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.

Curses

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

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo-Control	921	1582–1533	50.8	8	57	47
Curses	44	93–88	51.4	1	2	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	13–12	52.0
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	0–2	0.0
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Azorius Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	0–4	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	1–0	100.0
Elves	3–0	100.0
Werewolves	0–1	0.0
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	3–3	50.0
Affinity	3–2	60.0
Tempered Steel	0–1	0.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	2–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	12–14	46.2
Storm	1–6	14.3
Dimir Tendrils	1–2	33.3
Citadel Storm	0–1	0.0
Izzet Storm	0–2	0.0
Reanimator	4–1	80.0
Recurring Nightmare	4–1	80.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Four Color Glimpse	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	2–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Anvil Colossus	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	0–5	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–5	0.0
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Chain of Acid	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Control	10–18	35.7
Esper Control	0–2	0.0
Azorius Control	1–7	12.5
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Runeflare	0–2	0.0
Ponza	5–1	83.3
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	13–7	65.0
Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Boros Bombardment	1–0	100.0
Burn	1–1	50.0
Infect	3–1	75.0
Simic Infect	3–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	4–4	50.0
Izzet Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–4	20.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Dirty Kitty	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	5–5	50.0
Izzet Tempo	1–2	33.3
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–2	33.3
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	13–11	54.2
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	2–2	50.0
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Familiars	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	10–6	62.5
Jokulhaups Control	10–6	62.5
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	4–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	0–1	0.0
Midrange	23–16	59.0
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	0–2	0.0
Jund	0–2	0.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Dimir Midrange	2–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	0–2	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–1	66.7
Martyr's Grace	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Fight Rigging	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–3	25.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–1	66.7
Mardu Hero	1–1	50.0
Five Color Hero	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	5–2	71.4
Ramp	4–5	44.4
Cloudpost Ramp	3–4	42.9
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	2–2	50.0
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0
Simic Post	0–1	0.0