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.

Mardu Hero

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	2994	5228–5421	49.1	7	125	109
Hero of Precinct One	281	525–506	50.9	1	12	14
Mardu Hero	37	67–61	52.3			2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	10–19	34.5
Heroic	1–1	50.0
Boros Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	1–0	100.0
Goblins	2–2	50.0
Elves	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Counters	0–1	0.0
Rogues	1–1	50.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–2	33.3
8 Whack	1–2	33.3
Artifact Aggro	3–3	50.0
Affinity	1–1	50.0
Tempered Steel	1–1	50.0
Knights	0–3	0.0
AggroSlide	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	13–10	56.5
Storm	2–3	40.0
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–1	50.0
Izzet Storm	0–1	0.0
Swath Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–3	40.0
Anvil Colossus	2–1	66.7
Upheaval Colossus	0–2	0.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–2	33.3
Neoform Hermit	1–2	33.3
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Control	11–8	57.9
Esper Control	1–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	0–2	0.0
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	6–2	75.0
Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–1	66.7
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	8–2	80.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	2–0	100.0
Sultai Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	0–1	0.0
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Thryx-Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Midrange	17–18	48.6
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	0–2	0.0
Wave Blink	0–2	0.0
Abzan Wave	0–1	0.0
Bant Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	3–1	75.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–3	40.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Neoform	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–3	40.0
Abzan Hero	0–1	0.0
Mardu Hero	1–1	50.0
Esper Hero	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Ramp	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	1–0	100.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–0	100.0
Domain	1–0	100.0