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.

Hypergenesis

Tournaments Only
Season 29▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
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11. 27
12. 26
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37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	1899	3416–3151	52.0	42	242	82
Hypergenesis	71	109–124	46.8	0	3	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	30–18	62.5
Mono Black Aggro	1–1	50.0
Heroic	2–1	66.7
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	11–5	68.8
Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–0	100.0
White Weenie	1–4	20.0
Chroma White	0–2	0.0
Elves	0–3	0.0
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	1–0	100.0
Affinity	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Brushwaggs	1–1	50.0
Combo	7–32	17.9
Storm	2–10	16.7
Dimir Tendrils	2–4	33.3
Citadel Storm	0–1	0.0
High Tide	0–1	0.0
Grixis Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Izzet Storm	0–2	0.0
Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Recurring Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	0–15	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–15	0.0
Ad Nauseam	1–3	25.0
Control	14–26	35.0
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	2–4	33.3
Azorius Control	2–9	18.2
Cawblade	0–2	0.0
Izzet Control	0–2	0.0
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	1–4	20.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Ponza	2–0	100.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Control	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Combo	13–11	54.2
Burn	4–1	80.0
Infect	4–2	66.7
Simic Infect	1–1	50.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–1	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	5–5	50.0
Izzet Dreadnought	4–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–5	16.7
Hushnought	0–2	0.0
Liquimetal Fishing	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	7–4	63.6
Izzet Tempo	5–3	62.5
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	10–9	52.6
Curses	0–2	0.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	8–5	61.5
Jokulhaups Control	8–5	61.5
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	2–1	66.7
Archfiend Alteration	0–1	0.0
Midrange	23–18	56.1
The Rock	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	1–1	50.0
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Allies	0–1	0.0
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Hellion Whip	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–1	66.7
Martyr's Grace	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Midrange	4–6	40.0
Orzhov Capenna	2–3	40.0
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	3–2	60.0
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	1–1	50.0
Naya Hero	1–0	100.0
Boros Hero	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	2–1	66.7
Coinflips	2–0	100.0
Illness in the Ranks	0–1	0.0
Ramp	5–6	45.5
Cloudpost Ramp	5–6	45.5
Greenpost	5–5	50.0
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0