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, 5 days.

Control

Tournaments Only
Season 4▾
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
Control	217	314–344–19	47.7	5	51	4
Mono Black Control	31	54–46–4	54.0	2	8
Esper Control	9	14–13	51.9			1
Demonic Rising	22	38–30–1	55.9	1	7	2
Paradox Haze Lock	11	19–25–1	43.2	0	3
Mono Blue Control	12	11–20	35.5	0	1
Turbo Xerox	4	8–7	53.3
Dimir Control	36	51–47–8	52.0	1	12
Dreadful Inspiration	16	26–21–3	55.3	1	6
Azorius Control	10	11–19	36.7	0	1
Cawblade	5	8–8	50.0
Turbo Fog	9	6–11–1	35.3	0	1
Izzet Control	18	29–28–2	50.9	1	5
Mardu Control	1
Mill	2	0–4	0.0
Boros Control	1	0–3	0.0
Grixis Control	23	53–41–2	56.4	0	9	1
Cruel Control	20	45–34–2	57.0	0	9	1
Dragon Control	7	6–14	30.0	0	1
Izzet Dragons	3	2–4	33.3
Dimir Dragons	3	4–7	36.4	0	1
Ponza	1
Mono White Control	2	3–5	37.5	0	2
Cycling Control	10	9–15	37.5
Astral Slide	9	9–15	37.5
Sultai Control	1	1–2	33.3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	93–103–8	47.4
Mono Black Aggro	3–0	100.0
Heroic	40–66–5	37.7
Mono White Heroic	38–63–5	37.6
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–2	33.3
Boros Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	6–17–3	26.1
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	14–4	77.8
Selesnya Tokens	13–4	76.5
Mono Green Stompy	4–0	100.0
White Weenie	2–0	100.0
Werewolves	3–2	60.0
Minotaurs	0–1	0.0
Zombies	1–3	25.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	6–5	54.5
Affinity	4–2	66.7
Boros Vehicles	1–3	25.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	2–0	100.0
Humans	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	24–25	49.0
Storm	3–14	17.6
Sultai Tendrils	0–3	0.0
Dimir Tendrils	1–10	9.1
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	11–9	55.0
Recurring Nightmare	1–3	25.0
Starlit Graves	1–2	33.3
Traditional Reanimator	9–4	69.2
Breakfast	6–1	85.7
Cephalid Breakfast	6–1	85.7
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	6–1	85.7
Control	68–68–6	50.0
Mono Black Control	13–14–1	48.1
Esper Control	3–1	75.0
Demonic Rising	5–5	50.0
Paradox Haze Lock	5–5	50.0
Mono Blue Control	0–3	0.0
Turbo Xerox	0–2	0.0
Dimir Control	12–9–2	57.1
Dreadful Inspiration	6–5–1	54.5
Azorius Control	6–4	60.0
Cawblade	1–3	25.0
Turbo Fog	0–1–1	0.0
Izzet Control	5–7–2	41.7
Mill	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	7–10	41.2
Cruel Control	6–9	40.0
Dragon Control	3–1	75.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Dimir Dragons	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	2–1	66.7
Cycling Control	4–3	57.1
Astral Slide	4–3	57.1
Aggro-Combo	13–28–2	31.7
Aristocrats	11–24–2	31.4
Mono Black Aristocrats	5–11–1	31.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–7	22.2
Golgari Aristocrats	1–1–1	50.0
Abzan Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Mardu Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Burn	0–2	0.0
Hermit Humans	2–2	50.0
Aggro-Control	4–4	50.0
Izzet Tempo	2–1	66.7
Blue Madness	0–2	0.0
Simic Madness	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	32–55–3	36.8
Curses	6–8–1	42.9
Oketra's Monument	4–5	44.4
Azorius Oketra's Monument	3–5	37.5
Mono White Oketra's Monument	1–0	100.0
Burning Vengeance	2–6	25.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–2	33.3
Shared Fate	1–2	33.3
Displace Loop	5–12	29.4
Peregrine Drake	5–12	29.4
Mass Land Destruction	8–15–2	34.8
Wildfire	8–15–2	34.8
Borderpost Wildfire	7–13–2	35.0
Midrange	70–54	56.5
Temur Ascendancy	18–24	42.9
The Rock	7–1	87.5
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jund	3–2	60.0
Blink	1–1	50.0
Enchantments Matter	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Enchantress	2–0	100.0
Allies	9–4	69.2
Orzhov Allies	9–4	69.2
-1/-1 Counters	0–1	0.0
Vampires	12–13	48.0
Mono Black Vampires	12–13	48.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	10–7	58.8
Villainous Wealth	0–3	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	4–2	66.7