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!

Mono Red Swarm

Tournaments Only
Season 15▾
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
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33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1120	1867–1853	50.2	19	143	35
Mono Red Swarm	131	220–206	51.6	2	33	6

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	47–46	50.5
Mono Black Aggro	3–1	75.0
Heroic	1–0	100.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	8–12	40.0
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	1–4	20.0
Mono White Tokens	1–4	20.0
Mono Green Stompy	5–13	27.8
White Weenie	4–4	50.0
Soldiers	3–2	60.0
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Counters	2–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	2–2	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–2	50.0
Voltron	4–2	66.7
Hexproof	0–2	0.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	2–0	100.0
Knights	9–5	64.3
Cats	2–1	66.7
Mono White Cats	2–1	66.7
Combo	17–8	68.0
Storm	7–1	87.5
Simic Storm	7–1	87.5
Reclamation Storm	7–1	87.5
Reanimator	9–5	64.3
Traditional Reanimator	9–5	64.3
Mono Black Reanimator	8–4	66.7
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	0–1	0.0
Retraction Helix Combo	1–0	100.0
Control	66–63	51.2
Dimir Control	13–9	59.1
Turbo Fog	3–0	100.0
Izzet Control	0–8	0.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–2	50.0
Stax	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	1–2	33.3
Cycling Control	11–5	68.8
Astral Slide	11–5	68.8
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	34–33	50.7
Temur Reclamation	0–3	0.0
Aggro-Combo	27–24	52.9
Aristocrats	20–22	47.6
Golgari Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Food	17–21	44.7
Burn	6–2	75.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	16–33	32.7
Izzet Tempo	2–11	15.4
Azorius Skies	0–2	0.0
Blue Madness	1–1	50.0
Simic Madness	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	9–12	42.9
Izzet Spells	1–4	20.0
Dimir Tempo	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	1–1	50.0
Midrange	44–30	59.5
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	2–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	4–1	80.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	16–20	44.4
Mono Black Devotion	16–18	47.1
Dimir Midrange	7–2	77.8
Toughness Matters	3–1	75.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–1	66.7
Adventures	1–1	50.0
Neoform	2–0	100.0
Sultai Neoform	1–0	100.0
UBRG Neoform	1–0	100.0
Ramp	2–1	66.7