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!

Elves

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
23. 15
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	5–0s
Aggro	1004	1890–1790	51.4	25	168	42
Elves	92	197–169	53.8	0	3	7

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	32–55	36.8
Mono Black Aggro	0–3	0.0
Heroic	4–17	19.0
Mono White Heroic	2–11	15.4
Azorius Heroic	1–2	33.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–4	20.0
Red Deck Wins	4–11	26.7
Proliferate Red	0–1	0.0
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Tokens	1–3	25.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	3–3	50.0
Elves	5–5	50.0
Werewolves	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	3–0	100.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	3–1	75.0
Artifact Aggro	1–2	33.3
Affinity	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Humans	1–1	50.0
Pirates	0–1	0.0
Combo	38–39	49.4
Storm	7–2	77.8
Simic Storm	4–0	100.0
Stormpost	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Post Desire	2–2	50.0
Reanimator	6–2	75.0
Traditional Reanimator	6–2	75.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Biovisionary	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–1	50.0
Dubious Challenge	2–1	66.7
Maniac Combo	1–5	16.7
New Perspectives	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–5	16.7
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–5	16.7
Fake-Twin	1–1	50.0
Combo Post	1–5	16.7
Metalwork Colossus	9–6	60.0
Upheaval Colossus	6–4	60.0
Eggs	2–2	50.0
Saffi Combo	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	2–5	28.6
Hermit Gond	1–4	20.0
Hermit Dredge	1–1	50.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Control	35–28	55.6
Mono Black Control	1–3	25.0
Esper Control	8–4	66.7
Demonic Rising	4–8	33.3
Azorius Control	2–1	66.7
Turbo Fog	4–0	100.0
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	3–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	5–4	55.6
Dynavolt Tower	2–0	100.0
Pox	4–4	50.0
Aggro-Combo	7–5	58.3
Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	2–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–2	60.0
Izzet Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	9–2	81.8
Izzet Tempo	2–0	100.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Temur Madness	0–1	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	2–0	100.0
Tetsukotog	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	8–5	61.5
Battle of Wits	2–0	100.0
Pickles	2–0	100.0
Displace Loop	1–2	33.3
Familiars	0–2	0.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–3	40.0
Wildfire	2–3	40.0
Midrange	48–26	64.9
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	5–4	55.6
Jund	0–1	0.0
Blink	7–8	46.7
Wave Blink	7–8	46.7
Cloudpost Wave Blink	0–2	0.0
Azorius Wave	5–6	45.5
Abzan Wave	1–0	100.0
Bant Wave	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	0–1	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Matter	3–0	100.0
Allies	2–5	28.6
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	0–2	0.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Mono White Allies	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	1–1	50.0
Mardu Midrange	4–1	80.0
Vampires	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–0	100.0
Temur Energy	1–1	50.0
Toughness Matters	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Sultai Energy	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Zur the Enchanter	2–0	100.0
Neoform	1–0	100.0
Ramp	20–9	69.0
Rofellos Ramp	9–5	64.3
Wild Pair	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	10–4	71.4
Locus Awakening	1–0	100.0
Golgari Post	7–4	63.6
Simic Post	1–0	100.0