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.

Stax

Tournaments Only
Season 7▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	1432	2486–2682	48.1	10	130	49
Stax	273	506–465	52.1	3	30	11
Pollute the Planet	123	249–210	54.2	3	20	5
Birthday Stax	91	130–125	51.0	0	8	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	128–129	49.8
Mono Black Aggro	3–3	50.0
Heroic	5–3	62.5
Mono White Heroic	3–2	60.0
Azorius Heroic	2–1	66.7
Red Deck Wins	32–26	55.2
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Proliferate Red	1–0	100.0
Goblins	9–12	42.9
Tokens	9–12	42.9
Selesnya Tokens	5–7	41.7
Mardu Tokens	0–5	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	4–2	66.7
White Weenie	10–4	71.4
Odric Keywords	3–2	60.0
Soldiers	1–1	50.0
Kithkin	4–0	100.0
Elves	5–2	71.4
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Zombies	19–42	31.1
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–2	0.0
Artifact Aggro	10–5	66.7
Affinity	8–2	80.0
Boros Vehicles	1–1	50.0
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	2–6	25.0
Madness	4–4	50.0
Gruul Madness	3–1	75.0
Golgari Madness	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Shamans	0–2	0.0
Pirates	2–1	66.7
Combo	33–50	39.8
Storm	3–3	50.0
Sultai Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	1–3	25.0
Reanimator	7–26	21.2
Worldgorger Dragon	3–13	18.8
8 Goyf	1–4	20.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–9	25.0
Mono Black Reanimator	2–4	33.3
Mono Green Stormless Storm	0–1	0.0
Warp World	4–0	100.0
Actual Warp World	4–0	100.0
New Perspectives	1–0	100.0
Monumental Ignus	2–5	28.6
Mardu Life	2–2	50.0
Fake-Twin	4–4	50.0
Jeskai Fake-Twin	2–0	100.0
Infinite Infinite Combos	3–5	37.5
Turntimber Ranger	0–1	0.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	2–0	100.0
Control	173–104	62.5
Mono Black Control	11–7	61.1
Paradox Haze Lock	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	4–3	57.1
Dimir Control	33–9	78.6
Azorius Control	26–17	60.5
Adam's Ale	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	9–8	52.9
Izzet Control	3–1	75.0
Mardu Control	1–2	33.3
Mill	2–1	66.7
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	4–2	66.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Izzet Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Grixis Control	3–0	100.0
Stax	24–24	50.0
Pollute the Planet	14–11	56.0
Birthday Stax	2–5	28.6
Jeskai Control	13–11	54.2
Dragon Control	3–1	75.0
Izzet Dragons	1–1	50.0
Galleon Control	3–1	75.0
Ponza	10–4	71.4
Dynavolt Tower	11–8	57.9
Cycling Control	4–3	57.1
Astral Slide	3–3	50.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	12–10	54.5
Aristocrats	6–7	46.2
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–5	16.7
Golgari Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Abzan Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Burn	2–3	40.0
Infect	3–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	27–26	50.9
Izzet Tempo	16–19	45.7
Azorius Skies	2–2	50.0
Blue Madness	4–1	80.0
Simic Madness	1–1	50.0
Grixis Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Clues	2–1	66.7
Combo-Control	14–24	36.8
Curses	2–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Shared Fate	2–2	50.0
Swarm Intelligence	1–1	50.0
Sunforger	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	4–7	36.4
Dragoncrank	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	4–10	28.6
Peregrine Drake	4–10	28.6
Midrange	99–106	48.3
Temur Ascendancy	8–25	24.2
The Rock	5–0	100.0
Grenzo	3–3	50.0
Abzan Midrange	11–9	55.0
Jund	5–3	62.5
Blink	8–25	24.2
Graveyard Value	7–8	46.7
Séance	1–0	100.0
Indestructible	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Matter	2–4	33.3
Orzhov Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Constellation	1–3	25.0
Allies	3–0	100.0
Boros Allies	2–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	4–3	57.1
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Selvala Morningstar	1–1	50.0
Vampires	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–1	50.0
Elementals	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Naya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Big Red	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–4	33.3
Sultai Midrange	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–0	100.0
Illness in the Ranks	1–0	100.0
Ramp	20–16	55.6
Rofellos Ramp	18–11	62.1
Wild Pair	6–1	85.7