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.

Seismic Swans

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
Combo	658	904–1171	43.6	6	37	17
Seismic Swans	48	86–71	54.8	1	3	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	23–19	54.8
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	8–4	66.7
Goblins	0–2	0.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	2–8	20.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Elves	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	3–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	1–2	33.3
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–0	100.0
Humans	1–1	50.0
Gruul Humans	1–1	50.0
Combo	13–9	59.1
Storm	5–4	55.6
Sultai Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	0–2	0.0
Hazoret Storm	3–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	0–2	0.0
Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Traditional Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–1	50.0
Eye of the Storm	1–0	100.0
Retraction Helix Combo	1–0	100.0
Control	11–11	50.0
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	1–2	33.3
Demonic Rising	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	1–1	50.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	3–4	42.9
Galleon Control	0–1	0.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	2–0	100.0
Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	1–3	25.0
Simic Flash	0–1	0.0
Tetsukotog	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	6–6	50.0
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–4	20.0
Displace Loop	2–1	66.7
Peregrine Drake	2–1	66.7
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Midrange	27–20	57.4
Temur Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
Jund	4–2	66.7
Graveyard Value	1–2	33.3
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Vampires	4–1	80.0
Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Naya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Big Red	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–0	100.0
Hellion Whip	2–7	22.2
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Temur Energy	0–1	0.0
Ramp	3–3	50.0
Selvala Tokens	1–0	100.0