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.

Dragon Control

Tournaments Only
Season 19▾
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
Control	2060	3456–3848	47.3	6	69	69
Dragon Control	86	131–198	39.8	1	2	1
Izzet Dragons	84	129–193	40.1	1	2	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	35–49	41.7
Mono Black Aggro	1–1	50.0
Heroic	3–7	30.0
Mono White Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	0–6	0.0
Red Deck Wins	5–9	35.7
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	0–3	0.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–3	50.0
White Weenie	2–3	40.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Elves	5–1	83.3
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
8 Whack	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	3–4	42.9
Affinity	2–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	1–4	20.0
Devastating Dreams	1–1	50.0
Madness	0–1	0.0
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Knights	0–2	0.0
AggroSlide	3–9	25.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–1	66.7
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Shamans	0–1	0.0
Combo	18–37	32.7
Storm	1–5	16.7
Dragonstorm	1–3	25.0
Izzet Storm	0–2	0.0
Swath Storm	0–2	0.0
Reanimator	3–9	25.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–9	25.0
Mono Black Reanimator	3–9	25.0
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–8	11.1
Anvil Colossus	1–7	12.5
Upheaval Colossus	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–2	33.3
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–1	50.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	5–6	45.5
Oops All Spells	4–3	57.1
Neoform Hermit	1–2	33.3
Stuffy Doll	0–1	0.0
Control	19–31	38.0
Esper Control	1–6	14.3
Dimir Control	1–5	16.7
Azorius Control	6–9	40.0
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	0–1	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–1	50.0
Izzet Dragons	1–1	50.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	2–1	66.7
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Ultimatum	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	0–3	0.0
Aggro-Combo	16–14	53.3
Aristocrats	6–4	60.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	5–3	62.5
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	0–2	0.0
Infect	3–3	50.0
Simic Infect	1–1	50.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–2	50.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Hushnought	5–4	55.6
Aggro-Control	10–11	47.6
Izzet Tempo	4–5	44.4
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–1	66.7
Dimir Tempo	2–2	50.0
Sultai Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	2–5	28.6
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–3	25.0
Wildfire	1–3	25.0
Thryx-Wildfire	0–2	0.0
Midrange	27–43	38.6
The Rock	3–2	60.0
Abzan Midrange	4–6	40.0
Blink	6–3	66.7
Wave Blink	6–3	66.7
Azorius Wave	4–2	66.7
Bant Wave	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
Mardu Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	1–1	50.0
Mardu Midrange	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–3	40.0
Big Red	0–3	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Devotion	1–2	33.3
Hellion Whip	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–3	0.0
Prophet Glare	0–1	0.0
Mythic Colossification	0–1	0.0
Party	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	2–5	28.6
Hero of Precinct One	4–4	50.0
Abzan Hero	1–1	50.0
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Esper Hero	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Hero	1–1	50.0
Gruul Obosh	0–2	0.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	4–8	33.3
Cloudpost Ramp	3–8	27.3
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	0–2	0.0
Greenpost	1–6	14.3
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Domain	1–0	100.0