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 2 weeks, 2 days.

Control

Tournaments Only
Season 2▾
1. All
2. 35
3. 34
4. 33
5. 32
6. 31
7. 30
8. 29
9. 28
10. 27
11. 26
12. 25
13. 24
14. 23
15. 22
16. 21
17. 20
18. 19
19. 18
20. 17
21. 16
22. 15
23. 14
24. 13
25. 12
26. 11
27. 10
28. 9
29. 8
30. 7
31. 6
32. 5
33. 4
34. 3
35. 2
36. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Control	100	221–190–8	53.8	6	36
Mono Black Control	7	11–12	47.8	0	2
Esper Control	3	1–5	16.7
Demonic Rising	9	25–18	58.1	0	3
Mono Blue Control	2	2–4	33.3
Dimir Control	33	81–62–2	56.6	3	11
Azorius Control	6	8–15–1	34.8	0	2
Izzet Control	2	4–4	50.0	0	1
Boros Control	2	1–5	16.7
Cloudpost Control	27	81–43–5	65.3	3	16
Azorius Cloudpost Control	26	81–42–5	65.9	3	16
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1	1–3	25.0
Jeskai Control	3	3–7	30.0	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	64–50–3	56.1
Mono Black Aggro	1–3	25.0
Heroic	12–4–1	75.0
Mono White Heroic	6–4–1	60.0
Azorius Heroic	6–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	9–17–2	34.6
Mono Red Devotion	2–2–1	50.0
Goblins	1–3	25.0
Tokens	5–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	5–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	4–5	44.4
White Weenie	12–7	63.2
Odric Keywords	6–3	66.7
Kithkin	1–2	33.3
Elves	4–3	57.1
Werewolves	2–1	66.7
Minotaurs	2–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	1–1	50.0
Affinity	1–1	50.0
Madness	2–3	40.0
Gruul Madness	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Slivers	5–1	83.3
Combo	31–20	60.8
Storm	2–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	2–0	100.0
Reanimator	15–9	62.5
Recurring Nightmare	4–2	66.7
Jund Nightmare	2–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	7–3	70.0
Traditional Reanimator	4–4	50.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–2	50.0
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	60–60	50.0
Mono Black Control	3–2	60.0
Esper Control	2–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	9–9	50.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	18–21	46.2
Azorius Control	2–3	40.0
Izzet Control	2–1	66.7
Boros Control	5–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	12–22	35.3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	12–22	35.3
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	4–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	3–1	75.0
Burn	0–1	0.0
Infect	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	12–15	44.4
Azorius Skies	1–4	20.0
Blue Madness	8–10	44.4
Simic Madness	8–10	44.4
Combo-Control	16–9	64.0
Burning Vengeance	6–2	75.0
Battle of Wits	3–1	75.0
Mass Land Destruction	5–6	45.5
Wildfire	5–6	45.5
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	19–24–3	44.2
Abzan Midrange	2–5	28.6
Jund	0–2	0.0
Graveyard Value	3–0	100.0
Allies	4–2	66.7
Orzhov Allies	4–1	80.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	5–13–3	27.8
Ramp	16–11–2	59.3
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	12–5	70.6
Eldrazipost	6–3	66.7
Greenpost	0–1	0.0
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0