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.

Combo-Control

Tournaments Only
Season 5▾
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
Combo-Control	145	298–258–1	53.6	11	44	1
Burning Vengeance	11	6–16	27.3
Cruel Combo-Control	43	109–66	62.3	7	17
Battle of Wits	1	1–0	100.0
Approach Necro	29	78–47–1	62.4	1	13	1
Shared Fate	4	6–12	33.3	0	2
Swarm Intelligence	20	42–41	50.6	3	8
Sunforger	8	11–11	50.0	0	2
Hedron Alignment	1	1–2	33.3
Curious Niv-Mizzet	7	5–21	19.2
Mass Land Destruction	17	33–38	46.5	0	2
Wildfire	17	33–38	46.5	0	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	83–70	54.2
Mono Black Aggro	9–5	64.3
Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	27–30	47.4
Proliferate Red	0–2	0.0
Goblins	3–2	60.0
Tokens	19–15	55.9
Selesnya Tokens	17–12	58.6
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	4–9	30.8
White Weenie	6–3	66.7
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–1	0.0
Elves	0–2	0.0
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	3–0	100.0
Boros Vehicles	3–0	100.0
Devoid Aggro	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Combo	46–21	68.7
Reanimator	14–7	66.7
Starlit Graves	6–5	54.5
Traditional Reanimator	8–2	80.0
Mono Black Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Necro Combo	2–4	33.3
Faith Necro	0–2	0.0
Deathmantle Necro	1–2	33.3
Biovisionary	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stormless Storm	2–4	33.3
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Actual Warp World	1–0	100.0
Zubera Tribal	4–1	80.0
Maniac Combo	11–3	78.6
Stuffy Doll	2–2	50.0
Control	47–63–1	42.7
Esper Control	2–8	20.0
Dimir Control	9–9	50.0
Watery Oath	5–6	45.5
Azorius Control	2–4	33.3
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	2–2	50.0
Mardu Control	2–4	33.3
Mill	4–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–3	25.0
Grixis Control	4–2	66.7
Cruel Control	4–2	66.7
Stax	9–20–1	31.0
Necro Stax	1–3	25.0
Pollute the Planet	7–17–1	29.2
Chandra Nalaar	3–3	50.0
Stagnant Control	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	3–3	50.0
Esper Dragons	3–3	50.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	0–3	0.0
Astral Slide	0–3	0.0
Orzhov Control	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Combo	6–2	75.0
Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Infect	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	21–8	72.4
Izzet Tempo	4–0	100.0
Azorius Skies	5–2	71.4
Blue Madness	8–3	72.7
Temur Madness	7–2	77.8
Grixis Madness	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	3–3	50.0
Combo-Control	34–34	50.0
Burning Vengeance	2–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	10–13	43.5
Approach Necro	5–8	38.5
Shared Fate	1–1	50.0
Swarm Intelligence	8–10	44.4
Sunforger	2–1	66.7
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	5–1	83.3
Wildfire	5–1	83.3
Midrange	54–53	50.5
Abzan Midrange	3–6	33.3
Blink	1–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	0–2	0.0
Séance	0–1	0.0
Indestructible	1–0	100.0
Allies	9–3	75.0
Orzhov Allies	9–3	75.0
Vampires	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	3–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	24–36	40.0
Necro Midrange	24–36	40.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	7–7	50.0
Rofellos Ramp	5–4	55.6