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, 2 days.

The Season Kick Off is on Nov 30th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

Combo

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	658	904–1171	43.6	6	37	17
Storm	277	396–535	42.5	1	15	8
Sultai Tendrils	8	7–27	20.6
Dimir Tendrils	3	1–4	20.0
Dragonstorm	30	37–58	38.9	0	1	1
Hazoret Storm	182	297–331	47.3	1	9	5
Simic Storm	1	0–3	0.0
Grixis Tendrils	33	46–69	40.0	0	4	2
Reanimator	112	179–161	52.6	3	11	4
Grozoth	44	85–53	61.6	2	7	3
Traditional Reanimator	68	94–108	46.5	1	4	1
Grixis Reanimator	4	0–6	0.0
Oriss Genesis	13	20–18	52.6
Biovisionary	4	0–4	0.0
Dubious Challenge	6	9–19	32.1
Warp World	4	2–8	20.0
Actual Warp World	4	2–8	20.0
Maniac Combo	2
Mardu Life	9	15–23	39.5
Jeskai Ascendancy	43	62–65	48.8	1	3	3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	5	10–9	52.6	0	1	1
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	15	30–23	56.6	1	1	1
Myr Incubator	9	12–13	48.0
Fake-Twin	15	18–24	42.9	0	1
Jeskai Fake-Twin	1	1–3	25.0
Seismic Swans	48	86–71	54.8	1	3	2
Eye of the Storm	20	9–33	21.4	0	2
Eggs	2	0–7	0.0
Saffi Combo	4	3–10	23.1
Turntimber Ranger	9	18–18	50.0	0	2
Retraction Helix Combo	8	6–18	25.0
Taking Turns	13	21–22	48.8
Quest for Ula's Temple	5	0–5	0.0
Dice Factory	9	9–18	33.3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	216–397	35.2
Mono Black Aggro	5–9	35.7
Heroic	6–26	18.8
Mono White Heroic	2–2	50.0
Azorius Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	4–22	15.4
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	35–98	26.3
Mono Red Devotion	2–1	66.7
Proliferate Red	0–3	0.0
Goblins	11–14	44.0
Tokens	14–16	46.7
Selesnya Tokens	2–12	14.3
Mardu Tokens	2–3	40.0
Mono Green Stompy	7–18	28.0
White Weenie	59–102	36.6
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	3–4	42.9
Soldiers	3–4	42.9
Elves	9–12	42.9
Werewolves	1–2	33.3
Warriors	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	11–14	44.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–2	33.3
Gruul Aggro	7–9	43.8
Merfolk	2–1	66.7
Mono Red Swarm	1–6	14.3
Artifact Aggro	13–12	52.0
Affinity	5–3	62.5
Salvage Titan	5–3	62.5
Mono Blue Architect	1–4	20.0
Mono Blue Aggro	3–1	75.0
Illusions	1–1	50.0
Madness	2–4	33.3
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	8–15	34.8
Hexproof	7–6	53.8
Equipment Aggro	0–3	0.0
Naya Zoo	1–4	20.0
Rakdos Aggro	3–7	30.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	7–17	29.2
Gruul Humans	7–17	29.2
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Combo	136–136	50.0
Storm	56–54	50.9
Sultai Tendrils	7–3	70.0
Dimir Tendrils	2–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	6–9	40.0
Hazoret Storm	35–32	52.2
Grixis Tendrils	5–8	38.5
Reanimator	17–24	41.5
Grozoth	5–12	29.4
Traditional Reanimator	12–12	50.0
Oriss Genesis	1–2	33.3
Biovisionary	1–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	4–0	100.0
Warp World	2–1	66.7
Actual Warp World	2–1	66.7
Mardu Life	3–2	60.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	8–15	34.8
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	2–6	25.0
Myr Incubator	2–1	66.7
Fake-Twin	3–2	60.0
Jeskai Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	9–13	40.9
Eye of the Storm	4–1	80.0
Eggs	2–0	100.0
Saffi Combo	1–0	100.0
Turntimber Ranger	2–5	28.6
Retraction Helix Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	0–6	0.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	0–2	0.0
Control	144–175	45.1
Mono Black Control	3–3	50.0
Esper Control	12–17	41.4
Demonic Rising	5–4	55.6
Mono Blue Control	8–14	36.4
Dimir Control	14–19	42.4
Azorius Control	5–4	55.6
Turbo Fog	4–2	66.7
Izzet Control	3–5	37.5
Mardu Control	3–1	75.0
Mill	2–2	50.0
Grixis Control	22–32	40.7
Cruel Control	17–16	51.5
Jeskai Control	31–38	44.9
Galleon Control	3–3	50.0
Runeflare	3–5	37.5
Ponza	2–6	25.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	4–6	40.0
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Control	1–1	50.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Control	1–3	25.0
Aggro-Combo	28–33	45.9
Aristocrats	7–8	46.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Burn	7–11	38.9
Infect	10–13	43.5
Golgari Infect	4–8	33.3
Pummeler	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	41–59	41.0
Simic Flash	3–5	37.5
Simic Vat	2–1	66.7
Izzet Tempo	6–5	54.5
Blue Madness	20–25	44.4
Simic Madness	11–6	64.7
Temur Madness	4–16	20.0
Grixis Madness	3–1	75.0
Lich Aggro-Control	2–4	33.3
Wizards	1–3	25.0
Tetsukotog	0–4	0.0
Izzet Spells	5–3	62.5
Combo-Control	61–69	46.9
Burning Vengeance	2–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	35–50	41.2
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Pickles	2–2	50.0
Displace Loop	9–8	52.9
Peregrine Drake	9–8	52.9
Hedron Alignment	1–2	33.3
Curious Niv-Mizzet	2–3	40.0
Mass Land Destruction	5–2	71.4
Wildfire	5–2	71.4
Midrange	244–265	47.9
Temur Ascendancy	13–13	50.0
The Rock	2–3	40.0
Abzan Midrange	1–2	33.3
Jund	18–20	47.4
Blink	2–5	28.6
Graveyard Value	17–20	45.9
Allies	3–7	30.0
BRGW Allies	1–4	20.0
Treefolk	10–8	55.6
-1/-1 Counters	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	2–3	40.0
Mardu Midrange	3–1	75.0
Vampires	16–13	55.2
Mono Black Vampires	15–11	57.7
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	12–7	63.2
Mardu Legends	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	2–0	100.0
Elementals	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–7	36.4
Naya Midrange	8–6	57.1
Big Red	7–10	41.2
Mono Black Midrange	20–22	47.6
Verdant Succession	2–0	100.0
Hellion Whip	17–30	36.2
Dimir Midrange	21–21	50.0
Dimir Vat	10–9	52.6
Temur Energy	0–3	0.0
Angels	6–6	50.0
Mono White Angels	6–6	50.0
Toughness Matters	2–2	50.0
Sultai Midrange	12–12	50.0
Sultai Emerge	7–9	43.8
Orzhov Midrange	2–2	50.0
Prophet Glare	3–1	75.0
Mythic Colossification	4–10	28.6
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	34–37	47.9
Selvala Tokens	8–11	42.1
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–1	50.0