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.

Mono Black Midrange

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
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33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Midrange	298	510–624	45.0	3	78
Mono Black Midrange	50	87–102	46.0	0	12
Mono Black Devotion	38	67–77	46.5	0	9

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	24–38	38.7
Heroic	4–4	50.0
Mono White Heroic	1–4	20.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	4–10	28.6
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–1	66.7
White Weenie	2–1	66.7
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	1–1	50.0
Zombies	2–3	40.0
Gruul Aggro	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Knights	1–2	33.3
AggroSlide	4–15	21.1
Combo	21–12	63.6
Storm	7–5	58.3
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	6–5	54.5
Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–1	50.0
Double Dragon	1–1	50.0
Dubious Challenge	3–1	75.0
Taking Turns	3–1	75.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–1	50.0
Ominous Good	3–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–2	33.3
Hermit Gond	0–2	0.0
Hermit Dredge	1–0	100.0
Control	11–13	45.8
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	0–2	0.0
Dimir Control	1–2	33.3
Azorius Control	2–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–3	25.0
Cruel Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Approach	1–0	100.0
Ponza	2–1	66.7
Sultai Control	2–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	5–8	38.5
Aristocrats	1–4	20.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Burn	4–3	57.1
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	4–7	36.4
Izzet Tempo	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–4	42.9
Izzet Spells	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	3–5	37.5
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	0–2	0.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–1	50.0
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Midrange	16–13	55.2
Blink	1–2	33.3
Wave Blink	1–2	33.3
Azorius Wave	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Wave	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–0	100.0
Big Red	2–4	33.3
Mono Black Midrange	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	2–1	66.7
Dimir Midrange	3–2	60.0
Angels	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Angels	0–1	0.0
Toughness Matters	1–1	50.0
Mutate	1–0	100.0
Zur the Enchanter	1–0	100.0
Ramp	3–6	33.3
Cloudpost Ramp	3–5	37.5
Greenpost	3–4	42.9
Simic Post	0–1	0.0