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.

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

Mono Black Devotion

Tournaments Only
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	2933	4763–5218	47.7	14	183	117
Mono Black Midrange	632	1255–1119	52.9	6	63	38
Mono Black Devotion	70	115–126	47.7	0	8	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	30–31	49.2
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	6–5	54.5
Tokens	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	3–2	60.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–1	50.0
Elves	1–3	25.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–1	50.0
Merfolk	5–3	62.5
Artifact Aggro	4–7	36.4
Affinity	2–2	50.0
Tempered Steel	2–5	28.6
Madness	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Madness	0–2	0.0
Voltron	1–3	25.0
Hateful Auras	1–3	25.0
AggroSlide	4–4	50.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	22–21	51.2
Storm	3–6	33.3
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	2–6	25.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–3	40.0
Warp World	1–2	33.3
Four Color Glimpse	1–2	33.3
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	4–3	57.1
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	3–2	60.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	2–0	100.0
Taking Turns	3–3	50.0
Soulflayer	2–0	100.0
Reanim8 Rack	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Oops All Spells	1–1	50.0
Polymorph	2–0	100.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Control	6–13	31.6
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	0–2	0.0
Azorius Control	1–4	20.0
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	1–1	50.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	2–2	50.0
Pox	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	15–10	60.0
Burn	2–3	40.0
Infect	3–0	100.0
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	7–7	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	7–7	50.0
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	2–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	9–8	52.9
Blue Madness	3–0	100.0
Simic Madness	2–0	100.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	4–2	66.7
Izzet Spells	0–5	0.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	10–7	58.8
Curses	1–1	50.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	6–4	60.0
Jokulhaups Control	6–4	60.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Temur Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	1–1	50.0
Midrange	20–33	37.7
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jund	3–1	75.0
Blink	5–8	38.5
Graveyard Value	0–2	0.0
Séance	0–2	0.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
Mono White Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–4	42.9
Hellion Whip	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Martyr's Grace	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–5	16.7
Naya Hero	1–5	16.7
Artifact Midrange	0–2	0.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	3–3	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–2	60.0
Greenpost	2–2	50.0