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!

Cloudpost Ramp

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	5–0s
Ramp	345	553–652	45.9	1	16	5
Cloudpost Ramp	155	283–307	48.0	1	12	2
Greenpost	39	68–90	43.0	0	2	1
Gruul Post	93	191–163	54.0	1	9	1
Simic Post	19	23–47	32.9	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	54–67	44.6
Mono Black Aggro	4–1	80.0
Heroic	7–8	46.7
Mono White Heroic	3–3	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3–5	37.5
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	12–7	63.2
Goblins	1–5	16.7
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–9	18.2
White Weenie	4–3	57.1
Elves	1–2	33.3
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	7–17	29.2
Affinity	6–15	28.6
Tempered Steel	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Madness	4–1	80.0
Rakdos Madness	4–0	100.0
Jund Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	2–3	40.0
Hexproof	2–3	40.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	0–2	0.0
Knights	2–4	33.3
AggroSlide	2–2	50.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Shamans	1–2	33.3
Combo	44–34	56.4
Storm	4–3	57.1
Hazoret Storm	2–0	100.0
Stormpost	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	0–2	0.0
Song Storm	1–1	50.0
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	5–3	62.5
Maniac Combo	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eggs	3–0	100.0
Taking Turns	3–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	5–6	45.5
Ominous Good	2–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	2–14	12.5
Oops All Spells	2–14	12.5
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Dredge	6–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–1	50.0
Storm Herald	2–3	40.0
Enduring Ideal	2–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	5–1	83.3
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Control	57–29	66.3
Esper Control	6–1	85.7
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	4–2	66.7
Azorius Control	12–11	52.2
Cawblade	3–3	50.0
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	4–0	100.0
Boros Control	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	2–1	66.7
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–1	50.0
Ponza	4–7	36.4
Mono White Control	3–0	100.0
Life is Ez	3–0	100.0
Cycling Control	2–0	100.0
Astral Slide	2–0	100.0
Five Color Control	3–0	100.0
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Control	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	33–61	35.1
Aristocrats	7–3	70.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	4–4	50.0
Infect	0–10	0.0
Simic Infect	0–9	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–3	25.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–5	16.7
Hushnought	5–19	20.8
Liquimetal Fishing	8–2	80.0
Combo Goblins	6–12	33.3
Goblin Persist	6–12	33.3
Aggro-Control	17–19	47.2
Izzet Tempo	4–6	40.0
Azorius Skies	2–0	100.0
Wizards	2–2	50.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–2	50.0
Dimir Tempo	4–3	57.1
Sultai Tempo	1–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	2–5	28.6
Combo-Control	20–47	29.9
Curses	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	5–15	25.0
Hive Mind	4–3	57.1
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	10–27	27.0
Wildfire	1–3	25.0
Jokulhaups Control	9–24	27.3
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	6–14	30.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–4	20.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–4	0.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
Midrange	37–36	50.7
The Rock	2–2	50.0
Golgari Citadel	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	3–9	25.0
Graveyard Value	1–4	20.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–3	25.0
Allies	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Allies	1–1	50.0
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Big Red	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Devotion	2–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	5–3	62.5
Angels	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Martyr's Grace	1–0	100.0
Adventures	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	4–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	1–2	33.3
Hero of Precinct One	5–5	50.0
Mardu Hero	0–2	0.0
Esper Hero	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Hero	5–2	71.4
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Game Objects	3–4	42.9
Ramp	21–14	60.0
Rofellos Ramp	7–5	58.3
Cloudpost Ramp	8–8	50.0
Greenpost	1–2	33.3
Gruul Post	5–4	55.6
Simic Post	1–2	33.3
Carth Superfriends	2–1	66.7
Applejacks	1–0	100.0