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 6 days, 20 hours.

The Penny Dreadful 500 is on Nov 16th with free entry and $500 in prizes!

Heroic

Tournaments Only
Season 22▾
1. All
2. 35
3. 34
4. 33
5. 32
6. 31
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1222	2304–1952	54.1	9	110	52
Heroic	124	211–217	49.3	0	8	5
Mono White Heroic	48	70–78	47.3	0	4
Azorius Heroic	1	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	60	129–106	54.9	0	1	5
Boros Heroic	15	12–32	27.3	0	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	52–39	57.1
Mono Black Aggro	0–2	0.0
Heroic	6–6	50.0
Mono White Heroic	3–4	42.9
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3–2	60.0
Red Deck Wins	8–6	57.1
Goblins	2–4	33.3
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	7–4	63.6
White Weenie	3–0	100.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	3–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	10–7	58.8
Affinity	10–4	71.4
Tempered Steel	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Madness	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Jund Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Hateful Auras	1–1	50.0
Knights	1–4	20.0
AggroSlide	4–2	66.7
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Shamans	2–1	66.7
Combo	25–20	55.6
Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	0–2	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Dubious Challenge	0–1	0.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	1–1	50.0
Seismic Swans	0–2	0.0
Eggs	3–0	100.0
Taking Turns	2–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	2–3	40.0
Soulflayer	3–2	60.0
Breakfast	2–4	33.3
Oops All Spells	2–4	33.3
Dredge	3–0	100.0
Dice Factory	2–0	100.0
Storm Herald	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
GreenTwin	1–1	50.0
Calibrated Blast	2–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–1	50.0
Control	30–33	47.6
Esper Control	0–3	0.0
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	4–3	57.1
Azorius Control	5–9	35.7
Cawblade	0–5	0.0
Turbo Fog	2–3	40.0
Izzet Control	3–1	75.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	3–3	50.0
Blackpost	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	5–1	83.3
Mono White Control	1–5	16.7
Life is Ez	1–2	33.3
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	21–35	37.5
Aristocrats	5–5	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–4	33.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Burn	2–6	25.0
Infect	2–1	66.7
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–1	66.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–3	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–3	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–2	0.0
Hushnought	6–7	46.2
Liquimetal Fishing	2–2	50.0
Combo Goblins	2–7	22.2
Goblin Persist	2–7	22.2
Aggro-Control	9–14	39.1
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	2–1	66.7
Azorius Skies	1–2	33.3
Lich Aggro-Control	1–1	50.0
Wizards	0–2	0.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	0–4	0.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	24–29	45.3
Curses	2–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	3–5	37.5
Yosei Vat	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	17–21	44.7
Wildfire	4–6	40.0
Thryx-Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Jokulhaups Control	13–15	46.4
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	9–9	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–3	0.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	35–33	51.5
Abzan Midrange	2–0	100.0
Blink	5–7	41.7
Graveyard Value	1–2	33.3
Séance	0–1	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Allies	4–0	100.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Boros Allies	2–0	100.0
Mono White Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	0–2	0.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Devotion	0–2	0.0
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Martyr's Grace	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Fires of Invention	2–1	66.7
Hero of Precinct One	4–4	50.0
Esper Hero	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Hero	3–2	60.0
Coinflips	2–0	100.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Game Objects	4–2	66.7
Ramp	15–14	51.7
Rofellos Ramp	6–4	60.0
Cloudpost Ramp	8–7	53.3
Greenpost	4–5	44.4
Gruul Post	3–2	60.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Applejacks	0–1	0.0