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, 2 days.

The Season Kick Off is on Nov 30th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

Warp World

Tournaments Only
Season 33▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	1020	1706–1717	49.8	15	111	41
Warp World	324	716–507	58.5	10	69	20
Temur Glimpse	79	174–141	55.2	2	16	4
Boros Glimpse	238	530–353	60.0	8	53	16

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	167–143	53.9
Heroic	2–5	28.6
Boros Heroic	2–5	28.6
Red Deck Wins	40–25	61.5
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	4–5	44.4
White Weenie	19–28	40.4
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	13–19	40.6
Mono White Humans	5–8	38.5
Elves	2–0	100.0
Zombies	4–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	2–2	50.0
Merfolk	3–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	32–24	57.1
Affinity	28–19	59.6
Hardened Scales Affinity	28–19	59.6
Tempered Steel	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Architect	1–4	20.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Jund Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	5–5	50.0
Hateful Auras	5–5	50.0
AggroSlide	5–2	71.4
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–1	50.0
Humans	23–34	40.4
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Boros Humans	10–21	32.3
Orzhov Humans	11–12	47.8
Legends Aggro	8–5	61.5
Boros Legends Aggro	3–3	50.0
Bard Class	5–2	71.4
Permanent Vacation	3–0	100.0
Pirates	7–6	53.8
Rats	1–0	100.0
Combo	117–81	59.1
Storm	4–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	4–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	6–5	54.5
Dubious Challenge	2–1	66.7
Warp World	48–48	50.0
Temur Glimpse	8–12	40.0
Boros Glimpse	40–36	52.6
Hypergenesis	2–3	40.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–0	100.0
Anvil Colossus	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	4–0	100.0
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	2–5	28.6
Oops All Spells	2–5	28.6
Oops All Lands	5–5	50.0
Dredge	23–5	82.1
Insidious Roots Dredge	18–5	78.3
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	4–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	0–2	0.0
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–4	20.0
Gyruda	1–0	100.0
Belcher	1–0	100.0
Possibility Storm	2–1	66.7
Midnight Mass	1–0	100.0
Control	90–62	59.2
Esper Control	8–6	57.1
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	2–5	28.6
Azorius Control	25–42	37.3
Turbo Fog	6–2	75.0
Izzet Control	6–3	66.7
Mill	2–0	100.0
Boros Control	4–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–1	66.7
Cruel Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	5–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	9–0	100.0
Cycling Control	2–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	2–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	5–1	83.3
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	3–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	37–43	46.3
Aristocrats	32–42	43.2
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	30–39	43.5
Boros Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	4–1	80.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	32–32	50.0
Simic Flash	2–1	66.7
Izzet Tempo	5–1	83.3
Blue Madness	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	11–11	50.0
Mono Blue Librarians	7–9	43.8
Izzet Spells	5–1	83.3
Dimir Tempo	2–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	4–16	20.0
Combo-Control	40–32	55.6
Battle of Wits	10–4	71.4
Sunforger	0–2	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	5–0	100.0
Wildfire	5–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Greasefang	21–23	47.7
Esper Greasefang	9–6	60.0
Orzhov Greasefang	12–17	41.4
Coveted Falcon Combo	3–3	50.0
Midrange	172–106	61.9
The Rock	11–9	55.0
Grenzo	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	9–2	81.8
Selesnya Midrange	1–4	20.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	39–25	60.9
Orzhov Blink	33–21	61.1
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Allies	2–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	3–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Legends	2–3	40.0
Elementals	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	6–2	75.0
Naya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Big Red	5–1	83.3
Mono Black Midrange	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	6–3	66.7
Angels	5–2	71.4
Mono White Angels	2–1	66.7
Azorius Angels	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	2–1	66.7
Toughness Matters	2–1	66.7
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Adventures	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–5	28.6
Heartless Summoning Stompy	23–17	57.5
Ordealbreak	0–1	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	5–2	71.4
Hero of Precinct One	2–3	40.0
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Boros Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	0–2	0.0
Artifact Midrange	11–2	84.6
Death Cloud	1–2	33.3
Nissa Company	5–2	71.4
Illness in the Ranks	3–7	30.0
Game Objects	5–4	55.6
Ramp	61–8	88.4
Villainous Wealth	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–0	100.0
Temurpost	2–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	3–2	60.0
Applejacks	1–0	100.0
Field Ramp	39–4	90.7