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 5 weeks, 4 days.

Aggro-Control

Tournaments Only
Season 33▾
1. All
2. 33
3. 32
4. 31
5. 30
6. 29
7. 28
8. 27
9. 26
10. 25
11. 24
12. 23
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30. 5
31. 4
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34. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Control	237	430–394	52.2	2	16	12
Simic Flash	13	19–25	43.2			1
Izzet Tempo	48	80–78	50.6	0	7
Blue Madness	1	2–3	40.0
Wizards	2	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	116	255–176	59.2	2	9	10
Mono Blue Librarians	94	207–131	61.2	1	8	9
Izzet Spells	15	26–23	53.1
Dimir Tempo	27	33–54	37.9			1
Dimir Faeries	2	1–6	14.3
Azorius Tempo	8	4–15	21.1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	91–111	45.0
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	3–3	50.0
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	2–3	40.0
Red Deck Wins	18–26	40.9
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–3	50.0
White Weenie	12–9	57.1
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–1	66.7
Soldiers	3–3	50.0
Mono White Humans	5–4	55.6
Elves	2–3	40.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Zombies	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	11–15	42.3
Affinity	10–12	45.5
Hardened Scales Affinity	10–11	47.6
Mono Blue Architect	1–2	33.3
Voltron	4–1	80.0
Equipment Aggro	3–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–1	50.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	1–5	16.7
Rakdos Aggro	2–2	50.0
Humans	13–20	39.4
Boros Humans	5–6	45.5
Orzhov Humans	8–14	36.4
Legends Aggro	8–10	44.4
Boros Legends Aggro	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1–1	50.0
Bard Class	4–6	40.0
Permanent Vacation	4–0	100.0
Pirates	3–12	20.0
Combo	77–71	52.0
Storm	7–3	70.0
Citadel Storm	4–2	66.7
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	2–1	66.7
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–5	28.6
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	13–26	33.3
Temur Glimpse	7–8	46.7
Boros Glimpse	5–16	23.8
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	5–4	55.6
Oops All Spells	5–4	55.6
Oops All Lands	7–4	63.6
Dredge	18–13	58.1
Insidious Roots Dredge	14–11	56.0
Storm Herald	0–1	0.0
Tibalt's Trickery	1–1	50.0
Calibrated Blast	4–0	100.0
Restore Balance	3–6	33.3
Gyruda	2–1	66.7
Possibility Storm	2–0	100.0
Midnight Mass	0–2	0.0
Control	70–67	51.1
Esper Control	6–11	35.3
Dimir Control	3–1	75.0
Azorius Control	18–15	54.5
Turbo Fog	5–5	50.0
Izzet Control	5–4	55.6
Mill	1–1	50.0
Boros Control	2–4	33.3
Grixis Control	3–1	75.0
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Stax	4–2	66.7
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Mono White Control	2–5	28.6
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Five Color Control	1–1	50.0
Seasons Past Control	2–5	28.6
Orzhov Control	8–5	61.5
Prison	6–4	60.0
Enchantress	3–1	75.0
Aggro-Combo	19–29	39.6
Aristocrats	14–26	35.0
Food	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	14–25	35.9
Burn	4–3	57.1
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	18–18	50.0
Simic Flash	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	6–4	60.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	4–10	28.6
Mono Blue Librarians	3–7	30.0
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tempo	4–1	80.0
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	24–13	64.9
Battle of Wits	5–1	83.3
Sunforger	3–1	75.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–1	75.0
Wildfire	3–1	75.0
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Greasefang	11–10	52.4
Esper Greasefang	4–1	80.0
Orzhov Greasefang	6–8	42.9
Midrange	92–66	58.2
The Rock	9–14	39.1
Grenzo	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	5–4	55.6
Selesnya Midrange	4–5	44.4
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	4–3	57.1
Graveyard Value	3–1	75.0
Allies	2–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	5–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	4–2	66.7
Boros Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Legends	3–1	75.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–1	75.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	3–1	75.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Adventures	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	8–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	11–12	47.8
Heartless Summoning Stompy	7–8	46.7
Fires of Invention	1–3	25.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–1	50.0
Naya Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	0–3	0.0
Death Cloud	1–1	50.0
Ramp	39–19	67.2
Cloudpost Ramp	1–0	100.0
Temurpost	1–0	100.0
Selvala Tokens	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	8–0	100.0
Applejacks	0–1	0.0
Field Ramp	20–14	58.8