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.

Ramp

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
Ramp	40	83–84	49.7	0	14
Cloudpost Ramp	37	81–77	51.3	0	14
Golgari Post	3	7–9	43.8	0	1
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	29	69–59	53.9	0	13
Gruul Post	2	5–5	50.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	21–19	52.5
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	5–2	71.4
Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono White Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
Elves	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	3–1	75.0
8 Whack	3–1	75.0
Artifact Aggro	1–0	100.0
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	6–13	31.6
Cats	1–1	50.0
Mono White Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Combo	13–24	35.1
Storm	4–2	66.7
Dragonstorm	2–2	50.0
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Swath Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–3	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Fake-Twin	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Fake-Twin	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	3–1	75.0
Anvil Colossus	3–1	75.0
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	2–6	25.0
Reanim8 Rack	2–5	28.6
Breakfast	1–5	16.7
Hermit Dredge	1–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	0–1	0.0
Neoform Hermit	0–4	0.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	0–1	0.0
Control	19–11	63.3
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	0–2	0.0
Azorius Control	0–2	0.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	5–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	4–0	100.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Galleon Control	3–1	75.0
Guildgate Control	2–0	100.0
Bant Control	0–2	0.0
Pox	2–3	40.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	5–6	45.5
Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Infect	2–2	50.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–0	100.0
Golgari Infect	0–2	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Hushnought	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Control	4–4	50.0
Izzet Tempo	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–2	50.0
Dimir Tempo	2–0	100.0
Sultai Tempo	0–1	0.0
Midrange	17–16	51.5
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Blink	2–1	66.7
Wave Blink	2–1	66.7
Azorius Wave	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
Vampires	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–1	50.0
Legends Midrange	0–3	0.0
Selesnya Legends	0–3	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–6	25.0
Hellion Whip	1–1	50.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–1	66.7
Hero of Precinct One	3–0	100.0
Abzan Hero	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Hero	2–0	100.0
Ramp	4–4	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–4	42.9
Golgari Post	1–1	50.0
Greenpost	2–3	40.0