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.

Tokens

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	5–0s
Aggro	3022	5813–4844	54.5	39	244	141
Tokens	93	128–151	45.9	0	3	5
Selesnya Tokens	6	5–13	27.8
Mono White Tokens	70	120–116	50.8	0	2	5
Orzhov Tokens	2	0–2	0.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	26–31	45.6
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	4–2	66.7
Mono White Heroic	3–1	75.0
Red Deck Wins	1–4	20.0
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	4–1	80.0
Soldiers	2–0	100.0
Elves	2–3	40.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	2–6	25.0
Gruul Aggro	1–2	33.3
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	4–0	100.0
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	2–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Knights	0–4	0.0
AggroSlide	0–5	0.0
Cats	0–2	0.0
Mono White Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	35–31	53.0
Storm	9–10	47.4
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	7–10	41.2
Reanimator	9–4	69.2
Worldgorger Dragon	8–3	72.7
Double Dragon	6–1	85.7
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–2	0.0
Taking Turns	3–2	60.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Ominous Good	6–3	66.7
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	0–5	0.0
Hermit Gond	0–1	0.0
Hermit Dredge	0–1	0.0
Neoform Hermit	0–2	0.0
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	2–2	50.0
Control	19–26	42.2
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	1–5	16.7
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	2–2	50.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–4	20.0
Cruel Control	0–3	0.0
Stax	0–5	0.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	2–1	66.7
Ponza	4–1	80.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–4	20.0
Sultai Control	1–3	25.0
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	2–7	22.2
Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Food	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	0–2	0.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Hermit Humans	0–2	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	7–13	35.0
Izzet Tempo	2–3	40.0
Azorius Skies	0–3	0.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–4	33.3
Izzet Spells	2–1	66.7
Combo-Control	5–10	33.3
Curses	2–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–8	20.0
Wildfire	2–8	20.0
Thryx-Wildfire	1–5	16.7
Borderpost Wildfire	1–3	25.0
Midrange	22–25	46.8
The Rock	2–0	100.0
Golgari Citadel	2–0	100.0
Jund	1–3	25.0
Blink	1–6	14.3
Wave Blink	0–3	0.0
Azorius Wave	0–3	0.0
Graveyard Value	1–1	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	3–1	75.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–2	60.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–5	28.6
Mono Black Devotion	1–4	20.0
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Mutate	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–2	33.3
Mythic Colossification	0–1	0.0
Neoform	1–1	50.0
Sultai Neoform	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	12–8	60.0
Cloudpost Ramp	8–7	53.3
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	8–5	61.5
Eureka!	4–1	80.0