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 8 weeks, 3 days.

Aggro-Control

Tournaments Only
Season 14▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Control	335	535–615	46.5	2	25	16
Izzet Tempo	28	47–58	44.8	0	4	2
Blue Madness	74	99–122	44.8			3
Simic Madness	73	99–120	45.2			3
Wizards	1	0–2	0.0
12 Pest	4	3–8	27.3
Ninjas	43	70–77	47.6	0	3	2
Mono Blue Gush	83	149–150	49.8	1	9	6
Izzet Spells	66	119–122	49.4	1	9	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	126–181	41.0
Mono Black Aggro	8–30	21.1
Heroic	8–16	33.3
Mono White Heroic	5–10	33.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	3–6	33.3
Red Deck Wins	31–53	36.9
Goblins	9–4	69.2
Tokens	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	2–2	50.0
White Weenie	13–30	30.2
Odric Keywords	3–0	100.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–2	33.3
Soldiers	2–5	28.6
Elves	10–8	55.6
Werewolves	0–4	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	0–5	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–2	50.0
Artifact Aggro	27–21	56.3
Affinity	2–1	66.7
Salvage Titan	1–1	50.0
Tempered Steel	24–18	57.1
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Slivers	2–1	66.7
Cats	3–3	50.0
Selesnya Cats	3–3	50.0
Humans	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Humans	2–2	50.0
Combo	62–59	51.2
Storm	12–7	63.2
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Simic Storm	6–2	75.0
Stormpost	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Post Desire	0–2	0.0
Izzet Storm	3–0	100.0
Channel Storm	0–2	0.0
Reanimator	0–3	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	0–3	0.0
Biovisionary	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	10–6	62.5
Myr Incubator	0–1	0.0
Combo Post	2–0	100.0
Eggs	10–16	38.5
Quest for Ula's Temple	5–4	55.6
Breakfast	12–15	44.4
Cephalid Breakfast	12–15	44.4
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	12–15	44.4
Oops All Lands	0–1	0.0
Control	68–76	47.2
Esper Control	7–15	31.8
Demonic Rising	7–13	35.0
Mono Blue Control	2–0	100.0
Dimir Control	2–5	28.6
Azorius Control	2–5	28.6
Turbo Fog	5–2	71.4
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Control	8–15	34.8
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–4	20.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	5–7	41.7
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1–4	20.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	13–10	56.5
Pollute the Planet	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Control	6–2	75.0
Runeflare	0–1	0.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	2–4	33.3
Life is Ez	2–2	50.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	3–2	60.0
Sultai Control	2–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	22–17	56.4
Aristocrats	7–6	53.8
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Burn	2–0	100.0
Infect	6–1	85.7
Golgari Infect	1–0	100.0
Pummeler	0–6	0.0
Hermit Humans	3–4	42.9
Combo Goblins	2–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	64–64	50.0
Izzet Tempo	8–7	53.3
Blue Madness	14–12	53.8
Simic Madness	14–12	53.8
Ninjas	11–10	52.4
Mono Blue Gush	20–14	58.8
Izzet Spells	7–17	29.2
Combo-Control	9–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	2–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–0	100.0
Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Midrange	116–71	62.0
Temur Ascendancy	1–3	25.0
Prophet Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	0–3	0.0
Jund	2–1	66.7
Blink	18–20	47.4
Wave Blink	16–20	44.4
Cloudpost Wave Blink	1–1	50.0
Azorius Wave	14–19	42.4
Anti-Persecution	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	13–8	61.9
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	12–5	70.6
Orzhov Allies	5–4	55.6
Mardu Allies	4–0	100.0
Boros Allies	2–0	100.0
Mono White Allies	1–0	100.0
BRGW Allies	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	0–4	0.0
Fake-Rack	4–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
White Jund	1–1	50.0
Vampires	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Vampires	3–0	100.0
Elementals	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	11–10	52.4
Dimir Midrange	3–1	75.0
Temur Energy	0–2	0.0
Toughness Matters	12–1	92.3
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	4–3	57.1
Sultai Emerge	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	4–2	66.7
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Ramp	65–145	31.0
Rofellos Ramp	60–141	29.9
Channel-Rofellos	60–140	30.0
Cloudpost Ramp	5–4	55.6
Greenpost	0–1	0.0
Unclassified	3–2	60.0