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 8 weeks, 3 days.

Dimir Control

Tournaments Only
Season 7▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
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37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Control	1432	2486–2682	48.1	10	130	49
Dimir Control	172	265–350	43.1	0	12	5
Dreadful Inspiration	1	0–2	0.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	64–99	39.3
Mono Black Aggro	2–2	50.0
Heroic	2–4	33.3
Mono White Heroic	0–3	0.0
Azorius Heroic	2–1	66.7
Red Deck Wins	4–30	11.8
Goblins	5–9	35.7
Tokens	11–8	57.9
Selesnya Tokens	6–5	54.5
Mardu Tokens	3–1	75.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–3	40.0
White Weenie	2–4	33.3
Odric Keywords	1–1	50.0
Soldiers	0–2	0.0
Kithkin	0–1	0.0
Elves	1–3	25.0
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Zombies	10–21	32.3
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–2	50.0
Artifact Aggro	6–7	46.2
Affinity	2–2	50.0
Boros Vehicles	1–1	50.0
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–1	50.0
Madness	4–0	100.0
Gruul Madness	3–0	100.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Hexproof	1–1	50.0
Shamans	0–1	0.0
Combo	32–22	59.3
Storm	6–2	75.0
Dimir Tendrils	2–1	66.7
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	8–8	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–2	33.3
8 Goyf	3–2	60.0
Traditional Reanimator	4–4	50.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–3	25.0
Warp World	3–1	75.0
Actual Warp World	3–1	75.0
Monumental Ignus	1–1	50.0
Mardu Life	0–1	0.0
Fake-Twin	7–2	77.8
Infinite Infinite Combos	3–3	50.0
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Control	69–97	41.6
Mono Black Control	4–6	40.0
Mono Blue Control	2–2	50.0
Dimir Control	14–14	50.0
Azorius Control	15–7	68.2
Turbo Fog	3–3	50.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	2–1	66.7
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	5–2	71.4
Azorius Cloudpost Control	3–2	60.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	9–33	21.4
Pollute the Planet	4–10	28.6
Birthday Stax	3–13	18.8
Jeskai Control	2–12	14.3
Dragon Control	1–2	33.3
Galleon Control	0–1	0.0
Ponza	2–4	33.3
Dynavolt Tower	2–4	33.3
Cycling Control	1–3	25.0
Astral Slide	1–3	25.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	3–15	16.7
Aristocrats	2–12	14.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–7	12.5
Abzan Aristocrats	0–3	0.0
Burn	0–2	0.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	19–15	55.9
Izzet Tempo	15–14	51.7
Azorius Skies	2–1	66.7
Temur Clues	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	8–16	33.3
Curses	1–2	33.3
Battle of Wits	0–2	0.0
Shared Fate	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	3–6	33.3
Displace Loop	1–4	20.0
Peregrine Drake	1–4	20.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	65–71	47.8
Temur Ascendancy	20–15	57.1
The Rock	1–2	33.3
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jund	7–3	70.0
Blink	9–17	34.6
Graveyard Value	3–4	42.9
Enchantments Matter	3–6	33.3
Orzhov Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Constellation	2–6	25.0
Allies	1–5	16.7
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Esper Allies	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Selvala Morningstar	1–2	33.3
Vampires	3–1	75.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	2–1	66.7
Elementals	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–1	66.7
Sultai Midrange	1–4	20.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–1	66.7
Ramp	5–15	25.0
Rofellos Ramp	5–15	25.0
Wild Pair	2–2	50.0