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 2 weeks, 2 days.

Cats

Tournaments Only
All Time▾
1. All
2. 35
3. 34
4. 33
5. 32
6. 31
7. 30
8. 29
9. 28
10. 27
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31. 6
32. 5
33. 4
34. 3
35. 2
36. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro	11890	24205–23166–65	51.1	730	5729
Cats	75	123–153	44.6	1	23
Mono White Cats	18	25–36	41.0	0	3
Selesnya Cats	55	97–116	45.5	1	20

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	50–50	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	3–0	100.0
Heroic	2–5	28.6
Mono White Heroic	1–3	25.0
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	13–13	50.0
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	8–3	72.7
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	0–1	0.0
Elves	1–3	25.0
Zombies	1–3	25.0
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	0–2	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–2	50.0
8 Whack	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	3–8	27.3
Affinity	2–7	22.2
Tempered Steel	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–2	33.3
Gruul Madness	0–1	0.0
Golgari Madness	0–1	0.0
Jund Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Knights	3–1	75.0
AggroSlide	2–4	33.3
Cats	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Cats	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	3–0	100.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Boros Humans	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	1–1	50.0
Boros Legends Aggro	1–1	50.0
Combo	11–21	34.4
Storm	2–1	66.7
Dimir Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	2–4	33.3
Traditional Reanimator	2–4	33.3
Mono Black Reanimator	2–3	40.0
Oriss Genesis	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Myr Incubator	1–0	100.0
Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Naya Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–2	33.3
Anvil Colossus	1–2	33.3
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	0–2	0.0
Ominous Good	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	0–3	0.0
Reanim8 Rack	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	1–3	25.0
Oops All Spells	1–2	33.3
Neoform Hermit	0–1	0.0
Chain of Acid	0–1	0.0
Control	17–24	41.5
Esper Control	0–3	0.0
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–2	33.3
Azorius Control	1–5	16.7
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	3–1	75.0
Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	0–1	0.0
Pollute the Planet	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Shrines	1–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	2–3	40.0
Temur Reclamation	1–0	100.0
Pox	0–1	0.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Combo	14–18	43.8
Aristocrats	5–6	45.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Burn	3–2	60.0
Infect	1–2	33.3
Simic Infect	1–1	50.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–1	0.0
Hermit Humans	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–2	0.0
Hushnought	3–4	42.9
Aggro-Control	6–11	35.3
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	1–3	25.0
Ninjas	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–2	0.0
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	1–3	25.0
Dimir Faeries	1–0	100.0
Sultai Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	5–4	55.6
Curses	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	1–2	33.3
Dragoncrank	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	15–21	41.7
The Rock	0–2	0.0
Abzan Midrange	2–0	100.0
Blink	0–6	0.0
Wave Blink	0–1	0.0
Azorius Wave	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Blink	0–5	0.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Legends	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–2	66.7
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–3	25.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–3	25.0
Dimir Midrange	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–2	0.0
Martyr's Grace	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	0–1	0.0
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	5–4	55.6
Rofellos Ramp	2–1	66.7
Channel-Rofellos	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	2–2	50.0
Golgari Post	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	2–1	66.7
Eureka!	1–0	100.0