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!

Goblins

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
Aggro	1629	3279–2779	54.1	24	179	86
Goblins	144	290–236	55.1	2	17	9

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	78–77	50.3
Mono Black Aggro	1–1	50.0
Heroic	2–3	40.0
Mono White Heroic	2–2	50.0
Azorius Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	17–22	43.6
Proliferate Red	2–3	40.0
Goblins	6–6	50.0
Tokens	8–4	66.7
Selesnya Tokens	4–3	57.1
Mardu Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–4	0.0
White Weenie	7–10	41.2
Odric Keywords	5–3	62.5
Soldiers	1–2	33.3
Kithkin	0–3	0.0
Elves	1–3	25.0
Werewolves	1–2	33.3
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Zombies	15–11	57.7
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	8–2	80.0
Affinity	4–0	100.0
Boros Vehicles	2–2	50.0
Devoid Aggro	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–2	33.3
Madness	2–3	40.0
Gruul Madness	1–2	33.3
Golgari Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Pirates	2–0	100.0
Combo	23–19	54.8
Storm	3–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	2–0	100.0
Reanimator	10–11	47.6
Worldgorger Dragon	5–3	62.5
8 Goyf	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	4–8	33.3
Mono Black Reanimator	1–3	25.0
Warp World	1–0	100.0
Actual Warp World	1–0	100.0
Monumental Ignus	4–2	66.7
Mardu Life	1–1	50.0
Umbral Mantle	1–1	50.0
Fake-Twin	2–2	50.0
Infinite Infinite Combos	0–1	0.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	0–1	0.0
Control	79–55	59.0
Mono Black Control	6–2	75.0
Paradox Haze Lock	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	4–1	80.0
Dimir Control	9–5	64.3
Azorius Control	8–4	66.7
Turbo Fog	3–5	37.5
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	6–1	85.7
Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Stax	12–9	57.1
Pollute the Planet	6–4	60.0
Birthday Stax	4–2	66.7
Jeskai Control	7–7	50.0
Dragon Control	3–3	50.0
Izzet Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	3–3	50.0
Dynavolt Tower	6–3	66.7
Cycling Control	5–5	50.0
Astral Slide	5–5	50.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	9–8	52.9
Aristocrats	6–7	46.2
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–4	42.9
Golgari Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	13–9	59.1
Izzet Tempo	5–5	50.0
Azorius Skies	4–1	80.0
Blue Madness	3–3	50.0
Simic Madness	1–3	25.0
Combo-Control	12–4	75.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Swarm Intelligence	2–0	100.0
Mindcrank	4–3	57.1
Displace Loop	4–1	80.0
Peregrine Drake	4–1	80.0
Midrange	60–59	50.4
Temur Ascendancy	11–23	32.4
Grenzo	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	7–1	87.5
Jund	6–0	100.0
Blink	7–16	30.4
Graveyard Value	1–2	33.3
Enchantments Matter	2–2	50.0
Constellation	2–2	50.0
Allies	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Allies	0–1	0.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Treefolk	1–1	50.0
-1/-1 Counters	2–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–1	66.7
Selvala Morningstar	1–2	33.3
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Elementals	1–3	25.0
Naya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Illness in the Ranks	0–1	0.0
Ramp	16–5	76.2
Villainous Wealth	0–1	0.0
Rofellos Ramp	13–4	76.5
Wild Pair	1–0	100.0