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, 6 days.

Midrange

Tournaments Only
Season 26▾
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
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26. 12
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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
Midrange	166	413–298	58.1	24	115
The Rock	2	6–3	66.7	0	2
Abzan Midrange	5	7–12	36.8	0	1
Blink	89	256–140	64.6	18	70
Wave Blink	89	256–140	64.6	18	70
Azorius Wave	18	55–27	67.1	6	17
Orzhov Wave	63	172–102	62.8	11	46
Abzan Wave	5	20–8	71.4	1	4
Graveyard Value	3	7–8	46.7	0	1
Séance	1	4–3	57.1
Varolz Dreadnought	1	1–3	25.0
Allies	7	18–18	50.0	0	3
Azorius Allies	6	15–15	50.0	0	2
Mardu Midrange	2	3–2	60.0
Rakdos Midrange	4	4–9	30.8	0	3
Big Red	1	0–3	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	6	8–12	40.0	0	3
Mono Black Devotion	3	5–7	41.7	0	2
Lifegain Midrange	19	47–34	58.0	3	14
Martyr's Grace	19	47–34	58.0	3	14
Sultai Midrange	1	1–3	25.0	0	1
Orzhov Midrange	18	46–35	56.8	3	11
Artifact Midrange	1	0–3	0.0
Death Cloud	1	0–2	0.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	87–42	67.4
Mono Black Aggro	5–3	62.5
Red Deck Wins	24–16	60.0
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	18–4	81.8
White Weenie	6–3	66.7
Elves	5–1	83.3
Zombies	3–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	2–3	40.0
Artifact Aggro	14–2	87.5
Affinity	3–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	10–2	83.3
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	7–10	41.2
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	58–54	51.8
Storm	5–2	71.4
Dragonstorm	4–2	66.7
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	5–7	41.7
Recurring Nightmare	5–7	41.7
Dragon Nightmare	5–3	62.5
Jund Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	12–20	37.5
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	12–20	37.5
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–3	25.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	2–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	4–5	44.4
Breakfast	19–14	57.6
Oops All Spells	19–14	57.6
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	2–3	40.0
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Possibility Storm	2–0	100.0
Control	43–23	65.2
Esper Control	2–1	66.7
Dimir Control	3–4	42.9
Azorius Control	7–3	70.0
Mill	2–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	0–2	0.0
Stax	2–1	66.7
Dragon Control	5–4	55.6
Izzet Dragons	2–1	66.7
Esper Dragons	2–3	40.0
Mono White Control	2–0	100.0
Cycling Control	5–1	83.3
Astral Slide	2–1	66.7
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	2–0	100.0
Pox	9–4	69.2
Orzhov Control	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	98–58	62.8
Aristocrats	11–6	64.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	10–5	66.7
Burn	3–3	50.0
Infect	9–6	60.0
Simic Infect	9–6	60.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	65–32	67.0
Izzet Dreadnought	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	61–32	65.6
Hushnought	0–2	0.0
Liquimetal Fishing	2–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	8–9	47.1
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	8–8	50.0
Aggro-Control	19–14	57.6
Izzet Tempo	6–5	54.5
Wizards	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	11–6	64.7
Mono Blue Librarians	7–5	58.3
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	5–13	27.8
Displace Loop	1–5	16.7
Familiars	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–6	33.3
Jokulhaups Control	3–6	33.3
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–4	0.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	3–1	75.0
Midrange	84–84	50.0
The Rock	3–1	75.0
Abzan Midrange	0–3	0.0
Blink	41–47	46.6
Wave Blink	41–47	46.6
Azorius Wave	5–10	33.3
Orzhov Wave	33–35	48.5
Abzan Wave	2–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–4	20.0
Séance	0–2	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Allies	4–3	57.1
Azorius Allies	4–2	66.7
Rakdos Midrange	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	11–15	42.3
Martyr's Grace	11–15	42.3
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	11–6	64.7
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	19–10	65.5
Rofellos Ramp	8–3	72.7
Cloudpost Ramp	10–7	58.8
Eldrazipost	2–0	100.0
Greenpost	7–7	50.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0