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!

Pirates

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	1465	2704–2429	52.7	24	233	72
Pirates	71	177–119	59.8	1	11	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	42–34	55.3
Heroic	0–1	0.0
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	9–10	47.4
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	6–5	54.5
Soldiers	6–4	60.0
Mono White Humans	0–1	0.0
Elves	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	6–0	100.0
Affinity	5–0	100.0
Hardened Scales Affinity	5–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Madness	2–0	100.0
Jund Madness	2–0	100.0
Voltron	4–3	57.1
Hateful Auras	3–3	50.0
AggroSlide	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–1	50.0
Humans	3–8	27.3
Boros Humans	2–5	28.6
Orzhov Humans	1–3	25.0
Legends Aggro	3–4	42.9
Boros Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Bard Class	1–3	25.0
Pirates	1–1	50.0
Combo	25–21	54.3
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Warp World	6–7	46.2
Temur Glimpse	2–2	50.0
Boros Glimpse	4–5	44.4
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	1–0	100.0
Dredge	8–2	80.0
Insidious Roots Dredge	7–1	87.5
Storm Herald	0–2	0.0
Tibalt's Trickery	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	1–4	20.0
Gyruda	0–1	0.0
Belcher	1–1	50.0
Possibility Storm	1–0	100.0
Midnight Mass	1–1	50.0
Control	30–16	65.2
Esper Control	4–3	57.1
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	12–8	60.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	0–2	0.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	3–1	75.0
Cruel Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	2–1	66.7
Dragon Control	2–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	2–0	100.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	9–4	69.2
Aristocrats	5–4	55.6
Rakdos Aristocrats	5–4	55.6
Burn	1–0	100.0
Turbo Myth	1–0	100.0
Dwarf Combo	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	13–5	72.2
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	0–2	0.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	7–1	87.5
Mono Blue Librarians	6–1	85.7
Izzet Spells	2–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	1–2	33.3
Combo-Control	8–5	61.5
Battle of Wits	3–0	100.0
Sunforger	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–0	100.0
Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Greasefang	1–3	25.0
Esper Greasefang	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Greasefang	0–3	0.0
Coveted Falcon Combo	0–2	0.0
Midrange	41–32	56.2
The Rock	5–1	83.3
Abzan Midrange	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	4–0	100.0
Blink	7–17	29.2
Orzhov Blink	5–15	25.0
Graveyard Value	3–0	100.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Legends	0–1	0.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Angels	1–1	50.0
Mono White Angels	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–7	22.2
Fires of Invention	2–1	66.7
Hero of Precinct One	1–1	50.0
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	1–0	100.0
Nissa Company	1–0	100.0
Illness in the Ranks	1–0	100.0
Ramp	9–2	81.8
Cloudpost Ramp	1–0	100.0
Temurpost	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–2	33.3
Applejacks	1–0	100.0
Field Ramp	4–0	100.0