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.

Red Deck Wins

Tournaments Only
Season 8▾
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
Aggro	1405	2660–2418–1	52.4	30	171	59
Red Deck Wins	289	772–438	63.8	16	61	26
Mono Red Devotion	78	204–123	62.4	2	9	5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	213–154	58.0
Mono Black Aggro	10–11	47.6
Heroic	3–2	60.0
Mono White Heroic	0–2	0.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	58–58	50.0
Mono Red Devotion	14–11	56.0
Goblins	8–19	29.6
Tokens	27–6	81.8
Selesnya Tokens	19–5	79.2
Mono Green Stompy	3–2	60.0
White Weenie	26–13	66.7
Odric Keywords	9–5	64.3
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	1–1	50.0
Werewolves	2–1	66.7
Minotaurs	1–1	50.0
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Rogues	5–1	83.3
Zombies	6–2	75.0
Gruul Aggro	5–4	55.6
Merfolk	8–1	88.9
Artifact Aggro	11–6	64.7
Affinity	3–2	60.0
Boros Vehicles	4–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	3–3	50.0
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–3	25.0
Devastating Dreams	10–13	43.5
Madness	5–1	83.3
Gruul Madness	1–0	100.0
Jund Madness	2–0	100.0
Voltron	10–3	76.9
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Boros Auras	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	2–0	100.0
Combo	53–21	71.6
Storm	23–5	82.1
Sultai Tendrils	0–2	0.0
Dimir Tendrils	16–1	94.1
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	4–5	44.4
Traditional Reanimator	4–5	44.4
Grixis Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Biovisionary	1–0	100.0
New Perspectives	1–0	100.0
Monumental Ignus	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	12–2	85.7
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
Myr Incubator	1–4	20.0
Cruel Combo	1–3	25.0
Control	159–66	70.7
Mono Black Control	4–1	80.0
Esper Control	29–5	85.3
Demonic Rising	24–25	49.0
Mono Blue Control	7–0	100.0
Dimir Control	9–0	100.0
Azorius Control	18–6	75.0
Izzet Control	6–3	66.7
Mardu Control	7–4	63.6
Mill	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	11–13	45.8
Cruel Control	3–3	50.0
Galleon Control	0–1	0.0
Ponza	2–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	6–2	75.0
Cycling Control	5–0	100.0
Astral Slide	5–0	100.0
Sultai Control	3–0	100.0
Bant Control	11–1	91.7
Enchantments Control	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	3–2	60.0
Aggro-Combo	43–14	75.4
Aristocrats	18–7	72.0
Golgari Aristocrats	7–5	58.3
Abzan Aristocrats	6–1	85.7
Mardu Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Burn	1–1	50.0
Infect	6–0	100.0
Pummeler	16–6	72.7
Aggro-Control	39–15	72.2
Simic Flash	3–1	75.0
Izzet Tempo	16–5	76.2
Blue Madness	6–5	54.5
Temur Madness	2–0	100.0
Grixis Madness	3–5	37.5
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Wizards	4–0	100.0
Tetsukotog	3–1	75.0
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Azorius Tempo	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	48–36	57.1
Curses	2–3	40.0
Cruel Combo-Control	17–22	43.6
Battle of Wits	17–4	81.0
Shared Fate	0–2	0.0
Sunforger	1–1	50.0
Pickles	1–1	50.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–2	50.0
Wildfire	2–2	50.0
Midrange	172–107	61.6
Temur Ascendancy	21–13	61.8
Prophet Ascendancy	5–0	100.0
The Rock	3–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	14–7	66.7
Knights of Windgrace	2–2	50.0
Jund	31–32	49.2
Blink	7–1	87.5
Graveyard Value	2–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	5–0	100.0
Orzhov Enchantress	4–0	100.0
Allies	11–3	78.6
Orzhov Allies	3–0	100.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Esper Allies	2–1	66.7
BRGW Allies	1–1	50.0
-1/-1 Counters	4–2	66.7
Mardu Midrange	4–0	100.0
Leave // Chance Midrange	2–0	100.0
Yisan-Prophet	14–10	58.3
White Jund	3–4	42.9
Vampires	4–1	80.0
Rakdos Vampires	4–1	80.0
Legends Midrange	3–7	30.0
Boros Legends Midrange	3–7	30.0
Elementals	4–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–0	100.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–1	0.0
Verdant Succession	1–0	100.0
Temur Energy	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	17–7	70.8
Sultai Emerge	16–7	69.6
Orzhov Midrange	7–3	70.0
Prophet Glare	1–5	16.7
Clerics	2–0	100.0
Ramp	45–25	64.3
Villainous Wealth	6–1	85.7
Cloudpost Ramp	3–1	75.0
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Gruul Post	2–1	66.7
Domain	3–6	33.3
Temur Bombardment	2–0	100.0