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.

Stax

Tournaments Only
Season 17▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
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10. 28
11. 27
12. 26
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36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	2122	3233–3787	46.1	3	60	61
Stax	184	272–367	42.6	0	2	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	39–101	27.9
Heroic	2–9	18.2
Mono White Heroic	1–3	25.0
Azorius Heroic	0–3	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–3	25.0
Red Deck Wins	10–16	38.5
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Goblins	0–4	0.0
Tokens	5–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	4–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–7	12.5
White Weenie	2–9	18.2
Soldiers	0–2	0.0
Elves	2–8	20.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Counters	1–2	33.3
Rogues	1–1	50.0
Zombies	1–14	6.7
Gruul Aggro	1–4	20.0
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	2–2	50.0
Tempered Steel	2–2	50.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Knights	3–9	25.0
AggroSlide	3–9	25.0
Cats	0–2	0.0
Mono White Cats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	0–1	0.0
Combo	66–73	47.5
Storm	26–26	50.0
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Citadel Storm	4–0	100.0
High Tide	21–25	45.7
Reanimator	10–11	47.6
Worldgorger Dragon	7–11	38.9
Double Dragon	3–8	27.3
Traditional Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Grixis Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	1–2	33.3
Biovisionary	1–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	1–2	33.3
Warp World	0–1	0.0
Actual Warp World	0–1	0.0
Fake-Twin	1–3	25.0
Jeskai Fake-Twin	0–1	0.0
Naya Fake-Twin	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	10–3	76.9
Izzet Ascension	1–2	33.3
Ominous Good	3–3	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–1	50.0
Soulflayer	2–3	40.0
Breakfast	6–7	46.2
Hermit Dredge	2–2	50.0
Neoform Hermit	4–4	50.0
Oops All Lands	0–1	0.0
Polymorph	0–2	0.0
Stuffy Doll	0–1	0.0
Control	78–50	60.9
Mono Black Control	7–0	100.0
Esper Control	2–4	33.3
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	4–4	50.0
Azorius Control	7–3	70.0
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	3–1	75.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	5–6	45.5
Cruel Control	2–1	66.7
Stax	6–6	50.0
Jeskai Control	2–1	66.7
Runeflare	5–2	71.4
Ponza	13–13	50.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	3–1	75.0
Astral Slide	2–0	100.0
Five Color Control	2–1	66.7
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	10–5	66.7
Guildgate Control	4–1	80.0
Temur Reclamation	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	8–17	32.0
Aristocrats	1–10	9.1
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–6	0.0
Burn	3–4	42.9
Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–3	40.0
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	17–30	36.2
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	1–8	11.1
Blue Madness	3–2	60.0
Simic Madness	2–2	50.0
Grixis Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	0–3	0.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–10	23.1
Izzet Spells	4–4	50.0
Dimir Tempo	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	12–12	50.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–1	50.0
Lich's Mastery	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	2–2	50.0
Solar Flare	1–1	50.0
Liliana's Contract	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	5–8	38.5
Wildfire	5–8	38.5
Thryx-Wildfire	2–3	40.0
Borderpost Wildfire	2–5	28.6
Midrange	39–58	40.2
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Golgari Citadel	1–1	50.0
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Value Town	0–1	0.0
Jund	4–5	44.4
Blink	6–10	37.5
Wave Blink	4–7	36.4
Azorius Wave	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Wave	1–3	25.0
Bant Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	1–1	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	1–1	50.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Vampires	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	2–1	66.7
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–2	33.3
Naya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Big Red	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Midrange	4–6	40.0
Mono Black Devotion	3–3	50.0
Dimir Midrange	2–4	33.3
Toughness Matters	5–1	83.3
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mutate	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Midrange	1–2	33.3
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–1	50.0
Mythic Colossification	0–1	0.0
Neoform	1–1	50.0
Sultai Neoform	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	13–26	33.3
Cloudpost Ramp	8–19	29.6
Golgari Post	0–2	0.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–1	50.0
Greenpost	4–13	23.5
Simic Post	2–2	50.0
Eureka!	5–6	45.5