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 8 weeks, 3 days.

Midrange

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
14. 24
15. 23
16. 22
17. 21
18. 20
19. 19
20. 18
21. 17
22. 16
23. 15
24. 14
25. 13
26. 12
27. 11
28. 10
29. 9
30. 8
31. 7
32. 6
33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Midrange	90	136–188	42.0	4	40
The Rock	5	4–11	26.7	0	1
Golgari Citadel	3	3–6	33.3
Blink	11	8–27	22.9	0	4
Graveyard Value	8	16–15	51.6	1	5
Séance	2	5–4	55.6	1	1
Varolz Dreadnought	6	11–11	50.0	0	4
Enchantments Matter	1	0–1	0.0
Allies	5	4–9	30.8	0	1
Boros Allies	3	4–5	44.4	0	1
Esper Allies	2	0–4	0.0
Mardu Midrange	1	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Midrange	5	9–11	45.0	0	4
Big Red	3	3–7	30.0	0	1
Mono Black Midrange	6	9–12	42.9	0	1
Mono Black Devotion	6	9–12	42.9	0	1
Dimir Midrange	6	15–11	57.7	1	4
Angels	2	3–4	42.9	0	1
Orzhov Angels	2	3–4	42.9	0	1
Orzhov Midrange	2	3–5	37.5	0	1
Hero of Precinct One	18	40–37	51.9	2	10
Esper Hero	1	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Hero	17	39–34	53.4	2	10
Coinflips	2	0–6	0.0	0	2
Game Objects	5	4–10	28.6	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	30–40	42.9
Heroic	6–1	85.7
Mono White Heroic	5–1	83.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	6–18	25.0
Goblins	0–3	0.0
Tokens	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	5–9	35.7
White Weenie	1–0	100.0
Elves	0–2	0.0
Artifact Aggro	2–3	40.0
Affinity	1–3	25.0
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Jund Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	3–3	50.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	23–23	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–7	12.5
Maniac Combo	2–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Anvil Colossus	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	5–1	83.3
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	11–11	50.0
Oops All Spells	11–11	50.0
Dredge	1–2	33.3
Dice Factory	0–1	0.0
GreenTwin	1–0	100.0
Control	15–24	38.5
Esper Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	3–6	33.3
Cawblade	1–4	20.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	3–4	42.9
Chandra Nalaar	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	2–2	50.0
Cycling Control	0–8	0.0
Astral Slide	0–8	0.0
Aggro-Combo	18–29	38.3
Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	1–2	33.3
Infect	5–7	41.7
Simic Infect	5–4	55.6
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–3	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–2	60.0
Izzet Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–2	50.0
Hushnought	8–8	50.0
Combo Goblins	0–8	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–8	0.0
Aggro-Control	6–10	37.5
Izzet Tempo	1–2	33.3
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	2–3	40.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–4	0.0
Combo-Control	18–23	43.9
Mindcrank	8–7	53.3
Plasma Swans	2–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	8–16	33.3
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	7–16	30.4
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	5–13	27.8
Temur Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–3	0.0
Midrange	24–24	50.0
The Rock	1–2	33.3
Golgari Citadel	1–2	33.3
Blink	1–2	33.3
Graveyard Value	3–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	3–0	100.0
Allies	1–1	50.0
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–3	40.0
Mono Black Devotion	2–3	40.0
Dimir Midrange	2–5	28.6
Angels	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Angels	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	5–4	55.6
Esper Hero	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Hero	5–3	62.5
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Game Objects	1–0	100.0
Ramp	2–15	11.8
Cloudpost Ramp	2–15	11.8
Greenpost	0–2	0.0
Gruul Post	1–12	7.7