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.

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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.

Pox

Tournaments Only
Season 18▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	2648	4026–4951	44.8	6	78	89
Pox	318	566–584	49.2	0	4	14

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	112–177	38.8
Mono Black Aggro	1–3	25.0
Heroic	20–13	60.6
Mono White Heroic	7–11	38.9
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	11–2	84.6
Red Deck Wins	10–35	22.2
Mono Red Devotion	3–3	50.0
Goblins	6–2	75.0
Tokens	3–4	42.9
Selesnya Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono White Tokens	1–3	25.0
Mono Green Stompy	4–11	26.7
White Weenie	7–9	43.8
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	8–14	36.4
Selesnya Little Kid	1–5	16.7
Selesnya Counters	1–2	33.3
Rogues	4–0	100.0
Zombies	1–1	50.0
Gruul Aggro	1–2	33.3
Merfolk	5–14	26.3
Mono Red Swarm	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	23–41	35.9
Affinity	18–38	32.1
Boros Vehicles	1–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–1	50.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	8–5	61.5
Hexproof	5–2	71.4
Equipment Aggro	3–1	75.0
Hateful Auras	0–2	0.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	3–8	27.3
Cats	0–5	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–5	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–2	33.3
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	139–111	55.6
Storm	39–19	67.2
Dimir Tendrils	27–17	61.4
Dragonstorm	2–1	66.7
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	4–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	33–18	64.7
Worldgorger Dragon	7–10	41.2
Traditional Reanimator	26–8	76.5
Rakdos Reanimator	4–1	80.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	21–7	75.0
Oriss Genesis	3–6	33.3
Dubious Challenge	0–1	0.0
Warp World	2–0	100.0
Actual Warp World	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	9–6	60.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	8–4	66.7
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Myr Incubator	1–4	20.0
Combo Post	2–1	66.7
Seismic Swans	0–2	0.0
Eggs	8–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	3–0	100.0
Taking Turns	4–3	57.1
Izzet Ascension	8–6	57.1
Ominous Good	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	3–1	75.0
Soulflayer	0–3	0.0
Breakfast	4–2	66.7
Oops All Spells	4–2	66.7
Oops All Lands	1–1	50.0
Dredge	6–31	16.2
Protean Hulk Combo	2–2	50.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Possibility Storm	2–0	100.0
Control	89–66	57.4
Mono Black Control	1–2	33.3
Esper Control	6–5	54.5
Demonic Rising	0–3	0.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	4–3	57.1
Azorius Control	13–9	59.1
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	6–1	85.7
Mardu Control	1–2	33.3
Mill	7–6	53.8
Cloudpost Control	3–2	60.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	2–2	50.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	5–2	71.4
Ponza	9–7	56.3
Mono White Control	1–1	50.0
Life is Ez	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	2–2	50.0
Astral Slide	2–1	66.7
Five Color Control	9–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	8–0	100.0
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	14–14	50.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	40–26	60.6
Aristocrats	12–16	42.9
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–6	33.3
Golgari Aristocrats	0–4	0.0
Food	4–1	80.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	5–4	55.6
Burn	7–0	100.0
Infect	8–2	80.0
Simic Infect	4–2	66.7
Golgari Infect	1–0	100.0
Pummeler	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	5–2	71.4
Izzet Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–2	50.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	4–0	100.0
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	2–1	66.7
Combo Goblins	1–5	16.7
Goblin Persist	1–5	16.7
Aggro-Control	36–53	40.4
Izzet Tempo	11–15	42.3
Azorius Skies	3–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	2–3	40.0
Wizards	2–2	50.0
Ninjas	1–4	20.0
Mono Blue Tempo	10–18	35.7
Izzet Spells	1–4	20.0
Dimir Tempo	4–3	57.1
Azorius Tempo	2–1	66.7
Combo-Control	26–26	50.0
Curses	2–2	50.0
Burning Vengeance	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	4–4	50.0
Shared Fate	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	5–3	62.5
Dragoncrank	0–1	0.0
Yosei Vat	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	8–12	40.0
Solar Flare	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	5–2	71.4
Wildfire	5–2	71.4
Thryx-Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Midrange	89–95	48.4
The Rock	1–4	20.0
Grenzo	0–2	0.0
Abzan Midrange	4–7	36.4
Jund	2–2	50.0
Blink	2–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	4–2	66.7
Varolz Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Allies	0–3	0.0
Orzhov Allies	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	2–6	25.0
Mardu Midrange	13–6	68.4
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	9–10	47.4
Naya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Big Red	0–6	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	11–14	44.0
Mono Black Devotion	3–4	42.9
Heart of Darkness	3–6	33.3
Dimir Midrange	4–7	36.4
Toughness Matters	2–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mutate	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Midrange	7–10	41.2
Prophet Glare	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	0–1	0.0
Neoform	6–2	75.0
Sultai Neoform	2–1	66.7
Simic Neoform	0–1	0.0
Party	2–0	100.0
Clerics	2–0	100.0
Death Cloud	4–1	80.0
Ramp	35–30	53.8
Cloudpost Ramp	23–27	46.0
Greenpost	21–23	47.7
Gruul Post	0–2	0.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	7–3	70.0
Historic Bloom	5–1	83.3