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 8 weeks, 3 days.

Combo-Control

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
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-Control	109	192–205	48.4	8	57
Curses	3	8–6	57.1	1	2
Battle of Wits	6	4–11	26.7	0	3
Mindcrank	16	26–27	49.1	1	8
Displace Loop	2	3–5	37.5	0	1
Familiars	2	3–5	37.5	0	1
Hive Mind	1	0–2	0.0
Plasma Swans	3	14–5	73.7	0	3
Mass Land Destruction	77	137–147	48.2	6	40
Wildfire	1	1–2	33.3	0	1
Borderpost Wildfire	1	1–2	33.3	0	1
Jokulhaups Control	76	136–145	48.4	6	39
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	26	47–50	48.5	2	14
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	5	9–9	50.0	0	2
Temur Jokulhaups Control	16	25–29	46.3	2	9
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	6	10–12	45.5	1	3
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	3	3–7	30.0	0	1
Archfiend Alteration	1	0–2	0.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	31–34	47.7
Mono Black Aggro	1–4	20.0
Heroic	2–6	25.0
Mono White Heroic	2–4	33.3
Boros Heroic	0–2	0.0
Red Deck Wins	9–12	42.9
Mono Green Stompy	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	0–5	0.0
Elves	2–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	2–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	8–5	61.5
Affinity	8–5	61.5
Hush-finity	0–2	0.0
Voltron	2–1	66.7
Equipment Aggro	2–1	66.7
Slivers	2–0	100.0
AggroSlide	1–0	100.0
Combo	44–55	44.4
Storm	7–17	29.2
Dimir Tendrils	6–12	33.3
Dark Tide	0–1	0.0
Hazoret Storm	1–2	33.3
High Tide	0–1	0.0
Izzet Storm	0–2	0.0
Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Recurring Nightmare	2–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–8	27.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–6	14.3
Breakfast	29–27	51.8
Oops All Spells	29–27	51.8
Ad Nauseam	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Belcher	1–0	100.0
Control	40–26	60.6
Esper Control	0–2	0.0
Dimir Control	0–1	0.0
Dreadful Inspiration	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	12–2	85.7
Cloudpost Control	4–2	66.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	3–2	60.0
Stax	3–1	75.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Cycling Control	13–13	50.0
Astral Slide	13–13	50.0
Five Color Control	1–1	50.0
Last Stand Control	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Control	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Control	1–1	50.0
Prison	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Combo	20–28	41.7
Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	4–12	25.0
Infect	3–4	42.9
Simic Infect	2–4	33.3
Trickbind Dreadnought	8–11	42.1
Izzet Dreadnought	3–2	60.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	5–9	35.7
Liquimetal Fishing	2–1	66.7
Combo Goblins	2–0	100.0
Dirty Kitty	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	14–14	50.0
Izzet Tempo	8–12	40.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–2	60.0
Mono Blue Librarians	0–1	0.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	13–13	50.0
Curses	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	5–0	100.0
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Familiars	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	7–11	38.9
Jokulhaups Control	7–11	38.9
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	2–4	33.3
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	28–34	45.2
Enchantments Matter	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–1	50.0
Angels	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	2–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	3–4	42.9
Martyr's Grace	3–4	42.9
Orzhov Midrange	5–7	41.7
Orzhov Capenna	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	0–6	0.0
Mardu Hero	0–6	0.0
Artifact Midrange	13–11	54.2
Death Cloud	1–1	50.0
Ramp	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	1–1	50.0
Greenpost	1–1	50.0