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 days, 7 hours.

Blink

Tournaments Only
Season 33▾
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	1434	2279–2573	47.0	21	151	48
Blink	282	574–438	56.7	13	59	17
Orzhov Blink	217	465–334	58.2	12	55	13

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	178–98	64.5
Heroic	3–3	50.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	2–3	40.0
Red Deck Wins	41–17	70.7
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	4–3	57.1
Selesnya Tokens	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Tokens	3–2	60.0
Mono Green Stompy	10–2	83.3
White Weenie	17–17	50.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Soldiers	14–8	63.6
Mono White Humans	2–7	22.2
Elves	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	3–0	100.0
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	23–12	65.7
Affinity	21–10	67.7
Hardened Scales Affinity	21–10	67.7
Tempered Steel	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–1	50.0
Voltron	5–3	62.5
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Hateful Auras	4–2	66.7
AggroSlide	3–3	50.0
Humans	24–21	53.3
Selesnya Humans	0–1	0.0
Boros Humans	18–12	60.0
Orzhov Humans	6–8	42.9
Legends Aggro	14–4	77.8
Boros Legends Aggro	6–2	75.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Bard Class	6–2	75.0
Permanent Vacation	5–1	83.3
Pirates	17–7	70.8
Rats	4–4	50.0
Combo	67–76	46.9
Storm	2–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	2–0	100.0
Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–3	40.0
Warp World	25–39	39.1
Temur Glimpse	9–10	47.4
Boros Glimpse	16–29	35.6
Hypergenesis	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	4–1	80.0
Oops All Spells	3–1	75.0
Oops All Lands	4–6	40.0
Dredge	8–9	47.1
Insidious Roots Dredge	7–7	50.0
Storm Herald	0–1	0.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	2–3	40.0
Intruder Alarm	0–1	0.0
Calibrated Blast	0–4	0.0
Restore Balance	4–4	50.0
Possibility Storm	0–1	0.0
Midnight Mass	1–2	33.3
Control	79–73	52.0
Esper Control	7–5	58.3
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	1–2	33.3
Azorius Control	30–44	40.5
Turbo Fog	3–1	75.0
Izzet Control	3–3	50.0
Mill	2–1	66.7
Boros Control	2–2	50.0
Grixis Control	2–1	66.7
Cruel Control	2–1	66.7
Stax	6–1	85.7
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	0–2	0.0
Dragon Control	4–0	100.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Mono White Control	5–5	50.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	4–3	57.1
Orzhov Control	3–0	100.0
Prison	3–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	39–23	62.9
Aristocrats	34–21	61.8
Rakdos Aristocrats	34–21	61.8
Burn	2–0	100.0
Infect	1–1	50.0
Golgari Infect	1–1	50.0
Dwarf Combo	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	28–26	51.9
Simic Flash	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	5–4	55.6
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	8–13	38.1
Mono Blue Librarians	5–13	27.8
Izzet Spells	1–2	33.3
Dimir Tempo	2–0	100.0
Dimir Librarians	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	8–5	61.5
Combo-Control	23–26	46.9
Battle of Wits	2–4	33.3
Sunforger	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–4	33.3
Wildfire	2–4	33.3
Borderpost Wildfire	1–2	33.3
Resurgent Belief	0–1	0.0
Greasefang	14–14	50.0
Esper Greasefang	4–5	44.4
Orzhov Greasefang	10–9	52.6
Coveted Falcon Combo	3–3	50.0
Midrange	131–90	59.3
The Rock	12–5	70.6
Grenzo	2–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	9–1	90.0
Selesnya Midrange	5–1	83.3
Jund	1–1	50.0
Blink	21–21	50.0
Orzhov Blink	16–15	51.6
Graveyard Value	2–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	2–1	66.7
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
Legends Midrange	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Legends	2–1	66.7
Elementals	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Midrange	2–3	40.0
Big Red	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–0	100.0
Angels	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Angels	1–1	50.0
Toughness Matters	2–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Fight Rigging	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	9–2	81.8
Heartless Summoning Stompy	15–29	34.1
Fires of Invention	4–3	57.1
Hero of Precinct One	4–1	80.0
Five Color Hero	1–0	100.0
Boros Hero	2–1	66.7
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	11–5	68.8
Death Cloud	2–1	66.7
Nissa Company	3–2	60.0
Illness in the Ranks	4–0	100.0
Game Objects	6–6	50.0
Ramp	29–26	52.7
Cloudpost Ramp	4–0	100.0
Temurpost	4–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	4–2	66.7
Field Ramp	16–20	44.4
Superfriends	2–0	100.0