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 5 weeks, 5 days.

Humans

Tournaments Only
Season 33▾
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1083	1988–1793	52.6	12	131	52
Humans	183	384–256	60.0	2	26	15
Selesnya Humans	5	8–7	53.3
Boros Humans	76	179–100	64.2	2	14	8
Orzhov Humans	99	195–145	57.4	0	12	7

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	91–64	58.7
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	1–0	100.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	22–12	64.7
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–0	100.0
White Weenie	8–8	50.0
Soldiers	4–3	57.1
Mono White Humans	4–5	44.4
Elves	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	12–17	41.4
Affinity	11–14	44.0
Hardened Scales Affinity	11–14	44.0
Tempered Steel	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Voltron	8–2	80.0
Hexproof	3–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	5–2	71.4
AggroSlide	2–1	66.7
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–0	100.0
Humans	11–11	50.0
Boros Humans	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Humans	10–8	55.6
Legends Aggro	6–3	66.7
Boros Legends Aggro	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	0–1	0.0
Bard Class	4–1	80.0
Permanent Vacation	2–5	28.6
Pirates	7–3	70.0
Combo	76–37	67.3
Storm	8–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	5–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	3–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	5–1	83.3
Warp World	19–12	61.3
Temur Glimpse	6–1	85.7
Boros Glimpse	12–10	54.5
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–0	100.0
"Twin"	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–2	33.3
Breakfast	3–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	2–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	10–10	50.0
Dredge	10–6	62.5
Insidious Roots Dredge	9–6	60.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	2–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	1–1	50.0
Gyruda	4–2	66.7
Midnight Mass	0–1	0.0
Control	50–47	51.5
Esper Control	9–6	60.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	14–10	58.3
Turbo Fog	5–3	62.5
Izzet Control	1–3	25.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–2	33.3
Cruel Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	3–2	60.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	2–15	11.8
Orzhov Control	9–4	69.2
Prison	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	25–10	71.4
Aristocrats	20–9	69.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	19–8	70.4
Burn	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	20–13	60.6
Simic Flash	2–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	3–3	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	7–8	46.7
Mono Blue Librarians	4–6	40.0
Izzet Spells	3–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	3–2	60.0
Dimir Faeries	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	19–10	65.5
Battle of Wits	5–0	100.0
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Sunforger	3–2	60.0
Solar Flare	1–1	50.0
Resurgent Belief	1–1	50.0
Greasefang	8–6	57.1
Esper Greasefang	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Greasefang	5–4	55.6
Midrange	81–67	54.7
The Rock	12–15	44.4
Abzan Midrange	9–3	75.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–3	25.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	4–4	50.0
Graveyard Value	4–0	100.0
Allies	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Naya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	2–2	50.0
Angel Tribal	2–3	40.0
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Fight Rigging	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	5–13	27.8
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	9–11	45.0
Fires of Invention	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	0–2	0.0
Clerics	1–1	50.0
Artifact Midrange	3–1	75.0
Death Cloud	5–1	83.3
Ramp	22–8	73.3
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0
Field Ramp	13–7	65.0