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, 2 days.

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

Aggro

Tournaments Only
Season 14▾
1. All
2. 35
3. 34
4. 33
5. 32
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35. 2
36. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro	388	713–690	50.8	27	261
Mono Black Aggro	52	118–89	57.0	5	41
Heroic	6	5–13	27.8	0	2
Mono White Heroic	2	2–6	25.0	0	1
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3	3–4	42.9	0	1
Selesnya Heroic	1	0–3	0.0
Red Deck Wins	167	327–301	52.1	12	115
Mono Red Devotion	3	12–6	66.7	0	3
Goblins	2	2–3	40.0
Tokens	3	2–6	25.0	0	2
Selesnya Tokens	3	2–6	25.0	0	2
Mono Green Stompy	2	2–5	28.6	0	1
White Weenie	39	72–76	48.6	1	22
Odric Keywords	2	1–6	14.3
Quest for the Holy Relic	1	0–2	0.0
Soldiers	1	0–2	0.0
Elves	14	19–32	37.3	0	9
Rogues	1	1–2	33.3	0	1
Zombies	22	51–41	55.4	3	19
Mono Red Swarm	1	2–2	50.0	0	1
Artifact Aggro	67	100–96	51.0	6	42
Affinity	1	0–3	0.0
Tempered Steel	66	100–93	51.8	6	42
Knights	2	2–6	25.0
Cats	5	7–6	53.8	0	4
Mono White Cats	1	1–1	50.0	0	1
Selesnya Cats	4	6–5	54.5	0	3
Humans	2	2–4	33.3	0	2
Gruul Humans	1	0–3	0.0	0	1
Selesnya Humans	1	2–1	66.7	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	254–254	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	40–35	53.3
Heroic	6–1	85.7
Mono White Heroic	2–1	66.7
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	114–104	52.3
Mono Red Devotion	3–5	37.5
Goblins	0–1	0.0
Tokens	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono Green Stompy	2–1	66.7
White Weenie	21–29	42.0
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	16–7	69.6
Zombies	10–22	31.3
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	33–43	43.4
Affinity	2–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	31–43	41.9
Knights	0–2	0.0
Cats	2–5	28.6
Mono White Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	2–4	33.3
Humans	3–2	60.0
Gruul Humans	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	0–2	0.0
Combo	69–67	50.7
Storm	14–1	93.3
Stormpost	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Post Desire	3–0	100.0
Channel Storm	10–1	90.9
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	8–19	29.6
Myr Incubator	3–0	100.0
Eggs	21–25	45.7
Quest for Ula's Temple	2–1	66.7
Breakfast	14–19	42.4
Cephalid Breakfast	14–19	42.4
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	14–19	42.4
Oops All Lands	1–1	50.0
Control	59–51	53.6
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	16–12	57.1
Demonic Rising	3–3	50.0
Dimir Control	4–7	36.4
Azorius Control	2–2	50.0
Turbo Fog	3–4	42.9
Izzet Control	0–2	0.0
Cloudpost Control	8–5	61.5
Azorius Cloudpost Control	3–2	60.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	4–3	57.1
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	3–4	42.9
Pollute the Planet	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	3–4	42.9
Five Color Control	12–7	63.2
Aggro-Combo	23–30	43.4
Aristocrats	13–19	40.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	11–18	37.9
Abzan Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Infect	2–0	100.0
Pummeler	1–0	100.0
Hermit Humans	7–11	38.9
Aggro-Control	33–27	55.0
Izzet Tempo	6–2	75.0
Blue Madness	2–0	100.0
Simic Madness	2–0	100.0
Ninjas	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Gush	10–9	52.6
Izzet Spells	9–14	39.1
Combo-Control	4–2	66.7
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Midrange	57–47	54.8
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Blink	8–12	40.0
Wave Blink	8–12	40.0
Azorius Wave	7–10	41.2
Allies	3–4	42.9
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	0–2	0.0
Mardu Midrange	2–1	66.7
Vampires	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Vampires	0–2	0.0
Elementals	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–2	66.7
Big Red	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	24–21	53.3
Dimir Midrange	2–1	66.7
Temur Energy	1–1	50.0
Angels	1–0	100.0
Mono White Angels	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–0	100.0
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Ramp	214–212	50.2
Rofellos Ramp	213–211	50.2
Channel-Rofellos	213–211	50.2