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-Combo

Tournaments Only
Season 16▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
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6. 32
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Combo	224	396–354	52.8	0	11	14
Aristocrats	121	261–186	58.4	0	4	12
Mono Black Aristocrats	68	163–100	62.0	0	1	9
Orzhov Aristocrats	12	24–21	53.3	0	1	2
Abzan Aristocrats	9	21–12	63.6	0	1	1
Food	17	17–29	37.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	13	33–20	62.3	0	1
Burn	38	34–68	33.3	0	2
Infect	3	2–5	28.6
Blazing Shoal Infect	1	2–3	40.0
Turbo Myth	3	1–3	25.0
Pummeler	2	0–5	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	45	76–66	53.5	0	5	2
Mono Blue Dreadnought	39	71–52	57.7	0	5	2
Combo Goblins	9	21–15	58.3
Goblin Persist	9	21–15	58.3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	116–121	48.9
Mono Black Aggro	5–3	62.5
Heroic	4–4	50.0
Mono White Heroic	0–2	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	4–2	66.7
Red Deck Wins	23–26	46.9
Mono Red Devotion	0–3	0.0
Goblins	9–13	40.9
Tokens	8–9	47.1
Selesnya Tokens	3–2	60.0
Mono White Tokens	2–5	28.6
Orzhov Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	8–2	80.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	6–1	85.7
Elves	4–11	26.7
Werewolves	0–1	0.0
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Zombies	13–13	50.0
Gruul Aggro	2–1	66.7
Merfolk	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	11–4	73.3
Affinity	4–1	80.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	6–3	66.7
Madness	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Jund Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	3–0	100.0
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
Knights	6–6	50.0
AggroSlide	13–23	36.1
Cats	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Cats	1–0	100.0
Combo	76–62	55.1
Storm	21–19	52.5
Sultai Tendrils	3–3	50.0
Dimir Tendrils	11–10	52.4
Simic Storm	2–1	66.7
Citadel Storm	4–2	66.7
Grixis Tendrils	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	28–19	59.6
Recurring Nightmare	9–13	40.9
Dragon Nightmare	8–13	38.1
Traditional Reanimator	19–6	76.0
Rakdos Reanimator	10–1	90.9
Dimir Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Reanimator	6–4	60.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	3–8	27.3
Combo Post	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	8–6	57.1
Upheaval Colossus	3–1	75.0
Seismic Swans	1–2	33.3
Cruel Combo	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Turntimber Ranger	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–2	0.0
Izzet Ascension	6–2	75.0
Ominous Good	4–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	2–1	66.7
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Control	55–49	52.9
Mono Black Control	1–1	50.0
Esper Control	0–4	0.0
Demonic Rising	3–4	42.9
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	6–6	50.0
Azorius Control	7–5	58.3
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–2	33.3
Mardu Control	2–0	100.0
Mill	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	5–3	62.5
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–3	40.0
Blackpost	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	4–2	66.7
Cruel Control	3–1	75.0
Runeflare	1–1	50.0
Ponza	13–12	52.0
Mono White Control	4–2	66.7
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	1–3	25.0
Temur Reclamation	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Combo	8–8	50.0
Aristocrats	7–8	46.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	7–4	63.6
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Food	0–1	0.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	17–16	51.5
Simic Flash	0–2	0.0
Izzet Tempo	2–2	50.0
Azorius Skies	1–1	50.0
Blue Madness	1–1	50.0
Simic Madness	1–1	50.0
Ninjas	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–1	66.7
Izzet Spells	5–4	55.6
Dimir Tempo	2–2	50.0
Combo-Control	12–17	41.4
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Hive Mind	2–12	14.3
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	5–3	62.5
Wildfire	5–3	62.5
Thryx-Wildfire	4–3	57.1
Midrange	93–57	62.0
Temur Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Grenzo	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Midrange	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Jund	2–3	40.0
Blink	3–4	42.9
Wave Blink	3–4	42.9
Esper Wave	1–1	50.0
Azorius Wave	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Wave	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	12–9	57.1
Séance	2–1	66.7
Varolz Dreadnought	4–6	40.0
Enchantments Matter	2–1	66.7
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	3–2	60.0
Mardu Midrange	2–0	100.0
Leave // Chance Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	2–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	2–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Legends	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	10–5	66.7
Naya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	11–9	55.0
Mono Black Devotion	8–3	72.7
Davriel Braids	2–2	50.0
Dimir Midrange	2–2	50.0
Toughness Matters	4–0	100.0
Mutate	4–4	50.0
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	4–0	100.0
Zur the Enchanter	3–2	60.0
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	3–0	100.0
Ramp	19–24	44.2
Rofellos Ramp	4–7	36.4
Wild Pair	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	9–11	45.0
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	2–3	40.0
Greenpost	2–3	40.0
Gruul Post	0–1	0.0
Simic Post	2–0	100.0
Reclamation at Wake	3–3	50.0
Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp	0–1	0.0