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 7 weeks, 5 days.

Midrange

Tournaments Only
Season 8▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
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10. 28
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12. 26
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30. 8
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32. 6
33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Midrange	194	373–385	49.2	6	97
Temur Ascendancy	23	35–48	42.2	0	6
Prophet Ascendancy	7	9–13	40.9	0	1
The Rock	1	0–3	0.0
Grenzo	1	2–2	50.0	0	1
Abzan Midrange	9	15–15	50.0	0	5
Jund	57	139–105	57.0	3	36
Blink	2	4–4	50.0	0	1
Graveyard Value	3	4–6	40.0
Enchantments Matter	4	1–8	11.1
Orzhov Enchantress	4	1–8	11.1
Allies	9	11–19	36.7	0	3
Orzhov Allies	1	0–4	0.0
Esper Allies	4	5–7	41.7	0	1
-1/-1 Counters	4	6–10	37.5	0	2
Yisan-Prophet	11	25–20	55.6	1	8
White Jund	4	5–11	31.3	0	1
Vampires	16	23–30	43.4	0	5
Mono Black Vampires	4	4–9	30.8
Rakdos Vampires	12	19–21	47.5	0	5
Legends Midrange	2	2–6	25.0	0	1
Boros Legends Midrange	2	2–6	25.0	0	1
Rakdos Midrange	1	2–2	50.0	0	1
Big Red	1	2–2	50.0
Sultai Midrange	16	44–34	56.4	2	12
Sultai Emerge	15	42–32	56.8	2	12
Orzhov Midrange	3	2–6	25.0	0	2
Prophet Glare	6	16–12	57.1	0	4

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	146–150	49.3
Mono Black Aggro	7–4	63.6
Heroic	1–2	33.3
Azorius Heroic	1–1	50.0
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	31–48	39.2
Mono Red Devotion	6–7	46.2
Goblins	23–21	52.3
Tokens	17–10	63.0
Selesnya Tokens	15–10	60.0
Mono Green Stompy	6–5	54.5
White Weenie	12–7	63.2
Odric Keywords	4–3	57.1
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Minotaurs	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Rogues	2–5	28.6
Zombies	5–12	29.4
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	5–5	50.0
Artifact Aggro	7–3	70.0
Affinity	2–0	100.0
Boros Vehicles	2–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Aggro	4–0	100.0
Devastating Dreams	9–12	42.9
Madness	2–1	66.7
Gruul Madness	2–1	66.7
Voltron	6–8	42.9
Boros Auras	4–4	50.0
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Humans	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Humans	1–2	33.3
Combo	27–20	57.4
Storm	7–7	50.0
Sultai Tendrils	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tendrils	2–6	25.0
Reanimator	8–10	44.4
Traditional Reanimator	8–10	44.4
Jeskai Ascendancy	7–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
Myr Incubator	2–1	66.7
Control	58–58	50.0
Mono Black Control	3–1	75.0
Esper Control	6–8	42.9
Demonic Rising	19–21	47.5
Mono Blue Control	2–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Control	5–9	35.7
Izzet Control	1–3	25.0
Mardu Control	0–2	0.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	10–3	76.9
Cruel Control	5–2	71.4
Galleon Control	1–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	3–6	33.3
Bant Control	3–3	50.0
Enchantments Control	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	13–17	43.3
Aristocrats	5–10	33.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	3–9	25.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	2–0	100.0
Pummeler	4–3	57.1
Aggro-Control	16–18	47.1
Simic Flash	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	5–4	55.6
Azorius Skies	1–1	50.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Wizards	2–3	40.0
Tetsukotog	3–5	37.5
Izzet Spells	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	28–28	50.0
Curses	1–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	14–20	41.2
Battle of Wits	5–4	55.6
Lich's Mastery	2–1	66.7
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–1	66.7
Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Midrange	69–69	50.0
Temur Ascendancy	8–7	53.3
Prophet Ascendancy	3–0	100.0
Grenzo	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	3–2	60.0
Jund	18–18	50.0
Blink	1–3	25.0
Graveyard Value	1–3	25.0
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Enchantress	1–1	50.0
Allies	2–2	50.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Yisan-Prophet	2–7	22.2
White Jund	4–2	66.7
Vampires	7–4	63.6
Mono Black Vampires	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Vampires	5–3	62.5
Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Boros Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–2	0.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	6–8	42.9
Sultai Emerge	6–8	42.9
Orzhov Midrange	2–0	100.0
Prophet Glare	1–1	50.0
Ramp	16–25	39.0
Villainous Wealth	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–2	50.0
Eldrazipost	2–1	66.7
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0
Domain	3–7	30.0