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.

Astral Slide

Tournaments Only
Season 13▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	1122	1804–2055	46.7	7	71	46
Cycling Control	130	237–221	51.7	1	5	10
Astral Slide	128	236–214	52.4	1	5	10

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	71–48	59.7
Mono Black Aggro	2–1	66.7
Heroic	2–4	33.3
Mono White Heroic	0–2	0.0
Azorius Heroic	2–1	66.7
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	20–16	55.6
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Prisoner	1–0	100.0
Tokens	6–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–3	25.0
White Weenie	13–4	76.5
Soldiers	2–3	40.0
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	3–0	100.0
Rogues	2–0	100.0
Zombies	10–9	52.6
Gruul Aggro	2–2	50.0
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	1–4	20.0
Affinity	0–2	0.0
Devastating Dreams	0–3	0.0
Voltron	4–1	80.0
Hexproof	3–1	75.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Brushwaggs	1–0	100.0
Combo	21–23	47.7
Storm	4–10	28.6
Sultai Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tendrils	0–2	0.0
Grixis Tendrils	0–4	0.0
Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Grozoth	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–1	50.0
Zubera Tribal	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	7–5	58.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–2	60.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	3–3	50.0
Umbral Mantle	0–1	0.0
Fake-Twin	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Fake-Twin	0–2	0.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Turntimber Ranger	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	3–0	100.0
Control	48–34	58.5
Demonic Rising	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	6–2	75.0
Azorius Control	10–6	62.5
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–2	50.0
Cruel Control	2–1	66.7
Chandra Nalaar	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	6–3	66.7
Ponza	2–5	28.6
Mono White Control	1–1	50.0
Dynavolt Tower	2–0	100.0
Cycling Control	5–4	55.6
Astral Slide	4–4	50.0
Five Color Control	1–1	50.0
Sultai Control	1–2	33.3
Guildgate Control	2–1	66.7
Bant Control	1–1	50.0
Enchantments Control	0–1	0.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Prison	2–0	100.0
Enchantress	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	8–10	44.4
Aristocrats	7–3	70.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Abzan Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Burn	1–1	50.0
Infect	0–6	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–5	0.0
Aggro-Control	11–15	42.3
Izzet Tempo	1–3	25.0
Azorius Skies	0–4	0.0
Blue Madness	2–3	40.0
Simic Madness	1–2	33.3
Temur Madness	1–1	50.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	5–4	55.6
Spirits	1–0	100.0
Azorius Spirits	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	11–18	37.9
Curses	3–4	42.9
Burning Vengeance	1–1	50.0
Cruel Combo-Control	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Pickles	0–4	0.0
Mindcrank	1–5	16.7
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	2–2	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–1	66.7
Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Midrange	61–62	49.6
Temur Ascendancy	0–3	0.0
The Rock	3–1	75.0
Abzan Midrange	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	3–4	42.9
Selesnya Value Town	2–4	33.3
Jund	4–1	80.0
Blink	8–16	33.3
Anti-Persecution	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	2–4	33.3
Enchantments Matter	2–0	100.0
Allies	4–5	44.4
Mardu Allies	1–4	20.0
Mono White Allies	1–1	50.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	1–1	50.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Vampires	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Vampires	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	2–1	66.7
Legends Midrange	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–2	50.0
Naya Midrange	4–3	57.1
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	6–5	54.5
Davriel Braids	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Angels	1–1	50.0
Mono White Angels	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	1–2	33.3
Sultai Emerge	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	0–2	0.0
Artifact Midrange	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	5–4	55.6
Rofellos Ramp	1–0	100.0
Wild Pair	1–0	100.0
Domain	0–1	0.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–3	25.0