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.

Combo-Control

Tournaments Only
Season 27▾
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
15. 23
16. 22
17. 21
18. 20
19. 19
20. 18
21. 17
22. 16
23. 15
24. 14
25. 13
26. 12
27. 11
28. 10
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
Combo-Control	66	144–132	52.2	6	34
Battle of Wits	1	1–3	25.0
Mindcrank	9	18–20	47.4	0	4
Displace Loop	2	3–3	50.0	0	2
Familiars	2	3–3	50.0	0	2
Hedron Alignment	1	0–3	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	53	122–103	54.2	6	28
Jokulhaups Control	53	122–103	54.2	6	28
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	7	24–11	68.6	3	5
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	18	35–41	46.1	1	8
Jund Jokulhaups Control	23	54–41	56.8	2	13
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1	1–2	33.3
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	4	8–8	50.0	0	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	23–36	39.0
Heroic	5–1	83.3
Mono White Heroic	3–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Red Deck Wins	8–15	34.8
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	1–4	20.0
Soldiers	1–2	33.3
Elves	4–6	40.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	1–9	10.0
Affinity	0–4	0.0
Tempered Steel	1–5	16.7
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	25–24	51.0
Storm	1–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	13–11	54.2
Recurring Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–2	33.3
Traditional Reanimator	11–9	55.0
Mono Black Reanimator	11–9	55.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–5	28.6
Hypergenesis	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–6	25.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–4	33.3
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Izzet Ascension	3–2	60.0
Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	1–0	100.0
Belcher	1–0	100.0
Endless Belch	1–0	100.0
Control	32–14	69.6
Esper Control	4–4	50.0
Dimir Control	2–1	66.7
Azorius Control	6–4	60.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	2–0	100.0
Dragon Control	5–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	2–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–2	33.3
Astral Slide	1–2	33.3
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	5–2	71.4
Prison	3–1	75.0
Enchantress	3–1	75.0
Aggro-Combo	12–16	42.9
Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Infect	3–2	60.0
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–2	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	4–11	26.7
Mono Blue Dreadnought	3–11	21.4
Izzet Blitzkrieg	3–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–3	25.0
Dirty Kitty	1–3	25.0
Aggro-Control	3–9	25.0
Izzet Tempo	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–5	16.7
Mono Blue Librarians	1–5	16.7
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	11–11	50.0
Mindcrank	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	10–10	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	10–10	50.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	2–5	28.6
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	4–3	57.1
Jund Jokulhaups Control	4–2	66.7
Midrange	27–17	61.4
Vampires	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Vampires	3–2	60.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Devotion	0–1	0.0
Angels	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–5	16.7
Hero of Precinct One	5–5	50.0
Five Color Hero	5–5	50.0
Clerics	9–3	75.0
Coinflips	2–0	100.0
Ramp	11–5	68.8
Cloudpost Ramp	10–5	66.7
Greenpost	10–5	66.7