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.

Hypergenesis

Tournaments Only
Season 25▾
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
Combo	2278	3625–3919	48.1	17	155	109
Hypergenesis	89	147–155	48.7	0	4	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	37–29	56.1
Heroic	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	8–0	100.0
Goblins	0–2	0.0
Tokens	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	2–4	33.3
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–2	33.3
Chroma White	1–0	100.0
Elves	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	0–2	0.0
Merfolk	2–7	22.2
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	4–5	44.4
Affinity	2–1	66.7
Salvage Titan	1–1	50.0
Tempered Steel	1–3	25.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	3–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	2–0	100.0
AggroSlide	6–6	50.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	28–33	45.9
Storm	7–10	41.2
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	6–9	40.0
Reanimator	0–3	0.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–3	0.0
Double Dragon	0–2	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–3	0.0
Warp World	3–1	75.0
Four Color Glimpse	2–1	66.7
Hypergenesis	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	2–1	66.7
Jokulhaups Combo	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	2–3	40.0
Reanim8 Rack	1–2	33.3
Breakfast	1–4	20.0
Oops All Spells	1–4	20.0
Polymorph	3–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	2–2	50.0
Possibility Storm	0–1	0.0
Control	13–18	41.9
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	7–7	50.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	0–2	0.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	1–1	50.0
Pox	0–1	0.0
Prison	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	7–25	21.9
Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	1–2	33.3
Infect	2–0	100.0
Simic Infect	2–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–18	10.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–17	10.5
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	0–2	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Control	7–10	41.2
Izzet Tempo	3–2	60.0
Blue Madness	2–1	66.7
Simic Madness	2–1	66.7
Ninjas	0–4	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	1–3	25.0
Combo-Control	14–6	70.0
Curses	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	2–1	66.7
Lich's Mastery	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	8–3	72.7
Jokulhaups Control	8–3	72.7
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	5–1	83.3
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	1–1	50.0
Midrange	33–29	53.2
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	8–2	80.0
Blink	2–5	28.6
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Allies	3–1	75.0
Mardu Allies	2–1	66.7
Mono White Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Vampires	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–3	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	6–9	40.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Martyr's Grace	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–3	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	6–1	85.7
Mardu Hero	4–1	80.0
Naya Hero	2–0	100.0
Ramp	8–5	61.5
Rofellos Ramp	2–1	66.7
Wild Pair	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	3–2	60.0
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	2–2	50.0
Carth Superfriends	0–1	0.0