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, 4 days.

Affinity

Tournaments Only
Season 29▾
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1755	3155–3004	51.2	15	170	68
Artifact Aggro	248	403–436	48.0	3	30	2
Affinity	178	281–305	48.0	3	26	2
Hush-finity	20	35–32	52.2	0	1	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	49–43	53.3
Mono Black Aggro	2–3	40.0
Heroic	5–6	45.5
Mono White Heroic	1–4	20.0
Boros Heroic	4–1	80.0
Red Deck Wins	17–9	65.4
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	4–2	66.7
White Weenie	7–4	63.6
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	2–0	100.0
Elves	3–6	33.3
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	4–2	66.7
Affinity	2–2	50.0
Hush-finity	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–1	66.7
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Slivers	0–1	0.0
Knights	0–2	0.0
AggroSlide	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Aggro	0–2	0.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Combo	55–68	44.7
Storm	22–20	52.4
Dimir Tendrils	9–7	56.3
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	1–4	20.0
Simic Storm	1–3	25.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
High Tide	1–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–1	50.0
Izzet Storm	3–3	50.0
Song Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	5–1	83.3
Recurring Nightmare	5–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Dimir Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Warp World	1–3	25.0
Four Color Glimpse	1–3	25.0
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–1	75.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	2–1	66.7
Taking Turns	2–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	12–32	27.3
Oops All Spells	12–32	27.3
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	0–1	0.0
Ad Nauseam	2–2	50.0
Calibrated Blast	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	1–1	50.0
Belcher	1–2	33.3
Control	43–50	46.2
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	2–1	66.7
Dreadful Inspiration	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	8–14	36.4
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Mill	2–0	100.0
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	3–6	33.3
Blackpost	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–4	0.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	1–3	25.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	3–0	100.0
Ponza	4–0	100.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	5–10	33.3
Astral Slide	5–10	33.3
Five Color Control	2–1	66.7
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	1–1	50.0
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	2–3	40.0
Enchantments Control	3–2	60.0
Seasons Past Control	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	2–1	66.7
Prison	0–2	0.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	17–40	29.8
Aristocrats	0–6	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Mardu Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Boros Bombardment	0–2	0.0
Burn	1–4	20.0
Infect	2–6	25.0
Simic Infect	2–6	25.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	11–19	36.7
Izzet Dreadnought	5–10	33.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	6–9	40.0
Hushnought	2–4	33.3
Combo Goblins	1–1	50.0
Dirty Kitty	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	13–14	48.1
Izzet Tempo	5–5	50.0
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Wizards	1–1	50.0
Ninjas	4–2	66.7
Mono Blue Tempo	1–5	16.7
Mono Blue Librarians	0–2	0.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	30–36	45.5
Curses	2–3	40.0
Battle of Wits	5–2	71.4
Mindcrank	4–6	40.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	17–24	41.5
Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	15–24	38.5
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	4–8	33.3
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	3–5	37.5
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	2–5	28.6
Resurgent Belief	0–1	0.0
Midrange	62–45	57.9
The Rock	1–3	25.0
Abzan Midrange	5–1	83.3
Jund	2–0	100.0
Blink	4–1	80.0
Orzhov Blink	3–1	75.0
Graveyard Value	5–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Allies	0–2	0.0
Fake-Rack	4–1	80.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–0	100.0
Big Red	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	2–1	66.7
Angels	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Angels	0–1	0.0
Toughness Matters	3–1	75.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–2	33.3
Martyr's Grace	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Midrange	7–11	38.9
Orzhov Capenna	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Midrange	0–2	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	6–6	50.0
Mardu Hero	3–2	60.0
Five Color Hero	3–1	75.0
Naya Hero	0–2	0.0
Artifact Midrange	11–10	52.4
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	0–1	0.0
Ramp	12–9	57.1
Cloudpost Ramp	9–6	60.0
Golgari Post	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	9–5	64.3
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0
Jund Carth	1–0	100.0