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.

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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.

Combo-Control

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

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo-Control	206	370–373	49.8	0	10	11
Burning Vengeance	2	0–2	0.0
Battle of Wits	26	37–74	33.3	0	1	1
Shared Fate	1	0–1	0.0
Sunforger	14	24–37	39.3
Displace Loop	1	0–1	0.0
Familiars	1	0–1	0.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1	2–2	50.0
Solar Flare	5	9–13	40.9			1
Plasma Swans	1	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	22	36–39	48.0	0	1	1
Wildfire	22	36–39	48.0	0	1	1
Borderpost Wildfire	2	4–5	44.4	0	1
Resurgent Belief	7	10–14	41.7
Greasefang	123	249–185	57.4	0	8	8
Esper Greasefang	34	71–54	56.8	0	2	2
Orzhov Greasefang	82	170–121	58.4	0	6	6

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	72–103	41.1
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	10–18	35.7
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Tokens	4–3	57.1
Selesnya Tokens	3–2	60.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–3	50.0
White Weenie	6–11	35.3
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	1–2	33.3
Mono White Humans	4–8	33.3
Selesnya Little Kid	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Counters	1–1	50.0
Zombies	1–2	33.3
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	19–19	50.0
Affinity	17–17	50.0
Hardened Scales Affinity	16–17	48.5
Tempered Steel	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–1	50.0
Voltron	3–4	42.9
Hexproof	0–3	0.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	2–1	66.7
Knights	3–1	75.0
AggroSlide	2–3	40.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	10–19	34.5
Boros Humans	3–8	27.3
Orzhov Humans	7–11	38.9
Legends Aggro	3–5	37.5
Boros Legends Aggro	0–4	0.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Bard Class	1–1	50.0
Permanent Vacation	1–6	14.3
Pirates	2–5	28.6
Combo	68–61	52.7
Storm	4–2	66.7
Citadel Storm	2–1	66.7
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	2–1	66.7
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	4–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	2–1	66.7
Warp World	16–27	37.2
Temur Glimpse	1–5	16.7
Boros Glimpse	14–22	38.9
Hypergenesis	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–4	20.0
Oops All Spells	1–4	20.0
Oops All Lands	10–5	66.7
Dredge	11–10	52.4
Insidious Roots Dredge	11–8	57.9
Polymorph	2–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	2–2	50.0
Calibrated Blast	1–2	33.3
Restore Balance	3–3	50.0
Gyruda	1–0	100.0
Midnight Mass	0–1	0.0
Control	55–43	56.1
Esper Control	6–5	54.5
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	11–16	40.7
Turbo Fog	4–3	57.1
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	2–0	100.0
Mill	4–2	66.7
Boros Control	3–1	75.0
Grixis Control	3–0	100.0
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Stax	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Mono White Control	2–2	50.0
Seasons Past Control	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	12–8	60.0
Prison	4–1	80.0
Aggro-Combo	16–34	32.0
Aristocrats	13–34	27.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Food	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	10–31	24.4
Burn	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	13–24	35.1
Izzet Tempo	4–6	40.0
Mono Blue Tempo	5–14	26.3
Mono Blue Librarians	5–11	31.3
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tempo	3–2	60.0
Combo-Control	25–25	50.0
Battle of Wits	4–3	57.1
Sunforger	3–0	100.0
Solar Flare	1–2	33.3
Mass Land Destruction	1–4	20.0
Wildfire	1–4	20.0
Resurgent Belief	1–1	50.0
Greasefang	15–14	51.7
Esper Greasefang	5–4	55.6
Orzhov Greasefang	9–9	50.0
Midrange	95–68	58.3
The Rock	13–6	68.4
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	10–8	55.6
Selesnya Midrange	4–5	44.4
Jund	3–0	100.0
Blink	1–2	33.3
Graveyard Value	2–1	66.7
Enchantments Matter	4–0	100.0
Allies	2–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	4–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	2–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	4–1	80.0
Boros Legends Midrange	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Legends	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–1	50.0
Naya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	4–3	57.1
Angel Tribal	5–3	62.5
Toughness Matters	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	4–8	33.3
Heartless Summoning Stompy	9–11	45.0
Fires of Invention	2–3	40.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–3	40.0
Naya Hero	1–2	33.3
Boros Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	1–2	33.3
Artifact Midrange	4–3	57.1
Death Cloud	5–1	83.3
Ramp	25–15	62.5
Cloudpost Ramp	1–0	100.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	5–2	71.4
Applejacks	0–1	0.0
Field Ramp	17–11	60.7
Superfriends	2–1	66.7