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.

Combo

Tournaments Only
Season 28▾
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	157	347–300	53.6	14	81
Storm	76	173–139	55.4	11	39
Dragonstorm	4	4–11	26.7	0	2
Citadel Storm	1	1–3	25.0
High Tide	70	168–123	57.7	11	37
Biovisionary	1	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	4	5–6	45.5
Blazing Shoal Combo	6	11–11	50.0	1	2
Quest for Ula's Temple	1	1–3	25.0
Izzet Ascension	2	7–2	77.8	0	2
Soulflayer	2	1–5	16.7	0	1
Breakfast	11	25–24	51.0	0	6
Oops All Spells	3	8–7	53.3	0	2
Unctus	8	17–17	50.0	0	4
Dredge	28	66–59	52.8	2	17
Polymorph	1	1–2	33.3	0	1
Calibrated Blast	1	4–3	57.1
Restore Balance	1	2–0	100.0	0	1
Gyruda	1	1–3	25.0
Belcher	20	47–40	54.0	0	11
Possibility Storm	1	1–0	100.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	120–106	53.1
Mono Black Aggro	1–1	50.0
Heroic	3–4	42.9
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–2	0.0
Boros Heroic	1–2	33.3
Red Deck Wins	9–11	45.0
Tokens	3–4	42.9
Mono White Tokens	3–4	42.9
Mono Green Stompy	3–3	50.0
White Weenie	47–43	52.2
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Soldiers	4–2	66.7
Elves	8–11	42.1
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	32–25	56.1
Affinity	17–12	58.6
Tempered Steel	15–13	53.6
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Knights	2–0	100.0
AggroSlide	5–1	83.3
Boros Aggro	4–0	100.0
Rats	0–2	0.0
Combo	58–58	50.0
Storm	19–36	34.5
Dragonstorm	2–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	15–36	29.4
Hypergenesis	1–1	50.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	3–1	75.0
Izzet Ascension	2–3	40.0
Breakfast	9–3	75.0
Oops All Spells	2–0	100.0
Unctus	7–3	70.0
Dredge	13–9	59.1
Polymorph	2–0	100.0
Belcher	8–5	61.5
Control	39–37	51.3
Mono Blue Control	0–2	0.0
Azorius Control	3–6	33.3
Izzet Control	2–2	50.0
Mardu Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	7–3	70.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	7–2	77.8
Grixis Control	2–1	66.7
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Control	6–11	35.3
Orzhov Control	9–9	50.0
Prison	3–1	75.0
Enchantress	3–1	75.0
Aggro-Combo	23–32	41.8
Aristocrats	2–6	25.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Boros Bombardment	0–2	0.0
Burn	1–1	50.0
Infect	2–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	13–21	38.2
Izzet Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	12–19	38.7
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Hushnought	4–3	57.1
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Dirty Kitty	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	23–16	59.0
Izzet Tempo	10–2	83.3
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tempo	1–4	20.0
Combo-Control	19–5	79.2
Mass Land Destruction	10–4	71.4
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	9–4	69.2
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–3	25.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Thopter-Sword	9–1	90.0
Azorius Thopter-Sword	4–0	100.0
Dimir Thopter-Sword	0–1	0.0
Esper Thopter-Sword	4–0	100.0
Midrange	63–45	58.3
The Rock	4–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	3–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Séance	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	5–1	83.3
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	8–2	80.0
Mono Black Devotion	3–1	75.0
Lifegain Midrange	9–11	45.0
Martyr's Grace	9–11	45.0
Orzhov Midrange	21–26	44.7
Clerics	2–2	50.0
Artifact Midrange	6–2	75.0
Ramp	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	1–1	50.0
Greenpost	0–1	0.0
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0