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!

Aggro

Tournaments Only
Season 12▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
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37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1004	1890–1790	51.4	25	168	42
Mono Black Aggro	54	112–98	53.3	1	7	2
Heroic	224	504–362	58.2	10	65	14
Mono White Heroic	172	390–262	59.8	8	56	12
Azorius Heroic	9	17–23	42.5
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	41	96–75	56.1	2	9	2
Boros Heroic	2	1–2	33.3
Red Deck Wins	177	385–301	56.1	10	49	11
Mono Red Devotion	5	4–8	33.3
Proliferate Red	6	4–15	21.1
Goblins	27	39–52	42.9
Tokens	22	37–40	48.1	0	3
Selesnya Tokens	2	5–4	55.6
Mono White Tokens	6	9–12	42.9	0	2
Orzhov Tokens	1	4–2	66.7	0	1
Mono Green Stompy	30	49–49	50.0	2	6
White Weenie	44	85–96	47.0	0	1	1
Odric Keywords	2	3–4	42.9
Soldiers	4	4–9	30.8
Kithkin	5	6–14	30.0
Chroma White	2	2–3	40.0
Elves	92	197–169	53.8	0	3	7
Werewolves	11	13–22	37.1
Warriors	2	5–1	83.3			1
Selesnya Little Kid	16	21–33	38.9	0	1	1
Rogues	51	86–87	49.7	2	13
Zombies	23	41–42	49.4	0	5	1
Gruul Aggro	7	11–12	47.8	0	1
Merfolk	26	23–35	39.7	0	4
Mono Red Swarm	34	50–50	50.0	0	5	1
Artifact Aggro	48	70–83	45.8	0	1
Affinity	35	54–63	46.2	0	1
Boros Vehicles	6	6–9	40.0
Salvage Titan	6	7–9	43.8
Mono Blue Aggro	26	35–43	44.9	0	2	1
Illusions	13	21–20	51.2	0	2	1
Madness	5	13–6	68.4			1
Gruul Madness	1	0–1	0.0
Golgari Madness	2	7–2	77.8
Voltron	19	10–52	16.1
Hexproof	5	1–13	7.1
Equipment Aggro	3	0–3	0.0
Slivers	7	1–17	5.6
Naya Zoo	2	0–9	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	1	1–3	25.0
Boros Aggro	8	12–23	34.3
Humans	14	37–31	54.4	0	1	1
Selesnya Humans	14	37–31	54.4	0	1	1
Pirates	3	1–5	16.7

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	492–492	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	27–32	45.8
Heroic	103–166	38.3
Mono White Heroic	72–131	35.5
Azorius Heroic	8–3	72.7
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	23–32	41.8
Red Deck Wins	86–100	46.2
Mono Red Devotion	2–0	100.0
Proliferate Red	5–2	71.4
Goblins	9–7	56.3
Tokens	11–15	42.3
Mono White Tokens	5–4	55.6
Orzhov Tokens	2–4	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	11–9	55.0
White Weenie	17–17	50.0
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	2–1	66.7
Kithkin	4–1	80.0
Elves	55–32	63.2
Werewolves	10–5	66.7
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	8–5	61.5
Rogues	24–21	53.3
Zombies	11–11	50.0
Gruul Aggro	2–5	28.6
Merfolk	10–2	83.3
Mono Red Swarm	21–15	58.3
Artifact Aggro	23–19	54.8
Affinity	19–15	55.9
Boros Vehicles	3–1	75.0
Salvage Titan	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Aggro	10–7	58.8
Illusions	5–7	41.7
Madness	3–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	16–3	84.2
Hexproof	4–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Slivers	9–1	90.0
Boros Aggro	3–2	60.0
Humans	5–4	55.6
Selesnya Humans	5–4	55.6
Pirates	0–1	0.0
Combo	353–311	53.2
Storm	66–28	70.2
Dragonstorm	2–0	100.0
Simic Storm	29–12	70.7
Stormpost	32–15	68.1
Mono Blue Post Desire	32–15	68.1
Reanimator	24–23	51.1
8 Goyf	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	23–22	51.1
Dimir Reanimator	9–4	69.2
Mono Black Reanimator	4–7	36.4
Biovisionary	2–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	18–18	50.0
Mono Green Stormless Storm	0–1	0.0
Dubious Challenge	6–2	75.0
Warp World	3–0	100.0
Actual Warp World	3–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	16–28	36.4
New Perspectives	16–11	59.3
Jeskai Ascendancy	21–25	45.7
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	20–24	45.5
Myr Incubator	2–0	100.0
Fake-Twin	6–18	25.0
Naya Fake-Twin	5–11	31.3
Combo Post	15–22	40.5
Metalwork Colossus	66–53	55.5
Upheaval Colossus	50–45	52.6
Eggs	28–17	62.2
Saffi Combo	14–16	46.7
Taking Turns	3–0	100.0
Breakfast	15–37	28.8
Hermit Gond	6–29	17.1
Hermit Dredge	4–5	44.4
Neoform Hermit	5–3	62.5
Polymorph	5–1	83.3
Control	319–300	51.5
Mono Black Control	8–8	50.0
Esper Control	46–45	50.5
Demonic Rising	30–51	37.0
Mono Blue Control	9–0	100.0
Dimir Control	6–7	46.2
Azorius Control	28–37	43.1
Turbo Fog	19–21	47.5
Izzet Control	2–5	28.6
Mardu Control	6–6	50.0
Mill	6–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	27–17	61.4
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	15–13	53.6
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Grixis Control	8–3	72.7
Cruel Control	8–3	72.7
Stagnant Control	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Control	12–18	40.0
Dragon Control	6–6	50.0
Galleon Control	4–1	80.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Ponza	32–20	61.5
Mono White Control	1–1	50.0
Dynavolt Tower	18–7	72.0
Cycling Control	9–8	52.9
Astral Slide	8–7	53.3
Five Color Control	3–1	75.0
Sultai Control	1–1	50.0
Guildgate Control	6–3	66.7
Pox	26–17	60.5
Aggro-Combo	63–59	51.6
Aristocrats	15–17	46.9
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–5	28.6
Orzhov Aristocrats	12–10	54.5
Golgari Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Burn	3–0	100.0
Infect	20–19	51.3
Pummeler	4–0	100.0
Hermit Humans	1–2	33.3
Trickbind Dreadnought	15–11	57.7
Izzet Dreadnought	1–3	25.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–2	50.0
Aggro-Control	44–20	68.8
Izzet Tempo	8–3	72.7
Azorius Skies	3–1	75.0
Blue Madness	5–2	71.4
Temur Madness	5–2	71.4
Lich Aggro-Control	6–0	100.0
Wizards	4–2	66.7
Tetsukotog	1–2	33.3
12 Pest	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Faeries	1–3	25.0
Dimir Tempo	4–0	100.0
Dimir Faeries	4–0	100.0
Combo-Control	66–52	55.9
Burning Vengeance	3–3	50.0
Battle of Wits	7–2	77.8
Pickles	6–8	42.9
Displace Loop	5–12	29.4
Familiars	2–4	33.3
Hedron Alignment	2–0	100.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–2	33.3
Mass Land Destruction	40–25	61.5
Wildfire	40–25	61.5
Borderpost Wildfire	6–1	85.7
Midrange	434–453	48.9
Temur Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
The Rock	18–19	48.6
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	56–82	40.6
Jund	4–2	66.7
Blink	57–121	32.0
Wave Blink	55–121	31.3
Cloudpost Wave Blink	22–37	37.3
Esper Wave	1–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	25–69	26.6
Orzhov Wave	2–11	15.4
Abzan Wave	4–3	57.1
Bant Wave	1–1	50.0
Anti-Persecution	2–2	50.0
Graveyard Value	17–11	60.7
Séance	0–1	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	6–6	50.0
Enchantments Matter	5–5	50.0
Allies	38–78	32.8
Orzhov Allies	2–3	40.0
Mardu Allies	12–15	44.4
Boros Allies	1–7	12.5
Mono White Allies	14–43	24.6
Treefolk	22–6	78.6
-1/-1 Counters	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	1–1	50.0
Mardu Midrange	12–10	54.5
Vampires	13–9	59.1
Mono Black Vampires	3–1	75.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	7–7	50.0
Legends Midrange	5–8	38.5
Boros Legends Midrange	0–3	0.0
Elementals	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	5–5	50.0
Naya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Big Red	1–3	25.0
Mono Black Midrange	14–12	53.8
Dimir Midrange	3–0	100.0
Temur Energy	7–8	46.7
Angels	4–1	80.0
Mono White Angels	4–1	80.0
Toughness Matters	7–4	63.6
Lifegain Midrange	15–10	60.0
Sultai Midrange	28–8	77.8
Sultai Energy	21–6	77.8
Orzhov Midrange	9–3	75.0
Prophet Glare	1–2	33.3
Zur the Enchanter	6–0	100.0
Mythic Colossification	1–1	50.0
Neoform	6–0	100.0
Sultai Neoform	1–0	100.0
Simic Neoform	1–0	100.0
Ramp	118–103	53.4
Rofellos Ramp	46–36	56.1
Wild Pair	7–9	43.8
Cloudpost Ramp	63–64	49.6
Eldrazipost	1–1	50.0
Locus Awakening	5–2	71.4
Golgari Post	33–54	37.9
Gruul Post	5–2	71.4
Simic Post	7–1	87.5
Defenders	2–2	50.0
Unclassified	1–0	100.0