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 1 week.

The Penny Dreadful 500 is on Nov 16th with free entry and $500 in prizes!

Defenders

Tournaments Only
All Time▾
1. All
2. 35
3. 34
4. 33
5. 32
6. 31
7. 30
8. 29
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10. 27
11. 26
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34. 3
35. 2
36. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Ramp	9828	16455–17847–2	48.0	67	575	354
Defenders	77	67–135	33.2			1

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	13–29	31.0
Heroic	0–5	0.0
Mono White Heroic	0–4	0.0
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	2–3	40.0
Proliferate Red	1–0	100.0
Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–2	33.3
White Weenie	1–2	33.3
Elves	0–1	0.0
Warriors	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Rogues	1–1	50.0
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
8 Whack	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	0–4	0.0
Affinity	0–2	0.0
Tempered Steel	0–2	0.0
Madness	1–2	33.3
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
Naya Zoo	2–0	100.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	1–2	33.3
Boros Legends Aggro	1–2	33.3
Combo	9–23	28.1
Storm	1–5	16.7
Dimir Tendrils	0–2	0.0
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
Stormpost	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Post Desire	0–1	0.0
Izzet Storm	0–1	0.0
Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Recurring Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Worldgorger Dragon	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–2	0.0
Taking Turns	2–2	50.0
Izzet Ascension	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	0–2	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–2	0.0
Dredge	0–1	0.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	1–1	50.0
Ad Nauseam	0–1	0.0
Ad Swanseam	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Gyruda	0–1	0.0
Control	9–31	22.5
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	0–6	0.0
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	2–6	25.0
Cloudpost Control	1–4	20.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	0–3	0.0
Cruel Control	0–2	0.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	2–2	50.0
Mono White Control	0–3	0.0
Life is Ez	0–3	0.0
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Guildgate Control	0–2	0.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	0–1	0.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	6–9	40.0
Aristocrats	0–3	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	0–1	0.0
Infect	2–2	50.0
Simic Infect	2–1	66.7
Pummeler	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Hushnought	2–0	100.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	9–7	56.3
Izzet Tempo	4–3	57.1
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	1–1	50.0
Combo-Control	3–4	42.9
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–4	20.0
Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	1–3	25.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Midrange	15–27	35.7
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	2–2	50.0
Blink	1–3	25.0
Wave Blink	0–2	0.0
Azorius Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Allies	0–2	0.0
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Legends	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–2	0.0
Dimir Midrange	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–4	0.0
Orzhov Capenna	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	1–5	16.7
Hero of Precinct One	2–0	100.0
Esper Hero	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Hero	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	1–1	50.0
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Ramp	3–5	37.5
Rofellos Ramp	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	2–4	33.3
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	1–4	20.0