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.

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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 12 weeks, 6 days.

Lifegain Midrange

Tournaments Only
Season 25▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	2932	4763–5217	47.7	14	183	117
Lifegain Midrange	129	254–208	55.0	1	11	9
Martyr's Grace	114	236–179	56.9	1	9	9

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	62–44	58.5
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	2–1	66.7
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Red Deck Wins	21–5	80.8
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	1–2	33.3
Mono White Tokens	1–2	33.3
White Weenie	5–3	62.5
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–1	50.0
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Elves	4–3	57.1
Selesnya Little Kid	1–1	50.0
Zombies	1–1	50.0
Merfolk	3–3	50.0
Artifact Aggro	9–11	45.0
Affinity	1–5	16.7
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	7–5	58.3
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Madness	2–1	66.7
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	0–2	0.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	6–9	40.0
Cats	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Cats	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	44–47	48.4
Storm	15–10	60.0
Dimir Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Simic Storm	0–1	0.0
Izzet Storm	12–9	57.1
Song Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	3–5	37.5
Worldgorger Dragon	2–3	40.0
Double Dragon	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–6	14.3
Warp World	1–3	25.0
Temur Glimpse	1–0	100.0
Four Color Glimpse	0–3	0.0
Maniac Combo	2–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–4	42.9
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	3–4	42.9
Myr Incubator	0–2	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–1	50.0
Taking Turns	0–2	0.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	2–0	100.0
Soulflayer	4–2	66.7
Reanim8 Rack	3–0	100.0
Breakfast	2–7	22.2
Oops All Spells	2–7	22.2
Dredge	3–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	0–2	0.0
Restore Balance	3–2	60.0
Control	29–24	54.7
Esper Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Control	3–3	50.0
Dimir Control	1–2	33.3
Azorius Control	3–7	30.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Mill	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	6–0	100.0
Ponza	11–7	61.1
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	28–19	59.6
Aristocrats	5–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Mardu Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	6–1	85.7
Infect	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	14–14	50.0
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	13–12	52.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	1–2	33.3
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	14–10	58.3
Izzet Tempo	1–2	33.3
Wizards	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	7–1	87.5
Mono Blue Tempo	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Faeries	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	4–5	44.4
Combo-Control	14–12	53.8
Curses	2–1	66.7
Battle of Wits	3–0	100.0
Hive Mind	1–1	50.0
Liliana's Contract	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	7–9	43.8
Jokulhaups Control	7–9	43.8
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	2–4	33.3
Jund Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
Resurgent Belief	0–1	0.0
Midrange	58–45	56.3
The Rock	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Midrange	4–1	80.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Jund	4–5	44.4
Blink	6–4	60.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	2–1	66.7
Allies	1–1	50.0
Mardu Allies	1–0	100.0
Mono White Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	1–1	50.0
Mardu Midrange	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	13–11	54.2
Mono Black Devotion	1–1	50.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	5–5	50.0
Martyr's Grace	4–5	44.4
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–1	50.0
Mythic Colossification	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–2	50.0
Naya Hero	0–2	0.0
Boros Hero	2–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	1–1	50.0
Coinflips	0–1	0.0
Illness in the Ranks	2–1	66.7
Ramp	5–7	41.7
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–6	25.0
Greenpost	1–6	14.3