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 3 days, 2 hours.

Congratulations to vagstor, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 35)

Red Deck Wins

Tournaments Only
Season 18▾
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
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25. 12
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33. 4
34. 3
35. 2
36. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro	911	1982–1815	52.2	58	393
Red Deck Wins	179	411–354	53.7	11	77
Mono Red Devotion	2	2–5	28.6

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	159–133	54.5
Heroic	23–31	42.6
Mono White Heroic	23–29	44.2
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	31–31	50.0
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Goblins	1–2	33.3
Tokens	4–5	44.4
Mono White Tokens	4–4	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	10–3	76.9
White Weenie	4–3	57.1
Elves	4–5	44.4
Selesnya Little Kid	0–2	0.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	19–6	76.0
Artifact Aggro	37–21	63.8
Affinity	35–21	62.5
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Madness	0–1	0.0
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	2–7	22.2
Hexproof	2–7	22.2
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	18–12	60.0
Cats	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Cats	3–2	60.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–2	33.3
Combo	56–63	47.1
Storm	6–9	40.0
Dimir Tendrils	5–8	38.5
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	21–29	42.0
Worldgorger Dragon	8–14	36.4
Traditional Reanimator	13–15	46.4
Rakdos Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Dimir Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Reanimator	10–14	41.7
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	5–3	62.5
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–3	50.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	4–2	66.7
Izzet Ascension	2–1	66.7
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–1	0.0
Dredge	10–18	35.7
Protean Hulk Combo	4–0	100.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Control	43–37	53.8
Esper Control	1–1	50.0
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–2	33.3
Dimir Control	2–3	40.0
Azorius Control	9–13	40.9
Cawblade	1–1	50.0
Turbo Fog	1–1	50.0
Mill	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	3–3	50.0
Cycling Control	2–6	25.0
Astral Slide	2–6	25.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Pox	5–2	71.4
Four Color Counter Ghazi	7–1	87.5
Prison	2–0	100.0
Enchantress	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	17–15	53.1
Aristocrats	4–8	33.3
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–7	22.2
Burn	3–0	100.0
Infect	6–2	75.0
Simic Infect	5–1	83.3
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–4	20.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–4	20.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	33–18	64.7
Izzet Tempo	13–10	56.5
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	8–4	66.7
Izzet Spells	4–1	80.0
Dimir Tempo	5–2	71.4
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	27–17	61.4
Curses	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	2–0	100.0
Shared Fate	0–1	0.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	3–5	37.5
Dragoncrank	0–1	0.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	2–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	14–10	58.3
Solar Flare	2–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	57–54	51.4
Grenzo	2–2	50.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	2–1	66.7
Anti-Persecution	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	1–1	50.0
-1/-1 Counters	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	4–5	44.4
Mardu Midrange	10–4	71.4
Rakdos Midrange	8–13	38.1
Card Advantage White	0–2	0.0
Big Red	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	4–7	36.4
Mono Black Devotion	0–1	0.0
Heart of Darkness	3–6	33.3
Dimir Midrange	2–0	100.0
Angels	3–4	42.9
Orzhov Angels	3–4	42.9
Sultai Midrange	6–4	60.0
Orzhov Midrange	4–6	40.0
Prophet Glare	1–0	100.0
Party	1–0	100.0
Clerics	2–0	100.0
Ramp	19–17	52.8
Cloudpost Ramp	18–14	56.3
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	14–14	50.0
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0