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, 2 days.

The Season Kick Off is on Nov 30th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

Combo

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Season 7▾
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3. 35
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	542	805–976	45.2	7	56	11
Storm	73	70–132	34.7	1	5
Sultai Tendrils	1	1–4	20.0
Dimir Tendrils	8	3–23	11.5
Dragonstorm	38	54–68	44.3	1	4
Hazoret Storm	5	1–4	20.0
Grixis Tendrils	2	3–4	42.9
Reanimator	206	370–332	52.7	4	32	5
Worldgorger Dragon	95	188–138	57.7	0	15	4
8 Goyf	37	59–78	43.1	0	7
Grozoth	1	2–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	73	121–116	51.1	4	10	1
Dimir Reanimator	6	4–9	30.8
Mono Black Reanimator	24	42–40	51.2	0	1	1
Biovisionary	10	12–14	46.2
Mono Green Stormless Storm	3	4–7	36.4
Warp World	15	10–32	23.8
Actual Warp World	15	10–32	23.8
New Perspectives	6	7–10	41.2			1
Monumental Ignus	29	44–78	36.1	0	2
Mardu Life	18	31–41	43.1	1	5
Umbral Mantle	5	5–9	35.7	0	1
Fake-Twin	56	101–102	49.8	0	1	4
Jeskai Fake-Twin	3	2–7	22.2
Infinite Infinite Combos	28	68–52	56.7	1	10
Eye of the Storm	1
Turntimber Ranger	5	5–5	50.0
Retraction Helix Combo	7	4–17	19.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	8	3–16	15.8
Polymorph	4	4–8	33.3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	206–319	39.2
Mono Black Aggro	6–7	46.2
Heroic	9–22	29.0
Mono White Heroic	8–17	32.0
Azorius Heroic	1–5	16.7
Red Deck Wins	34–93	26.8
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Proliferate Red	1–2	33.3
Goblins	19–23	45.2
Tokens	18–16	52.9
Selesnya Tokens	9–9	50.0
Mardu Tokens	4–3	57.1
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	7–6	53.8
White Weenie	18–17	51.4
Odric Keywords	8–3	72.7
Soldiers	2–2	50.0
Kithkin	4–2	66.7
Elves	6–11	35.3
Werewolves	1–1	50.0
Warriors	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–1	50.0
Zombies	41–65	38.7
Gruul Aggro	2–5	28.6
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–10	16.7
Artifact Aggro	10–12	45.5
Affinity	6–3	66.7
Boros Vehicles	2–3	40.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Devoid Aggro	3–3	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	3–7	30.0
Madness	9–8	52.9
Gruul Madness	4–4	50.0
Golgari Madness	3–4	42.9
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	0–3	0.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Pirates	1–1	50.0
Combo	78–78	50.0
Storm	10–8	55.6
Dimir Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	8–7	53.3
Grixis Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	32–33	49.2
Worldgorger Dragon	11–19	36.7
8 Goyf	6–6	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	15–8	65.2
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	6–3	66.7
Warp World	2–2	50.0
Actual Warp World	2–2	50.0
New Perspectives	1–1	50.0
Monumental Ignus	3–3	50.0
Mardu Life	5–4	55.6
Fake-Twin	5–11	31.3
Jeskai Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Infinite Infinite Combos	3–5	37.5
Turntimber Ranger	0–1	0.0
Retraction Helix Combo	3–0	100.0
Polymorph	2–0	100.0
Control	219–238	47.9
Mono Black Control	16–14	53.3
Paradox Haze Lock	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	2–7	22.2
Dimir Control	22–32	40.7
Dreadful Inspiration	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	29–36	44.6
Adam's Ale	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	11–12	47.8
Izzet Control	1–3	25.0
Mardu Control	4–1	80.0
Mill	5–4	55.6
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	5–4	55.6
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Grixis Control	2–2	50.0
Stax	50–33	60.2
Pollute the Planet	27–17	61.4
Birthday Stax	14–4	77.8
Jeskai Control	12–23	34.3
Dragon Control	4–6	40.0
Galleon Control	0–1	0.0
Ponza	10–17	37.0
Dynavolt Tower	18–12	60.0
Cycling Control	12–17	41.4
Astral Slide	8–17	32.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	3–3	50.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	20–22	47.6
Aristocrats	12–13	48.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	6–10	37.5
Golgari Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Abzan Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Burn	5–2	71.4
Infect	1–4	20.0
Aggro-Control	32–36	47.1
Izzet Tempo	22–23	48.9
Azorius Skies	3–3	50.0
Blue Madness	5–8	38.5
Simic Madness	3–6	33.3
Grixis Madness	1–1	50.0
Temur Clues	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	25–31	44.6
Curses	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	2–3	40.0
Shared Fate	3–0	100.0
Swarm Intelligence	0–1	0.0
Sunforger	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	6–13	31.6
Displace Loop	10–13	43.5
Peregrine Drake	10–12	45.5
Familiars	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	192–222	46.4
Temur Ascendancy	35–68	34.0
The Rock	5–2	71.4
Grenzo	1–2	33.3
Abzan Midrange	15–16	48.4
Jund	5–6	45.5
Blink	28–34	45.2
Graveyard Value	13–11	54.2
Enchantments Matter	7–7	50.0
Orzhov Enchantress	2–0	100.0
Constellation	5–6	45.5
Allies	4–4	50.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–2	33.3
Treefolk	3–2	60.0
-1/-1 Counters	2–2	50.0
Fake-Rack	7–4	63.6
Selvala Morningstar	7–6	53.8
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	3–4	42.9
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	2–3	40.0
Elementals	2–8	20.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Naya Midrange	1–2	33.3
Big Red	2–4	33.3
Mono Black Midrange	2–2	50.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	6–6	50.0
Sultai Midrange	1–4	20.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–2	50.0
Illness in the Ranks	1–0	100.0
Ramp	33–30	52.4
Rofellos Ramp	22–29	43.1
Wild Pair	1–8	11.1