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, 6 days.

Wave Blink

Tournaments Only
Season 16▾
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
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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	1536	2419–2740	46.9	5	47	61
Blink	123	226–171	56.9	2	12	10
Wave Blink	122	226–171	56.9	2	12	10
Esper Wave	46	107–77	58.2	2	8	2
Azorius Wave	40	68–45	60.2			6
Orzhov Wave	33	47–47	50.0	0	4	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	71–45	61.2
Mono Black Aggro	0–2	0.0
Heroic	3–0	100.0
Mono White Heroic	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	12–12	50.0
Mono Red Devotion	2–0	100.0
Goblins	6–8	42.9
Tokens	5–1	83.3
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	4–0	100.0
White Weenie	5–3	62.5
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–2	50.0
Kithkin	1–1	50.0
Chroma White	1–0	100.0
Elves	7–5	58.3
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Zombies	7–3	70.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	8–0	100.0
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	7–0	100.0
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Knights	3–3	50.0
AggroSlide	6–7	46.2
Cats	2–0	100.0
Mono White Cats	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	44–36	55.0
Storm	6–12	33.3
Sultai Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	4–9	30.8
Simic Storm	0–2	0.0
Reanimator	15–15	50.0
Recurring Nightmare	7–9	43.8
Dragon Nightmare	7–9	43.8
Traditional Reanimator	8–6	57.1
Rakdos Reanimator	3–4	42.9
Dimir Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	3–2	60.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	6–1	85.7
Myr Incubator	1–0	100.0
Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–3	25.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–1	50.0
Izzet Ascension	1–1	50.0
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	2–1	66.7
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	1–1	50.0
Control	27–34	44.3
Mono Black Control	1–1	50.0
Esper Control	0–1	0.0
Demonic Rising	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Control	3–2	60.0
Turbo Fog	0–3	0.0
Izzet Control	1–2	33.3
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–4	20.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Grixis Control	1–2	33.3
Cruel Control	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	9–9	50.0
Mono White Control	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	1–2	33.3
Astral Slide	0–2	0.0
Sultai Control	0–3	0.0
Guildgate Control	2–1	66.7
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Temur Reclamation	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	4–3	57.1
Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Food	0–1	0.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	14–14	50.0
Simic Flash	1–1	50.0
Izzet Tempo	1–1	50.0
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	4–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	3–5	37.5
Dimir Tempo	2–3	40.0
Combo-Control	8–16	33.3
Battle of Wits	0–3	0.0
Swarm Intelligence	0–1	0.0
Yosei Vat	2–1	66.7
Hive Mind	3–5	37.5
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–6	25.0
Wildfire	2–6	25.0
Thryx-Wildfire	2–5	28.6
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Midrange	44–14	75.9
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Value Town	2–0	100.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	2–2	50.0
Wave Blink	2–2	50.0
Esper Wave	2–1	66.7
Azorius Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	1–2	33.3
Varolz Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Treefolk	2–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Leave // Chance Midrange	0–1	0.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Big Red	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	7–4	63.6
Mono Black Devotion	6–1	85.7
Davriel Braids	0–2	0.0
Dimir Midrange	4–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mutate	1–2	33.3
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–0	100.0
Zur the Enchanter	1–0	100.0
Mythic Colossification	2–0	100.0
Neoform	1–0	100.0
Temur Neoform	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	14–9	60.9
Rofellos Ramp	5–2	71.4
Cloudpost Ramp	9–3	75.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	3–0	100.0
Greenpost	4–0	100.0
Simic Post	1–1	50.0
Reclamation at Wake	0–1	0.0