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, 6 days.

Burn

Tournaments Only
Season 23▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
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10. 28
11. 27
12. 26
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34. 4
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37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Combo	517	882–931	48.6	4	40	15
Burn	132	254–221	53.5	1	13	6

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	51–46	52.6
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	6–5	54.5
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	6–5	54.5
Red Deck Wins	11–8	57.9
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono White Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	4–5	44.4
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–1	50.0
Kithkin	0–1	0.0
Elves	11–3	78.6
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Zombies	1–1	50.0
Merfolk	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	5–10	33.3
Affinity	2–2	50.0
Salvage Titan	1–2	33.3
Tempered Steel	0–3	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	2–1	66.7
Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	2–1	66.7
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Slivers	0–4	0.0
AggroSlide	1–1	50.0
Humans	3–3	50.0
Bant Humans	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Humans	2–2	50.0
Combo	42–50	45.7
Storm	21–25	45.7
Hazoret Storm	2–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	9–17	34.6
Channel Storm	9–8	52.9
Reanimator	12–11	52.2
Recurring Nightmare	9–4	69.2
Dragon Nightmare	7–3	70.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–4	0.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–2	60.0
Dimir Reanimator	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Warp World	1–1	50.0
Four Color Glimpse	1–1	50.0
Hypergenesis	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–1	50.0
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Eggs	1–1	50.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	2–3	40.0
Hermit Gond	0–1	0.0
Oops All Spells	1–1	50.0
Protean Hulk Combo	0–2	0.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Control	47–34	58.0
Mono Black Control	1–1	50.0
Esper Control	5–3	62.5
Demonic Rising	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Control	6–4	60.0
Dimir Control	1–2	33.3
Azorius Control	10–13	43.5
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Grixis Control	2–0	100.0
Stax	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Control	2–0	100.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	3–2	60.0
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–1	50.0
Guildgate Control	4–1	80.0
Pox	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Prison	1–2	33.3
Enchantress	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Combo	18–14	56.3
Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Golgari Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Burn	5–5	50.0
Infect	4–2	66.7
Simic Infect	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	4–1	80.0
Hermit Humans	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–3	25.0
Dirty Kitty	1–3	25.0
Aggro-Control	32–31	50.8
Izzet Tempo	12–3	80.0
Blue Madness	1–3	25.0
Simic Madness	1–3	25.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	9–7	56.3
Mono Blue Faeries	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	5–8	38.5
Dimir Tempo	3–7	30.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	9–7	56.3
Curses	3–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	2–1	66.7
Mass Land Destruction	4–6	40.0
Jokulhaups Control	4–6	40.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–4	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	47–38	55.3
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	1–2	33.3
Blink	1–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	4–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	4–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	2–2	50.0
Esper Allies	0–1	0.0
Azorius Allies	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	4–6	40.0
Mono Black Devotion	0–3	0.0
Angels	0–1	0.0
Mono White Angels	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–3	25.0
Martyr's Grace	0–2	0.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	2–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	2–0	100.0
Party	2–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	3–5	37.5
Hero of Precinct One	8–6	57.1
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	3–2	60.0
Jeskai Hero	1–2	33.3
Simic Snow	7–10	41.2
Ramp	8–1	88.9
Cloudpost Ramp	6–1	85.7
Greenpost	3–1	75.0
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Defenders	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0