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 2 weeks, 2 days.

Storm

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

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

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	55–81	40.4
Red Deck Wins	16–33	32.7
Goblins	9–6	60.0
Tokens	0–3	0.0
Mono White Tokens	0–2	0.0
White Weenie	0–1	0.0
Elves	5–4	55.6
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Zombies	4–11	26.7
Merfolk	4–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	0–2	0.0
Tempered Steel	0–2	0.0
Knights	1–1	50.0
AggroSlide	14–18	43.8
Cats	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Combo	43–41	51.2
Storm	7–7	50.0
Dimir Tendrils	6–5	54.5
Simic Storm	0–1	0.0
Citadel Storm	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	23–27	46.0
Recurring Nightmare	16–14	53.3
Dragon Nightmare	16–13	55.2
Traditional Reanimator	7–13	35.0
Rakdos Reanimator	5–8	38.5
Dimir Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	2–4	33.3
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	2–2	50.0
Fake-Twin	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–2	50.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Ominous Good	2–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–1	50.0
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Control	20–17	54.1
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	2–1	66.7
Azorius Control	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	5–2	71.4
Cruel Control	3–1	75.0
Ponza	3–6	33.3
Mono White Control	5–2	71.4
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	5–3	62.5
Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Burn	2–2	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	7–6	53.8
Izzet Tempo	1–0	100.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	5–4	55.6
Dimir Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	14–4	77.8
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	2–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	2–1	66.7
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	6–1	85.7
Liliana's Contract	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–1	66.7
Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Thryx-Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Midrange	19–10	65.5
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Blink	5–2	71.4
Wave Blink	5–2	71.4
Esper Wave	4–1	80.0
Azorius Wave	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Wave	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–1	66.7
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	4–4	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	2–3	40.0
Davriel Braids	2–1	66.7
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Neoform	1–0	100.0
Temur Neoform	1–0	100.0
Ramp	5–7	41.7
Rofellos Ramp	2–3	40.0
Wild Pair	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	1–2	33.3
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–1	50.0
Reclamation at Wake	1–0	100.0
Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp	0–1	0.0