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.

Red Deck Wins

Tournaments Only
Season 6▾
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
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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
Aggro	1107	2305–1876	55.1	22	195	46
Red Deck Wins	312	742–501	59.7	7	75	15
Mono Red Devotion	35	72–58	55.4	1	4	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	256–225	53.2
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	46–80	36.5
Mono White Heroic	30–70	30.0
Azorius Heroic	5–2	71.4
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	11–7	61.1
Red Deck Wins	86–86	50.0
Mono Red Devotion	10–9	52.6
Goblins	9–1	90.0
Tokens	15–5	75.0
Selesnya Tokens	11–5	68.8
Mono Green Stompy	3–1	75.0
White Weenie	18–17	51.4
Odric Keywords	5–2	71.4
Soldiers	8–13	38.1
Kithkin	1–1	50.0
Elves	3–1	75.0
Minotaurs	2–0	100.0
Warriors	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–4	20.0
Rogues	5–5	50.0
Zombies	7–4	63.6
Gruul Aggro	7–2	77.8
Merfolk	7–2	77.8
Mono Red Swarm	8–1	88.9
Artifact Aggro	5–1	83.3
Affinity	4–0	100.0
Boros Vehicles	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	7–3	70.0
Madness	3–3	50.0
Gruul Madness	3–3	50.0
Voltron	4–5	44.4
Hexproof	3–5	37.5
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Slivers	1–1	50.0
Naya Zoo	2–0	100.0
Humans	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	2–0	100.0
Combo	103–101	50.5
Storm	7–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	7–0	100.0
Reanimator	39–34	53.4
Starlit Graves	0–2	0.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1–4	20.0
Traditional Reanimator	38–28	57.6
Dimir Reanimator	21–14	60.0
Biovisionary	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–1	50.0
Maniac Combo	2–1	66.7
Hypergenesis	20–42	32.3
Hyperwave	11–18	37.9
New Perspectives	13–1	92.9
Cat Wave	8–16	33.3
Acid Wave	1–6	14.3
Mardu Life	1–0	100.0
Retraction Helix Combo	1–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	3–0	100.0
Cephalid Breakfast	3–0	100.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	3–0	100.0
Polymorph	0–2	0.0
Control	146–51	74.1
Mono Black Control	9–4	69.2
Esper Control	0–1	0.0
Demonic Rising	14–12	53.8
Paradox Haze Lock	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Control	3–2	60.0
Dimir Control	3–0	100.0
Azorius Control	29–17	63.0
Adam's Ale	9–10	47.4
Turbo Fog	4–0	100.0
Izzet Control	7–2	77.8
Mill	3–0	100.0
Boros Control	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Grixis Control	11–2	84.6
Cruel Control	11–2	84.6
Stax	1–0	100.0
Stagnant Control	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	3–0	100.0
Dragon Control	13–3	81.3
Esper Dragons	2–1	66.7
WUBR Dragons	1–0	100.0
Grixis Dragons	4–1	80.0
UBRG Dragons	2–0	100.0
Galleon Control	10–4	71.4
Runeflare	6–0	100.0
Ponza	9–0	100.0
Mono White Control	4–1	80.0
Cycling Control	2–0	100.0
Astral Slide	2–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	61–58	51.3
Aristocrats	39–44	47.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	16–15	51.6
Orzhov Aristocrats	8–11	42.1
Golgari Aristocrats	6–6	50.0
Abzan Aristocrats	6–5	54.5
Mardu Aristocrats	2–7	22.2
Burn	13–11	54.2
Infect	3–0	100.0
Turbo Myth	5–2	71.4
Aggro-Control	30–14	68.2
Izzet Tempo	6–6	50.0
Azorius Skies	2–0	100.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Temur Madness	0–1	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	8–5	61.5
Temur Clues	7–1	87.5
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	2–1	66.7
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	17–3	85.0
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Swarm Intelligence	5–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	8–3	72.7
Wildfire	8–3	72.7
Midrange	101–36	73.7
Temur Ascendancy	11–11	50.0
The Rock	4–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	7–2	77.8
Blink	3–2	60.0
Wave Blink	3–2	60.0
Azorius Wave	1–2	33.3
Graveyard Value	13–3	81.3
Séance	3–0	100.0
Dimir Graves	2–0	100.0
Indestructible	2–2	50.0
Enchantments Matter	7–1	87.5
Orzhov Enchantress	5–1	83.3
Constellation	2–0	100.0
Allies	7–2	77.8
Orzhov Allies	4–2	66.7
Esper Allies	3–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	5–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	5–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	5–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–2	0.0
Hellion Whip	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	3–0	100.0
Sultai Emerge	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	4–0	100.0
Prophet Glare	4–1	80.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	28–13	68.3
Villainous Wealth	0–2	0.0
Rofellos Ramp	1–0	100.0
Wild Pair	1–0	100.0
Devoid Cruelty	19–9	67.9
Applejacks	1–0	100.0
Orcish Aids	1–0	100.0