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!

Red Deck Wins

Tournaments Only
Season 12▾
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
14. 24
15. 23
16. 22
17. 21
18. 20
19. 19
20. 18
21. 17
22. 16
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24. 14
25. 13
26. 12
27. 11
28. 10
29. 9
30. 8
31. 7
32. 6
33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro	294	574–550	51.1	25	168
Red Deck Wins	80	169–140	54.7	10	49
Mono Red Devotion	1	0–2	0.0
Proliferate Red	2	0–3	0.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	59–60	49.6
Mono Black Aggro	7–1	87.5
Heroic	11–34	24.4
Mono White Heroic	7–32	17.9
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	4–2	66.7
Red Deck Wins	15–15	50.0
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Tokens	4–2	66.7
Mono White Tokens	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–2	0.0
White Weenie	1–0	100.0
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Elves	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Rogues	8–3	72.7
Zombies	2–1	66.7
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	2–0	100.0
Affinity	2–0	100.0
Slivers	2–0	100.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	25–23	52.1
Storm	2–3	40.0
Simic Storm	2–2	50.0
Stormpost	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Post Desire	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	0–3	0.0
8 Goyf	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–2	0.0
Maniac Combo	3–2	60.0
New Perspectives	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–3	25.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–3	25.0
Myr Incubator	1–0	100.0
Fake-Twin	2–0	100.0
Naya Fake-Twin	2–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	5–3	62.5
Upheaval Colossus	3–3	50.0
Eggs	3–4	42.9
Saffi Combo	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	2–3	40.0
Hermit Gond	1–3	25.0
Hermit Dredge	1–0	100.0
Control	25–14	64.1
Mono Black Control	0–2	0.0
Esper Control	6–2	75.0
Demonic Rising	1–1	50.0
Azorius Control	1–1	50.0
Turbo Fog	3–2	60.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	1–2	33.3
Dragon Control	2–0	100.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	3–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	4–1	80.0
Aggro-Combo	7–2	77.8
Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Infect	3–1	75.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	3–0	100.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	2–0	100.0
Dimir Faeries	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	8–2	80.0
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–2	66.7
Wildfire	4–2	66.7
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	37–38	49.3
The Rock	0–3	0.0
Abzan Midrange	3–3	50.0
Blink	11–10	52.4
Wave Blink	11–10	52.4
Cloudpost Wave Blink	7–2	77.8
Esper Wave	1–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	3–5	37.5
Orzhov Wave	0–2	0.0
Abzan Wave	0–1	0.0
Anti-Persecution	1–1	50.0
Allies	10–12	45.5
Mardu Allies	1–1	50.0
Boros Allies	0–2	0.0
Mono White Allies	5–8	38.5
Treefolk	1–4	20.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Elementals	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–1	66.7
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Temur Energy	2–1	66.7
Angels	0–1	0.0
Mono White Angels	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Sultai Energy	0–1	0.0
Ramp	4–1	80.0
Rofellos Ramp	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	2–0	100.0
Locus Awakening	2–0	100.0
Unclassified	1–0	100.0