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 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
14. 24
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33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo-Control	365	601–717	45.6	5	36	12
Battle of Wits	59	74–152	32.7	0	4

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	23–50	31.5
Mono Black Aggro	2–4	33.3
Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	6–29	17.1
Mono Red Devotion	0–1	0.0
Prisoner	0–2	0.0
Proliferate Red	0–3	0.0
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–1	66.7
White Weenie	2–4	33.3
Elves	1–0	100.0
Minotaurs	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	3–3	50.0
Affinity	1–2	33.3
Boros Vehicles	1–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	1–1	50.0
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	0–1	0.0
Voltron	2–4	33.3
Equipment Aggro	2–4	33.3
Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	7–20	25.9
Reanimator	4–9	30.8
Recurring Nightmare	2–4	33.3
Dragon Nightmare	2–0	100.0
Jund Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Four Color Powerful Magic	0–3	0.0
Living Death	1–4	20.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Warp World	1–1	50.0
Actual Warp World	1–1	50.0
New Perspectives	0–3	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–3	25.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Umbral Mantle	0–2	0.0
Stuffy Doll	1–2	33.3
Control	20–32	38.5
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	1–2	33.3
Cloudpost Control	11–13	45.8
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–3	40.0
Blackpost	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	4–3	57.1
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–3	25.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Chandra Nalaar	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Control	1–7	12.5
Jeskai Approach	1–3	25.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–3	25.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	2–1	66.7
Enchantments Control	2–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–3	25.0
Aggro-Combo	2–6	25.0
Aristocrats	1–4	20.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–3	0.0
Infect	0–1	0.0
Pummeler	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	0–4	0.0
Simic Flash	0–2	0.0
Simic Vat	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	0–1	0.0
12 Pest	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	3–8	27.3
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Yosei Vat	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–5	16.7
Wildfire	1–5	16.7
Midrange	13–21	38.2
Temur Ascendancy	3–7	30.0
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	2–1	66.7
Blink	2–1	66.7
Wave Blink	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Wave Blink	1–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	1–4	20.0
Allies	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Allies	0–1	0.0
Mardu Allies	1–0	100.0
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Vampires	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Emerge	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	6–11	35.3
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	2–7	22.2
Cloudpost Ramp	2–4	33.3
Locus Awakening	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	1–0	100.0
Gruul Post	1–1	50.0
Simic Post	0–1	0.0