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.

Midrange

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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26. 12
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33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	1071	1598–1924	45.4	14	115	25
The Rock	17	25–32	43.9
Abzan Midrange	1	1–2	33.3
Jund	7	6–16	27.3
Blink	7	5–16	23.8
Graveyard Value	83	77–165	31.8	0	3	1
Séance	4	0–7	0.0
Allies	1	2–3	40.0
Boros Allies	1	2–3	40.0
Fake-Rack	23	13–52	20.0	0	1
Mardu Midrange	2	3–5	37.5
Vampires	3	7–7	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	2	5–5	50.0
Rakdos Vampires	1	2–2	50.0
Elementals	7	4–8	33.3
Rakdos Midrange	41	44–85	34.1	0	1
Naya Midrange	2	2–3	40.0
Big Red	2	0–3	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	447	908–727	55.5	11	84	17
Mono Black Devotion	415	862–675	56.1	11	81	17
Dimir Midrange	82	164–150	52.2	3	20	5
Toughness Matters	96	76–160	32.2	0	2	2
Lifegain Midrange	62	102–131	43.8	0	3
Adventures	30	25–52	32.5
Sultai Midrange	1	0–3	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	8	7–14	33.3
Neoform	32	42–54	43.8
Temur Neoform	6	6–8	42.9
Sultai Neoform	5	6–9	40.0
Simic Neoform	2	1–3	25.0
UBRG Neoform	12	20–21	48.8
Clerics	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	334–393	45.9
Mono Black Aggro	12–7	63.2
Heroic	18–10	64.3
Azorius Heroic	13–10	56.5
Boros Heroic	3–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	81–120	40.3
Goblins	6–4	60.0
Tokens	37–42	46.8
Selesnya Tokens	3–1	75.0
Mono White Tokens	30–39	43.5
Mono Green Stompy	38–47	44.7
White Weenie	15–18	45.5
Soldiers	7–7	50.0
Warriors	2–3	40.0
Selesnya Little Kid	6–13	31.6
Selesnya Counters	5–13	27.8
Gruul Aggro	6–9	40.0
Merfolk	5–2	71.4
Mono Red Swarm	30–44	40.5
Artifact Aggro	13–4	76.5
Affinity	13–4	76.5
Devoid Aggro	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	28–26	51.9
Hexproof	6–4	60.0
Boros Auras	2–1	66.7
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	6–14	30.0
Knights	23–37	38.3
Cats	3–0	100.0
Mono White Cats	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–1	50.0
Combo	116–94	55.2
Storm	23–19	54.8
Simic Storm	21–19	52.5
Reclamation Storm	21–19	52.5
Reanimator	75–45	62.5
Traditional Reanimator	75–45	62.5
Dimir Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	55–35	61.1
Grixis Reanimator	4–1	80.0
Oriss Genesis	4–0	100.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	11–24	31.4
Retraction Helix Combo	1–5	16.7
Control	415–562	42.5
Mono Black Control	3–1	75.0
Esper Control	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	64–72	47.1
Azorius Control	10–12	45.5
Turbo Fog	3–4	42.9
Izzet Control	27–66	29.0
Mill	6–0	100.0
Grixis Control	23–21	52.3
Stax	3–1	75.0
Jeskai Control	5–6	45.5
Ponza	5–4	55.6
Cycling Control	35–52	40.2
Astral Slide	35–51	40.7
Sultai Control	21–13	61.8
Guildgate Control	172–258	40.0
Bant Control	1–1	50.0
Temur Reclamation	29–48	37.7
Orzhov Control	2–2	50.0
Aggro-Combo	119–161	42.5
Aristocrats	93–148	38.6
Orzhov Aristocrats	10–5	66.7
Golgari Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Food	68–134	33.7
Rakdos Aristocrats	5–2	71.4
Burn	13–11	54.2
Infect	11–2	84.6
Aggro-Control	218–328	39.9
Izzet Tempo	60–106	36.1
Azorius Skies	11–26	29.7
Blue Madness	22–18	55.0
Simic Madness	17–14	54.8
Temur Madness	5–4	55.6
Mono Blue Tempo	47–87	35.1
Izzet Spells	40–47	46.0
Dimir Tempo	15–30	33.3
Azorius Tempo	3–0	100.0
Combo-Control	7–3	70.0
Burning Vengeance	3–2	60.0
Midrange	360–360	50.0
The Rock	4–10	28.6
Abzan Midrange	2–0	100.0
Jund	2–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	33–18	64.7
Séance	2–0	100.0
Allies	1–1	50.0
Boros Allies	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	14–3	82.4
Mardu Midrange	1–2	33.3
Elementals	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	12–14	46.2
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	158–207	43.3
Mono Black Devotion	152–202	42.9
Dimir Midrange	21–32	39.6
Toughness Matters	29–18	61.7
Lifegain Midrange	20–23	46.5
Adventures	6–4	60.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–5	37.5
Neoform	11–9	55.0
Temur Neoform	1–0	100.0
Sultai Neoform	1–1	50.0
UBRG Neoform	5–6	45.5
Ramp	29–23	55.8
Applejacks	16–14	53.3