.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	2–3	40.0
Aggro-Combo	7–12	36.8
Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Boros Bombardment	1–1	50.0
Burn	1–2	33.3
Infect	2–2	50.0
Simic Infect	2–1	66.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–4	20.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–4	20.0
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	6–0	100.0
Simic Flash	2–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	2–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	7–6	53.8
Curses	3–0	100.0
Burning Vengeance	0–2	0.0
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Peregrine Drake	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–3	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	3–3	50.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	23–28	45.1
Temur Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Jund	2–2	50.0
Blink	5–9	35.7
Wave Blink	5–9	35.7
Azorius Wave	5–9	35.7
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Allies	0–3	0.0
Esper Allies	0–3	0.0
Fake-Rack	0–1	0.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–5	28.6
Mono Black Devotion	2–2	50.0
Hellion Whip	1–0	100.0
Angels	2–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Ordealbreak	0–1	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–0	100.0
Naya Hero	1–0	100.0
Simic Snow	2–1	66.7