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.

Cloudpost Ramp

Tournaments Only
Season 23▾
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	187	262–374	41.2	1	4	4
Cloudpost Ramp	131	199–277	41.8	1	4	3
Golgari Post	1	0–2	0.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	13	26–33	44.1
Greenpost	81	127–164	43.6	1	3	1
Gruul Post	32	41–68	37.6	0	1	2
Simic Post	1	1–4	20.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	36–65	35.6
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	4–9	30.8
Mono White Heroic	2–3	40.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–6	25.0
Red Deck Wins	2–8	20.0
Goblins	2–3	40.0
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono White Tokens	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	0–4	0.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Elves	5–9	35.7
Rogues	1–1	50.0
Zombies	3–2	60.0
Merfolk	0–2	0.0
Artifact Aggro	5–10	33.3
Affinity	3–3	50.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	0–4	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–1	66.7
Hexproof	2–1	66.7
Slivers	0–2	0.0
Knights	1–1	50.0
AggroSlide	1–3	25.0
Boros Aggro	0–2	0.0
Humans	5–6	45.5
Bant Humans	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Humans	3–0	100.0
Boros Humans	1–1	50.0
Azorius Humans	1–3	25.0
Shamans	0–1	0.0
Brushwaggs	1–0	100.0
Combo	26–63	29.2
Storm	9–44	17.0
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Hazoret Storm	1–2	33.3
High Tide	5–25	16.7
Channel Storm	3–16	15.8
Reanimator	10–7	58.8
Recurring Nightmare	8–7	53.3
Dragon Nightmare	5–4	55.6
Worldgorger Dragon	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	1–2	33.3
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	2–2	50.0
Stuffy Doll	0–1	0.0
Control	56–34	62.2
Mono Black Control	2–0	100.0
Esper Control	11–6	64.7
Mono Blue Control	3–1	75.0
Azorius Control	20–13	60.6
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–1	66.7
Stax	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	6–1	85.7
Runeflare	0–1	0.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	1–2	33.3
Life is Ez	1–2	33.3
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Pox	1–2	33.3
Seasons Past Control	1–1	50.0
Prison	2–2	50.0
Enchantress	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Combo	5–16	23.8
Aristocrats	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Burn	1–6	14.3
Infect	0–3	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–2	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	0–2	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	22–37	37.3
Izzet Tempo	1–8	11.1
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	1–2	33.3
Simic Madness	1–2	33.3
Lich Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	7–13	35.0
Izzet Spells	2–7	22.2
Dimir Tempo	2–2	50.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	1–2	33.3
Azorius Tempo	3–0	100.0
Combo-Control	9–10	47.4
Curses	1–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	3–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–9	25.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	2–9	18.2
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–7	12.5
Midrange	43–47	47.8
The Rock	1–3	25.0
Jund	0–2	0.0
Graveyard Value	0–1	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–1	50.0
Big Red	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Midrange	4–11	26.7
Mono Black Devotion	2–3	40.0
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Angels	1–0	100.0
Mono White Angels	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–2	33.3
Mythic Colossification	0–1	0.0
Party	2–1	66.7
Fires of Invention	5–3	62.5
Hero of Precinct One	8–6	57.1
Five Color Hero	4–4	50.0
Jeskai Hero	2–2	50.0
Simic Snow	6–10	37.5
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Game Objects	1–0	100.0
Ramp	2–5	28.6
Rofellos Ramp	0–2	0.0
Wild Pair	0–2	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–2	50.0
Greenpost	2–2	50.0