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.

Mindcrank

Tournaments Only
Season 29▾
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo-Control	921	1582–1533	50.8	8	57	47
Mindcrank	109	203–127	61.5	1	8	12

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	33–24	57.9
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	0–2	0.0
Mono White Heroic	0–2	0.0
Red Deck Wins	7–6	53.8
Mono Green Stompy	4–0	100.0
White Weenie	0–3	0.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Elves	2–2	50.0
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	6–4	60.0
Affinity	6–4	60.0
Hush-finity	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Aggro	0–1	0.0
Illusions	0–1	0.0
Madness	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	3–0	100.0
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	1–2	33.3
Brushwaggs	0–1	0.0
Combo	43–24	64.2
Storm	11–7	61.1
Dimir Tendrils	6–4	60.0
Dark Tide	3–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	1–1	50.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–1	50.0
Song Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	6–3	66.7
Recurring Nightmare	4–3	57.1
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Warp World	0–1	0.0
Four Color Glimpse	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	15–8	65.2
Oops All Spells	15–8	65.2
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Dice Factory	2–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	0–1	0.0
Chain of Acid	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	3–0	100.0
Belcher	2–1	66.7
Control	40–20	66.7
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	1–2	33.3
Dimir Control	2–1	66.7
Azorius Control	10–7	58.8
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	6–3	66.7
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	5–3	62.5
Stax	2–2	50.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	5–1	83.3
Cycling Control	3–2	60.0
Astral Slide	3–2	60.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	2–0	100.0
Pox	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	3–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	14–13	51.9
Burn	0–4	0.0
Infect	8–5	61.5
Simic Infect	6–5	54.5
Trickbind Dreadnought	5–4	55.6
Izzet Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	4–2	66.7
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Dirty Kitty	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	13–5	72.2
Izzet Tempo	5–3	62.5
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	4–0	100.0
Mono Blue Librarians	1–0	100.0
Sultai Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	21–16	56.8
Curses	2–2	50.0
Battle of Wits	4–0	100.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	2–2	50.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	10–12	45.5
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	9–12	42.9
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	2–3	40.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	4–1	80.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	2–2	50.0
Midrange	30–20	60.0
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	1–2	33.3
Jund	2–2	50.0
Blink	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Blink	1–2	33.3
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	2–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	2–0	100.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Big Red	2–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Angels	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–3	25.0
Martyr's Grace	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Midrange	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	3–0	100.0
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	2–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	5–5	50.0
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Ramp	9–5	64.3
Cloudpost Ramp	5–4	55.6
Greenpost	5–4	55.6
Summer Bloom Ramp	2–0	100.0