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.

Big Red

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
Midrange	2995	5229–5424	49.1	7	125	109
Big Red	56	100–116	46.3	0	1	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	24–24	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	1–2	33.3
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Boros Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	11–3	78.6
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–6	0.0
White Weenie	0–5	0.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–5	0.0
Elves	3–1	75.0
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–1	50.0
8 Whack	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	1–1	50.0
Tempered Steel	0–1	0.0
Slivers	0–1	0.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	1–1	50.0
Combo	19–32	37.3
Storm	4–2	66.7
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	2–1	66.7
Izzet Storm	1–1	50.0
Swath Storm	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	6–4	60.0
Traditional Reanimator	6–4	60.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	5–3	62.5
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Zubera Tribal	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–4	42.9
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–3	25.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–4	33.3
Anvil Colossus	1–2	33.3
Upheaval Colossus	1–2	33.3
Izzet Ascension	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	0–2	0.0
Reanim8 Rack	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	1–10	9.1
Oops All Spells	1–2	33.3
Neoform Hermit	0–7	0.0
Storm Herald	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	1–1	50.0
Stuffy Doll	0–1	0.0
Control	17–22	43.6
Esper Control	1–2	33.3
Dimir Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Control	4–7	36.4
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	0–3	0.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	3–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	3–0	100.0
Ponza	2–3	40.0
Cycling Control	2–0	100.0
Astral Slide	2–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Sultai Ultimatum	0–1	0.0
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Combo	5–5	50.0
Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	1–1	50.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Golgari Infect	1–0	100.0
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	0–1	0.0
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	2–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Dirty Kitty	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	6–6	50.0
Izzet Tempo	2–2	50.0
Wizards	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–2	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	1–1	50.0
Curses	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–1	0.0
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Thryx-Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Midrange	24–23	51.1
Abzan Midrange	2–2	50.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	3–1	75.0
Wave Blink	3–1	75.0
Esper Wave	1–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Wave	0–1	0.0
Abzan Wave	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	0–3	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–3	0.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Mono White Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Legends	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	2–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Party	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	3–2	60.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–5	28.6
Abzan Hero	0–1	0.0
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Esper Hero	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Hero	1–2	33.3
Gruul Obosh	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	1–1	50.0
Ramp	4–3	57.1
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–2	50.0
Greenpost	2–2	50.0
Domain	0–1	0.0