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 12 weeks, 2 days.

The Season Kick Off is on Nov 30th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

White Weenie

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
White Weenie	49	122–101	54.7	1	22
Quest for the Holy Relic	2	3–4	42.9	0	1
Soldiers	11	25–23	52.1	0	4

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	54–47	53.5
Heroic	5–4	55.6
Mono White Heroic	3–3	50.0
Azorius Heroic	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	11–10	52.4
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	4–4	50.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	2–0	100.0
Elves	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	14–8	63.6
Gruul Aggro	2–0	100.0
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	10–13	43.5
Cats	0–3	0.0
Mono White Cats	0–3	0.0
Combo	23–12	65.7
Storm	7–4	63.6
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	6–4	60.0
Reanimator	4–1	80.0
Worldgorger Dragon	4–1	80.0
Double Dragon	4–1	80.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	4–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Ominous Good	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–2	0.0
Soulflayer	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	1–2	33.3
Hermit Gond	1–1	50.0
Neoform Hermit	0–1	0.0
Control	12–7	63.2
Esper Control	1–3	25.0
Azorius Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	4–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	2–1	66.7
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	2–2	50.0
Aggro-Combo	2–7	22.2
Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Burn	0–3	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Control	3–11	21.4
Izzet Tempo	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–6	0.0
Izzet Spells	0–5	0.0
Combo-Control	6–2	75.0
Cruel Combo-Control	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	2–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–1	50.0
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Thryx-Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	15–11	57.7
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Jund	3–1	75.0
Blink	3–2	60.0
Wave Blink	2–2	50.0
Azorius Wave	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Wave	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	1–1	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–2	50.0
Big Red	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Devotion	1–2	33.3
Angels	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Ramp	7–4	63.6
Cloudpost Ramp	7–4	63.6
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	6–3	66.7