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, 1 day.

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

Combo

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Combo	265	552–507	52.1	17	155
Storm	111	236–207	53.3	9	67
Dragonstorm	7	7–15	31.8	0	3
Grixis Tendrils	1	2–2	50.0	0	1
Izzet Storm	103	227–190	54.4	9	63
Swath Storm	1	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	4	9–8	52.9	0	2
Worldgorger Dragon	3	7–6	53.8	0	2
Traditional Reanimator	1	2–2	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	23	64–41	61.0	2	17
Dubious Challenge	1	0–1	0.0
Warp World	7	11–11	50.0	0	3
Temur Glimpse	1	3–2	60.0	0	1
Four Color Glimpse	6	8–9	47.1	0	2
Hypergenesis	12	13–29	31.0	0	4
Jeskai Ascendancy	13	25–24	51.0	0	7
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	13	25–24	51.0	0	7
Myr Incubator	4	7–7	50.0	0	2
Metalwork Colossus	1	1–3	25.0	0	1
Seismic Swans	1	0–2	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	4	8–9	47.1	0	3
Taking Turns	1	2–2	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1	3–2	60.0	0	1
Soulflayer	11	18–26	40.9	0	6
Reanim8 Rack	6	10–13	43.5	0	4
Breakfast	38	106–64	62.4	5	26
Oops All Spells	38	106–64	62.4	5	26
Dredge	2	0–6	0.0
Storm Herald	1	1–3	25.0
Enduring Ideal	1	0–2	0.0
Ad Nauseam	1	1–3	25.0
Intruder Alarm	6	11–12	47.8	0	3
Restore Balance	10	13–21	38.2	0	7
Possibility Storm	7	15–12	55.6	1	4

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	139–114	54.9
Mono Black Aggro	6–8	42.9
Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	39–34	53.4
Goblins	4–0	100.0
Tokens	4–3	57.1
Selesnya Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono White Tokens	1–2	33.3
White Weenie	9–19	32.1
Quest for the Holy Relic	3–5	37.5
Elves	7–10	41.2
Selesnya Little Kid	3–1	75.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	2–9	18.2
Artifact Aggro	24–14	63.2
Affinity	10–4	71.4
Tempered Steel	14–10	58.3
Madness	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	3–0	100.0
Voltron	3–1	75.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	2–1	66.7
Slivers	3–0	100.0
Knights	2–1	66.7
AggroSlide	27–12	69.2
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Humans	0–1	0.0
Combo	92–92	50.0
Storm	34–38	47.2
Dragonstorm	2–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	31–38	44.9
Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–1	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	7–12	36.8
Warp World	3–2	60.0
Temur Glimpse	1–2	33.3
Four Color Glimpse	2–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	7–1	87.5
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Myr Incubator	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	2–1	66.7
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	2–0	100.0
Soulflayer	5–3	62.5
Reanim8 Rack	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	13–22	37.1
Oops All Spells	13–22	37.1
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	2–2	50.0
Restore Balance	3–1	75.0
Possibility Storm	6–4	60.0
Control	71–64	52.6
Esper Control	6–6	50.0
Mono Blue Control	6–3	66.7
Dimir Control	4–2	66.7
Azorius Control	17–25	40.5
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Mill	2–1	66.7
Boros Control	6–2	75.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	4–5	44.4
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Ponza	3–3	50.0
Mono White Control	4–0	100.0
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	1–1	50.0
Pox	7–2	77.8
Seasons Past Control	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	0–2	0.0
Prison	5–10	33.3
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	78–118	39.8
Aristocrats	8–4	66.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Mardu Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	3–4	42.9
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	12–10	54.5
Infect	3–5	37.5
Simic Infect	2–1	66.7
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Infect	1–3	25.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	46–90	33.8
Izzet Dreadnought	2–4	33.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	44–86	33.8
Hushnought	3–5	37.5
Liquimetal Fishing	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	5–3	62.5
Goblin Persist	5–3	62.5
Aggro-Control	31–19	62.0
Izzet Tempo	1–1	50.0
Wizards	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	8–3	72.7
Mono Blue Tempo	2–1	66.7
Izzet Spells	14–11	56.0
Dimir Tempo	2–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	25–17	59.5
Curses	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	1–3	25.0
Familiars	1–3	25.0
Solar Flare	2–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	21–14	60.0
Jokulhaups Control	21–14	60.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	7–4	63.6
Jund Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	8–4	66.7
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	5–4	55.6
Midrange	107–77	58.2
The Rock	4–6	40.0
Abzan Midrange	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	13–5	72.2
Blink	1–2	33.3
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Séance	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	3–4	42.9
Allies	7–2	77.8
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Boros Allies	4–2	66.7
Esper Allies	2–0	100.0
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	0–2	0.0
Mardu Midrange	2–6	25.0
Vampires	11–2	84.6
Mono Black Vampires	10–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	6–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	21–26	44.7
Mono Black Devotion	3–4	42.9
Dimir Midrange	5–3	62.5
Angels	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Angels	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	8–5	61.5
Martyr's Grace	8–5	61.5
Orzhov Midrange	3–3	50.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	11–6	64.7
Mardu Hero	1–3	25.0
Naya Hero	10–3	76.9
Death Cloud	1–1	50.0
Ramp	9–6	60.0
Cloudpost Ramp	4–6	40.0
Greenpost	4–6	40.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0