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

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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 2 weeks, 2 days.

Midrange

Tournaments Only
Season 17▾
1. All
2. 35
3. 34
4. 33
5. 32
6. 31
7. 30
8. 29
9. 28
10. 27
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12. 25
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25. 12
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32. 5
33. 4
34. 3
35. 2
36. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Midrange	298	510–624	45.0	3	78
Temur Ascendancy	2	3–4	42.9
The Rock	2	1–6	14.3
Golgari Citadel	1	0–3	0.0
Grenzo	1	1–3	25.0
Selesnya Midrange	1	2–3	40.0	0	1
Selesnya Value Town	1	2–3	40.0	0	1
Jund	32	37–66	35.9	0	3
Blink	39	89–77	53.6	0	16
Wave Blink	34	81–66	55.1	0	15
Esper Wave	1	2–2	50.0
Azorius Wave	21	44–41	51.8	0	7
Orzhov Wave	7	20–15	57.1	0	5
Bant Wave	5	15–8	65.2	0	3
Graveyard Value	9	10–16	38.5	0	1
Varolz Dreadnought	8	7–14	33.3	0	1
Allies	3	3–5	37.5
Esper Allies	2	3–4	42.9
Fake-Rack	6	8–14	36.4	0	1
Mardu Midrange	4	8–8	50.0	0	2
Vampires	1	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	1	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Legends	1	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	27	44–61	41.9	0	4
Naya Midrange	1	0–2	0.0
Big Red	28	69–56	55.2	2	10
Mono Black Midrange	50	87–102	46.0	0	12
Mono Black Devotion	38	67–77	46.5	0	9
Dimir Midrange	38	68–82	45.3	0	16
Angels	4	6–9	40.0	0	1
Orzhov Angels	4	6–9	40.0	0	1
Toughness Matters	9	7–17	29.2
Lifegain Midrange	7	15–13	53.6	0	2
Mutate	2	0–5	0.0
Sultai Midrange	4	11–8	57.9	1	2
Sultai Emerge	1	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	1	1–3	25.0
Jeskai Midrange	5	5–10	33.3	0	1
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2	3–4	42.9	0	1
Zur the Enchanter	3	5–6	45.5	0	1
Neoform	2	3–4	42.9	0	1
Temur Neoform	1	3–2	60.0	0	1
Sultai Neoform	1	0–2	0.0
Death Cloud	1	1–3	25.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	167–252	39.9
Heroic	19–24	44.2
Mono White Heroic	13–22	37.1
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	5–1	83.3
Red Deck Wins	41–57	41.8
Mono Red Devotion	0–2	0.0
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	4–3	57.1
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	3–3	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	5–6	45.5
White Weenie	11–15	42.3
Soldiers	2–3	40.0
Elves	10–8	55.6
Selesnya Little Kid	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	24–32	42.9
Gruul Aggro	2–2	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–4	20.0
Artifact Aggro	2–1	66.7
Tempered Steel	2–1	66.7
Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–10	16.7
Hexproof	1–5	16.7
Hateful Auras	0–3	0.0
Knights	11–11	50.0
AggroSlide	27–72	27.3
Cats	0–3	0.0
Mono White Cats	0–3	0.0
Boros Aggro	1–1	50.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	83–81	50.6
Storm	22–33	40.0
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	21–32	39.6
Reanimator	9–12	42.9
Worldgorger Dragon	9–9	50.0
Double Dragon	6–7	46.2
Traditional Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Dimir Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Dubious Challenge	8–4	66.7
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Fake-Twin	4–6	40.0
Naya Fake-Twin	1–5	16.7
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	6–5	54.5
Quest for Ula's Temple	3–1	75.0
Ominous Good	11–6	64.7
Jokulhaups Combo	7–3	70.0
Soulflayer	1–3	25.0
Breakfast	8–7	53.3
Hermit Gond	2–4	33.3
Hermit Dredge	3–0	100.0
Neoform Hermit	2–2	50.0
Stuffy Doll	0–1	0.0
Control	59–71	45.4
Mono Black Control	2–1	66.7
Esper Control	1–8	11.1
Dimir Control	3–7	30.0
Azorius Control	6–4	60.0
Turbo Fog	1–1	50.0
Mardu Control	1–2	33.3
Mill	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	14–15	48.3
Cruel Control	4–2	66.7
Stax	8–3	72.7
Jeskai Control	1–6	14.3
Jeskai Approach	1–1	50.0
Runeflare	4–0	100.0
Ponza	5–10	33.3
Cycling Control	0–3	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	7–6	53.8
Guildgate Control	2–2	50.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Temur Reclamation	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	27–24	52.9
Aristocrats	12–6	66.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	8–4	66.7
Burn	11–13	45.8
Infect	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Infect	1–0	100.0
Hermit Humans	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–4	42.9
Mono Blue Dreadnought	3–4	42.9
Aggro-Control	32–46	41.0
Izzet Tempo	3–4	42.9
Blue Madness	3–1	75.0
Simic Madness	3–1	75.0
Wizards	0–2	0.0
Ninjas	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Tempo	18–18	50.0
Izzet Spells	4–19	17.4
Dimir Tempo	2–1	66.7
Combo-Control	28–28	50.0
Cruel Combo-Control	3–2	60.0
Battle of Wits	0–3	0.0
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Pickles	1–1	50.0
Zur's Weirding	2–3	40.0
Solar Flare	4–3	57.1
Plasma Swans	9–7	56.3
Liliana's Contract	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	6–9	40.0
Wildfire	6–9	40.0
Thryx-Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	3–8	27.3
Midrange	92–92	50.0
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Jund	10–5	66.7
Blink	3–14	17.6
Wave Blink	3–12	20.0
Esper Wave	1–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	1–8	11.1
Orzhov Wave	1–0	100.0
Bant Wave	0–4	0.0
Graveyard Value	2–2	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	2–2	50.0
Fake-Rack	2–3	40.0
Mardu Midrange	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	9–6	60.0
Big Red	8–14	36.4
Mono Black Midrange	13–16	44.8
Mono Black Devotion	10–12	45.5
Dimir Midrange	14–12	53.8
Angels	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Angels	0–1	0.0
Toughness Matters	5–3	62.5
Lifegain Midrange	2–2	50.0
Mutate	3–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	3–1	75.0
Sultai Emerge	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–2	33.3
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–0	100.0
Zur the Enchanter	1–1	50.0
Neoform	0–2	0.0
Temur Neoform	0–2	0.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	22–30	42.3
Cloudpost Ramp	20–23	46.5
Golgari Post	3–2	60.0
Greenpost	13–17	43.3
Simic Post	3–3	50.0
Domain	1–0	100.0
Eureka!	0–5	0.0