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.

Allies

Tournaments Only
Season 9▾
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
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30. 8
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34. 4
35. 3
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37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	1086	1713–2005	46.1	9	59	34
Allies	86	131–158	45.3	0	4	2
Orzhov Allies	15	13–27	32.5
Mardu Allies	20	39–45	46.4	0	4
Boros Allies	30	47–44	51.6			2
Esper Allies	5	11–11	50.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	34–41	45.3
Heroic	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	11–21	34.4
Mono Red Devotion	2–1	66.7
Prisoner	0–1	0.0
Proliferate Red	1–1	50.0
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–1	75.0
White Weenie	2–2	50.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	0–1	0.0
Werewolves	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Little Kid	3–3	50.0
Gruul Aggro	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	4–5	44.4
Affinity	3–5	37.5
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–4	33.3
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Boros Auras	1–1	50.0
Equipment Aggro	1–2	33.3
Naya Zoo	1–1	50.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	20–20	50.0
Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	9–12	42.9
Recurring Nightmare	7–6	53.8
Dragon Nightmare	4–2	66.7
Jund Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Four Color Powerful Magic	2–1	66.7
Living Death	2–6	25.0
Warp World	2–0	100.0
Actual Warp World	2–0	100.0
New Perspectives	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Umbral Mantle	4–4	50.0
Fake-Twin	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Cephalid Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Control	30–34	46.9
Azorius Control	2–3	40.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	8–12	40.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–6	25.0
Blackpost	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	3–8	27.3
Jeskai Approach	2–3	40.0
Ponza	3–1	75.0
Dynavolt Tower	3–2	60.0
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	0–2	0.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	5–2	71.4
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	3–15	16.7
Aristocrats	0–9	0.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–6	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	0–1	0.0
Pummeler	2–5	28.6
Aggro-Control	4–4	50.0
Simic Flash	1–1	50.0
Simic Vat	1–1	50.0
Izzet Tempo	2–1	66.7
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
12 Pest	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	5–7	41.7
Curses	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	2–1	66.7
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Displace Loop	1–3	25.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–1	50.0
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Midrange	27–29	48.2
Temur Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
The Rock	1–2	33.3
Abzan Midrange	2–0	100.0
Jund	0–3	0.0
Blink	4–1	80.0
Wave Blink	4–1	80.0
Cloudpost Wave Blink	2–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	2–1	66.7
Allies	4–4	50.0
Orzhov Allies	1–1	50.0
Mardu Allies	2–0	100.0
Boros Allies	0–2	0.0
Esper Allies	0–1	0.0
Vampires	2–6	25.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–6	14.3
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	0–2	0.0
Dimir Vat	0–1	0.0
Temur Energy	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	5–0	100.0
Sultai Emerge	4–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Ramp	8–8	50.0
Rofellos Ramp	6–4	60.0
Wild Pair	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	1–4	20.0
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Locus Awakening	0–3	0.0