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!

Combo

Tournaments Only
Season 32▾
1. All
2. 35
3. 34
4. 33
5. 32
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Combo	261	637–506	55.7	27	152
Storm	9	14–16	46.7	0	2
Dragonstorm	7	12–11	52.2	0	1
Hazoret Storm	1	0–3	0.0
Simic Storm	1	2–2	50.0	0	1
Necrotic Ooze Combo	16	48–33	59.3	3	11
Warp World	45	115–81	58.7	5	30
Boros Glimpse	43	114–76	60.0	5	29
Hypergenesis	7	16–15	51.6	0	3
Fake-Twin	1	2–2	50.0	0	1
Seismic Swans	2	1–3	25.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	9	11–21	34.4	0	2
Quest for Ula's Temple	4	5–9	35.7	0	3
Soulflayer	1	0–2	0.0
Enduring Ideal	1	1–1	50.0
Ad Nauseam	2	4–5	44.4
Intruder Alarm	6	7–14	33.3	0	3
Belcher	1	3–2	60.0	0	1
Midnight Mass	8	22–16	57.9	2	5
Phoenix Altar	50	143–99	59.1	4	32
Actual Twin	99	245–187	56.7	13	59
Izzet Twin	86	214–162	56.9	11	51
Boros Twin	13	31–25	55.4	2	8

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	157–115	57.7
Mono Black Aggro	4–1	80.0
Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	2–0	100.0
Goblins	5–5	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	86–62	58.1
Soldiers	73–53	57.9
Mono White Humans	13–9	59.1
Elves	3–1	75.0
Gruul Aggro	6–4	60.0
Merfolk	2–3	40.0
Mono Red Swarm	9–5	64.3
Artifact Aggro	3–2	60.0
Mono Blue Architect	3–1	75.0
Voltron	5–2	71.4
Equipment Aggro	5–2	71.4
Knights	3–4	42.9
AggroSlide	16–22	42.1
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Humans	1–0	100.0
Boros Humans	2–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	6–3	66.7
Boros Legends Aggro	5–2	71.4
Bard Class	1–1	50.0
Combo	171–171	50.0
Storm	3–2	60.0
Dragonstorm	2–2	50.0
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	8–10	44.4
Warp World	40–27	59.7
Boros Glimpse	39–27	59.1
Hypergenesis	4–1	80.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	5–4	55.6
Quest for Ula's Temple	0–2	0.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	2–2	50.0
Intruder Alarm	9–2	81.8
Belcher	2–1	66.7
Midnight Mass	5–4	55.6
Phoenix Altar	34–39	46.6
Actual Twin	57–77	42.5
Izzet Twin	49–69	41.5
Boros Twin	8–8	50.0
Control	106–66	61.6
Esper Control	3–1	75.0
Dimir Control	10–5	66.7
Azorius Control	19–16	54.3
Cawblade	6–5	54.5
Izzet Control	6–4	60.0
Mardu Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	4–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	19–5	79.2
Azorius Cloudpost Control	10–3	76.9
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	5–1	83.3
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–4	20.0
Cruel Control	0–4	0.0
Dragon Control	2–1	66.7
Izzet Dragons	0–1	0.0
Mono White Control	6–7	46.2
Pox	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	10–6	62.5
Prison	23–15	60.5
Enchantress	22–15	59.5
Aggro-Combo	33–22	60.0
Aristocrats	25–21	54.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	24–21	53.3
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	5–1	83.3
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Infect	3–1	75.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	53–47	53.0
Simic Flash	1–3	25.0
Wizards	4–4	50.0
Ninjas	4–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	13–15	46.4
Mono Blue Librarians	12–15	44.4
Izzet Spells	14–15	48.3
Dimir Tempo	4–2	66.7
Dimir Librarians	3–1	75.0
Azorius Tempo	11–8	57.9
Combo-Control	3–7	30.0
Battle of Wits	1–3	25.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	1–1	50.0
Solar Flare	0–3	0.0
Midrange	67–61	52.3
The Rock	4–5	44.4
Jund	7–8	46.7
Blink	3–5	37.5
Orzhov Blink	3–5	37.5
Mardu Midrange	4–1	80.0
White Jund	2–3	40.0
Legends Midrange	2–2	50.0
Boros Legends Midrange	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–1	50.0
Naya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–3	50.0
Dimir Midrange	1–4	20.0
Angels	4–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	4–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–2	50.0
Sultai Midrange	3–1	75.0
Fight Rigging	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Midrange	6–2	75.0
Jeskai Midrange	2–2	50.0
Fires of Invention	11–13	45.8
Hero of Precinct One	1–4	20.0
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	1–2	33.3
Naya Hero	0–1	0.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	1–1	50.0
Death Cloud	3–1	75.0
Ramp	46–17	73.0
Rofellos Ramp	12–4	75.0
Cloudpost Ramp	28–10	73.7
Greenpost	17–6	73.9
Gruul Post	6–3	66.7
Simic Post	3–1	75.0
Temurpost	1–0	100.0
Applejacks	6–3	66.7
Unclassified	1–0	100.0