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.

Affinity

Tournaments Only
Season 23▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	2032	3830–3391	53.0	22	197	110
Artifact Aggro	299	565–482	54.0	1	10	17
Affinity	108	168–178	48.6			7

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	33–53	38.4
Mono Black Aggro	0–2	0.0
Heroic	2–7	22.2
Azorius Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–6	25.0
Red Deck Wins	2–9	18.2
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Tokens	3–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	2–0	100.0
White Weenie	1–5	16.7
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Elves	0–7	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	3–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	12–9	57.1
Affinity	6–6	50.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Architect	2–1	66.7
Madness	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Madness	2–1	66.7
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Slivers	1–1	50.0
Knights	0–2	0.0
AggroSlide	1–1	50.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	2–0	100.0
Humans	2–6	25.0
Jeskai Humans	0–1	0.0
Azorius Humans	2–5	28.6
Combo	28–35	44.4
Storm	8–22	26.7
Hazoret Storm	0–1	0.0
High Tide	4–14	22.2
Channel Storm	3–7	30.0
Reanimator	4–3	57.1
Recurring Nightmare	3–2	60.0
Dragon Nightmare	3–2	60.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Warp World	5–2	71.4
Four Color Glimpse	5–2	71.4
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Ominous Good	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	2–1	66.7
Dredge	1–2	33.3
Dice Factory	1–1	50.0
Restore Balance	3–0	100.0
Control	35–29	54.7
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	7–5	58.3
Demonic Rising	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	3–0	100.0
Azorius Control	4–9	30.8
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	0–2	0.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–1	66.7
Stax	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	2–1	66.7
Mono White Control	1–5	16.7
Life is Ez	0–4	0.0
Guildgate Control	2–0	100.0
Pox	3–1	75.0
Seasons Past Control	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	0–2	0.0
Enchantress	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Combo	17–10	63.0
Aristocrats	4–3	57.1
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	2–2	50.0
Infect	4–2	66.7
Blazing Shoal Infect	4–2	66.7
Hermit Humans	2–1	66.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–1	66.7
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	20–12	62.5
Izzet Tempo	4–6	40.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	2–0	100.0
Ninjas	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	6–3	66.7
Mono Blue Faeries	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	2–1	66.7
Dimir Tempo	1–1	50.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	6–3	66.7
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–3	57.1
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	3–3	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	3–0	100.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–3	0.0
Midrange	23–32	41.8
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Jund	1–1	50.0
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–2	33.3
Varolz Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–3	50.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–7	0.0
Mono Black Devotion	0–4	0.0
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–2	0.0
Martyr's Grace	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Party	1–1	50.0
Fires of Invention	8–2	80.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–1	50.0
Simic Snow	1–6	14.3
Ramp	6–4	60.0
Rofellos Ramp	2–0	100.0
Wild Pair	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–3	50.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	0–2	0.0
Greenpost	2–1	66.7
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0