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.

Ramp

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
Ramp	93	206–178	53.6	7	39
Cloudpost Ramp	75	190–136	58.3	7	37
Golgari Post	1	1–2	33.3
Greenpost	67	179–121	59.7	7	36
Gruul Post	1	1–3	25.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	7	6–16	27.3
Historic Bloom	4	4–9	30.8

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	80–89	47.3
Heroic	11–17	39.3
Mono White Heroic	11–17	39.3
Red Deck Wins	17–19	47.2
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	4–5	44.4
White Weenie	5–3	62.5
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	1–1	50.0
Elves	2–3	40.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	5–6	45.5
Artifact Aggro	11–19	36.7
Affinity	10–18	35.7
Tempered Steel	1–1	50.0
Madness	3–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	3–0	100.0
Voltron	5–3	62.5
Hexproof	4–3	57.1
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	8–9	47.1
Cats	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Cats	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Aggro	1–3	25.0
Combo	27–22	55.1
Storm	3–4	42.9
Dimir Tendrils	3–4	42.9
Reanimator	9–11	45.0
Worldgorger Dragon	6–9	40.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Reanimator	3–1	75.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Myr Incubator	2–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Retraction Helix Combo	1–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Dredge	6–4	60.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Protean Hulk Combo	1–1	50.0
Control	23–7	76.7
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	2–0	100.0
Dimir Control	0–2	0.0
Azorius Control	6–2	75.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	0–2	0.0
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	3–0	100.0
Prison	2–0	100.0
Enchantress	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	6–9	40.0
Aristocrats	5–4	55.6
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	4–2	66.7
Burn	0–3	0.0
Infect	0–1	0.0
Simic Infect	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	1–1	50.0
Goblin Persist	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	15–17	46.9
Izzet Tempo	6–8	42.9
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–3	40.0
Izzet Spells	5–3	62.5
Dimir Tempo	2–2	50.0
Combo-Control	12–8	60.0
Curses	1–0	100.0
Shared Fate	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	3–3	50.0
Dragoncrank	1–1	50.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	3–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	3–3	50.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Midrange	36–19	65.5
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Blink	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	4–2	66.7
Mardu Midrange	3–2	60.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	10–2	83.3
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	6–6	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	2–1	66.7
Heart of Darkness	4–5	44.4
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Angels	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Angels	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Midrange	2–1	66.7
Neoform	1–0	100.0
Party	1–0	100.0
Ramp	7–7	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	4–6	40.0
Greenpost	3–5	37.5
Summer Bloom Ramp	2–0	100.0
Historic Bloom	2–0	100.0