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 2 weeks, 2 days.

Wave Blink

Tournaments Only
Season 19▾
1. All
2. 35
3. 34
4. 33
5. 32
6. 31
7. 30
8. 29
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10. 27
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12. 25
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35. 2
36. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Midrange	443	892–939	48.7	7	125
Blink	30	90–61	59.6	3	11
Wave Blink	30	90–61	59.6	3	11
Esper Wave	1	4–2	66.7	0	1
Azorius Wave	25	78–50	60.9	3	9
Bant Wave	2	3–5	37.5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	21–15	58.3
Heroic	2–0	100.0
Mono White Heroic	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	6–3	66.7
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	0–2	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–2	33.3
8 Whack	1–2	33.3
Artifact Aggro	2–0	100.0
Boros Vehicles	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	3–8	27.3
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	18–17	51.4
Storm	1–1	50.0
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Traditional Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–6	25.0
Anvil Colossus	2–5	28.6
Upheaval Colossus	0–1	0.0
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	4–1	80.0
Reanim8 Rack	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	4–6	40.0
Oops All Spells	1–3	25.0
Neoform Hermit	3–3	50.0
Stuffy Doll	2–0	100.0
Control	12–8	60.0
Esper Control	1–2	33.3
Azorius Control	4–1	80.0
Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	1–1	50.0
Izzet Dragons	1–1	50.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	2–1	66.7
Pox	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Combo	8–2	80.0
Aristocrats	4–0	100.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	1–1	50.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–1	0.0
Golgari Infect	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	5–4	55.6
Izzet Tempo	0–1	0.0
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tempo	3–1	75.0
Combo-Control	1–2	33.3
Yosei Vat	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Thryx-Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	24–11	68.6
The Rock	2–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	2–2	50.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	6–1	85.7
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	0–4	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Fires of Invention	2–1	66.7
Hero of Precinct One	3–1	75.0
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Esper Hero	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Hero	0–1	0.0
Boros Hero	1–0	100.0
Gruul Obosh	2–0	100.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	1–2	33.3
Cloudpost Ramp	1–2	33.3
Greenpost	1–2	33.3