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?

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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

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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.

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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.

Merfolk

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
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25. 13
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30. 8
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33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	2878	5194–4662	52.7	32	247	128
Merfolk	184	383–288	57.1	1	13	10

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	67–76	46.9
Mono Black Aggro	1–2	33.3
Heroic	4–2	66.7
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	0–2	0.0
Red Deck Wins	4–21	16.0
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Tokens	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Tokens	2–2	50.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	5–7	41.7
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–2	33.3
Soldiers	1–1	50.0
Chroma White	1–0	100.0
Elves	1–6	14.3
Selesnya Little Kid	1–1	50.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–2	33.3
Gruul Aggro	3–0	100.0
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	7–7	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	13–8	61.9
Affinity	1–3	25.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	11–5	68.8
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Madness	3–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	2–0	100.0
Voltron	5–3	62.5
Equipment Aggro	2–1	66.7
Hateful Auras	3–1	75.0
Knights	2–0	100.0
AggroSlide	7–15	31.8
Boros Aggro	2–0	100.0
Combo	72–39	64.9
Storm	24–13	64.9
Dimir Tendrils	0–2	0.0
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Simic Storm	0–1	0.0
Izzet Storm	23–10	69.7
Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–2	33.3
Double Dragon	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–4	0.0
Warp World	3–2	60.0
Four Color Glimpse	3–2	60.0
Hypergenesis	7–2	77.8
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–3	40.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	2–3	40.0
Myr Incubator	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	2–1	66.7
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	5–1	83.3
Reanim8 Rack	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	3–6	33.3
Oops All Spells	3–6	33.3
Oops All Lands	2–0	100.0
Polymorph	6–0	100.0
Dice Factory	0–1	0.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Ad Swanseam	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–3	25.0
Possibility Storm	2–1	66.7
Control	49–28	63.6
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	5–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	2–2	50.0
Dimir Control	4–1	80.0
Azorius Control	6–11	35.3
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Mill	4–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Blackpost	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	3–2	60.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	4–2	66.7
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Ponza	6–4	60.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	5–1	83.3
Seasons Past Control	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	2–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	35–37	48.6
Aristocrats	2–4	33.3
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Boros Bombardment	1–3	25.0
Burn	4–4	50.0
Infect	2–2	50.0
Simic Infect	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	23–22	51.1
Izzet Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	20–19	51.3
Hushnought	2–0	100.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–5	16.7
Goblin Persist	1–5	16.7
Aggro-Control	20–26	43.5
Izzet Tempo	2–6	25.0
Blue Madness	2–2	50.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
12 Pest	3–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–5	16.7
Mono Blue Tempo	2–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	4–12	25.0
Dimir Tempo	1–1	50.0
Dimir Faeries	0–1	0.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	4–0	100.0
Combo-Control	26–15	63.4
Curses	2–3	40.0
Battle of Wits	2–0	100.0
Hive Mind	2–0	100.0
Solar Flare	1–1	50.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	13–10	56.5
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	12–10	54.5
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	3–1	75.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	2–2	50.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	5–4	55.6
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Resurgent Belief	6–0	100.0
Midrange	92–63	59.4
Abzan Midrange	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Midrange	2–1	66.7
Jund	3–6	33.3
Blink	12–4	75.0
Graveyard Value	3–1	75.0
Varolz Dreadnought	2–1	66.7
Enchantments Matter	0–1	0.0
Allies	2–1	66.7
Mono White Allies	1–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	3–1	75.0
Mardu Midrange	7–2	77.8
Vampires	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–2	33.3
Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Legends	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–3	25.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	17–23	42.5
Mono Black Devotion	3–5	37.5
Dimir Midrange	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	3–3	50.0
Martyr's Grace	2–3	40.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	4–5	44.4
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Mythic Colossification	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	13–3	81.3
Mardu Hero	2–2	50.0
Naya Hero	8–1	88.9
Boros Hero	2–0	100.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	2–0	100.0
Death Cloud	2–1	66.7
Ramp	22–4	84.6
Cloudpost Ramp	14–0	100.0
Greenpost	13–0	100.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–3	25.0