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 1 week, 2 days.

The Penny Dreadful 500 is on Nov 16th with free entry and $500 in prizes!

Soldiers

Tournaments Only
Season 32▾
1. All
2. 35
3. 34
4. 33
5. 32
6. 31
7. 30
8. 29
9. 28
10. 27
11. 26
12. 25
13. 24
14. 23
15. 22
16. 21
17. 20
18. 19
19. 18
20. 17
21. 16
22. 15
23. 14
24. 13
25. 12
26. 11
27. 10
28. 9
29. 8
30. 7
31. 6
32. 5
33. 4
34. 3
35. 2
36. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro	189	378–381	49.8	10	103
White Weenie	91	207–180	53.5	7	58
Soldiers	74	179–148	54.7	6	50

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	35–26	57.4
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Goblins	2–0	100.0
White Weenie	15–16	48.4
Soldiers	14–14	50.0
Mono White Humans	1–2	33.3
Elves	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–2	50.0
Artifact Aggro	1–1	50.0
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
AggroSlide	5–6	45.5
Humans	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Humans	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	4–0	100.0
Boros Legends Aggro	4–0	100.0
Combo	53–73	42.1
Storm	1–1	50.0
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–4	33.3
Warp World	12–12	50.0
Boros Glimpse	12–12	50.0
Hypergenesis	0–3	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	3–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	2–1	66.7
Intruder Alarm	1–2	33.3
Midnight Mass	1–4	20.0
Phoenix Altar	10–12	45.5
Actual Twin	21–34	38.2
Izzet Twin	20–29	40.8
Boros Twin	1–5	16.7
Control	29–19	60.4
Esper Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–3	25.0
Azorius Control	7–5	58.3
Cawblade	1–1	50.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	5–0	100.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	3–0	100.0
Grixis Control	0–2	0.0
Cruel Control	0–2	0.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	2–0	100.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	4–1	80.0
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	1–2	33.3
Prison	4–3	57.1
Enchantress	4–3	57.1
Aggro-Combo	16–3	84.2
Aristocrats	14–3	82.4
Rakdos Aristocrats	14–3	82.4
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Infect	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	6–11	35.3
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–8	20.0
Mono Blue Librarians	2–8	20.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	0–1	0.0
Dimir Librarians	0–1	0.0
Azorius Tempo	2–1	66.7
Combo-Control	5–2	71.4
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Zur's Weirding	1–1	50.0
Solar Flare	2–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Midrange	26–12	68.4
The Rock	6–1	85.7
Jund	2–1	66.7
Blink	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Blink	3–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
White Jund	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Boros Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–1	75.0
Dimir Midrange	2–1	66.7
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Fires of Invention	2–5	28.6
Hero of Precinct One	0–1	0.0
Naya Hero	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	9–2	81.8
Rofellos Ramp	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	6–0	100.0
Greenpost	4–0	100.0
Simic Post	2–0	100.0
Applejacks	1–1	50.0