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 12 weeks, 5 days.

Mardu Hero

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
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33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	2932	4763–5217	47.7	14	183	117
Hero of Precinct One	210	325–392	45.3	4	15	5
Mardu Hero	48	78–102	43.3	1	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	11–23	32.4
Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	1–2	33.3
White Weenie	1–3	25.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–3	0.0
Elves	0–5	0.0
Merfolk	2–2	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	3–5	37.5
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	2–5	28.6
Madness	0–1	0.0
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	2–4	33.3
Combo	19–15	55.9
Storm	5–4	55.6
Dimir Tendrils	1–1	50.0
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Simic Storm	1–1	50.0
Stormpost	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Post Desire	0–1	0.0
Izzet Storm	2–1	66.7
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–0	100.0
Double Dragon	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	1–4	20.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Myr Incubator	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	2–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	2–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–2	33.3
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Possibility Storm	1–0	100.0
Control	12–13	48.0
Esper Control	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	1–6	14.3
Mill	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	2–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	2–1	66.7
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Prison	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	7–9	43.8
Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	1–1	50.0
Infect	2–2	50.0
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–2	33.3
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–4	33.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–4	20.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	4–4	50.0
Izzet Tempo	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	4–8	33.3
Curses	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	0–2	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–5	37.5
Jokulhaups Control	3–5	37.5
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Midrange	17–23	42.5
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Jund	6–4	60.0
Blink	0–2	0.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	0–2	0.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	2–6	25.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–3	40.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–0	100.0
Naya Hero	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	0–2	0.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	4–7	36.4
Cloudpost Ramp	2–3	40.0
Greenpost	2–3	40.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0