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.

Combo

Tournaments Only
Season 17▾
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	286	558–569	49.5	15	72
Storm	88	186–161	53.6	6	24
Dragonstorm	2	4–5	44.4	0	1
Hazoret Storm	2	4–4	50.0	0	1
Citadel Storm	2	2–6	25.0
High Tide	82	176–146	54.7	6	22
Reanimator	32	85–66	56.3	1	13
Worldgorger Dragon	28	75–57	56.8	1	12
Double Dragon	23	67–46	59.3	1	11
Traditional Reanimator	2	6–5	54.5	0	1
Dimir Reanimator	1	3–2	60.0	0	1
Mono Black Reanimator	1	3–3	50.0
Dubious Challenge	15	30–32	48.4	1	5
Jeskai Ascendancy	6	6–9	40.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	4	3–7	30.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	2	3–2	60.0
Fake-Twin	14	30–30	50.0	2	4
Jeskai Fake-Twin	2	1–3	25.0
Naya Fake-Twin	10	26–19	57.8	2	4
Metalwork Colossus	7	5–17	22.7	0	1
Seismic Swans	1	2–3	40.0
Eggs	2	2–5	28.6	0	1
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1	2–3	40.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	2	1–5	16.7
Taking Turns	26	31–52	37.3	0	2
Quest for Ula's Temple	4	4–9	30.8
Izzet Ascension	2	1–3	25.0
Ominous Good	27	52–56	48.1	2	6
Jokulhaups Combo	13	28–29	49.1	1	3
Soulflayer	15	36–29	55.4	1	5
Breakfast	25	50–47	51.5	1	7
Hermit Gond	8	21–17	55.3	0	3
Hermit Dredge	5	10–8	55.6	1	2
Neoform Hermit	8	13–14	48.1	0	1
Protean Hulk Combo	1	1–3	25.0
Stuffy Doll	3	5–6	45.5	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	205–239	46.2
Heroic	24–27	47.1
Mono White Heroic	20–21	48.8
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–6	25.0
Red Deck Wins	29–52	35.8
Mono Red Devotion	1–2	33.3
Goblins	3–0	100.0
Tokens	4–3	57.1
Mono White Tokens	4–3	57.1
Mono Green Stompy	5–3	62.5
White Weenie	12–23	34.3
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	3–7	30.0
Elves	12–10	54.5
Selesnya Little Kid	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Counters	1–2	33.3
Zombies	22–43	33.8
Gruul Aggro	3–4	42.9
Mono Red Swarm	4–1	80.0
Artifact Aggro	6–0	100.0
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	4–0	100.0
Madness	3–0	100.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	2–0	100.0
Voltron	5–5	50.0
Hexproof	1–1	50.0
Hateful Auras	4–2	66.7
Naya Zoo	0–1	0.0
Knights	17–13	56.7
AggroSlide	50–52	49.0
Cats	2–0	100.0
Mono White Cats	2–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	2–0	100.0
Combo	81–81	50.0
Storm	20–27	42.6
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
Hazoret Storm	1–3	25.0
High Tide	18–23	43.9
Reanimator	8–13	38.1
Worldgorger Dragon	6–13	31.6
Double Dragon	5–12	29.4
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	5–1	83.3
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
Fake-Twin	3–5	37.5
Jeskai Fake-Twin	0–1	0.0
Naya Fake-Twin	2–4	33.3
Metalwork Colossus	6–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1–1	50.0
Taking Turns	6–6	50.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Ominous Good	4–9	30.8
Jokulhaups Combo	6–4	60.0
Soulflayer	7–5	58.3
Breakfast	9–7	56.3
Hermit Gond	4–2	66.7
Hermit Dredge	0–1	0.0
Neoform Hermit	4–2	66.7
Stuffy Doll	2–1	66.7
Control	73–56	56.6
Mono Black Control	2–1	66.7
Esper Control	7–6	53.8
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	4–6	40.0
Azorius Control	2–3	40.0
Turbo Fog	3–2	60.0
Mardu Control	2–0	100.0
Mill	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	7–2	77.8
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	5–7	41.7
Chandra Nalaar	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	7–4	63.6
Jeskai Approach	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	4–3	57.1
Ponza	5–11	31.3
Cycling Control	2–1	66.7
Five Color Control	5–2	71.4
Sultai Control	12–5	70.6
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Reclamation	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	26–33	44.1
Aristocrats	11–4	73.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	6–2	75.0
Burn	8–15	34.8
Pummeler	2–0	100.0
Hermit Humans	2–1	66.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–11	15.4
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–11	15.4
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	28–47	37.3
Izzet Tempo	4–9	30.8
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	2–2	50.0
Simic Madness	2–2	50.0
Wizards	1–1	50.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	12–23	34.3
Izzet Spells	7–8	46.7
Dimir Tempo	1–3	25.0
Combo-Control	31–18	63.3
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	2–0	100.0
Pickles	2–2	50.0
Zur's Weirding	4–3	57.1
Solar Flare	5–6	45.5
Plasma Swans	4–1	80.0
Mass Land Destruction	12–5	70.6
Wildfire	12–5	70.6
Thryx-Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	11–4	73.3
Midrange	81–83	49.4
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Jund	12–6	66.7
Blink	14–14	50.0
Wave Blink	12–13	48.0
Esper Wave	1–1	50.0
Azorius Wave	4–5	44.4
Orzhov Wave	2–4	33.3
Bant Wave	5–3	62.5
Graveyard Value	0–2	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	4–1	80.0
Mardu Midrange	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	12–6	66.7
Big Red	3–11	21.4
Mono Black Midrange	12–21	36.4
Mono Black Devotion	9–16	36.0
Dimir Midrange	5–11	31.3
Angels	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	2–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	3–1	75.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–2	0.0
Mutate	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	0–2	0.0
Zur the Enchanter	1–1	50.0
Neoform	1–0	100.0
Temur Neoform	1–0	100.0
Ramp	33–12	73.3
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	0–1	0.0
Wild Pair	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	27–10	73.0
Golgari Post	5–0	100.0
Greenpost	17–8	68.0
Simic Post	4–0	100.0
Domain	1–0	100.0
Eureka!	2–1	66.7