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 2 weeks, 2 days.

Wave Blink

Tournaments Only
Season 12▾
1. All
2. 35
3. 34
4. 33
5. 32
6. 31
7. 30
8. 29
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10. 27
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12. 25
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33. 4
34. 3
35. 2
36. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Midrange	158	334–306	52.2	10	93
Blink	48	133–78	63.0	7	35
Wave Blink	48	133–78	63.0	7	35
Cloudpost Wave Blink	14	27–30	47.4	0	8
Esper Wave	1	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	25	82–34	70.7	7	21
Orzhov Wave	5	19–6	76.0	0	5
Abzan Wave	3	5–7	41.7	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	56–31	64.4
Mono Black Aggro	3–1	75.0
Heroic	14–7	66.7
Mono White Heroic	10–4	71.4
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	4–3	57.1
Red Deck Wins	10–11	47.6
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–1	66.7
White Weenie	3–2	60.0
Odric Keywords	1–2	33.3
Chroma White	1–0	100.0
Elves	3–0	100.0
Werewolves	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–0	100.0
Rogues	5–5	50.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	1–1	50.0
Affinity	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	2–2	50.0
Illusions	2–2	50.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Humans	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Humans	1–1	50.0
Combo	14–15	48.3
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–2	0.0
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Fake-Twin	1–1	50.0
Naya Fake-Twin	0–1	0.0
Combo Post	4–1	80.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–2	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–2	0.0
Eggs	3–3	50.0
Saffi Combo	3–2	60.0
Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Hermit Gond	1–1	50.0
Control	19–8	70.4
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	1–2	33.3
Demonic Rising	5–0	100.0
Azorius Control	5–2	71.4
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	2–1	66.7
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	2–0	100.0
Astral Slide	2–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Combo	2–2	50.0
Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Infect	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	1–2	33.3
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–2	0.0
Wildfire	0–2	0.0
Midrange	40–20	66.7
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	4–1	80.0
Blink	13–13	50.0
Wave Blink	13–13	50.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	3–4	42.9
Azorius Wave	9–6	60.0
Orzhov Wave	1–2	33.3
Abzan Wave	0–1	0.0
Allies	8–4	66.7
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	4–2	66.7
Mono White Allies	3–2	60.0
Treefolk	2–1	66.7
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–0	100.0
Angels	1–1	50.0
Mono White Angels	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Energy	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Neoform	2–0	100.0