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, 5 days.

Cawblade

Tournaments Only
Season 22▾
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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33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	845	1183–1490	44.3	7	55	18
Azorius Control	216	416–337	55.2	4	13	9
Cawblade	69	145–93	60.9	2	3	4

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	31–23	57.4
Heroic	5–0	100.0
Mono White Heroic	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	2–6	25.0
Proliferate Red	0–1	0.0
Goblins	5–1	83.3
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–1	75.0
White Weenie	1–4	20.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	0–2	0.0
Elves	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	4–2	66.7
Affinity	3–1	75.0
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	3–1	75.0
Hexproof	3–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	0–4	0.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–1	50.0
Shamans	0–1	0.0
Combo	10–13	43.5
Storm	0–1	0.0
Song Storm	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–2	0.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	0–7	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–7	0.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	2–0	100.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Control	22–9	71.0
Esper Control	4–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	6–3	66.7
Cawblade	1–1	50.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	2–0	100.0
Mill	1–1	50.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Ponza	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	2–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	21–17	55.3
Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	2–0	100.0
Infect	6–4	60.0
Simic Infect	6–1	85.7
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–3	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	6–6	50.0
Liquimetal Fishing	3–1	75.0
Combo Goblins	2–4	33.3
Goblin Persist	2–4	33.3
Aggro-Control	15–3	83.3
Izzet Tempo	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tempo	2–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	10–1	90.9
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	16–9	64.0
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Pickles	1–1	50.0
Yosei Vat	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	2–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	9–7	56.3
Wildfire	1–3	25.0
Jokulhaups Control	8–4	66.7
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	6–3	66.7
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Midrange	23–15	60.5
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Golgari Citadel	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Blink	2–2	50.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	6–8	42.9
Orzhov Hero	5–7	41.7
Boros Hero	1–1	50.0
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Game Objects	1–0	100.0
Ramp	7–4	63.6
Rofellos Ramp	3–1	75.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–3	50.0
Greenpost	1–2	33.3
Gruul Post	1–1	50.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0