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.

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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 10 weeks, 4 days.

Combo

Tournaments Only
Season 33▾
1. All
2. 33
3. 32
4. 31
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	466	806–747	51.9	5	30	21
Storm	25	20–61	24.7	0	1
Dragonstorm	1	0–2	0.0
Citadel Storm	13	16–27	37.2	0	1
Grixis Tendrils	3	1–7	12.5
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	8	3–25	10.7
Reanimator	3	3–3	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	1	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	16	18–16	52.9			1
Dubious Challenge	3	5–6	45.5
Warp World	102	255–141	64.4	3	12	8
Hypergenesis	6	10–10	50.0
Runeflare	5	9–12	42.9
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1	2–2	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2	1–5	16.7
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2	1–5	16.7
"Twin"	1	1–3	25.0
Metalwork Colossus	2	0–2	0.0
Anvil Colossus	1	0–1	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	1	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	2	1–6	14.3
Blazing Shoal Combo	9	21–15	58.3	0	1
Taking Turns	3	5–4	55.6
Quest for Ula's Temple	1	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	1	1–2	33.3
Ominous Good	2	1–4	20.0
Breakfast	39	69–64	51.9	0	5	3
Oops All Spells	38	69–59	53.9	0	5	3
Oops All Lands	75	136–87	61.0	1	4	2
Dredge	81	120–139	46.3	1	3	3
Insidious Roots Dredge	69	102–118	46.4	1	3	2
Polymorph	5	2–11	15.4
Storm Herald	1	2–2	50.0
Enduring Ideal	1	0–2	0.0
Tibalt's Trickery	2	4–6	40.0
Intruder Alarm	2	2–3	40.0	0	1
Calibrated Blast	17	30–33	47.6			2
Restore Balance	12	24–18	57.1	0	1	1
Gyruda	9	16–14	53.3	0	2
Possibility Storm	1	0–1	0.0
Midnight Mass	6	14–5	73.7			1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	178–210	45.9
Mono Black Aggro	2–1	66.7
Heroic	1–1	50.0
Boros Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	31–40	43.7
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	3–4	42.9
Selesnya Tokens	2–2	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	6–8	42.9
White Weenie	25–22	53.2
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	11–10	52.4
Mono White Humans	10–12	45.5
Elves	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Zombies	2–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	4–0	100.0
Merfolk	2–3	40.0
Artifact Aggro	31–39	44.3
Affinity	28–34	45.2
Hardened Scales Affinity	28–31	47.5
Tempered Steel	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–2	0.0
Voltron	7–10	41.2
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	2–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	4–9	30.8
Knights	3–1	75.0
AggroSlide	5–6	45.5
Rakdos Aggro	2–2	50.0
Boros Aggro	2–0	100.0
Humans	32–48	40.0
Selesnya Humans	3–1	75.0
Boros Humans	7–20	25.9
Orzhov Humans	21–27	43.8
Legends Aggro	6–8	42.9
Boros Legends Aggro	4–0	100.0
Bard Class	1–7	12.5
Permanent Vacation	6–4	60.0
Pirates	4–9	30.8
Combo	100–100	50.0
Storm	9–3	75.0
Citadel Storm	5–2	71.4
Grixis Tendrils	2–1	66.7
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	2–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–3	40.0
Dubious Challenge	1–1	50.0
Warp World	21–32	39.6
Hypergenesis	2–2	50.0
Runeflare	1–1	50.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Anvil Colossus	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	3–2	60.0
Taking Turns	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	7–13	35.0
Oops All Spells	7–13	35.0
Oops All Lands	9–8	52.9
Dredge	24–15	61.5
Insidious Roots Dredge	20–14	58.8
Polymorph	2–1	66.7
Tibalt's Trickery	0–1	0.0
Intruder Alarm	0–1	0.0
Calibrated Blast	3–2	60.0
Restore Balance	2–5	28.6
Gyruda	2–3	40.0
Midnight Mass	1–0	100.0
Control	142–120	54.2
Esper Control	15–32	31.9
Mono Blue Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	6–4	60.0
Azorius Control	25–28	47.2
Turbo Fog	9–11	45.0
Izzet Control	7–5	58.3
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	2–4	33.3
Boros Control	7–4	63.6
Grixis Control	8–2	80.0
Cruel Control	6–1	85.7
Stax	4–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	5–3	62.5
Dragon Control	2–1	66.7
Mono White Control	15–5	75.0
Cycling Control	3–1	75.0
Astral Slide	3–1	75.0
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	7–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	17–11	60.7
Prison	5–4	55.6
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	45–54	45.5
Aristocrats	34–45	43.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Food	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	30–41	42.3
Boros Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	7–6	53.8
Turbo Myth	1–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	46–53	46.5
Simic Flash	2–2	50.0
Izzet Tempo	15–13	53.6
Mono Blue Tempo	16–30	34.8
Mono Blue Librarians	8–17	32.0
Izzet Spells	1–2	33.3
Dimir Tempo	8–5	61.5
Dimir Faeries	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	43–46	48.3
Battle of Wits	12–3	80.0
Sunforger	2–7	22.2
Curious Niv-Mizzet	2–0	100.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	6–1	85.7
Wildfire	6–1	85.7
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Greasefang	20–33	37.7
Midrange	182–145	55.7
The Rock	31–26	54.4
Grenzo	3–5	37.5
Abzan Midrange	16–11	59.3
Selesnya Midrange	4–3	57.1
Jund	2–2	50.0
Blink	11–9	55.0
Graveyard Value	3–3	50.0
Enchantments Matter	2–5	28.6
Allies	2–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	3–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
Vampires	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	2–1	66.7
Legends Midrange	1–4	20.0
Boros Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Legends	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Legends	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	5–2	71.4
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	9–10	47.4
Angel Tribal	7–5	58.3
Toughness Matters	3–1	75.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–5	28.6
Sultai Midrange	9–6	60.0
Fight Rigging	4–3	57.1
Orzhov Midrange	9–11	45.0
Owling Mine	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	9–10	47.4
Fires of Invention	9–1	90.0
Hero of Precinct One	4–5	44.4
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	1–1	50.0
Naya Hero	0–1	0.0
Clerics	1–5	16.7
Artifact Midrange	4–0	100.0
Death Cloud	5–5	50.0
Ramp	70–18	79.5
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	7–2	77.8
Applejacks	1–0	100.0
Field Ramp	43–13	76.8
Superfriends	1–0	100.0