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, 6 days.

Midrange

Tournaments Only
Season 5▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
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10. 28
11. 27
12. 26
13. 25
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26. 12
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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
Midrange	232	468–402–1	53.8	7	44	18
Temur Ascendancy	4	6–9	40.0
Abzan Midrange	16	39–21	65.0	0	3	1
Jund	1	2–3	40.0
Blink	2	1–3	25.0
Anti-Persecution	7	18–12	60.0	0	1	1
Graveyard Value	8	9–15	37.5
Séance	3	5–9	35.7
Indestructible	6	15–7	68.2			1
Enchantments Matter	2	2–5	28.6
Orzhov Enchantress	2	2–5	28.6
Allies	28	41–54–1	43.2	0	5
Orzhov Allies	28	41–54–1	43.2	0	5
Treefolk	2	4–6	40.0
Vampires	3	3–9	25.0	0	1
Mono Black Vampires	2	3–5	37.5	0	1
Rakdos Vampires	1	0–4	0.0
Big Red	1	1–4	20.0
Mono Black Midrange	106	296–161	64.8	7	31	15
Necro Midrange	103	294–158	65.0	7	31	15
Lifegain Midrange	4	3–10	23.1
Sultai Midrange	3	2–9	18.2
Orzhov Midrange	1	2–2	50.0
Artifact Midrange	1	0–3	0.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	131–118	52.6
Mono Black Aggro	8–15	34.8
Heroic	9–4	69.2
Mono White Heroic	2–1	66.7
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	7–3	70.0
Red Deck Wins	36–46	43.9
Proliferate Red	1–0	100.0
Goblins	5–2	71.4
Tokens	22–17	56.4
Selesnya Tokens	16–11	59.3
Mardu Tokens	1–3	25.0
Mono White Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono Green Stompy	8–3	72.7
White Weenie	4–10	28.6
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–3	25.0
Kithkin	0–1	0.0
Elves	3–1	75.0
Minotaurs	2–2	50.0
Warriors	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–0	100.0
Zombies	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	5–2	71.4
Boros Vehicles	5–2	71.4
Devoid Aggro	4–3	57.1
Mono Blue Aggro	2–0	100.0
Madness	4–7	36.4
Gruul Madness	4–7	36.4
Slivers	1–2	33.3
Humans	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Combo	61–38–1	61.6
Reanimator	21–13	61.8
Starlit Graves	10–8	55.6
Traditional Reanimator	11–5	68.8
Mono Black Reanimator	5–3	62.5
Necro Combo	3–10–1	23.1
Faith Necro	1–4–1	20.0
Deathmantle Necro	2–5	28.6
Biovisionary	3–0	100.0
Mono Green Stormless Storm	6–2	75.0
Dubious Challenge	2–1	66.7
Zubera Tribal	5–1	83.3
Maniac Combo	5–5	50.0
Monumental Ignus	1–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	3–4	42.9
Control	101–82	55.2
Esper Control	7–9	43.8
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	17–4	81.0
Watery Oath	4–0	100.0
Azorius Control	3–2	60.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	6–7	46.2
Mardu Control	9–9	50.0
Mill	7–1	87.5
Boros Control	3–3	50.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	11–5	68.8
Cruel Control	8–5	61.5
Stax	19–27	41.3
Necro Stax	2–3	40.0
Pollute the Planet	15–23	39.5
Chandra Nalaar	4–6	40.0
Stagnant Control	1–4	20.0
Jeskai Control	2–0	100.0
Dragon Control	3–1	75.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Esper Dragons	2–1	66.7
Cycling Control	3–2	60.0
Astral Slide	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Control	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Combo	5–0	100.0
Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Infect	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	26–25	51.0
Izzet Tempo	1–0	100.0
Azorius Skies	1–9	10.0
Blue Madness	14–9	60.9
Temur Madness	11–6	64.7
Grixis Madness	3–3	50.0
Izzet Spells	8–7	53.3
Combo-Control	53–54	49.5
Burning Vengeance	2–1	66.7
Cruel Combo-Control	14–27	34.1
Approach Necro	13–8	61.9
Shared Fate	3–1	75.0
Swarm Intelligence	7–8	46.7
Sunforger	2–3	40.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	6–1	85.7
Mass Land Destruction	6–4	60.0
Wildfire	6–4	60.0
Midrange	71–71	50.0
Temur Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	3–9	25.0
Jund	0–1	0.0
Anti-Persecution	3–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	3–2	60.0
Séance	1–2	33.3
Indestructible	1–4	20.0
Allies	6–8	42.9
Orzhov Allies	6–8	42.9
Treefolk	2–0	100.0
Big Red	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	38–43	46.9
Necro Midrange	37–43	46.3
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	20–14	58.8
Rofellos Ramp	13–14	48.1