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 8 weeks, 3 days.

Heroic

Tournaments Only
Season 17▾
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
Aggro	691	1590–1346	54.2	39	244
Heroic	65	143–131	52.2	1	27
Mono White Heroic	51	118–101	53.9	1	22
Azorius Heroic	3	3–7	30.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	7	19–15	55.9	0	3
Boros Heroic	1	0–2	0.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	49–46	51.6
Heroic	4–4	50.0
Mono White Heroic	3–1	75.0
Azorius Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–2	0.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	9–13	40.9
Mono Red Devotion	1–1	50.0
Tokens	0–2	0.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	4–5	44.4
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Elves	3–3	50.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	12–6	66.7
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	1–2	33.3
Tempered Steel	1–2	33.3
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Knights	2–3	40.0
AggroSlide	10–7	58.8
Cats	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cats	1–0	100.0
Combo	27–24	52.9
Storm	10–9	52.6
High Tide	10–9	52.6
Reanimator	2–5	28.6
Worldgorger Dragon	1–4	20.0
Double Dragon	1–4	20.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Dubious Challenge	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Fake-Twin	2–3	40.0
Naya Fake-Twin	2–3	40.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Ominous Good	3–3	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	3–1	75.0
Soulflayer	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Hermit Dredge	0–1	0.0
Neoform Hermit	1–0	100.0
Control	20–10	66.7
Mono Black Control	1–1	50.0
Esper Control	2–1	66.7
Dimir Control	1–2	33.3
Azorius Control	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	2–1	66.7
Ponza	5–0	100.0
Five Color Control	2–1	66.7
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	6–4	60.0
Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Burn	4–2	66.7
Pummeler	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	10–16	38.5
Izzet Tempo	1–1	50.0
Wizards	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	5–10	33.3
Izzet Spells	4–4	50.0
Combo-Control	5–4	55.6
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	2–1	66.7
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–3	25.0
Wildfire	1–3	25.0
Thryx-Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–2	0.0
Midrange	24–19	55.8
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Value Town	0–1	0.0
Jund	3–0	100.0
Blink	3–7	30.0
Wave Blink	3–6	33.3
Esper Wave	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Wave	2–2	50.0
Bant Wave	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	0–1	0.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–1	66.7
Big Red	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	4–4	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	2–3	40.0
Dimir Midrange	5–4	55.6
Ramp	2–8	20.0
Villainous Wealth	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–6	25.0
Golgari Post	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	1–3	25.0
Simic Post	1–1	50.0
Eureka!	0–1	0.0