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.

Battle of Wits

Tournaments Only
Season 8▾
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
Combo-Control	248	414–503	45.1	2	33	5
Battle of Wits	47	69–108	39.0	0	3	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	15–37	28.8
Mono Black Aggro	1–2	33.3
Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono White Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	4–17	19.0
Mono Red Devotion	2–3	40.0
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Tokens	1–3	25.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–2	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	0–1	0.0
White Weenie	2–5	28.6
Odric Keywords	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	3–0	100.0
Boros Vehicles	2–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Jund Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	0–2	0.0
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Hellbent	0–2	0.0
Combo	4–10	28.6
Storm	2–4	33.3
Sultai Tendrils	0–2	0.0
Dimir Tendrils	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–5	16.7
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Myr Incubator	1–0	100.0
Control	14–23	37.8
Esper Control	0–1	0.0
Demonic Rising	4–4	50.0
Mono Blue Control	0–2	0.0
Azorius Control	0–3	0.0
Izzet Control	3–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–2	33.3
Grixis Control	2–6	25.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	0–3	0.0
Sultai Control	0–2	0.0
Bant Control	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	2–2	50.0
Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Pummeler	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	3–6	33.3
Izzet Tempo	1–0	100.0
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Wizards	0–1	0.0
Tetsukotog	1–4	20.0
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	2–4	33.3
Curses	0–1	0.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–1	50.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–1	50.0
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Midrange	24–18	57.1
Temur Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	3–3	50.0
Knights of Windgrace	1–0	100.0
Jund	4–5	44.4
Blink	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–3	25.0
Esper Allies	0–1	0.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	2–0	100.0
Leave // Chance Midrange	1–0	100.0
White Jund	1–0	100.0
Vampires	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	3–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Boros Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–1	66.7
Sultai Emerge	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–2	0.0
Ramp	5–8	38.5
Villainous Wealth	1–2	33.3
Domain	0–1	0.0
Temur Bombardment	0–1	0.0