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.

Stax

Tournaments Only
Season 26▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
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37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	883	1259–1510	45.5	3	49	33
Stax	75	123–133	48.0	0	3	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	11–23	32.4
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	0–1	0.0
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	0–6	0.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	5–1	83.3
White Weenie	0–2	0.0
Kithkin	0–1	0.0
Elves	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	0–3	0.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	1–2	33.3
Tempered Steel	1–2	33.3
AggroSlide	0–3	0.0
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–0	100.0
Pirates	0–1	0.0
Combo	26–31	45.6
Storm	8–4	66.7
Dragonstorm	2–2	50.0
Citadel Storm	3–1	75.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	2–1	66.7
Reanimator	3–3	50.0
Recurring Nightmare	3–3	50.0
Dragon Nightmare	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–4	20.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–4	20.0
Fake-Twin	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Fake-Twin	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	5–13	27.8
Oops All Spells	5–13	27.8
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Dredge	3–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–1	50.0
Protean Hulk Combo	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	1–1	50.0
Tibalt's Trickery	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	0–2	0.0
Gyruda	1–0	100.0
Control	19–13	59.4
Esper Control	3–3	50.0
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Control	1–3	25.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–1	66.7
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	2–2	50.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Dragons	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	1–1	50.0
Prison	2–0	100.0
Enchantress	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	19–15	55.9
Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	1–1	50.0
Infect	9–6	60.0
Simic Infect	8–6	57.1
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–5	37.5
Izzet Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–4	33.3
Liquimetal Fishing	2–1	66.7
Combo Goblins	4–1	80.0
Dirty Kitty	4–1	80.0
Aggro-Control	5–13	27.8
Izzet Tempo	2–6	25.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–5	0.0
Mono Blue Librarians	0–4	0.0
Dimir Tempo	2–2	50.0
Combo-Control	15–10	60.0
Battle of Wits	7–2	77.8
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	6–6	50.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	5–6	45.5
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	4–5	44.4
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Midrange	18–19	48.6
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	3–3	50.0
Blink	4–11	26.7
Wave Blink	4–11	26.7
Azorius Wave	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Wave	3–9	25.0
Abzan Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Vampires	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–2	33.3
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	10–9	52.6
Rofellos Ramp	5–6	45.5
Cloudpost Ramp	3–2	60.0
Greenpost	2–2	50.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Domain	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–1	50.0
Jund Carth	1–1	50.0