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.

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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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Season 12▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
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10. 28
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12. 26
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34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	712	1376–1236	52.7	9	59	45
Storm	109	177–198	47.2	0	3	5
Dragonstorm	2	0–3	0.0
Simic Storm	53	77–98	44.0	0	1
Stormpost	50	99–90	52.4	0	2	5
Mono Blue Post Desire	50	99–90	52.4	0	2	5
Reanimator	42	77–75	50.7	1	3	1
8 Goyf	4	11–8	57.9
Traditional Reanimator	38	66–67	49.6	1	3	1
Dimir Reanimator	10	17–22	43.6	0	1
Mono Black Reanimator	8	21–14	60.0	1	2
Oriss Genesis	1	0–3	0.0
Biovisionary	3	0–5	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	38	87–54	61.7	1	3	2
Mono Green Stormless Storm	2	2–4	33.3
Dubious Challenge	7	7–19	26.9
Warp World	3	1–6	14.3
Actual Warp World	3	1–6	14.3
Maniac Combo	46	117–71	62.2	2	5	5
New Perspectives	25	45–45	50.0	1	3	2
Jeskai Ascendancy	42	99–74	57.2	1	4
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	40	95–70	57.6	1	4
Myr Incubator	4	0–5	0.0
Umbral Mantle	1	2–1	66.7
Fake-Twin	17	46–31	59.7	0	4	1
Naya Fake-Twin	11	35–18	66.0	0	2	1
Combo Post	36	77–56	57.9	0	3	5
Metalwork Colossus	131	276–195	58.6	0	7	15
Upheaval Colossus	102	238–135	63.8	0	6	14
Eye of the Storm	1	0–2	0.0
Eggs	59	113–118	48.9	0	9	1
Saffi Combo	37	77–62	55.4	0	6	3
Taking Turns	4	1–9	10.0
Breakfast	45	120–69	63.5	3	8	5
Hermit Gond	24	69–37	65.1	3	8	2
Hermit Dredge	12	38–13	74.5			3
Neoform Hermit	9	13–19	40.6
Oops All Lands	3	2–2	50.0
Polymorph	9	6–20	23.1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	311–353	46.8
Mono Black Aggro	16–15	51.6
Heroic	59–87	40.4
Mono White Heroic	45–63	41.7
Azorius Heroic	2–4	33.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	10–20	33.3
Boros Heroic	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	51–74	40.8
Mono Red Devotion	1–2	33.3
Proliferate Red	1–2	33.3
Goblins	7–7	50.0
Tokens	10–5	66.7
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono White Tokens	3–2	60.0
Mono Green Stompy	8–8	50.0
White Weenie	16–24	40.0
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	1–1	50.0
Kithkin	2–2	50.0
Chroma White	1–1	50.0
Elves	39–38	50.6
Werewolves	4–1	80.0
Warriors	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	4–2	66.7
Rogues	13–15	46.4
Zombies	6–3	66.7
Gruul Aggro	3–2	60.0
Merfolk	2–9	18.2
Mono Red Swarm	2–11	15.4
Artifact Aggro	20–13	60.6
Affinity	13–10	56.5
Boros Vehicles	2–2	50.0
Salvage Titan	4–1	80.0
Mono Blue Aggro	12–13	48.0
Illusions	4–7	36.4
Madness	1–4	20.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	0–3	0.0
Voltron	9–2	81.8
Hexproof	3–0	100.0
Slivers	3–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	6–1	85.7
Humans	6–10	37.5
Selesnya Humans	6–10	37.5
Combo	253–253	50.0
Storm	38–35	52.1
Simic Storm	26–12	68.4
Stormpost	12–23	34.3
Mono Blue Post Desire	12–23	34.3
Reanimator	18–19	48.6
8 Goyf	2–5	28.6
Traditional Reanimator	16–14	53.3
Dimir Reanimator	7–5	58.3
Mono Black Reanimator	3–5	37.5
Biovisionary	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	13–17	43.3
Mono Green Stormless Storm	1–1	50.0
Dubious Challenge	4–0	100.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Actual Warp World	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	14–24	36.8
New Perspectives	5–10	33.3
Jeskai Ascendancy	7–15	31.8
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	7–15	31.8
Myr Incubator	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	1–0	100.0
Fake-Twin	5–14	26.3
Naya Fake-Twin	2–12	14.3
Combo Post	9–15	37.5
Metalwork Colossus	45–40	52.9
Upheaval Colossus	29–34	46.0
Eggs	30–19	61.2
Saffi Combo	15–16	48.4
Taking Turns	4–0	100.0
Breakfast	15–20	42.9
Hermit Gond	7–14	33.3
Hermit Dredge	4–5	44.4
Neoform Hermit	4–1	80.0
Polymorph	2–0	100.0
Control	265–211	55.7
Mono Black Control	9–5	64.3
Esper Control	22–30	42.3
Demonic Rising	30–29	50.8
Mono Blue Control	2–2	50.0
Dimir Control	9–6	60.0
Azorius Control	16–30	34.8
Turbo Fog	11–5	68.8
Izzet Control	2–3	40.0
Mardu Control	6–1	85.7
Mill	2–2	50.0
Cloudpost Control	22–16	57.9
Azorius Cloudpost Control	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	14–11	56.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–4	0.0
Grixis Control	3–1	75.0
Cruel Control	3–1	75.0
Stagnant Control	3–3	50.0
Jeskai Control	18–9	66.7
Dragon Control	12–7	63.2
Grixis Dragons	1–0	100.0
Galleon Control	3–0	100.0
Runeflare	3–1	75.0
Ponza	20–26	43.5
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	14–8	63.6
Cycling Control	13–5	72.2
Astral Slide	11–5	68.8
Five Color Control	4–0	100.0
Sultai Control	2–1	66.7
Guildgate Control	8–3	72.7
Pox	21–14	60.0
Aggro-Combo	35–33	51.5
Aristocrats	10–9	52.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	6–7	46.2
Golgari Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Abzan Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Burn	2–1	66.7
Infect	8–13	38.1
Pummeler	2–2	50.0
Hermit Humans	3–2	60.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–4	42.9
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Control	35–17	67.3
Izzet Tempo	6–2	75.0
Azorius Skies	4–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	2–2	50.0
Wizards	0–1	0.0
Tetsukotog	1–0	100.0
12 Pest	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–4	33.3
Mono Blue Faeries	2–4	33.3
Dimir Tempo	3–0	100.0
Dimir Faeries	3–0	100.0
Combo-Control	50–35	58.8
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	4–3	57.1
Pickles	5–3	62.5
Displace Loop	5–8	38.5
Familiars	2–3	40.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	34–20	63.0
Wildfire	34–20	63.0
Borderpost Wildfire	5–3	62.5
Midrange	328–271	54.8
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
The Rock	15–14	51.7
Grenzo	3–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	49–42	53.8
Jund	0–4	0.0
Blink	48–48	50.0
Wave Blink	44–47	48.4
Cloudpost Wave Blink	12–11	52.2
Azorius Wave	26–32	44.8
Orzhov Wave	1–3	25.0
Abzan Wave	5–1	83.3
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	2–1	66.7
Graveyard Value	19–15	55.9
Séance	2–1	66.7
Varolz Dreadnought	5–8	38.5
Enchantments Matter	3–0	100.0
Allies	35–31	53.0
Orzhov Allies	3–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	8–9	47.1
Boros Allies	7–1	87.5
Mono White Allies	14–17	45.2
Treefolk	5–2	71.4
-1/-1 Counters	4–1	80.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	7–5	58.3
Vampires	14–20	41.2
Mono Black Vampires	3–2	60.0
Rakdos Vampires	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Vampires	8–14	36.4
Legends Midrange	1–3	25.0
Boros Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Elementals	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–5	16.7
Naya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Big Red	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	10–7	58.8
Temur Energy	4–10	28.6
Angels	2–3	40.0
Mono White Angels	2–3	40.0
Toughness Matters	6–4	60.0
Lifegain Midrange	14–1	93.3
Sultai Midrange	12–8	60.0
Sultai Energy	8–6	57.1
Orzhov Midrange	7–8	46.7
Zur the Enchanter	4–4	50.0
Mythic Colossification	1–0	100.0
Neoform	1–1	50.0
Ramp	97–63	60.6
Rofellos Ramp	27–16	62.8
Wild Pair	4–3	57.1
Cloudpost Ramp	65–45	59.1
Eldrazipost	3–1	75.0
Locus Awakening	4–2	66.7
Golgari Post	42–38	52.5
Greenpost	1–0	100.0
Gruul Post	3–0	100.0
Simic Post	3–1	75.0
Defenders	2–1	66.7
Unclassified	2–0	100.0