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, 2 days.

The Season Kick Off is on Nov 30th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

Lookout-Buccaneer Combo

Tournaments Only
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2. 36
3. 35
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	37368	62479–63744–18	49.5	431	2796	1688
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	70	100–132	43.1	0	4	1

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	14–32	30.4
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	0–2	0.0
Boros Heroic	0–2	0.0
Red Deck Wins	5–10	33.3
Tokens	1–2	33.3
Mono White Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–3	0.0
White Weenie	2–3	40.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Mono White Humans	1–0	100.0
Elves	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	1–3	25.0
Affinity	0–3	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–1	50.0
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Humans	0–1	0.0
Boros Humans	0–1	0.0
Legends Aggro	0–2	0.0
Boros Legends Aggro	0–2	0.0
Combo	9–10	47.4
Storm	3–4	42.9
Dimir Tendrils	1–1	50.0
Hazoret Storm	0–2	0.0
Simic Storm	1–1	50.0
Reclamation Storm	1–1	50.0
High Tide	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	1–3	25.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	0–1	0.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1–1	50.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–1	0.0
Dredge	3–0	100.0
Control	21–28	42.9
Esper Control	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Control	2–0	100.0
Dimir Control	2–4	33.3
Azorius Control	1–3	25.0
Izzet Control	1–4	20.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	6–11	35.3
Temur Reclamation	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Combo	11–5	68.8
Aristocrats	9–1	90.0
Food	9–1	90.0
Burn	2–2	50.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Liquimetal Fishing	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	7–16	30.4
Izzet Tempo	1–4	20.0
Azorius Skies	3–1	75.0
Blue Madness	0–3	0.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Temur Madness	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–2	33.3
Izzet Spells	2–6	25.0
Combo-Control	3–10	23.1
Battle of Wits	2–0	100.0
Mindcrank	0–5	0.0
Dragoncrank	0–1	0.0
Yosei Vat	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–4	20.0
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	0–3	0.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–2	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Midrange	31–29	51.7
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Blink	0–3	0.0
Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Blink	0–2	0.0
Anti-Persecution	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	2–0	100.0
Séance	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	0–1	0.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	0–2	0.0
Mardu Legends	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Legends	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–3	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	11–9	55.0
Mono Black Devotion	10–7	58.8
Heart of Darkness	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	0–2	0.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	5–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–2	33.3
Neoform	1–1	50.0
UBRG Neoform	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–0	100.0
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Illness in the Ranks	1–0	100.0
Ramp	4–2	66.7
Rofellos Ramp	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–2	50.0
Greenpost	1–0	100.0
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0