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.

Cats

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
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	4106	8143–7094	53.4	58	393	203
Cats	97	217–156	58.2	0	2	7
Mono White Cats	3	10–5	66.7
Selesnya Cats	94	207–151	57.8	0	2	7

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	48–43	52.7
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	3–3	50.0
Mono White Heroic	2–3	40.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	7–5	58.3
Proliferate Red	1–0	100.0
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	5–3	62.5
Selesnya Tokens	3–1	75.0
Mono White Tokens	2–2	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	1–1	50.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	1–4	20.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Counters	2–0	100.0
Rogues	2–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–4	20.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	13–15	46.4
Affinity	7–14	33.3
Tempered Steel	4–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	2–1	66.7
Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	3–1	75.0
Hexproof	3–0	100.0
AggroSlide	2–3	40.0
Cats	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Cats	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–1	66.7
Combo	39–32	54.9
Storm	6–9	40.0
Sultai Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	3–8	27.3
Reanimator	4–6	40.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	4–5	44.4
Rakdos Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	3–4	42.9
Oriss Genesis	1–2	33.3
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Myr Incubator	1–1	50.0
Combo Post	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	3–2	60.0
Izzet Ascension	4–3	57.1
Jokulhaups Combo	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	3–1	75.0
Oops All Spells	3–1	75.0
Dredge	8–5	61.5
Protean Hulk Combo	0–1	0.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Possibility Storm	2–0	100.0
Control	47–16	74.6
Esper Control	2–2	50.0
Demonic Rising	3–1	75.0
Dimir Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	7–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	6–1	85.7
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	0–3	0.0
Cruel Control	0–2	0.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	7–3	70.0
Mono White Control	2–0	100.0
Life is Ez	2–0	100.0
Cycling Control	2–1	66.7
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Five Color Control	7–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	3–0	100.0
Shrines	4–0	100.0
Pox	5–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	16–9	64.0
Aristocrats	4–4	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Food	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Burn	4–2	66.7
Infect	5–2	71.4
Simic Infect	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Infect	1–0	100.0
Pummeler	1–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	22–11	66.7
Izzet Tempo	8–1	88.9
Azorius Skies	1–1	50.0
Blue Madness	2–1	66.7
Temur Madness	2–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	0–2	0.0
Wizards	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	6–1	85.7
Izzet Spells	4–1	80.0
Dimir Tempo	1–2	33.3
Combo-Control	4–8	33.3
Battle of Wits	0–2	0.0
Mindcrank	1–2	33.3
Dragoncrank	1–1	50.0
Zur's Weirding	1–3	25.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–1	66.7
Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Thryx-Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Midrange	27–25	51.9
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Blink	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Blink	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	0–1	0.0
Séance	0–1	0.0
Allies	1–2	33.3
Esper Allies	0–1	0.0
BRGW Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	0–1	0.0
Mardu Midrange	6–6	50.0
Vampires	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–3	40.0
Big Red	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Devotion	2–1	66.7
Dimir Midrange	4–1	80.0
Mutate	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Prophet Glare	1–2	33.3
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Neoform	0–1	0.0
Simic Neoform	0–1	0.0
Party	1–0	100.0
Ramp	14–12	53.8
Cloudpost Ramp	9–6	60.0
Greenpost	7–5	58.3
Gruul Post	1–1	50.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	3–5	37.5
Historic Bloom	1–3	25.0
Applejacks	1–0	100.0