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!

Upheaval Colossus

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
Combo	2339	4193–4003	51.2	23	123	132
Metalwork Colossus	309	672–528	56.0	7	24	22
Upheaval Colossus	79	135–144	48.4	0	1	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	19–36	34.5
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	2–6	25.0
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Goblins	0–2	0.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–1	66.7
White Weenie	1–0	100.0
Elves	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–5	0.0
Selesnya Counters	0–2	0.0
Zombies	2–1	66.7
Merfolk	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–8	11.1
8 Whack	1–8	11.1
Artifact Aggro	2–1	66.7
Affinity	2–1	66.7
Devastating Dreams	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Slivers	0–1	0.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	2–1	66.7
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–4	0.0
Combo	31–28	52.5
Storm	8–5	61.5
Dragonstorm	3–2	60.0
Stormpost	0–1	0.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–1	50.0
Izzet Storm	4–1	80.0
Swath Storm	3–1	75.0
Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Traditional Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–3	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	4–2	66.7
Anvil Colossus	3–1	75.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–1	50.0
Eggs	3–3	50.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–1	50.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	3–1	75.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	4–8	33.3
Oops All Spells	3–3	50.0
Neoform Hermit	1–5	16.7
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	2–0	100.0
Control	24–16	60.0
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	6–2	75.0
Dimir Control	2–1	66.7
Azorius Control	2–3	40.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	2–0	100.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	0–2	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–1	50.0
Sultai Ultimatum	1–1	50.0
Pox	3–3	50.0
Aggro-Combo	3–9	25.0
Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Infect	0–3	0.0
Simic Infect	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–2	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Hushnought	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Control	6–15	28.6
Izzet Tempo	1–5	16.7
Wizards	2–0	100.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	1–2	33.3
Sultai Tempo	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	2–1	66.7
Mass Land Destruction	1–1	50.0
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Thryx-Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	46–36	56.1
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	5–5	50.0
Jund	1–2	33.3
Blink	5–1	83.3
Wave Blink	4–1	80.0
Azorius Wave	2–1	66.7
Abzan Wave	2–0	100.0
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Allies	0–2	0.0
Mardu Allies	0–1	0.0
Mono White Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	0–3	0.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–6	40.0
Big Red	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Devotion	0–1	0.0
Hellion Whip	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–1	50.0
Toughness Matters	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Midrange	3–4	42.9
Mythic Colossification	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	4–4	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	10–2	83.3
Abzan Hero	2–1	66.7
Mardu Hero	2–0	100.0
Esper Hero	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Hero	2–1	66.7
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Ramp	4–3	57.1
Cloudpost Ramp	2–2	50.0
Golgari Post	2–0	100.0
Greenpost	0–2	0.0
Domain	1–0	100.0