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.

Stax

Tournaments Only
Season 29▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
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37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	1801	2832–3062	48.0	19	134	74
Stax	82	112–165	40.4	0	4	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	24–27	47.1
Mono Black Aggro	2–2	50.0
Heroic	1–3	25.0
Mono White Heroic	1–3	25.0
Red Deck Wins	4–4	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–2	60.0
White Weenie	4–4	50.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	1–2	33.3
Werewolves	2–0	100.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	5–3	62.5
Affinity	3–1	75.0
Hush-finity	1–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Aggro	0–2	0.0
Brushwaggs	1–0	100.0
Combo	21–35	37.5
Storm	6–6	50.0
Dimir Tendrils	1–3	25.0
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–1	50.0
Izzet Storm	2–2	50.0
Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Recurring Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Umbral Mantle	1–0	100.0
Fake-Twin	0–1	0.0
Naya Fake-Twin	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–2	0.0
Anvil Colossus	0–2	0.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–2	33.3
Taking Turns	0–2	0.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	7–15	31.8
Oops All Spells	7–15	31.8
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Ad Nauseam	2–1	66.7
Chain of Acid	2–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	1–1	50.0
Control	22–24	47.8
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	0–3	0.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	1–2	33.3
Dreadful Inspiration	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	3–8	27.3
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	4–1	80.0
Astral Slide	4–1	80.0
Pox	4–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Control	1–1	50.0
Prison	0–1	0.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	15–19	44.1
Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Boros Bombardment	2–1	66.7
Burn	1–3	25.0
Infect	4–1	80.0
Simic Infect	3–1	75.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	5–8	38.5
Izzet Dreadnought	3–2	60.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	2–5	28.6
Hushnought	1–3	25.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	1–1	50.0
Dirty Kitty	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	5–9	35.7
Izzet Tempo	2–5	28.6
Ninjas	0–3	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	10–15	40.0
Battle of Wits	1–5	16.7
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	2–2	50.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	5–7	41.7
Wildfire	0–2	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	5–5	50.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Archfiend Alteration	1–0	100.0
Midrange	11–29	27.5
Abzan Midrange	1–4	20.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Blink	0–1	0.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
Azorius Allies	0–1	0.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–5	0.0
Martyr's Grace	0–5	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–7	12.5
Orzhov Capenna	1–2	33.3
Hero of Precinct One	1–2	33.3
Mardu Hero	1–1	50.0
Five Color Hero	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	0–4	0.0
Coinflips	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	2–1	66.7
Illness in the Ranks	1–0	100.0
Ramp	4–7	36.4
Cloudpost Ramp	3–5	37.5
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	2–5	28.6
Summer Bloom Ramp	0–2	0.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0