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!

Cloudpost Ramp

Tournaments Only
Season 20▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
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12. 26
13. 25
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26. 12
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33. 5
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
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

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	131–149	46.8
Mono Black Aggro	0–2	0.0
Heroic	18–34	34.6
Mono White Heroic	18–33	35.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	12–11	52.2
Goblins	3–5	37.5
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	9–11	45.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	4–9	30.8
Soldiers	1–1	50.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Chroma White	1–0	100.0
Elves	12–16	42.9
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–1	66.7
Rogues	6–1	85.7
Zombies	3–2	60.0
Gruul Aggro	2–5	28.6
Gruul Landfall	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	2–5	28.6
Artifact Aggro	27–33	45.0
Affinity	23–29	44.2
Hush-finity	0–1	0.0
Salvage Titan	2–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Aggro	0–1	0.0
Madness	0–1	0.0
Gruul Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Slivers	4–0	100.0
Knights	2–1	66.7
AggroSlide	15–12	55.6
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	6–5	54.5
Combo	107–87	55.2
Storm	22–8	73.3
Dimir Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	7–2	77.8
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	2–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	7–1	87.5
Izzet Storm	1–1	50.0
Swath Storm	0–1	0.0
Song Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	11–15	42.3
Worldgorger Dragon	5–15	25.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	5–0	100.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	10–7	58.8
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	8–3	72.7
Jeskai Ascendancy	7–8	46.7
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	6–8	42.9
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Combo Post	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Eggs	13–18	41.9
Heartless Summoning Combo	2–0	100.0
Taking Turns	2–1	66.7
Quest for Ula's Temple	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	4–1	80.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	4–2	66.7
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	5–2	71.4
Storm Herald	2–2	50.0
Enduring Ideal	3–1	75.0
Ad Nauseam	2–11	15.4
Ad Swanseam	1–4	20.0
Control	135–43	75.8
Mono Black Control	7–0	100.0
Esper Control	12–12	50.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	33–12	73.3
Cawblade	13–8	61.9
Turbo Fog	5–0	100.0
Izzet Control	3–1	75.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	3–3	50.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	17–3	85.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	5–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	9–1	90.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Grixis Control	11–1	91.7
Cruel Control	8–1	88.9
Stax	10–3	76.9
Pollute the Planet	1–0	100.0
Birthday Stax	1–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	2–0	100.0
Runeflare	4–1	80.0
Ponza	3–5	37.5
Mono White Control	9–2	81.8
Life is Ez	7–1	87.5
Cycling Control	2–0	100.0
Astral Slide	2–0	100.0
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	1–0	100.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	47–70	40.2
Aristocrats	8–2	80.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Abzan Aristocrats	5–1	83.3
Burn	7–3	70.0
Infect	4–12	25.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	4–12	25.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–6	33.3
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–4	33.3
Izzet Blitzkrieg	7–16	30.4
Hushnought	2–8	20.0
Liquimetal Fishing	3–4	42.9
Combo Goblins	13–19	40.6
Goblin Persist	13–19	40.6
Aggro-Control	51–35	59.3
Izzet Tempo	14–14	50.0
Azorius Skies	4–0	100.0
Blue Madness	2–2	50.0
Simic Madness	2–2	50.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	9–14	39.1
Mono Blue Faeries	1–4	20.0
Izzet Spells	4–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	11–1	91.7
Dimir Faeries	2–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	41–50	45.1
Curses	3–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Shared Fate	2–0	100.0
Mindcrank	9–20	31.0
Dragoncrank	0–2	0.0
Lich's Mastery	4–0	100.0
Hive Mind	3–6	33.3
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	8–12	40.0
Mass Land Destruction	9–11	45.0
Wildfire	9–11	45.0
Thryx-Wildfire	3–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	6–11	35.3
Midrange	131–75	63.6
Temur Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
The Rock	3–2	60.0
Grenzo	1–3	25.0
Abzan Midrange	5–3	62.5
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Jund	3–1	75.0
Blink	20–12	62.5
Graveyard Value	6–10	37.5
Séance	3–2	60.0
Varolz Dreadnought	3–8	27.3
Enchantments Matter	2–0	100.0
Allies	3–3	50.0
Boros Allies	1–1	50.0
Esper Allies	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–1	50.0
Mardu Midrange	2–1	66.7
Vampires	7–2	77.8
Mono Black Vampires	5–1	83.3
Rakdos Vampires	2–1	66.7
Legends Midrange	9–3	75.0
Boros Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends	4–3	57.1
Elementals	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	13–9	59.1
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	3–3	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Devotion	2–2	50.0
Dimir Midrange	5–2	71.4
Angels	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	2–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	4–2	66.7
Sultai Midrange	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	4–1	80.0
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Mythic Colossification	1–2	33.3
Hero of Precinct One	7–3	70.0
Abzan Hero	1–0	100.0
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Esper Hero	1–2	33.3
Five Color Hero	2–0	100.0
Clerics	2–1	66.7
Simic Snow	0–1	0.0
Illness in the Ranks	0–1	0.0
Ramp	46–40	53.5
Villainous Wealth	5–1	83.3
Rofellos Ramp	4–8	33.3
Cloudpost Ramp	28–28	50.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	26–26	50.0
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	3–1	75.0
Historic Bloom	0–1	0.0
Defenders	1–0	100.0
Applejacks	2–0	100.0