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.

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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.

Combo

Tournaments Only
Season 16▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
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6. 32
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Combo	365	754–723	51.0	15	124
Storm	90	168–169	49.9	6	25
Sultai Tendrils	3	3–5	37.5
Dimir Tendrils	62	126–114	52.5	5	19
Simic Storm	10	13–18	41.9	0	2
Citadel Storm	7	14–16	46.7	1	3
Grixis Tendrils	5	8–8	50.0	0	1
Stormpost	1	0–2	0.0
Reanimator	188	446–350	56.0	9	76
Recurring Nightmare	101	250–180	58.1	7	42
Dragon Nightmare	96	243–168	59.1	7	41
Grozoth	1	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	86	195–170	53.4	2	34
Rakdos Reanimator	43	90–86	51.1	1	16
Dimir Reanimator	1	5–2	71.4	0	1
Mono Black Reanimator	41	96–80	54.5	1	16
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1	5–1	83.3	0	1
Dubious Challenge	1	2–2	50.0
Hypergenesis	15	32–32	50.0	0	7
Fake-Twin	3	5–7	41.7	0	1
Jeskai Fake-Twin	1	2–3	40.0
Metalwork Colossus	18	34–37	47.9	0	4
Upheaval Colossus	5	5–9	35.7
Seismic Swans	2	3–5	37.5
Eggs	4	3–8	27.3
Blazing Shoal Combo	4	3–9	25.0
Taking Turns	3	6–7	46.2	0	1
Quest for Ula's Temple	2	4–6	40.0	0	1
Izzet Ascension	5	3–16	15.8	0	1
Ominous Good	7	14–17	45.2	0	3
Jokulhaups Combo	10	14–24	36.8	0	1
Soulflayer	1	1–3	25.0
Oops All Lands	2	2–5	28.6	0	1
Polymorph	1	2–2	50.0	0	1
Enduring Ideal	2	1–6	14.3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	275–311	46.9
Mono Black Aggro	7–6	53.8
Heroic	2–1	66.7
Mono White Heroic	2–1	66.7
Red Deck Wins	93–120	43.7
Mono Red Devotion	1–2	33.3
Goblins	27–35	43.5
Tokens	8–5	61.5
Selesnya Tokens	2–2	50.0
Mono White Tokens	5–2	71.4
Mono Green Stompy	3–2	60.0
White Weenie	11–3	78.6
Quest for the Holy Relic	7–0	100.0
Elves	17–16	51.5
Minotaurs	2–3	40.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–1	50.0
Zombies	19–34	35.8
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	6–4	60.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	8–7	53.3
Tempered Steel	8–6	57.1
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Hateful Auras	1–1	50.0
Naya Zoo	3–0	100.0
Knights	9–4	69.2
AggroSlide	55–66	45.5
Cats	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Cats	2–1	66.7
Combo	195–195	50.0
Storm	41–43	48.8
Sultai Tendrils	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tendrils	26–31	45.6
Simic Storm	5–4	55.6
Citadel Storm	5–3	62.5
Grixis Tendrils	2–3	40.0
Stormpost	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	103–119	46.4
Recurring Nightmare	59–55	51.8
Dragon Nightmare	57–54	51.4
Traditional Reanimator	44–64	40.7
Rakdos Reanimator	20–29	40.8
Dimir Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	22–34	39.3
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Dubious Challenge	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	8–4	66.7
Fake-Twin	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	9–11	45.0
Upheaval Colossus	2–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–2	33.3
Eggs	5–1	83.3
Blazing Shoal Combo	3–1	75.0
Taking Turns	2–2	50.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	2–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	3–1	75.0
Ominous Good	5–2	71.4
Jokulhaups Combo	7–4	63.6
Soulflayer	1–1	50.0
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	2–0	100.0
Control	84–76	52.5
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	4–3	57.1
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	5–4	55.6
Azorius Control	6–4	60.0
Turbo Fog	10–2	83.3
Izzet Control	2–3	40.0
Mill	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	10–8	55.6
Azorius Cloudpost Control	10–6	62.5
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	6–12	33.3
Cruel Control	4–7	36.4
Ponza	12–19	38.7
Mono White Control	10–10	50.0
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	9–6	60.0
Bant Control	3–0	100.0
Temur Reclamation	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Combo	11–13	45.8
Aristocrats	5–6	45.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	5–3	62.5
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	3–3	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–4	33.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–4	33.3
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	27–22	55.1
Izzet Tempo	5–2	71.4
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	4–0	100.0
Simic Madness	2–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–4	0.0
Izzet Spells	12–12	50.0
Dimir Tempo	1–4	20.0
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	38–28	57.6
Cruel Combo-Control	7–5	58.3
Battle of Wits	3–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	9–5	64.3
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	10–9	52.6
Liliana's Contract	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	6–5	54.5
Wildfire	6–5	54.5
Thryx-Wildfire	5–3	62.5
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	89–56	61.4
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Golgari Citadel	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Midrange	4–1	80.0
Selesnya Value Town	4–0	100.0
Jund	1–1	50.0
Blink	14–13	51.9
Wave Blink	14–13	51.9
Esper Wave	8–11	42.1
Azorius Wave	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Wave	4–2	66.7
Graveyard Value	2–3	40.0
Séance	0–2	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	2–1	66.7
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Treefolk	2–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–2	50.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Midrange	18–6	75.0
Naya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	14–14	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	10–12	45.5
Davriel Braids	4–1	80.0
Dimir Midrange	1–1	50.0
Angels	1–0	100.0
Mono White Angels	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	4–3	57.1
Mutate	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Zur the Enchanter	1–0	100.0
Neoform	2–2	50.0
Temur Neoform	2–2	50.0
Death Cloud	5–3	62.5
Ramp	35–22	61.4
Rofellos Ramp	16–8	66.7
Wild Pair	5–4	55.6
Cloudpost Ramp	8–8	50.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	4–3	57.1
Greenpost	4–3	57.1
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Reclamation at Wake	3–0	100.0
Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp	3–4	42.9