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 20▾
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
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34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Ramp	509	1015–926	52.3	2	20	23
Villainous Wealth	50	63–101	38.4	0	2	2
Rofellos Ramp	100	206–158	56.6	1	6	5
Wild Pair	2	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	306	689–549	55.7	1	11	16
Locus Awakening	2	3–4	42.9
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	20	46–32	59.0
Greenpost	251	593–451	56.8	1	11	14
Gruul Post	2	0–5	0.0
Simic Post	16	31–30	50.8			2
Domain	9	12–22	35.3
Summer Bloom Ramp	9	10–18	35.7
Historic Bloom	2	3–3	50.0
Defenders	5	2–11	15.4
Applejacks	4	9–9	50.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	203–237	46.1
Mono Black Aggro	3–2	60.0
Heroic	28–52	35.0
Mono White Heroic	28–51	35.4
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	17–15	53.1
Goblins	7–7	50.0
Tokens	3–2	60.0
Mono White Tokens	3–2	60.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–1	66.7
White Weenie	20–12	62.5
Quest for the Holy Relic	9–10	47.4
Soldiers	1–1	50.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Chroma White	1–0	100.0
Elves	16–34	32.0
Werewolves	2–0	100.0
Minotaurs	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–1	66.7
Rogues	6–2	75.0
Zombies	7–5	58.3
Gruul Aggro	4–6	40.0
Gruul Landfall	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	2–6	25.0
Artifact Aggro	41–57	41.8
Affinity	34–51	40.0
Hush-finity	0–1	0.0
Salvage Titan	2–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	5–5	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	0–1	0.0
Madness	1–1	50.0
Gruul Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Slivers	5–1	83.3
Knights	2–3	40.0
AggroSlide	17–17	50.0
Cats	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	7–7	50.0
Humans	0–1	0.0
Pirates	2–0	100.0
Combo	162–138	54.0
Storm	30–11	73.2
Dimir Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	9–4	69.2
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	3–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	8–2	80.0
Izzet Storm	4–1	80.0
Swath Storm	0–1	0.0
Song Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	18–20	47.4
Worldgorger Dragon	11–18	37.9
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	6–1	85.7
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	17–14	54.8
Warp World	0–1	0.0
Actual Warp World	0–1	0.0
Zubera Tribal	3–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	2–1	66.7
Hypergenesis	10–7	58.8
Jeskai Ascendancy	8–13	38.1
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	7–11	38.9
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Naya Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Combo Post	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	4–0	100.0
Eggs	20–23	46.5
Heartless Summoning Combo	3–1	75.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	3–1	75.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	5–2	71.4
Jokulhaups Combo	0–2	0.0
Soulflayer	5–5	50.0
Breakfast	2–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	2–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	7–4	63.6
Storm Herald	3–4	42.9
Enduring Ideal	8–3	72.7
Ad Nauseam	6–19	24.0
Ad Swanseam	2–4	33.3
Control	183–84	68.5
Mono Black Control	11–0	100.0
Esper Control	17–16	51.5
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	4–0	100.0
Azorius Control	45–23	66.2
Cawblade	21–15	58.3
Turbo Fog	5–0	100.0
Izzet Control	3–1	75.0
Mardu Control	2–0	100.0
Mill	3–5	37.5
Boros Control	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	20–7	74.1
Azorius Cloudpost Control	5–2	71.4
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	11–2	84.6
Mono White Cloudpost Control	3–2	60.0
Grixis Control	14–3	82.4
Cruel Control	10–3	76.9
Stax	16–11	59.3
Pollute the Planet	2–0	100.0
Birthday Stax	1–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	3–1	75.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	4–1	80.0
Ponza	4–7	36.4
Mono White Control	13–7	65.0
Life is Ez	10–6	62.5
Cycling Control	3–1	75.0
Astral Slide	3–1	75.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	2–0	100.0
Sultai Ultimatum	2–0	100.0
Pox	2–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	3–0	100.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	66–104	38.8
Aristocrats	10–3	76.9
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Abzan Aristocrats	6–2	75.0
Burn	9–8	52.9
Infect	10–16	38.5
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	9–16	36.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	4–9	30.8
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	3–7	30.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	8–28	22.2
Hushnought	2–9	18.2
Liquimetal Fishing	8–7	53.3
Combo Goblins	15–24	38.5
Goblin Persist	15–24	38.5
Aggro-Control	76–69	52.4
Izzet Tempo	20–36	35.7
Azorius Skies	5–0	100.0
Blue Madness	4–3	57.1
Simic Madness	4–3	57.1
Wizards	2–2	50.0
Ninjas	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	15–19	44.1
Mono Blue Faeries	2–4	33.3
Izzet Spells	4–1	80.0
Dimir Tempo	14–2	87.5
Dimir Faeries	2–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	3–0	100.0
Combo-Control	67–84	44.4
Curses	3–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	3–1	75.0
Shared Fate	2–0	100.0
Mindcrank	11–35	23.9
Dragoncrank	0–2	0.0
Lich's Mastery	5–3	62.5
Hive Mind	8–8	50.0
Zur's Weirding	1–2	33.3
Solar Flare	2–1	66.7
Plasma Swans	11–15	42.3
Liliana's Contract	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	19–18	51.4
Wildfire	19–18	51.4
Thryx-Wildfire	3–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	16–18	47.1
Thopter-Sword	0–1	0.0
Dimir Thopter-Sword	0–1	0.0
Midrange	193–145	57.1
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
The Rock	4–3	57.1
Grenzo	5–5	50.0
Abzan Midrange	6–7	46.2
Selesnya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–1	50.0
Jund	3–1	75.0
Blink	32–23	58.2
Orzhov Blink	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	11–13	45.8
Séance	4–3	57.1
Varolz Dreadnought	7–10	41.2
Enchantments Matter	5–0	100.0
Allies	5–3	62.5
Boros Allies	1–1	50.0
Esper Allies	2–1	66.7
Treefolk	2–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–2	33.3
Mardu Midrange	3–1	75.0
Vampires	7–3	70.0
Mono Black Vampires	5–2	71.4
Rakdos Vampires	2–1	66.7
Legends Midrange	11–6	64.7
Boros Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends	5–6	45.5
Elementals	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	20–21	48.8
Naya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Big Red	4–5	44.4
Mono Black Midrange	12–11	52.2
Mono Black Devotion	11–11	50.0
Dimir Midrange	7–3	70.0
Angels	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	2–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	2–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	5–3	62.5
Sultai Midrange	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Midrange	4–1	80.0
Jeskai Midrange	4–1	80.0
Zur the Enchanter	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	1–3	25.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–3	25.0
Mythic Colossification	1–2	33.3
Hero of Precinct One	8–5	61.5
Abzan Hero	1–1	50.0
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Esper Hero	1–3	25.0
Five Color Hero	2–0	100.0
Clerics	3–1	75.0
Simic Snow	0–2	0.0
Illness in the Ranks	0–1	0.0
Ramp	65–65	50.0
Villainous Wealth	6–3	66.7
Rofellos Ramp	8–10	44.4
Cloudpost Ramp	40–46	46.5
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	2–1	66.7
Greenpost	36–42	46.2
Simic Post	0–2	0.0
Domain	1–1	50.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	3–1	75.0
Historic Bloom	0–1	0.0
Defenders	2–0	100.0
Applejacks	2–0	100.0