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, 6 days.

Stax

Tournaments Only
Season 19▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	2060	3456–3848	47.3	6	69	69
Stax	48	72–88	45.0	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	17–25	40.5
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	3–0	100.0
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	2–5	28.6
Mono Green Stompy	2–1	66.7
Elves	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–1	50.0
Zombies	3–2	60.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–1	50.0
8 Whack	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	1–4	20.0
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	0–2	0.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Jund Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	0–5	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–1	50.0
Combo	15–17	46.9
Storm	2–2	50.0
Dragonstorm	1–2	33.3
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	3–3	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–3	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	3–3	50.0
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Fake-Twin	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Fake-Twin	0–1	0.0
Naya Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–3	0.0
Anvil Colossus	0–2	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eggs	3–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–4	20.0
Oops All Spells	0–1	0.0
Neoform Hermit	1–3	25.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Control	14–9	60.9
Esper Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Control	2–2	50.0
Cloudpost Control	5–0	100.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	2–0	100.0
Sultai Control	0–2	0.0
Sultai Ultimatum	0–2	0.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	2–3	40.0
Aggro-Combo	3–9	25.0
Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–3	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	0–1	0.0
Infect	0–3	0.0
Simic Infect	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–2	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Hushnought	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	5–5	50.0
Izzet Tempo	2–2	50.0
Azorius Skies	0–2	0.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–1	0.0
Midrange	14–17	45.2
The Rock	3–1	75.0
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–2	33.3
Blink	0–2	0.0
Wave Blink	0–2	0.0
Azorius Wave	0–1	0.0
Abzan Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–2	0.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	2–1	66.7
Sultai Midrange	1–2	33.3
Fires of Invention	3–1	75.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–2	33.3
Abzan Hero	1–0	100.0
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Esper Hero	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	4–6	40.0
Cloudpost Ramp	1–6	14.3
Greenpost	1–5	16.7
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–0	100.0
Historic Bloom	1–0	100.0