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 1 week, 2 days.

The Penny Dreadful 500 is on Nov 16th with free entry and $500 in prizes!

Orzhov Midrange

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

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	166	308–317	49.3	12	76
Orzhov Midrange	82	187–155	54.7	10	47

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	46–33	58.2
Heroic	3–0	100.0
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	15–9	62.5
Proliferate Red	3–0	100.0
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	1–0	100.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Elves	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	2–2	50.0
Gruul Landfall	2–2	50.0
Artifact Aggro	2–3	40.0
Affinity	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	2–2	50.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	3–2	60.0
Hateful Auras	3–2	60.0
Knights	6–4	60.0
AggroSlide	7–8	46.7
Boros Aggro	0–3	0.0
Shamans	1–2	33.3
Combo	33–16	67.3
Storm	1–0	100.0
Song Storm	1–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	2–1	66.7
Umbral Mantle	1–0	100.0
Fake-Twin	1–1	50.0
Naya Fake-Twin	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	2–2	50.0
Breakfast	14–4	77.8
Oops All Spells	14–4	77.8
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	3–0	100.0
Ad Swanseam	3–0	100.0
GreenTwin	1–1	50.0
Restore Balance	2–6	25.0
Gyruda	1–1	50.0
Control	25–22	53.2
Esper Control	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	3–2	60.0
Cawblade	2–1	66.7
Izzet Control	4–3	57.1
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	3–6	33.3
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	3–6	33.3
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	1–1	50.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	3–8	27.3
Astral Slide	3–8	27.3
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	8–5	61.5
Burn	2–4	33.3
Infect	2–1	66.7
Simic Infect	2–1	66.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	4–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	27–27	50.0
Izzet Tempo	10–9	52.6
Wizards	5–7	41.7
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–2	60.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	7–6	53.8
Combo-Control	14–24	36.8
Mindcrank	2–3	40.0
Plasma Swans	3–2	60.0
Mass Land Destruction	9–19	32.1
Jokulhaups Control	9–19	32.1
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	8–14	36.4
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–3	25.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Midrange	27–21	56.3
Allies	2–1	66.7
Azorius Allies	2–1	66.7
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	4–0	100.0
Mono Black Devotion	3–0	100.0
Hellion Whip	1–0	100.0
Angels	0–4	0.0
Orzhov Angels	0–4	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	13–13	50.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	3–1	75.0
Ramp	7–7	50.0
Rofellos Ramp	4–1	80.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–5	37.5
Greenpost	3–5	37.5