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, 5 days.

Wildfire

Tournaments Only
Season 18▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
9. 29
10. 28
11. 27
12. 26
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37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo-Control	659	1265–1125	52.9	5	30	41
Mass Land Destruction	62	78–119	39.6
Wildfire	60	78–117	40.0
Thryx-Wildfire	19	30–38	44.1
Borderpost Wildfire	13	17–26	39.5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	18–17	51.4
Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	1–5	16.7
Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–2	33.3
White Weenie	0–2	0.0
Elves	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	7–2	77.8
Affinity	4–2	66.7
Tempered Steel	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	2–0	100.0
Cats	1–2	33.3
Mono White Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	0–2	0.0
Combo	26–17	60.5
Storm	6–1	85.7
Dimir Tendrils	2–0	100.0
Reanimator	2–7	22.2
Worldgorger Dragon	1–4	20.0
Double Dragon	1–0	100.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–4	42.9
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–3	40.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	2–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	2–0	100.0
Ominous Good	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Oops All Spells	1–1	50.0
Dredge	2–2	50.0
Dice Factory	2–1	66.7
Control	5–29	14.7
Esper Control	0–1	0.0
Demonic Rising	0–3	0.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	0–2	0.0
Azorius Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	0–3	0.0
Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	0–1	0.0
Ponza	0–2	0.0
Mono White Control	0–2	0.0
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	1–1	50.0
Pox	2–5	28.6
Aggro-Combo	1–6	14.3
Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Food	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Infect	0–1	0.0
Simic Infect	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	3–13	18.8
Izzet Tempo	0–3	0.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Temur Madness	0–1	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–5	0.0
Mono Blue Faeries	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	3–4	42.9
Mindcrank	1–0	100.0
Dragoncrank	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	0–2	0.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–1	50.0
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Thryx-Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	18–24	42.9
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Blink	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–3	25.0
Séance	0–1	0.0
Allies	2–1	66.7
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–1	50.0
Mardu Midrange	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–2	0.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–3	0.0
Mono Black Devotion	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–5	0.0
Prophet Glare	0–2	0.0
Neoform	1–0	100.0
Simic Neoform	1–0	100.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Illness in the Ranks	1–1	50.0
Ramp	4–7	36.4
Cloudpost Ramp	1–5	16.7
Greenpost	1–4	20.0
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	3–2	60.0
Historic Bloom	3–1	75.0