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!

Illness in the Ranks

Tournaments Only
All Time▾
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
15. 23
16. 22
17. 21
18. 20
19. 19
20. 18
21. 17
22. 16
23. 15
24. 14
25. 13
26. 12
27. 11
28. 10
29. 9
30. 8
31. 7
32. 6
33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Midrange	41628	68323–73351–34	48.2	357	3096	1596
Illness in the Ranks	86	113–178	38.8	0	1	3

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	26–43	37.7
Heroic	1–5	16.7
Mono White Heroic	1–2	33.3
Azorius Heroic	0–1	0.0
Boros Heroic	0–2	0.0
Red Deck Wins	4–13	23.5
Prisoner	0–1	0.0
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–2	33.3
White Weenie	4–5	44.4
Soldiers	0–3	0.0
Mono White Humans	3–2	60.0
Elves	4–3	57.1
Selesnya Little Kid	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Zombies	0–5	0.0
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	3–1	75.0
Affinity	2–0	100.0
Hardened Scales Affinity	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	1–1	50.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
Knights	0–1	0.0
Humans	1–3	25.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Boros Humans	0–3	0.0
Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Permanent Vacation	0–1	0.0
Pirates	0–1	0.0
Combo	21–21	50.0
Storm	2–2	50.0
High Tide	1–1	50.0
Izzet Storm	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	3–4	42.9
Recurring Nightmare	0–1	0.0
Worldgorger Dragon	2–1	66.7
Traditional Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Warp World	8–3	72.7
Temur Glimpse	4–2	66.7
Boros Glimpse	3–1	75.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–2	33.3
Anvil Colossus	1–1	50.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	0–1	0.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	0–2	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–2	0.0
Dice Factory	0–1	0.0
Ad Nauseam	0–1	0.0
Tibalt's Trickery	0–1	0.0
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Midnight Mass	1–0	100.0
Actual Twin	1–1	50.0
Izzet Twin	1–1	50.0
Nadu Combo	0–2	0.0
Control	16–37	30.2
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	1–2	33.3
Azorius Control	6–14	30.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	1–2	33.3
Cruel Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	2–3	40.0
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	0–1	0.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	1–1	50.0
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Prison	0–2	0.0
Enchantress	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Combo	4–12	25.0
Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Burn	1–1	50.0
Infect	0–1	0.0
Simic Infect	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–5	16.7
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–4	20.0
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	0–2	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Control	7–9	43.8
Izzet Tempo	3–2	60.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–5	0.0
Mono Blue Librarians	0–2	0.0
Dimir Tempo	2–0	100.0
Dimir Librarians	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	4–8	33.3
Curses	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	1–3	25.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–3	40.0
Wildfire	1–2	33.3
Thryx-Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	0–1	0.0
Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	30–39	43.5
Temur Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
The Rock	2–2	50.0
Jund	0–1	0.0
Blink	1–9	10.0
Wave Blink	0–3	0.0
Azorius Wave	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Wave	0–1	0.0
Abzan Wave	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Blink	1–4	20.0
Graveyard Value	2–0	100.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Legends	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–1	50.0
Big Red	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–5	16.7
Mono Black Devotion	0–2	0.0
Dimir Midrange	1–2	33.3
Angels	1–0	100.0
Mono White Angels	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–2	33.3
Martyr's Grace	1–1	50.0
Mutate	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Capenna	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–1	66.7
Ordealbreak	0–1	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–5	16.7
Abzan Hero	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	0–1	0.0
Boros Hero	1–1	50.0
Artifact Midrange	4–1	80.0
Nissa Company	1–0	100.0
Ramp	5–9	35.7
Rofellos Ramp	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	1–5	16.7
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	1–1	50.0
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Temurpost	0–1	0.0
Carth Superfriends	0–1	0.0
Field Ramp	3–0	100.0