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.

Living Death

Tournaments Only
Season 9▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	823	1563–1463	51.7	7	52	33
Reanimator	377	789–635	55.4	3	25	14
Living Death	132	317–231	57.8	3	13	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	91–67	57.6
Mono Black Aggro	2–1	66.7
Heroic	7–1	87.5
Mono White Heroic	5–0	100.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	37–45	45.1
Mono Red Devotion	1–2	33.3
Prisoner	1–3	25.0
Proliferate Red	1–3	25.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	6–1	85.7
White Weenie	1–5	16.7
Elves	3–3	50.0
Werewolves	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Little Kid	9–0	100.0
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	3–3	50.0
Merfolk	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	3–1	75.0
Artifact Aggro	5–2	71.4
Affinity	5–2	71.4
Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	3–3	50.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	2–2	50.0
Humans	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	2–0	100.0
Combo	41–34	54.7
Storm	0–2	0.0
Reanimator	17–12	58.6
Recurring Nightmare	11–7	61.1
Dragon Nightmare	4–4	50.0
Jund Nightmare	2–0	100.0
Four Color Powerful Magic	1–2	33.3
Living Death	5–5	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Warp World	3–0	100.0
Actual Warp World	3–0	100.0
New Perspectives	1–4	20.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	4–3	57.1
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	4–5	44.4
Fake-Twin	2–1	66.7
Murderous Mastery	1–0	100.0
Combo Post	1–4	20.0
Eye of the Storm	1–0	100.0
Turntimber Ranger	1–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	0–2	0.0
Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Cephalid Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	2–0	100.0
Control	55–51	51.9
Mono Black Control	1–1	50.0
Esper Control	3–1	75.0
Dimir Control	6–0	100.0
Azorius Control	6–3	66.7
Turbo Fog	1–1	50.0
Izzet Control	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	17–23	42.5
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–7	0.0
Blackpost	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	3–2	60.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	5–3	62.5
Izzet Cloudpost Control	0–3	0.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	4–4	50.0
Jeskai Control	9–5	64.3
Jeskai Approach	6–3	66.7
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	3–1	75.0
Dynavolt Tower	0–2	0.0
Cycling Control	0–3	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	3–4	42.9
Sultai Control	2–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–7	12.5
Aggro-Combo	19–9	67.9
Aristocrats	13–4	76.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	11–2	84.6
Golgari Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	2–1	66.7
Infect	0–1	0.0
Pummeler	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Control	8–7	53.3
Simic Flash	2–5	28.6
Simic Vat	2–5	28.6
Izzet Tempo	2–1	66.7
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Tetsukotog	1–0	100.0
12 Pest	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	18–15	54.5
Battle of Wits	4–1	80.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	2–0	100.0
Hedron Alignment	0–3	0.0
Yosei Vat	4–3	57.1
Mass Land Destruction	6–8	42.9
Wildfire	6–8	42.9
Midrange	67–36	65.0
Temur Ascendancy	13–3	81.3
The Rock	4–2	66.7
Abzan Midrange	2–1	66.7
Jund	4–1	80.0
Blink	1–8	11.1
Wave Blink	1–8	11.1
Cloudpost Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	1–6	14.3
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Allies	6–2	75.0
Mardu Allies	4–1	80.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–1	50.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	8–4	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	6–4	60.0
Orzhov Vampires	2–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Boros Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Elementals	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Temur Energy	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–7	12.5
Sultai Emerge	1–7	12.5
Orzhov Midrange	0–2	0.0
Ramp	18–12	60.0
Rofellos Ramp	12–7	63.2
Cloudpost Ramp	5–5	50.0
Eldrazipost	0–1	0.0
Locus Awakening	1–0	100.0
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	0–3	0.0
Domain	1–0	100.0