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 12 weeks, 6 days.

Metalwork Colossus

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
15. 23
16. 22
17. 21
18. 20
19. 19
20. 18
21. 17
22. 16
23. 15
24. 14
25. 13
26. 12
27. 11
28. 10
29. 9
30. 8
31. 7
32. 6
33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	1846	3041–3215	48.6	15	124	72
Metalwork Colossus	96	154–158	49.4	0	4	4
Upheaval Colossus	29	32–45	41.6			1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	35–55	38.9
Mono Black Aggro	0–2	0.0
Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	5–11	31.3
Goblins	3–6	33.3
Tokens	2–3	40.0
Mono White Tokens	0–3	0.0
Orzhov Tokens	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	2–3	40.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–1	50.0
Elves	1–4	20.0
Minotaurs	1–1	50.0
Zombies	5–8	38.5
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	4–1	80.0
Affinity	2–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	1–1	50.0
Naya Zoo	0–1	0.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	6–10	37.5
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Hellbent	0–1	0.0
Rats	0–1	0.0
Combo	32–31	50.8
Storm	4–12	25.0
Dimir Tendrils	2–8	20.0
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	0–3	0.0
Reanimator	16–15	51.6
Recurring Nightmare	5–7	41.7
Dragon Nightmare	4–7	36.4
Traditional Reanimator	11–8	57.9
Rakdos Reanimator	3–4	42.9
Mono Black Reanimator	7–3	70.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	3–0	100.0
Fake-Twin	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–1	50.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–1	50.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Control	22–18	55.0
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	1–2	33.3
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	5–6	45.5
Turbo Fog	0–2	0.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	3–3	50.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Grixis Control	3–1	75.0
Cruel Control	2–1	66.7
Ponza	2–2	50.0
Mono White Control	2–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Temur Reclamation	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	6–8	42.9
Aristocrats	3–5	37.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Food	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Burn	2–2	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	6–2	75.0
Izzet Tempo	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	4–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	7–5	58.3
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	1–2	33.3
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–1	75.0
Wildfire	3–1	75.0
Thryx-Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	38–33	53.5
The Rock	0–2	0.0
Golgari Citadel	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–1	50.0
Jund	1–1	50.0
Blink	3–1	75.0
Wave Blink	3–1	75.0
Esper Wave	3–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	4–6	40.0
Séance	0–2	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–4	20.0
-1/-1 Counters	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	1–1	50.0
Legends Midrange	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Midrange	6–2	75.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	10–7	58.8
Mono Black Devotion	9–4	69.2
Toughness Matters	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mutate	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	0–1	0.0
Zur the Enchanter	0–1	0.0
Mythic Colossification	0–1	0.0
Neoform	0–1	0.0
Temur Neoform	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	4–1	80.0
Ramp	8–6	57.1
Rofellos Ramp	2–2	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	5–4	55.6
Golgari Post	0–1	0.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–2	33.3
Greenpost	4–0	100.0
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Reclamation at Wake	1–0	100.0