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.

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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 8 weeks, 3 days.

Varolz Dreadnought

Tournaments Only
Season 21▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	1831	3258–3166–1	50.7	15	132	89
Graveyard Value	132	229–208	52.4	1	7	8
Varolz Dreadnought	97	191–143	57.2	1	7	8

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	41–26	61.2
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	2–2	50.0
Mono White Heroic	0–2	0.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	4–2	66.7
Goblins	3–2	60.0
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	2–0	100.0
Elves	2–2	50.0
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	4–4	50.0
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	3–4	42.9
Tempered Steel	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–1	50.0
Madness	5–4	55.6
Rakdos Madness	5–4	55.6
Voltron	2–1	66.7
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	2–0	100.0
AggroSlide	1–0	100.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–1	50.0
Combo	52–37	58.4
Storm	8–10	44.4
Dimir Tendrils	3–5	37.5
Dragonstorm	2–3	40.0
Simic Storm	1–2	33.3
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	16–9	64.0
Worldgorger Dragon	2–0	100.0
Double Dragon	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	14–9	60.9
Rakdos Reanimator	7–6	53.8
Mono Black Reanimator	7–3	70.0
Oriss Genesis	1–1	50.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Actual Warp World	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–3	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–3	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–2	33.3
Anvil Colossus	1–0	100.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–2	0.0
Taking Turns	1–1	50.0
Izzet Ascension	2–1	66.7
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	3–4	42.9
Oops All Spells	3–4	42.9
Oops All Lands	0–1	0.0
Dredge	4–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	0–1	0.0
Chain of Acid	6–3	66.7
GreenTwin	3–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Control	30–18	62.5
Esper Control	4–3	57.1
Demonic Rising	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	2–1	66.7
Azorius Control	3–3	50.0
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	6–1	85.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Blackpost	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Grixis Control	1–3	25.0
Stax	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	0–1	0.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	2–0	100.0
Life is Ez	2–0	100.0
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Prison	2–0	100.0
Enchantress	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	14–15	48.3
Aristocrats	2–4	33.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Boros Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	2–0	100.0
Infect	7–7	50.0
Simic Infect	4–7	36.4
Golgari Infect	1–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Liquimetal Fishing	0–2	0.0
Combo Goblins	3–1	75.0
Dirty Kitty	3–1	75.0
Aggro-Control	12–15	44.4
Simic Flash	1–2	33.3
Izzet Tempo	4–2	66.7
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–6	25.0
Mono Blue Faeries	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	2–3	40.0
Dimir Faeries	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	7–3	70.0
Curses	2–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–3	50.0
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	2–2	50.0
Midrange	30–26	53.6
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Golgari Citadel	0–1	0.0
Jund	8–2	80.0
Blink	2–10	16.7
Wave Blink	2–10	16.7
Azorius Wave	2–4	33.3
Orzhov Wave	0–1	0.0
Abzan Wave	0–2	0.0
Bant Wave	0–2	0.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–1	50.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	12–3	80.0
Mono Black Devotion	9–1	90.0
Dimir Midrange	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	2–2	50.0
Fires of Invention	1–1	50.0
Simic Snow	1–2	33.3
Artifact Midrange	0–1	0.0
Ramp	5–3	62.5
Cloudpost Ramp	3–2	60.0
Greenpost	3–1	75.0
Carth Superfriends	0–1	0.0
Jund Carth	0–1	0.0