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.

Breakfast

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
Combo	3331	5657–5968	48.7	19	140	180
Breakfast	89	128–175	42.2	0	2	2
Oops All Spells	88	128–174	42.4	0	2	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	37–29	56.1
Mono Black Aggro	1–1	50.0
Heroic	5–3	62.5
Mono White Heroic	3–2	60.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Red Deck Wins	7–2	77.8
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono White Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–2	33.3
White Weenie	0–2	0.0
Elves	2–4	33.3
Rogues	2–0	100.0
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	7–7	50.0
Affinity	6–6	50.0
Tempered Steel	1–1	50.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	2–0	100.0
Cats	1–3	25.0
Selesnya Cats	1–3	25.0
Combo	33–32	50.8
Storm	6–5	54.5
Dimir Tendrils	3–5	37.5
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	5–9	35.7
Worldgorger Dragon	2–4	33.3
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–4	42.9
Mono Black Reanimator	2–4	33.3
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	4–1	80.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	4–1	80.0
Myr Incubator	0–1	0.0
Combo Post	0–1	0.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	0–3	0.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	3–3	50.0
Oops All Spells	3–3	50.0
Dredge	3–5	37.5
Dice Factory	2–0	100.0
Possibility Storm	0–1	0.0
Control	18–30	37.5
Esper Control	1–2	33.3
Demonic Rising	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	3–2	60.0
Azorius Control	4–4	50.0
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–2	33.3
Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	1–2	33.3
Ponza	2–2	50.0
Mono White Control	2–0	100.0
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	0–2	0.0
Pox	2–4	33.3
Aggro-Combo	2–13	13.3
Aristocrats	1–8	11.1
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Food	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–4	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Izzet Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–2	0.0
Combo Goblins	0–3	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–3	0.0
Aggro-Control	7–17	29.2
Izzet Tempo	2–4	33.3
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–7	22.2
Izzet Spells	2–3	40.0
Dimir Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	3–11	21.4
Curses	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	1–2	33.3
Dragoncrank	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	0–5	0.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–1	50.0
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Midrange	22–31	41.5
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–1	50.0
Séance	0–1	0.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	0–2	0.0
Mardu Midrange	1–4	20.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–4	50.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Devotion	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Angels	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–2	33.3
Mutate	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–7	22.2
Prophet Glare	0–2	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Neoform	0–1	0.0
Simic Neoform	0–1	0.0
Party	2–1	66.7
Ramp	6–12	33.3
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–8	27.3
Greenpost	3–8	27.3
Summer Bloom Ramp	2–3	40.0
Historic Bloom	2–2	50.0