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 8 weeks, 3 days.

Midrange

Tournaments Only
Season 25▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
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35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Midrange	366	651–780	45.5	14	183
Temur Ascendancy	1	0–2	0.0
Prophet Ascendancy	1	0–2	0.0
The Rock	17	40–34	54.1	0	13
Abzan Midrange	5	8–11	42.1	0	1
Selesnya Midrange	3	4–5	44.4	0	2
Jund	44	57–97	37.0	0	17
Blink	10	9–22	29.0	0	2
Graveyard Value	1	3–3	50.0
Séance	1	3–3	50.0
Enchantments Matter	10	18–22	45.0	0	6
Allies	13	17–28	37.8	1	7
Orzhov Allies	1	1–2	33.3	0	1
Mardu Allies	5	7–11	38.9	0	3
Boros Allies	4	7–9	43.8	1	2
Esper Allies	2	1–5	16.7	0	1
Treefolk	1	2–2	50.0	0	1
Fake-Rack	12	17–25	40.5	0	7
Mardu Midrange	9	13–16	44.8	1	3
Vampires	17	21–42	33.3	0	9
Mono Black Vampires	11	14–30	31.8	0	7
Rakdos Midrange	14	23–32	41.8	0	6
Naya Midrange	3	6–6	50.0	0	3
Big Red	1	1–3	25.0
Mono Black Midrange	112	240–227	51.4	6	63
Mono Black Devotion	16	29–32	47.5	0	8
Dimir Midrange	7	13–16	44.8	0	5
Angels	4	3–10	23.1
Orzhov Angels	4	3–10	23.1
Toughness Matters	1	2–2	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	17	37–33	52.9	1	11
Martyr's Grace	14	33–28	54.1	1	9
Orzhov Midrange	11	19–26	42.2	0	4
Heartless Summoning Stompy	4	4–7	36.4	0	1
Hero of Precinct One	32	69–70	49.6	4	15
Mardu Hero	4	9–8	52.9	1	3
Naya Hero	28	60–62	49.2	3	12
Artifact Midrange	4	7–9	43.8	0	1
Coinflips	1	0–3	0.0	0	1
Death Cloud	5	6–16	27.3	0	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	191–187	50.5
Mono Black Aggro	9–7	56.3
Heroic	4–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	36–30	54.5
Goblins	4–2	66.7
Tokens	10–4	71.4
Selesnya Tokens	6–3	66.7
Mono White Tokens	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	23–15	60.5
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–1	66.7
Soldiers	1–2	33.3
Elves	10–14	41.7
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	15–11	57.7
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	34–42	44.7
Affinity	20–20	50.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	13–22	37.1
Madness	3–3	50.0
Rakdos Madness	3–3	50.0
Voltron	4–0	100.0
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–3	25.0
AggroSlide	28–53	34.6
Cats	4–2	66.7
Selesnya Cats	4–2	66.7
Humans	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	77–107	41.8
Storm	25–44	36.2
Dragonstorm	2–3	40.0
Izzet Storm	23–41	35.9
Reanimator	0–3	0.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–3	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	8–16	33.3
Warp World	4–0	100.0
Temur Glimpse	1–0	100.0
Four Color Glimpse	3–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	2–3	40.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	6–8	42.9
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	6–8	42.9
Myr Incubator	2–1	66.7
Metalwork Colossus	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	3–1	75.0
Soulflayer	4–2	66.7
Reanim8 Rack	3–0	100.0
Breakfast	13–22	37.1
Oops All Spells	13–22	37.1
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	1–1	50.0
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	3–3	50.0
Restore Balance	1–1	50.0
Control	68–113	37.6
Esper Control	2–10	16.7
Mono Blue Control	4–10	28.6
Dimir Control	2–5	28.6
Azorius Control	22–46	32.4
Turbo Fog	2–3	40.0
Mill	6–2	75.0
Boros Control	2–7	22.2
Grixis Control	1–5	16.7
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	7–2	77.8
Jeskai Control	1–2	33.3
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	2–1	66.7
Ponza	8–5	61.5
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	2–7	22.2
Seasons Past Control	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	3–3	50.0
Prison	2–3	40.0
Aggro-Combo	102–128	44.3
Aristocrats	4–11	26.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–8	20.0
Boros Bombardment	1–2	33.3
Burn	16–19	45.7
Infect	6–5	54.5
Simic Infect	2–3	40.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Infect	1–2	33.3
Trickbind Dreadnought	70–85	45.2
Izzet Dreadnought	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Dreadnought	67–83	44.7
Hushnought	3–4	42.9
Combo Goblins	2–3	40.0
Goblin Persist	2–3	40.0
Aggro-Control	32–48	40.0
Izzet Tempo	3–3	50.0
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	2–3	40.0
Simic Madness	2–3	40.0
Ninjas	9–12	42.9
Mono Blue Tempo	2–1	66.7
Izzet Spells	16–28	36.4
Combo-Control	21–34	38.2
Curses	2–0	100.0
Displace Loop	2–2	50.0
Familiars	2–2	50.0
Solar Flare	1–3	25.0
Plasma Swans	1–2	33.3
Mass Land Destruction	13–27	32.5
Jokulhaups Control	13–27	32.5
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–6	14.3
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	0–3	0.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	4–8	33.3
Jund Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	2–6	25.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	4–3	57.1
Resurgent Belief	2–0	100.0
Midrange	154–154	50.0
The Rock	3–7	30.0
Abzan Midrange	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jund	24–19	55.8
Blink	8–6	57.1
Graveyard Value	0–1	0.0
Séance	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Matter	5–2	71.4
Allies	5–5	50.0
Mardu Allies	2–2	50.0
Boros Allies	2–1	66.7
Esper Allies	1–1	50.0
Treefolk	2–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	6–3	66.7
Mardu Midrange	2–3	40.0
Vampires	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Vampires	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	9–5	64.3
Naya Midrange	1–3	25.0
Mono Black Midrange	42–51	45.2
Mono Black Devotion	8–4	66.7
Dimir Midrange	1–1	50.0
Angels	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Angels	2–1	66.7
Lifegain Midrange	4–7	36.4
Martyr's Grace	3–6	33.3
Orzhov Midrange	7–4	63.6
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	12–23	34.3
Mardu Hero	1–1	50.0
Naya Hero	11–22	33.3
Artifact Midrange	4–3	57.1
Death Cloud	8–2	80.0
Ramp	6–9	40.0
Cloudpost Ramp	5–6	45.5
Greenpost	5–6	45.5