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, 2 days.

The Season Kick Off is on Nov 30th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

Azorius Wave

Tournaments Only
Season 19▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	2995	5229–5424	49.1	7	125	109
Blink	238	476–379	55.7	3	11	16
Wave Blink	223	458–349	56.8	3	11	16
Azorius Wave	114	251–175	58.9	3	9	10

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	64–31	67.4
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	4–1	80.0
Mono White Heroic	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	13–4	76.5
Goblins	3–1	75.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–1	75.0
White Weenie	7–1	87.5
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–1	50.0
Elves	1–2	33.3
Werewolves	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–1	50.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	0–3	0.0
Merfolk	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	4–3	57.1
8 Whack	4–3	57.1
Artifact Aggro	5–1	83.3
Affinity	3–1	75.0
Boros Vehicles	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	5–9	35.7
Cats	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	4–0	100.0
Combo	42–42	50.0
Storm	1–3	25.0
Dragonstorm	1–2	33.3
Izzet Storm	0–1	0.0
Swath Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	4–3	57.1
Traditional Reanimator	4–3	57.1
Mono Black Reanimator	4–3	57.1
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Maniac Combo	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–4	33.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Naya Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	5–9	35.7
Anvil Colossus	3–7	30.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–2	33.3
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	1–1	50.0
Ominous Good	0–2	0.0
Soulflayer	7–0	100.0
Reanim8 Rack	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	11–14	44.0
Oops All Spells	3–5	37.5
Neoform Hermit	8–9	47.1
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	0–3	0.0
Stuffy Doll	4–0	100.0
Control	35–29	54.7
Esper Control	4–5	44.4
Dimir Control	1–2	33.3
Azorius Control	8–4	66.7
Mardu Control	2–0	100.0
Mill	0–2	0.0
Cloudpost Control	3–4	42.9
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	2–1	66.7
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	2–4	33.3
Izzet Dragons	2–4	33.3
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–2	33.3
Five Color Control	1–1	50.0
Last Stand Control	1–1	50.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Sultai Ultimatum	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	7–1	87.5
Aggro-Combo	20–14	58.8
Aristocrats	6–5	54.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	2–0	100.0
Infect	4–3	57.1
Simic Infect	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	3–2	60.0
Golgari Infect	1–0	100.0
Pummeler	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	3–2	60.0
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	2–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	18–10	64.3
Izzet Tempo	2–4	33.3
Azorius Skies	0–2	0.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	2–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–1	66.7
Izzet Spells	2–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	8–3	72.7
Combo-Control	2–6	25.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Yosei Vat	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–3	40.0
Wildfire	2–3	40.0
Thryx-Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Midrange	62–39	61.4
The Rock	4–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	7–10	41.2
Jund	1–3	25.0
Blink	2–3	40.0
Wave Blink	1–3	25.0
Azorius Wave	1–1	50.0
Abzan Wave	0–1	0.0
Bant Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	0–2	0.0
Allies	3–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	1–0	100.0
Mono White Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	4–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends	3–0	100.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	12–2	85.7
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Card Advantage White	1–0	100.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Mutate	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	0–4	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Prophet Glare	0–1	0.0
Neoform	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	4–5	44.4
Hero of Precinct One	7–4	63.6
Abzan Hero	0–1	0.0
Esper Hero	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Hero	3–2	60.0
Boros Hero	2–0	100.0
Gruul Obosh	4–0	100.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	8–4	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	6–4	60.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	3–4	42.9
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Domain	1–0	100.0