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.

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

Red Deck Wins

Tournaments Only
Season 33▾
1. All
2. 35
3. 34
4. 33
5. 32
6. 31
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1465	2704–2429	52.7	24	233	72
Red Deck Wins	261	533–420	55.9	2	55	18

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	105–137	43.4
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	4–3	57.1
Boros Heroic	4–3	57.1
Red Deck Wins	17–17	50.0
Tokens	3–1	75.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–5	16.7
White Weenie	21–21	50.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–2	33.3
Soldiers	11–13	45.8
Mono White Humans	9–6	60.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–3	40.0
Artifact Aggro	12–26	31.6
Affinity	10–23	30.3
Hardened Scales Affinity	10–23	30.3
Tempered Steel	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Aggro	0–1	0.0
Voltron	3–3	50.0
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Hateful Auras	1–2	33.3
AggroSlide	3–4	42.9
Cats	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	14–30	31.8
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Boros Humans	5–26	16.1
Orzhov Humans	7–4	63.6
Legends Aggro	3–8	27.3
Boros Legends Aggro	1–2	33.3
Bard Class	1–5	16.7
Permanent Vacation	7–4	63.6
Pirates	10–9	52.6
Rats	3–0	100.0
Combo	94–69	57.7
Storm	4–1	80.0
Citadel Storm	2–1	66.7
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	4–1	80.0
Warp World	25–40	38.5
Temur Glimpse	1–8	11.1
Boros Glimpse	24–31	43.6
Hypergenesis	0–2	0.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1–1	50.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	3–2	60.0
Breakfast	5–3	62.5
Oops All Spells	5–3	62.5
Oops All Lands	7–5	58.3
Dredge	19–8	70.4
Insidious Roots Dredge	17–8	68.0
Storm Herald	2–1	66.7
Tibalt's Trickery	1–1	50.0
Calibrated Blast	4–1	80.0
Restore Balance	4–2	66.7
Gyruda	1–0	100.0
Possibility Storm	1–0	100.0
Midnight Mass	1–0	100.0
Control	89–34	72.4
Esper Control	9–3	75.0
Mono Blue Control	2–0	100.0
Dimir Control	4–0	100.0
Azorius Control	34–18	65.4
Turbo Fog	1–1	50.0
Izzet Control	3–2	60.0
Mill	3–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	9–1	90.0
Cruel Control	6–1	85.7
Stax	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Control	3–1	75.0
Dragon Control	1–1	50.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	4–4	50.0
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	2–0	100.0
Prison	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Combo	23–22	51.1
Aristocrats	19–19	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	19–18	51.4
Boros Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	3–0	100.0
Infect	0–1	0.0
Golgari Infect	0–1	0.0
Dwarf Combo	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	33–29	53.2
Simic Flash	2–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	4–8	33.3
Mono Blue Tempo	13–13	50.0
Mono Blue Librarians	10–9	52.6
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tempo	8–0	100.0
Dimir Faeries	2–0	100.0
Dimir Librarians	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	4–7	36.4
Combo-Control	27–17	61.4
Battle of Wits	5–4	55.6
Sunforger	0–1	0.0
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Familiars	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	2–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–1	50.0
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Resurgent Belief	0–1	0.0
Greasefang	17–9	65.4
Esper Greasefang	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Greasefang	13–9	59.1
Coveted Falcon Combo	1–1	50.0
Midrange	126–102	55.3
The Rock	10–8	55.6
Grenzo	3–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	3–6	33.3
Selesnya Midrange	6–2	75.0
Blink	17–41	29.3
Orzhov Blink	14–37	27.5
Graveyard Value	6–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	7–1	87.5
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Legends	2–3	40.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–1	66.7
Naya Midrange	3–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–1	50.0
Angels	3–3	50.0
Mono White Angels	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Angels	2–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–2	33.3
Adventures	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–3	40.0
Fight Rigging	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Midrange	6–5	54.5
Heartless Summoning Stompy	6–19	24.0
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	5–1	83.3
Hero of Precinct One	3–0	100.0
Boros Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	0–2	0.0
Artifact Midrange	10–0	100.0
Death Cloud	2–0	100.0
Nissa Company	2–1	66.7
Illness in the Ranks	6–0	100.0
Game Objects	6–0	100.0
Ramp	36–10	78.3
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	9–2	81.8
Applejacks	1–0	100.0
Field Ramp	21–5	80.8
Superfriends	1–0	100.0