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!

Midrange

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

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Midrange	291	616–583–1	51.4	15	132
The Rock	7	13–15	46.4	0	3
Golgari Citadel	1	2–2	50.0
Abzan Midrange	1	1–3	25.0
Jund	23	33–45–1	42.3	0	6
Blink	67	213–115	64.9	10	46
Wave Blink	67	213–115	64.9	10	46
Esper Wave	1	2–2	50.0	0	1
Azorius Wave	61	200–105	65.6	9	42
Abzan Wave	5	11–8	57.9	1	3
Graveyard Value	10	21–21	50.0	1	7
Varolz Dreadnought	9	21–19	52.5	1	7
Allies	10	19–23	45.2	0	4
Mardu Allies	1	2–3	40.0
Boros Allies	1	3–2	60.0	0	1
Esper Allies	6	9–14	39.1	0	2
Fake-Rack	16	25–35	41.7	1	5
Mardu Midrange	3	7–5	58.3	0	1
Vampires	2	3–4	42.9	0	1
Mono Black Vampires	2	3–4	42.9	0	1
Rakdos Midrange	21	52–44	54.2	1	13
Big Red	4	3–8	27.3	0	1
Mono Black Midrange	46	89–98	47.6	0	19
Mono Black Devotion	36	70–74	48.6	0	16
Dimir Midrange	12	19–29	39.6	0	5
Angels	5	4–11	26.7
Lifegain Midrange	3	3–7	30.0	0	1
Sultai Midrange	3	2–5	28.6
Orzhov Midrange	16	22–29	43.1	0	4
Ordealbreak	4	4–7	36.4	0	2
Enigmatic Incarnation	4	4–7	36.4	0	2
Fires of Invention	1	1–2	33.3
Simic Snow	31	76–62	55.1	2	13
Artifact Midrange	2	2–5	28.6

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	245–158	60.8
Mono Black Aggro	8–4	66.7
Heroic	15–9	62.5
Mono White Heroic	12–8	60.0
Boros Heroic	3–1	75.0
Red Deck Wins	59–42	58.4
Goblins	2–1	66.7
Tokens	7–4	63.6
Mono White Tokens	7–4	63.6
Mono Green Stompy	3–0	100.0
White Weenie	24–8	75.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Elves	13–3	81.3
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	22–18	55.0
Gruul Aggro	12–7	63.2
Gruul Landfall	2–3	40.0
Artifact Aggro	40–30	57.1
Salvage Titan	4–2	66.7
Tempered Steel	33–25	56.9
Mono Blue Architect	3–3	50.0
Madness	24–18	57.1
Gruul Madness	2–3	40.0
Rakdos Madness	22–15	59.5
Voltron	6–6	50.0
Hexproof	6–6	50.0
AggroSlide	6–6	50.0
Combo	100–145	40.8
Storm	33–59	35.9
Dimir Tendrils	10–25	28.6
Dragonstorm	13–26	33.3
Simic Storm	2–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	0–2	0.0
Izzet Storm	4–6	40.0
Reanimator	35–34	50.7
Traditional Reanimator	35–34	50.7
Rakdos Reanimator	23–18	56.1
Mono Black Reanimator	12–15	44.4
Grixis Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	10–25	28.6
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	10–25	28.6
Metalwork Colossus	2–2	50.0
Upheaval Colossus	2–2	50.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	2–7	22.2
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	4–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–8	11.1
Oops All Spells	1–8	11.1
Oops All Lands	2–1	66.7
Dredge	2–2	50.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Chain of Acid	3–5	37.5
GreenTwin	1–1	50.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Control	65–59–1	52.4
Mono Black Control	5–2	71.4
Esper Control	7–6	53.8
Demonic Rising	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	3–3	50.0
Azorius Control	12–13	48.0
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Izzet Control	1–2	33.3
Mill	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	4–15	21.1
Blackpost	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	3–14	17.6
Grixis Control	4–0	100.0
Stax	4–2	66.7
Jeskai Control	2–1	66.7
Dragon Control	9–5	64.3
Izzet Dragons	4–4	50.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	3–1	75.0
Seasons Past Control	4–4	50.0
Orzhov Control	0–2	0.0
Prison	2–0	100.0
Enchantress	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	36–42	46.2
Aristocrats	4–3	57.1
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Boros Bombardment	3–2	60.0
Burn	1–1	50.0
Infect	18–24	42.9
Simic Infect	12–20	37.5
Blazing Shoal Infect	4–3	57.1
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–3	40.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	1–1	50.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–2	33.3
Combo Goblins	7–8	46.7
Goblin Persist	4–3	57.1
Dirty Kitty	3–5	37.5
Aggro-Control	26–22	54.2
Simic Flash	1–3	25.0
Izzet Tempo	12–10	54.5
Ninjas	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	6–6	50.0
Dimir Tempo	4–3	57.1
Combo-Control	8–19	29.6
Curses	1–2	33.3
Zur's Weirding	1–6	14.3
Plasma Swans	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	5–10	33.3
Jokulhaups Control	5–10	33.3
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	5–8	38.5
Midrange	133–133	50.0
The Rock	4–4	50.0
Jund	10–5	66.7
Blink	20–38	34.5
Wave Blink	20–38	34.5
Azorius Wave	19–36	34.5
Abzan Wave	1–2	33.3
Graveyard Value	5–2	71.4
Varolz Dreadnought	5–2	71.4
Allies	2–3	40.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–2	33.3
Fake-Rack	9–5	64.3
Mardu Midrange	1–2	33.3
Vampires	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Midrange	15–13	53.6
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	25–20	55.6
Mono Black Devotion	17–18	48.6
Dimir Midrange	4–8	33.3
Angels	2–1	66.7
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	7–1	87.5
Ordealbreak	3–1	75.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	3–1	75.0
Simic Snow	14–27	34.1
Artifact Midrange	3–0	100.0
Ramp	3–5	37.5
Cloudpost Ramp	1–4	20.0
Greenpost	1–4	20.0
Carth Superfriends	1–1	50.0
Applejacks	1–0	100.0