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.

Combo-Control

Tournaments Only
Season 24▾
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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33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Combo-Control	98	235–199	54.1	7	49
Battle of Wits	2	2–3	40.0
Shared Fate	1	2–1	66.7	0	1
Mindcrank	19	55–36	60.4	1	13
Plasma Swans	16	33–37	47.1	1	7
Mass Land Destruction	58	141–116	54.9	5	27
Jokulhaups Control	58	141–116	54.9	5	27
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	46	117–94	55.5	4	23
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1	2–2	50.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	7	12–12	50.0	0	2
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	4	10–8	55.6	1	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	42–40	51.2
Heroic	2–0	100.0
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	16–22	42.1
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Proliferate Red	1–0	100.0
Goblins	4–1	80.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	6–4	60.0
Affinity	5–2	71.4
Tempered Steel	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Voltron	1–2	33.3
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	1–1	50.0
Knights	4–3	57.1
AggroSlide	5–7	41.7
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	44–34	56.4
Storm	4–1	80.0
Izzet Storm	2–1	66.7
Song Storm	1–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	6–3	66.7
New Perspectives	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	0–2	0.0
Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Naya Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	2–2	50.0
Izzet Ascension	6–6	50.0
Breakfast	9–11	45.0
Oops All Spells	9–11	45.0
Enduring Ideal	2–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	2–1	66.7
Ad Swanseam	2–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	2–2	50.0
Restore Balance	6–4	60.0
Control	32–33	49.2
Esper Control	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	1–2	33.3
Azorius Control	9–9	50.0
Cawblade	6–7	46.2
Izzet Control	3–6	33.3
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	7–3	70.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	4–1	80.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	3–2	60.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Ponza	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	4–6	40.0
Astral Slide	4–6	40.0
Bant Control	3–1	75.0
Pox	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	4–7	36.4
Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	1–3	25.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–3	25.0
Aggro-Control	28–31	47.5
Izzet Tempo	5–10	33.3
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Wizards	9–5	64.3
Ninjas	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	8–9	47.1
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	0–1	0.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	5–3	62.5
Combo-Control	22–22	50.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	3–5	37.5
Plasma Swans	5–5	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	13–12	52.0
Jokulhaups Control	13–12	52.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	9–11	45.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Midrange	47–23	67.1
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	1–0	100.0
Allies	2–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
Vampires	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–3	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–1	50.0
Angels	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Angels	2–1	66.7
Lifegain Midrange	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Midrange	24–14	63.2
Heartless Summoning Stompy	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	3–1	75.0
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Ramp	16–9	64.0
Rofellos Ramp	4–3	57.1
Cloudpost Ramp	9–6	60.0
Greenpost	9–5	64.3