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 2 days, 20 hours.

Congratulations to thewatchwander, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 34)

Red Deck Wins

Tournaments Only
Season 27▾
1. All
2. 34
3. 33
4. 32
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1324	2147–2252	48.8	19	158	43
Red Deck Wins	378	721–600	54.6	7	69	14
Mono Red Devotion	2	3–3	50.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	162–134	54.7
Mono Black Aggro	1–1	50.0
Heroic	5–5	50.0
Mono White Heroic	4–4	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	51–51	50.0
Mono Red Devotion	2–0	100.0
Goblins	14–7	66.7
Mono Green Stompy	2–0	100.0
White Weenie	7–13	35.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–1	50.0
Soldiers	3–7	30.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	30–20	60.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–2	33.3
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	2–4	33.3
Merfolk	1–4	20.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–2	50.0
Artifact Aggro	32–15	68.1
Affinity	20–6	76.9
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	12–8	60.0
Madness	2–3	40.0
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	2–2	50.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	0–1	0.0
Knights	1–2	33.3
Cats	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–1	66.7
Boros Aggro	3–1	75.0
Humans	3–0	100.0
Combo	114–138	45.2
Storm	23–12	65.7
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	12–10	54.5
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	6–1	85.7
Reanimator	27–63	30.0
Recurring Nightmare	1–4	20.0
Dragon Nightmare	1–2	33.3
Worldgorger Dragon	1–2	33.3
Starlit Graves	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	25–56	30.9
Rakdos Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Dimir Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	23–54	29.9
Necrotic Ooze Combo	5–20	20.0
Warp World	10–4	71.4
Temur Glimpse	6–3	66.7
Four Color Glimpse	4–1	80.0
Hypergenesis	7–6	53.8
Jeskai Ascendancy	6–6	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	6–6	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Anvil Colossus	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	4–2	66.7
Izzet Ascension	10–7	58.8
Jokulhaups Combo	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	3–5	37.5
Oops All Spells	3–5	37.5
Dredge	1–2	33.3
Protean Hulk Combo	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	1–1	50.0
GreenTwin	7–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–1	50.0
Belcher	5–9	35.7
Endless Belch	1–2	33.3
Control	95–106	47.3
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	13–12	52.0
Mono Blue Control	2–6	25.0
Dimir Control	4–3	57.1
Azorius Control	23–32	41.8
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	2–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	8–1	88.9
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	4–1	80.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	4–2	66.7
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	2–3	40.0
Izzet Dragons	0–2	0.0
Dimir Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	7–1	87.5
Mono White Control	4–13	23.5
Life is Ez	2–1	66.7
Cycling Control	2–3	40.0
Astral Slide	2–3	40.0
Five Color Control	7–6	53.8
Last Stand Control	7–4	63.6
Sultai Control	2–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	4–1	80.0
Orzhov Control	4–11	26.7
Prison	1–10	9.1
Enchantress	1–10	9.1
Aggro-Combo	81–64	55.9
Aristocrats	15–5	75.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Boros Bombardment	6–5	54.5
Burn	2–1	66.7
Infect	14–3	82.4
Simic Infect	6–2	75.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	8–1	88.9
Trickbind Dreadnought	26–36	41.9
Mono Blue Dreadnought	20–35	36.4
Izzet Blitzkrieg	5–4	55.6
Hushnought	11–14	44.0
Combo Goblins	6–1	85.7
Goblin Persist	1–1	50.0
Dirty Kitty	5–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	27–16	62.8
Izzet Tempo	8–1	88.9
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	4–2	66.7
Mono Blue Tempo	6–2	75.0
Mono Blue Faeries	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Librarians	1–2	33.3
Izzet Spells	3–5	37.5
Dimir Tempo	2–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	3–6	33.3
Combo-Control	61–27	69.3
Curses	1–1	50.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	10–2	83.3
Mindcrank	6–2	75.0
Hive Mind	3–1	75.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	36–19	65.5
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	36–18	66.7
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	7–4	63.6
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	13–6	68.4
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	11–5	68.8
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	3–2	60.0
Resurgent Belief	4–1	80.0
Midrange	115–95	54.8
The Rock	3–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	6–5	54.5
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	2–3	40.0
Blink	5–6	45.5
Orzhov Blink	2–1	66.7
Graveyard Value	3–1	75.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
Mono White Allies	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Vampires	5–2	71.4
Mono Black Vampires	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Vampires	2–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	5–6	45.5
Orzhov Legends	5–5	50.0
Selesnya Legends	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	7–3	70.0
Mono Black Midrange	10–9	52.6
Mono Black Devotion	3–2	60.0
Dimir Midrange	5–0	100.0
Angels	2–9	18.2
Orzhov Angels	2–9	18.2
Lifegain Midrange	2–5	28.6
Martyr's Grace	1–5	16.7
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Fight Rigging	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	12–14	46.2
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Zur the Enchanter	0–1	0.0
Mythic Colossification	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	25–16	61.0
Five Color Hero	21–13	61.8
Clerics	5–10	33.3
Artifact Midrange	1–1	50.0
Game Objects	7–1	87.5
Ramp	66–20	76.7
Cloudpost Ramp	54–16	77.1
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	50–15	76.9
Simic Post	3–1	75.0
Domain	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	2–1	66.7