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, 5 days.

Control

Tournaments Only
Season 2▾
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
Control	178	286–237–8	54.7	6	36	1
Mono Black Control	13	15–13	53.6	0	2
Esper Control	4	1–5	16.7
Demonic Rising	11	28–20	58.3	0	3
Mono Blue Control	7	7–5	58.3
Dimir Control	53	110–81–2	57.6	3	11
Azorius Control	10	11–18–1	37.9	0	2
Izzet Control	5	4–6	40.0	0	1
Mill	2
Boros Control	4	5–6	45.5
Cloudpost Control	45	93–52–5	64.1	3	16	1
Azorius Cloudpost Control	36	88–51–5	63.3	3	16
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	2	1–3	25.0
Stax	3	5–2	71.4
Jeskai Control	3	3–7	30.0	0	1
Ponza	2
Mono White Control	1
Guildgate Control	1	0–1	0.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	80–68–3	54.1
Mono Black Aggro	1–3	25.0
Heroic	14–7–1	66.7
Mono White Heroic	7–6–1	53.8
Azorius Heroic	6–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	9–19–2	32.1
Mono Red Devotion	2–2–1	50.0
Goblins	1–3	25.0
Tokens	6–1	85.7
Selesnya Tokens	5–1	83.3
Mono Green Stompy	4–7	36.4
White Weenie	12–9	57.1
Odric Keywords	6–5	54.5
Kithkin	1–2	33.3
Elves	9–6	60.0
Werewolves	2–1	66.7
Minotaurs	2–0	100.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	1–1	50.0
Affinity	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	0–1	0.0
Madness	6–3	66.7
Gruul Madness	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Madness	4–1	80.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Slivers	6–1	85.7
Combo	46–26	63.9
Storm	4–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	4–0	100.0
Reanimator	24–13	64.9
Recurring Nightmare	6–3	66.7
Jund Nightmare	2–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	12–6	66.7
Traditional Reanimator	6–4	60.0
Dimir Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Necrotic Ooze Combo	5–3	62.5
Breakfast	1–4	20.0
Cephalid Breakfast	1–4	20.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1–4	20.0
Stuffy Doll	3–0	100.0
Control	71–71	50.0
Mono Black Control	3–4	42.9
Esper Control	2–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	10–9	52.6
Mono Blue Control	0–2	0.0
Dimir Control	23–24	48.9
Azorius Control	3–4	42.9
Izzet Control	2–1	66.7
Boros Control	5–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	13–23	36.1
Azorius Cloudpost Control	13–22	37.1
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	1–3	25.0
Jeskai Control	4–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	6–1	85.7
Burn	0–1	0.0
Infect	5–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	18–17	51.4
Izzet Tempo	2–0	100.0
Azorius Skies	2–4	33.3
Blue Madness	9–12	42.9
Simic Madness	9–11	45.0
Grixis Madness	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	20–11	64.5
Burning Vengeance	6–3	66.7
Battle of Wits	5–1	83.3
Mass Land Destruction	7–7	50.0
Wildfire	7–7	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Midrange	27–27–3	50.0
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	3–5	37.5
Jund	1–3	25.0
Blink	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	3–1	75.0
Allies	5–2	71.4
Orzhov Allies	5–1	83.3
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	5–13–3	27.8
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Sultai Emerge	0–1	0.0
Ramp	18–16–2	52.9
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	14–10	58.3
Eldrazipost	6–3	66.7
Greenpost	2–4	33.3
Gruul Post	1–1	50.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0