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.

Birthday Stax

Tournaments Only
Season 7▾
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
Control	1432	2486–2682	48.1	10	130	49
Stax	273	506–465	52.1	3	30	11
Birthday Stax	91	130–125	51.0	0	8	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	41–34	54.7
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	2–2	50.0
Mono White Heroic	2–2	50.0
Red Deck Wins	12–5	70.6
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Proliferate Red	1–0	100.0
Goblins	2–4	33.3
Tokens	3–5	37.5
Selesnya Tokens	2–2	50.0
Mardu Tokens	0–3	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–1	66.7
White Weenie	5–0	100.0
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Kithkin	2–0	100.0
Elves	0–1	0.0
Zombies	5–5	50.0
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	4–2	66.7
Affinity	4–1	80.0
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	0–1	0.0
Madness	1–3	25.0
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Shamans	0–1	0.0
Pirates	2–1	66.7
Combo	4–14	22.2
Reanimator	1–11	8.3
Worldgorger Dragon	0–6	0.0
8 Goyf	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	0–5	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Actual Warp World	1–0	100.0
Monumental Ignus	0–1	0.0
Fake-Twin	1–2	33.3
Control	45–28	61.6
Mono Black Control	4–1	80.0
Mono Blue Control	2–3	40.0
Dimir Control	13–3	81.3
Azorius Control	5–5	50.0
Turbo Fog	3–4	42.9
Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	5–2	71.4
Pollute the Planet	3–1	75.0
Jeskai Control	3–5	37.5
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Galleon Control	2–0	100.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Dynavolt Tower	2–1	66.7
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	5–1	83.3
Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	0–1	0.0
Infect	3–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	7–8	46.7
Izzet Tempo	5–6	45.5
Azorius Skies	1–1	50.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Clues	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	3–5	37.5
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	1–1	50.0
Displace Loop	2–2	50.0
Peregrine Drake	2–2	50.0
Midrange	20–30	40.0
Temur Ascendancy	2–8	20.0
The Rock	2–0	100.0
Grenzo	0–2	0.0
Abzan Midrange	1–3	25.0
Jund	2–0	100.0
Blink	4–6	40.0
Graveyard Value	0–3	0.0
Indestructible	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Constellation	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	2–0	100.0
Selvala Morningstar	0–1	0.0
Elementals	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Ramp	5–5	50.0
Rofellos Ramp	5–3	62.5
Wild Pair	1–0	100.0