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.

Blue Madness

Tournaments Only
Season 11▾
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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33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Control	278	487–491	49.8	3	22	13
Blue Madness	100	178–167	51.6	3	14	4
Simic Madness	42	69–73	48.6	3	13
Temur Madness	38	90–60	60.0	0	1	3
Grixis Madness	11	8–13	38.1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	39–40	49.4
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	2–1	66.7
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	9–10	47.4
Proliferate Red	1–2	33.3
Goblins	2–1	66.7
Tokens	0–2	0.0
Mardu Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–2	60.0
White Weenie	8–5	61.5
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Elves	3–4	42.9
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Warriors	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–6	0.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	3–4	42.9
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	0–2	0.0
Gruul Humans	0–2	0.0
Combo	25–20	55.6
Storm	8–9	47.1
Hazoret Storm	5–8	38.5
Grixis Tendrils	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	5–6	45.5
Grozoth	3–6	33.3
Traditional Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	1–2	33.3
Dubious Challenge	0–1	0.0
Mardu Life	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Myr Incubator	1–0	100.0
Fake-Twin	3–1	75.0
Eye of the Storm	1–0	100.0
Saffi Combo	1–0	100.0
Turntimber Ranger	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Control	36–28	56.3
Esper Control	4–4	50.0
Demonic Rising	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Control	0–2	0.0
Dimir Control	3–3	50.0
Azorius Control	2–2	50.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mardu Control	3–3	50.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–5	28.6
Cruel Control	2–4	33.3
Jeskai Control	11–4	73.3
Galleon Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Control	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	4–5	44.4
Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	1–1	50.0
Infect	0–2	0.0
Golgari Infect	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	12–13	48.0
Simic Flash	0–1	0.0
Simic Vat	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	1–2	33.3
Blue Madness	6–6	50.0
Simic Madness	2–2	50.0
Temur Madness	3–4	42.9
Lich Aggro-Control	1–1	50.0
Tetsukotog	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	14–11	56.0
Burning Vengeance	0–1	0.0
Cruel Combo-Control	11–7	61.1
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Displace Loop	2–1	66.7
Peregrine Drake	2–1	66.7
Mass Land Destruction	1–1	50.0
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Midrange	45–47	48.9
Temur Ascendancy	0–4	0.0
Jund	5–4	55.6
Graveyard Value	2–2	50.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	2–4	33.3
Mardu Allies	1–0	100.0
BRGW Allies	1–4	20.0
Treefolk	1–1	50.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Vampires	3–6	33.3
Mono Black Vampires	2–5	28.6
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	3–0	100.0
Mardu Legends	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–3	40.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–3	40.0
Verdant Succession	0–1	0.0
Hellion Whip	4–3	57.1
Dimir Midrange	1–7	12.5
Dimir Vat	0–5	0.0
Temur Energy	1–0	100.0
Angels	1–0	100.0
Mono White Angels	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–2	33.3
Sultai Emerge	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mythic Colossification	1–0	100.0
Ramp	3–3	50.0