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, 19 hours.

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

Red Deck Wins

Tournaments Only
Season 28▾
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1155	2043–1918–2	51.6	18	176	51
Red Deck Wins	136	340–192–1	63.9	2	12	17

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	85–59	59.0
Mono Black Aggro	2–1	66.7
Heroic	2–2	50.0
Boros Heroic	2–2	50.0
Red Deck Wins	7–7	50.0
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Tokens	3–3	50.0
Mono White Tokens	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	8–2	80.0
White Weenie	18–13	58.1
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	5–3	62.5
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–2	50.0
Artifact Aggro	21–18	53.8
Affinity	10–9	52.6
Tempered Steel	9–9	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–1	50.0
Illusions	1–1	50.0
Voltron	1–2	33.3
Hexproof	1–1	50.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–1	50.0
AggroSlide	4–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–1	50.0
Boros Aggro	1–1	50.0
Shamans	0–1	0.0
Rats	2–0	100.0
Combo	70–41	63.1
Storm	22–20	52.4
Dragonstorm	0–3	0.0
Citadel Storm	2–0	100.0
High Tide	18–17	51.4
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	2–0	100.0
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	5–1	83.3
Blazing Shoal Combo	2–1	66.7
Izzet Ascension	2–1	66.7
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	3–4	42.9
Oops All Spells	2–2	50.0
Unctus	1–2	33.3
Dredge	10–10	50.0
Polymorph	5–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	2–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	3–0	100.0
Restore Balance	3–0	100.0
Belcher	6–3	66.7
Control	36–15	70.6
Esper Control	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	5–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	1–1	50.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	4–1	80.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Stax	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Ponza	0–1	0.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Pox	4–2	66.7
Enchantments Control	3–5	37.5
Orzhov Control	4–2	66.7
Prison	5–2	71.4
Enchantress	5–1	83.3
Aggro-Combo	19–15	55.9
Aristocrats	4–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Burn	3–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	10–10	50.0
Izzet Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	10–7	58.8
Hushnought	2–5	28.6
Aggro-Control	27–9	75.0
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	6–2	75.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–2	33.3
Izzet Spells	4–1	80.0
Dimir Tempo	3–3	50.0
Azorius Tempo	5–0	100.0
Combo-Control	27–11	71.1
Battle of Wits	8–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	8–5	61.5
Wildfire	1–2	33.3
Jokulhaups Control	7–3	70.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	2–2	50.0
Thopter-Sword	10–6	62.5
Azorius Thopter-Sword	4–3	57.1
Dimir Thopter-Sword	4–3	57.1
Esper Thopter-Sword	2–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Midrange	67–37–1	64.4
The Rock	4–3	57.1
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	5–0	100.0
Selesnya Value Town	2–0	100.0
Blink	2–4	33.3
Orzhov Blink	1–4	20.0
Graveyard Value	3–3	50.0
Séance	2–2	50.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	5–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	4–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	6–4	60.0
Mono Black Devotion	6–1	85.7
Lifegain Midrange	8–4–1	66.7
Martyr's Grace	7–4–1	63.6
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	19–10	65.5
Jeskai Midrange	2–1	66.7
Hero of Precinct One	3–1	75.0
Abzan Hero	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	0–2	0.0
Artifact Midrange	1–1	50.0
Coinflip Tribal	1–1	50.0
Ramp	9–5	64.3
Cloudpost Ramp	6–3	66.7
Locus Awakening	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	3–2	60.0
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0
Simic Post	2–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	2–1	66.7
Jund Carth	2–1	66.7