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!

Mono Blue Librarians

Tournaments Only
Season 33▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
9. 29
10. 28
11. 27
12. 26
13. 25
14. 24
15. 23
16. 22
17. 21
18. 20
19. 19
20. 18
21. 17
22. 16
23. 15
24. 14
25. 13
26. 12
27. 11
28. 10
29. 9
30. 8
31. 7
32. 6
33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Control	321	621–521	54.4	3	33	21
Mono Blue Tempo	127	288–183	61.1	2	9	13
Mono Blue Librarians	103	235–138	63.0	1	8	11

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	55–37	59.8
Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	9–10	47.4
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–1	66.7
White Weenie	7–5	58.3
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–1	50.0
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Mono White Humans	4–2	66.7
Elves	2–1	66.7
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	10–6	62.5
Affinity	9–3	75.0
Hardened Scales Affinity	8–3	72.7
Mono Blue Architect	1–2	33.3
Voltron	3–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	3–0	100.0
AggroSlide	1–2	33.3
Humans	8–3	72.7
Boros Humans	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Humans	5–3	62.5
Legends Aggro	5–2	71.4
Boros Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Bard Class	2–2	50.0
Permanent Vacation	2–1	66.7
Pirates	1–6	14.3
Combo	37–20	64.9
Storm	4–1	80.0
Citadel Storm	2–1	66.7
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–2	0.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	9–7	56.3
Temur Glimpse	5–2	71.4
Boros Glimpse	3–5	37.5
Breakfast	2–1	66.7
Oops All Spells	2–1	66.7
Oops All Lands	2–1	66.7
Dredge	9–4	69.2
Insidious Roots Dredge	7–4	63.6
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	3–3	50.0
Possibility Storm	2–0	100.0
Control	34–28	54.8
Esper Control	5–2	71.4
Dimir Control	4–1	80.0
Azorius Control	10–7	58.8
Turbo Fog	2–2	50.0
Izzet Control	2–4	33.3
Mill	0–1	0.0
Boros Control	0–2	0.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	2–0	100.0
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	2–1	66.7
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	12–10	54.5
Aristocrats	9–8	52.9
Rakdos Aristocrats	9–8	52.9
Burn	2–2	50.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	10–3	76.9
Simic Flash	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	3–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Librarians	2–2	50.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	10–5	66.7
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–1	66.7
Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Greasefang	6–3	66.7
Esper Greasefang	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Greasefang	4–2	66.7
Midrange	57–27	67.9
The Rock	3–8	27.3
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Midrange	3–2	60.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	13–5	72.2
Orzhov Blink	10–4	71.4
Graveyard Value	3–0	100.0
Allies	2–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	3–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	4–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	4–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	3–0	100.0
Adventures	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	4–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–2	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	8–3	72.7
Fires of Invention	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Illness in the Ranks	1–0	100.0
Game Objects	1–0	100.0
Ramp	20–8	71.4
Cloudpost Ramp	1–0	100.0
Temurpost	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	3–0	100.0
Applejacks	1–0	100.0
Field Ramp	11–5	68.8