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.

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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 6▾
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
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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	453	577–841	40.7	0	22	2
Temur Ascendancy	42	86–81	51.5	0	6	1
Prophet Ascendancy	1	0–3	0.0
The Rock	11	14–20	41.2
Abzan Midrange	9	18–19	48.6
Jund	25	42–42	50.0	0	2
Blink	12	24–16	60.0	0	1
Wave Blink	5	11–8	57.9	0	1
Azorius Wave	3	4–4	50.0
Acid Trip	2	1–3	25.0
Graveyard Value	59	77–112	40.7	0	4
Séance	10	10–23	30.3
Dimir Graves	13	19–28	40.4	0	1
Indestructible	14	29–25	53.7			1
Enchantments Matter	27	45–49	47.9
Orzhov Enchantress	18	32–35	47.8
Constellation	9	13–14	48.1
Allies	20	23–39	37.1	0	1
Orzhov Allies	14	16–24	40.0	0	1
Mardu Allies	3	1–6	14.3
Esper Allies	3	6–9	40.0
-1/-1 Counters	11	9–22	29.0
Fake-Rack	1	3–2	60.0
Mardu Midrange	1	1–2	33.3
Vampires	7	1–16	5.9
Rakdos Vampires	6	1–16	5.9
Orzhov Vampires	1
Legends Midrange	1	0–3	0.0
Elementals	9	5–19	20.8
Rakdos Midrange	7	11–21	34.4	0	1
Mono Black Midrange	7	5–14	26.3	0	1
Necro Midrange	1
Hellion Whip	5	4–13	23.5
Dimir Midrange	3	9–5	64.3
Sultai Midrange	15	8–18	30.8	0	3
Sultai Emerge	8	6–16	27.3	0	3
Sultai Energy	2	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	11	3–15	16.7
Prophet Glare	6	13–13	50.0	0	1
Mythic Colossification	2	7–3	70.0
Clerics	7	8–19	29.6
Artifact Midrange	9	4–15	21.1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	175–303	36.6
Mono Black Aggro	3–2	60.0
Heroic	38–88	30.2
Mono White Heroic	26–71	26.8
Azorius Heroic	1–5	16.7
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	9–12	42.9
Red Deck Wins	36–101	26.3
Mono Red Devotion	7–13	35.0
Goblins	5–9	35.7
Tokens	13–9	59.1
Selesnya Tokens	11–9	55.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–2	60.0
White Weenie	8–21	27.6
Odric Keywords	3–5	37.5
Soldiers	4–12	25.0
Kithkin	1–1	50.0
Elves	3–2	60.0
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Minotaurs	2–2	50.0
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	3–2	60.0
Rogues	6–4	60.0
Zombies	8–8	50.0
Gruul Aggro	7–12	36.8
Merfolk	3–8	27.3
Mono Red Swarm	1–9	10.0
Artifact Aggro	4–5	44.4
Affinity	3–4	42.9
Boros Vehicles	1–1	50.0
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	4–2	66.7
Madness	2–4	33.3
Gruul Madness	2–3	40.0
Voltron	4–3	57.1
Hexproof	2–3	40.0
Equipment Aggro	2–0	100.0
Slivers	4–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	91–153	37.3
Storm	5–2	71.4
Dimir Tendrils	0–2	0.0
Reanimator	32–55	36.8
Starlit Graves	3–2	60.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	5–11	31.3
Grozoth	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	23–41	35.9
Dimir Reanimator	11–24	31.4
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–1	66.7
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Actual Warp World	1–0	100.0
Zubera Tribal	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	13–57	18.6
Hyperwave	3–24	11.1
New Perspectives	10–9	52.6
Cat Wave	15–17	46.9
Acid Wave	5–6	45.5
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1–0	100.0
Monumental Ignus	1–0	100.0
Mardu Life	0–1	0.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	3–1	75.0
Breakfast	1–2	33.3
Cephalid Breakfast	0–2	0.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	0–2	0.0
Hermit Dredge	1–0	100.0
Control	116–150	43.6
Mono Black Control	1–12	7.7
Esper Control	2–3	40.0
Demonic Rising	18–28	39.1
Paradox Haze Lock	3–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–5	16.7
Azorius Control	11–28	28.2
Adam's Ale	1–8	11.1
Turbo Fog	3–3	50.0
Izzet Control	6–8	42.9
Mill	2–2	50.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Grixis Control	12–14	46.2
Cruel Control	12–12	50.0
Stax	0–2	0.0
Stagnant Control	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	10–14	41.7
Esper Dragons	5–6	45.5
WUBR Dragons	3–1	75.0
Grixis Dragons	2–6	25.0
Galleon Control	8–16	33.3
Runeflare	13–1	92.9
Ponza	2–4	33.3
Mono White Control	5–1	83.3
Cycling Control	3–2	60.0
Astral Slide	3–2	60.0
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Bant Control	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Control	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Combo	39–79	33.1
Aristocrats	26–64	28.9
Mono Black Aristocrats	6–10	37.5
Orzhov Aristocrats	7–21	25.0
Golgari Aristocrats	6–11	35.3
Abzan Aristocrats	3–14	17.6
Mardu Aristocrats	2–8	20.0
Burn	4–5	44.4
Infect	0–1	0.0
Turbo Myth	4–7	36.4
Aggro-Control	35–24	59.3
Izzet Tempo	15–8	65.2
Azorius Skies	2–1	66.7
Lich Aggro-Control	9–6	60.0
Temur Clues	6–6	50.0
Dimir Tempo	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	20–21	48.8
Battle of Wits	5–5	50.0
Swarm Intelligence	4–5	44.4
Pickles	6–1	85.7
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–10	28.6
Wildfire	4–10	28.6
Midrange	78–78	50.0
Temur Ascendancy	3–6	33.3
The Rock	1–2	33.3
Abzan Midrange	0–4	0.0
Jund	5–4	55.6
Blink	1–2	33.3
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	4–13	23.5
Séance	0–1	0.0
Dimir Graves	2–4	33.3
Indestructible	4–7	36.4
Enchantments Matter	3–6	33.3
Orzhov Enchantress	3–4	42.9
Constellation	0–2	0.0
Allies	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Allies	1–2	33.3
Mardu Allies	2–0	100.0
Esper Allies	0–1	0.0
-1/-1 Counters	2–1	66.7
Fake-Rack	0–1	0.0
Vampires	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	2–0	100.0
Elementals	6–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–0	100.0
Hellion Whip	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	0–2	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Sultai Emerge	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Prophet Glare	0–3	0.0
Mythic Colossification	0–1	0.0
Clerics	2–1	66.7
Artifact Midrange	3–0	100.0
Ramp	23–33	41.1
Villainous Wealth	4–1	80.0
Cloudpost Ramp	0–1	0.0
Eldrazipost	0–1	0.0
Devoid Cruelty	9–21	30.0
Applejacks	3–3	50.0
Orcish Aids	3–3	50.0