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.

Combo-Control

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
Combo-Control	77	155–158	49.5	3	22
Cruel Combo-Control	10	23–18	56.1	0	3
Battle of Wits	5	4–12	25.0
Shared Fate	1	1–3	25.0
Swarm Intelligence	2	4–5	44.4	0	1
Hedron Alignment	1	0–2	0.0
Yosei Vat	8	19–19	50.0	0	3
Lich's Mastery	1	0–1	0.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	2	3–5	37.5	0	1
Hive Mind	24	55–46	54.5	2	9
Plasma Swans	2	0–2	0.0
Liliana's Contract	1	2–2	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	17	39–38	50.6	1	4
Wildfire	17	39–38	50.6	1	4
Thryx-Wildfire	13	31–30	50.8	1	4
Borderpost Wildfire	1	2–2	50.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	56–64	46.7
Heroic	0–2	0.0
Mono White Heroic	0–2	0.0
Red Deck Wins	21–25	45.7
Goblins	1–7	12.5
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	4–4	50.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–3	40.0
Kithkin	2–1	66.7
Elves	5–1	83.3
Selesnya Little Kid	2–0	100.0
Zombies	5–10	33.3
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	2–1	66.7
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
Knights	4–2	66.7
AggroSlide	9–9	50.0
Boros Aggro	2–0	100.0
Combo	28–38	42.4
Storm	4–14	22.2
Sultai Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	2–12	14.3
Simic Storm	1–1	50.0
Citadel Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	16–19	45.7
Recurring Nightmare	7–7	50.0
Dragon Nightmare	5–7	41.7
Traditional Reanimator	9–12	42.9
Rakdos Reanimator	6–6	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	3–6	33.3
Hypergenesis	2–0	100.0
Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–1	66.7
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–1	50.0
Ominous Good	0–2	0.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–0	100.0
Control	23–15	60.5
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	2–1	66.7
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	0–5	0.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	4–0	100.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–1	66.7
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Ponza	4–3	57.1
Mono White Control	2–2	50.0
Cycling Control	2–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	5–2	71.4
Burn	2–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–2	60.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	3–2	60.0
Aggro-Control	4–6	40.0
Izzet Tempo	1–2	33.3
Izzet Spells	1–3	25.0
Dimir Tempo	1–1	50.0
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	7–7	50.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–1	50.0
Swarm Intelligence	1–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	0–2	0.0
Hive Mind	3–4	42.9
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Thryx-Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	26–21	55.3
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–1	50.0
Jund	2–0	100.0
Blink	3–4	42.9
Wave Blink	3–4	42.9
Esper Wave	0–3	0.0
Azorius Wave	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Wave	2–1	66.7
Graveyard Value	1–4	20.0
Séance	1–2	33.3
Varolz Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Midrange	4–4	50.0
Big Red	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	4–2	66.7
Mono Black Devotion	2–2	50.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	6–5	54.5
Rofellos Ramp	4–3	57.1
Wild Pair	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	1–1	50.0
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	0–1	0.0
Reclamation at Wake	1–0	100.0