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 8 weeks, 4 days.

Hypergenesis

Tournaments Only
Season 34▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
9. 29
10. 28
11. 27
12. 26
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30. 8
31. 7
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33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	851	1451–1422	50.5	6	67	31
Hypergenesis	118	218–187	53.8	2	16	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	51–26	66.2
Mono Black Aggro	1–1	50.0
Heroic	6–2	75.0
Azorius Heroic	3–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	2–2	50.0
Red Deck Wins	14–9	60.9
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–1	75.0
White Weenie	2–1	66.7
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Elves	0–1	0.0
Zombies	1–1	50.0
Gruul Aggro	2–1	66.7
Artifact Aggro	6–4	60.0
Affinity	5–4	55.6
Hardened Scales Affinity	4–3	57.1
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	2–0	100.0
Knights	3–2	60.0
AggroSlide	4–1	80.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	3–0	100.0
Bard Class	3–0	100.0
Rats	1–0	100.0
Combo	50–38	56.8
Storm	16–7	69.6
Dimir Tendrils	6–1	85.7
Citadel Storm	10–6	62.5
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–4	20.0
Hypergenesis	7–7	50.0
New Perspectives	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–4	33.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–3	40.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Reanim8 Rack	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Oops All Lands	0–3	0.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	3–1	75.0
Enduring Ideal	1–1	50.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Belcher	2–0	100.0
Phoenix Altar	2–0	100.0
Actual Twin	5–6	45.5
Izzet Twin	3–6	33.3
Boros Twin	2–0	100.0
Primal Prayers Combo	1–0	100.0
Control	38–58	39.6
Mono Black Control	2–5	28.6
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	5–6	45.5
Azorius Control	8–13	38.1
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	7–9	43.8
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Blackpost	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–7	22.2
Mono White Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Grixis Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	2–3	40.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	1–1	50.0
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Pox	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	9–15	37.5
Prison	1–2	33.3
Enchantress	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Combo	11–9	55.0
Aristocrats	11–9	55.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	9–8	52.9
Aggro-Control	6–12	33.3
Mono Blue Tempo	2–4	33.3
Mono Blue Librarians	2–2	50.0
Izzet Spells	1–2	33.3
Dimir Tempo	1–3	25.0
Dimir Faeries	0–2	0.0
Azorius Tempo	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	5–14	26.3
Solar Flare	4–7	36.4
Archfiend Alteration	1–5	16.7
Resurgent Belief	0–1	0.0
Midrange	43–26	62.3
The Rock	1–2	33.3
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Jund	3–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	2–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	2–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Elementals	0–1	0.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–4	33.3
Angels	8–7	53.3
Mono White Angels	4–5	44.4
Azorius Angels	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	3–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	5–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	3–1	75.0
Fight Rigging	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	3–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	0–2	0.0
Five Color Hero	0–2	0.0
Artifact Midrange	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Nissa Company	0–2	0.0
Game Objects	1–1	50.0
Ramp	14–4	77.8
Rofellos Ramp	8–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	1–2	33.3
Eldrazipost	1–1	50.0
Greenpost	0–1	0.0
Carth Superfriends	2–1	66.7