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.

Soulflayer

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
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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
Soulflayer	113	160–200	44.4	0	6	4
Reanim8 Rack	43	67–80	45.6	0	4	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	35–32	52.2
Mono Black Aggro	3–0	100.0
Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	6–2	75.0
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	0–5	0.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Elves	1–4	20.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–1	66.7
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	1–5	16.7
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	7–6	53.8
Affinity	1–1	50.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	5–5	50.0
Madness	3–1	75.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	2–1	66.7
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	3–3	50.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–0	100.0
Humans	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Humans	0–1	0.0
Combo	26–37	41.3
Storm	7–14	33.3
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
Simic Storm	2–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	4–13	23.5
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–0	100.0
Double Dragon	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–2	33.3
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Four Color Glimpse	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	3–2	60.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–3	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Myr Incubator	0–1	0.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	2–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–2	33.3
Breakfast	3–6	33.3
Oops All Spells	3–6	33.3
Polymorph	0–2	0.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	2–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Ad Swanseam	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	1–1	50.0
Restore Balance	0–2	0.0
Possibility Storm	0–1	0.0
Control	24–31	43.6
Mono Black Control	0–2	0.0
Esper Control	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Control	2–2	50.0
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	0–7	0.0
Mill	2–2	50.0
Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	0–2	0.0
Stax	2–4	33.3
Ponza	7–2	77.8
Mono White Control	0–2	0.0
Life is Ez	0–2	0.0
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Pox	6–1	85.7
Seasons Past Control	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	19–24	44.2
Aristocrats	2–5	28.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–4	20.0
Burn	4–2	66.7
Infect	1–1	50.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–1	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	7–13	35.0
Izzet Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	7–11	38.9
Hushnought	1–2	33.3
Liquimetal Fishing	4–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	13–12	52.0
Izzet Tempo	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	2–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	3–4	42.9
Izzet Spells	4–7	36.4
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	10–9	52.6
Curses	2–1	66.7
Solar Flare	2–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	6–7	46.2
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	6–6	50.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	4–4	50.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	0–1	0.0
Midrange	30–43	41.1
The Rock	1–2	33.3
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	7–5	58.3
Blink	0–3	0.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	0–1	0.0
Mardu Midrange	2–0	100.0
Vampires	4–2	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	4–1	80.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–1	0.0
Elementals	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–12	7.7
Mono Black Devotion	0–2	0.0
Dimir Midrange	2–1	66.7
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–4	33.3
Martyr's Grace	1–4	20.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–3	25.0
Ordealbreak	0–1	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–2	33.3
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Naya Hero	0–1	0.0
Boros Hero	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	0–1	0.0
Ramp	3–12	20.0
Rofellos Ramp	1–1	50.0
Wild Pair	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–9	18.2
Greenpost	2–8	20.0
Simic Post	0–1	0.0