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, 6 days.

Combo

Tournaments Only
Season 19▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
9. 29
10. 28
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30. 8
31. 7
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33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Combo	344	807–682	54.2	23	123
Storm	29	50–54	48.1	1	6
Dragonstorm	18	38–34	52.8	1	4
Hazoret Storm	1	0–1	0.0
Simic Storm	1	1–2	33.3
Izzet Storm	6	11–12	47.8	0	2
Swath Storm	6	11–12	47.8	0	2
Reanimator	52	106–105	50.2	1	21
Traditional Reanimator	52	106–105	50.2	1	21
Rakdos Reanimator	1	3–3	50.0	0	1
Dimir Reanimator	1	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Reanimator	49	100–98	50.5	1	20
Oriss Genesis	4	5–6	45.5	0	1
Maniac Combo	3	1–8	11.1
Hypergenesis	3	4–10	28.6
Jeskai Ascendancy	30	68–57	54.4	2	9
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	15	32–30	51.6	1	5
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	5	16–10	61.5	0	2
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	10	20–17	54.1	1	2
Fake-Twin	4	2–11	15.4
Jeskai Fake-Twin	1	2–2	50.0
Naya Fake-Twin	2	0–6	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	55	150–105	58.8	7	24
Anvil Colossus	50	139–94	59.7	7	23
Upheaval Colossus	5	11–11	50.0	0	1
Eggs	10	24–17	58.5	0	3
Quest for Ula's Temple	2	1–5	16.7
Izzet Ascension	7	12–18	40.0	0	1
Ominous Good	1	1–2	33.3
Jokulhaups Combo	4	3–10	23.1
Soulflayer	31	98–62	61.3	3	16
Reanim8 Rack	22	81–42	65.9	3	16
Breakfast	88	245–164	59.9	9	39
Hermit Dredge	1	3–2	60.0
Oops All Spells	16	35–29	54.7	1	5
Neoform Hermit	70	207–131	61.2	8	34
Oops All Lands	1	0–3	0.0
Dredge	2	0–3	0.0
Storm Herald	8	15–19	44.1
Enduring Ideal	1	4–3	57.1	0	1
Stuffy Doll	7	16–16	50.0	0	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	237–182	56.6
Mono Black Aggro	1–3	25.0
Heroic	19–5	79.2
Mono White Heroic	6–2	75.0
Boros Heroic	13–3	81.3
Red Deck Wins	47–61	43.5
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Goblins	4–6	40.0
Tokens	12–4	75.0
Mono White Tokens	8–3	72.7
Orzhov Tokens	4–1	80.0
Mono Green Stompy	5–2	71.4
White Weenie	7–2	77.8
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–0	100.0
Elves	11–6	64.7
Selesnya Little Kid	4–3	57.1
Selesnya Counters	2–2	50.0
Rogues	2–0	100.0
Zombies	1–4	20.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	16–15	51.6
8 Whack	16–15	51.6
Artifact Aggro	21–6	77.8
Affinity	7–2	77.8
Boros Vehicles	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	9–4	69.2
Devastating Dreams	2–1	66.7
Madness	1–0	100.0
Jund Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Slivers	3–2	60.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	3–3	50.0
AggroSlide	56–54	50.9
Cats	12–4	75.0
Mono White Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	12–3	80.0
Rakdos Aggro	5–0	100.0
Combo	129–129	50.0
Storm	11–8	57.9
Dragonstorm	8–5	61.5
Izzet Storm	1–3	25.0
Swath Storm	1–3	25.0
Reanimator	17–21	44.7
Traditional Reanimator	17–21	44.7
Mono Black Reanimator	17–21	44.7
Hypergenesis	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	19–13	59.4
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	14–6	70.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–4	20.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	4–3	57.1
Fake-Twin	2–0	100.0
Naya Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	21–14	60.0
Anvil Colossus	20–14	58.8
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Eggs	4–4	50.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	4–4	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	2–0	100.0
Soulflayer	13–18	41.9
Reanim8 Rack	8–16	33.3
Breakfast	22–38	36.7
Oops All Spells	5–2	71.4
Neoform Hermit	15–36	29.4
Storm Herald	6–2	75.0
Enduring Ideal	1–1	50.0
Stuffy Doll	3–4	42.9
Control	113–87	56.5
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	13–18	41.9
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	8–4	66.7
Azorius Control	17–17	50.0
Mardu Control	1–2	33.3
Mill	4–1	80.0
Cloudpost Control	16–23	41.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	3–5	37.5
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–2	33.3
Mono White Cloudpost Control	7–6	53.8
Grixis Control	4–1	80.0
Cruel Control	2–1	66.7
Chandra Nalaar	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	2–1	66.7
Dragon Control	7–2	77.8
Izzet Dragons	7–2	77.8
Galleon Control	1–1	50.0
Runeflare	4–3	57.1
Ponza	3–0	100.0
Mono White Control	2–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	2–1	66.7
Sultai Ultimatum	1–1	50.0
Guildgate Control	2–2	50.0
Bant Control	4–4	50.0
Pox	16–4	80.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Control	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	47–56	45.6
Aristocrats	18–19	48.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	14–12	53.8
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–4	20.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	2–2	50.0
Infect	2–5	28.6
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–4	20.0
Golgari Infect	1–1	50.0
Hermit Humans	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	5–7	41.7
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Hushnought	16–19	45.7
Combo Goblins	2–3	40.0
Goblin Persist	2–3	40.0
Aggro-Control	62–53	53.9
Izzet Tempo	17–8	68.0
Azorius Skies	1–1	50.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	15–17	46.9
Dimir Tempo	13–13	50.0
Sultai Tempo	4–10	28.6
Combo-Control	4–3	57.1
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–0	100.0
Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Midrange	191–159	54.6
The Rock	5–4	55.6
Golgari Citadel	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	14–9	60.9
Jund	1–4	20.0
Blink	17–18	48.6
Wave Blink	17–18	48.6
Esper Wave	0–2	0.0
Azorius Wave	16–14	53.3
Bant Wave	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	4–2	66.7
Séance	1–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	2–2	50.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	6–5	54.5
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	9–11	45.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends	6–11	35.3
Rakdos Midrange	43–50	46.2
Big Red	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–4	33.3
Mono Black Devotion	1–3	25.0
Hellion Whip	6–3	66.7
Dimir Midrange	8–1	88.9
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	10–6	62.5
Sultai Emerge	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	5–2	71.4
Jeskai Midrange	1–2	33.3
Fires of Invention	17–6	73.9
Hero of Precinct One	21–18	53.8
Abzan Hero	3–4	42.9
Mardu Hero	2–0	100.0
Esper Hero	5–2	71.4
Orzhov Hero	7–12	36.8
Five Color Hero	1–0	100.0
Boros Hero	2–0	100.0
Gruul Obosh	5–1	83.3
Death Cloud	5–3	62.5
Ramp	24–13	64.9
Cloudpost Ramp	22–13	62.9
Golgari Post	1–1	50.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	18–12	60.0
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0