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

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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 12 weeks, 2 days.

The Season Kick Off is on Nov 30th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

Midrange

Tournaments Only
Season 33▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
9. 29
10. 28
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12. 26
13. 25
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26. 12
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34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	1431	2268–2564	46.9	21	150	48
The Rock	161	263–281	48.3	1	15	4
Grenzo	10	21–14	60.0	0	1
Abzan Midrange	67	105–136	43.6	0	2	1
Selesnya Midrange	49	72–91	44.2
Jund	12	15–20	42.9	0	2
Blink	280	569–433	56.8	13	59	17
Orzhov Blink	217	465–334	58.2	12	55	13
Graveyard Value	31	20–53	27.4
Enchantments Matter	11	10–22	31.3
Allies	8	5–19	20.8
Azorius Allies	1	1–1	50.0
-1/-1 Counters	1	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	33	11–80	12.1
Mardu Midrange	10	10–21	32.3
Vampires	12	9–27	25.0
Mono Black Vampires	5	8–12	40.0
Rakdos Vampires	1	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Vampires	4	1–9	10.0
Legends Midrange	31	53–51	51.0	0	1	3
Boros Legends Midrange	6	6–8	42.9
Orzhov Legends	18	44–27	62.0	0	1	3
Selesnya Legends	1	1–3	25.0
Elementals	10	11–22	33.3
Rakdos Midrange	25	43–52	45.3	1	3
Naya Midrange	8	14–19	42.4
Big Red	16	20–29	40.8	0	3
Mono Black Midrange	11	6–24	20.0	0	1
Dimir Midrange	35	53–51	51.0			3
Angels	24	32–48	40.0	0	3
Mono White Angels	16	26–30	46.4	0	1
Azorius Angels	1	1–4	20.0
Orzhov Angels	6	4–13	23.5	0	2
Toughness Matters	11	13–24	35.1
Lifegain Midrange	10	18–14	56.3			2
Adventures	3	6–8	42.9
Mutate	3	1–2	33.3
Sultai Midrange	29	42–62	40.4	0	1
Fight Rigging	12	22–22	50.0	0	1
Orzhov Midrange	52	106–81	56.7	1	4	4
Jeskai Midrange	3	4–5	44.4
Heartless Summoning Stompy	167	334–264	55.9	3	41	6
Zur the Enchanter	1	0–1	0.0
Ordealbreak	5	7–10	41.2	0	1
Enigmatic Incarnation	5	7–10	41.2	0	1
Fires of Invention	33	48–62	43.6			1
Hero of Precinct One	22	24–44	35.3
Mardu Hero	1	3–2	60.0
Five Color Hero	6	3–12	20.0
Naya Hero	2	3–4	42.9
Boros Hero	3	7–8	46.7
Clerics	11	22–17	56.4	1	3	1
Artifact Midrange	61	72–112	39.1	0	5
Death Cloud	33	61–66	48.0			1
Nissa Company	18	29–32	47.5	1	1	2
Illness in the Ranks	23	40–47	46.0	0	1	2
Game Objects	36	44–74	37.3	0	2	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	594–598	49.8
Mono Black Aggro	1–2	33.3
Heroic	10–16	38.5
Mono White Heroic	3–0	100.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	5–16	23.8
Red Deck Wins	102–126	44.7
Goblins	3–5	37.5
Tokens	9–7	56.3
Selesnya Tokens	4–5	44.4
Orzhov Tokens	4–2	66.7
Mono Green Stompy	27–16	62.8
White Weenie	66–66	50.0
Odric Keywords	3–0	100.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	7–5	58.3
Soldiers	36–30	54.5
Mono White Humans	17–27	38.6
Elves	5–6	45.5
Selesnya Little Kid	6–7	46.2
Selesnya Counters	2–5	28.6
Zombies	12–3	80.0
Gruul Aggro	6–5	54.5
Merfolk	1–3	25.0
Artifact Aggro	97–80	54.8
Affinity	84–70	54.5
Hardened Scales Affinity	80–68	54.1
Tempered Steel	3–5	37.5
Mono Blue Architect	10–5	66.7
Mono Blue Aggro	2–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	24–15	61.5
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	6–3	66.7
Hateful Auras	16–11	59.3
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Knights	2–3	40.0
AggroSlide	9–9	50.0
Cats	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	4–3	57.1
Boros Aggro	5–2	71.4
Humans	93–118	44.1
Selesnya Humans	1–6	14.3
Boros Humans	56–62	47.5
Orzhov Humans	36–49	42.4
Legends Aggro	43–38	53.1
Boros Legends Aggro	17–20	45.9
Selesnya Legends Aggro	3–0	100.0
Bard Class	19–15	55.9
Permanent Vacation	14–22	38.9
Pirates	32–41	43.8
Rats	14–5	73.7
Combo	358–410	46.6
Storm	16–7	69.6
Citadel Storm	6–7	46.2
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	10–0	100.0
Reanimator	4–1	80.0
Traditional Reanimator	4–1	80.0
Rakdos Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	14–18	43.8
Dubious Challenge	2–5	28.6
Warp World	106–172	38.1
Temur Glimpse	38–45	45.8
Boros Glimpse	63–126	33.3
Hypergenesis	1–7	12.5
Splendid Reclamation Combo	4–1	80.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–3	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–3	50.0
Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–1	66.7
Anvil Colossus	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	2–3	40.0
Eggs	3–1	75.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	7–6	53.8
Taking Turns	2–2	50.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	3–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Ominous Good	2–1	66.7
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	21–10	67.7
Oops All Spells	19–10	65.5
Oops All Lands	32–41	43.8
Dredge	41–50	45.1
Insidious Roots Dredge	38–42	47.5
Polymorph	2–0	100.0
Storm Herald	6–7	46.2
Enduring Ideal	2–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	8–7	53.3
Intruder Alarm	2–1	66.7
Calibrated Blast	8–12	40.0
Restore Balance	18–19	48.6
Gyruda	3–7	30.0
Possibility Storm	7–3	70.0
Midnight Mass	7–8	46.7
Control	297–401	42.6
Esper Control	33–47	41.3
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	4–1	80.0
Dimir Control	16–10	61.5
Azorius Control	89–194	31.4
Turbo Fog	14–7	66.7
Izzet Control	19–26	42.2
Mardu Control	2–0	100.0
Mill	8–5	61.5
Boros Control	8–8	50.0
Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	11–14	44.0
Cruel Control	9–10	47.4
Stax	11–13	45.8
Chandra Nalaar	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	6–8	42.9
Dragon Control	6–2	75.0
Runeflare	4–8	33.3
Mono White Control	24–17	58.5
Cycling Control	8–3	72.7
Astral Slide	4–1	80.0
Five Color Control	2–5	28.6
Last Stand Control	1–4	20.0
Bant Control	1–3	25.0
Seasons Past Control	12–15	44.4
Orzhov Control	6–5	54.5
Prison	7–5	58.3
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	123–135	47.7
Aristocrats	96–126	43.2
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	92–123	42.8
Boros Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	13–3	81.3
Infect	2–1	66.7
Golgari Infect	2–1	66.7
Hushnought	2–1	66.7
Dwarf Combo	9–4	69.2
Aggro-Control	110–146	43.0
Simic Flash	7–5	58.3
Izzet Tempo	12–14	46.2
Blue Madness	6–3	66.7
Ninjas	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	37–69	34.9
Mono Blue Librarians	27–57	32.1
Izzet Spells	4–9	30.8
Dimir Tempo	4–11	26.7
Dimir Librarians	2–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	26–28	48.1
Combo-Control	107–153	41.2
Curses	2–0	100.0
Burning Vengeance	2–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	12–18	40.0
Sunforger	7–4	63.6
Curious Niv-Mizzet	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	3–5	37.5
Mass Land Destruction	12–12	50.0
Wildfire	12–12	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	3–2	60.0
Resurgent Belief	2–5	28.6
Greasefang	56–95	37.1
Esper Greasefang	10–23	30.3
Orzhov Greasefang	43–70	38.1
Coveted Falcon Combo	10–13	43.5
Midrange	552–552	50.0
The Rock	74–58	56.1
Grenzo	4–4	50.0
Abzan Midrange	24–25	49.0
Selesnya Midrange	23–17	57.5
Jund	5–3	62.5
Blink	87–128	40.5
Orzhov Blink	67–102	39.6
Graveyard Value	8–2	80.0
Enchantments Matter	2–2	50.0
Allies	1–2	33.3
Azorius Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	14–4	77.8
Mardu Midrange	2–2	50.0
Vampires	6–2	75.0
Mono Black Vampires	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	7–10	41.2
Boros Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Legends	3–8	27.3
Elementals	4–4	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	12–12	50.0
Naya Midrange	0–5	0.0
Big Red	7–5	58.3
Mono Black Midrange	6–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	11–9	55.0
Angels	8–8	50.0
Mono White Angels	5–6	45.5
Azorius Angels	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Angels	1–1	50.0
Toughness Matters	5–3	62.5
Lifegain Midrange	2–2	50.0
Adventures	0–1	0.0
Mutate	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	12–12	50.0
Fight Rigging	6–6	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	26–33	44.1
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	58–95	37.9
Zur the Enchanter	1–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	1–1	50.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–1	50.0
Fires of Invention	16–17	48.5
Hero of Precinct One	12–3	80.0
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	3–0	100.0
Naya Hero	1–0	100.0
Boros Hero	3–2	60.0
Clerics	3–3	50.0
Artifact Midrange	32–19	62.7
Death Cloud	10–14	41.7
Nissa Company	7–7	50.0
Illness in the Ranks	7–12	36.8
Game Objects	19–13	59.4
Ramp	126–169	42.7
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	7–7	50.0
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Temurpost	7–6	53.8
Carth Superfriends	14–27	34.1
Applejacks	5–0	100.0
Field Ramp	80–108	42.6
Superfriends	4–4	50.0
Unclassified	1–0	100.0