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?

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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

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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.

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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, 6 days.

Aggro

Tournaments Only
Season 18▾
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	4106	8143–7094	53.4	58	393	203
Mono Black Aggro	52	74–96	43.5			1
Heroic	424	958–714	57.3	12	61	21
Mono White Heroic	318	750–523	58.9	12	60	15
Azorius Heroic	7	10–19	34.5
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	86	178–139	56.2			6
Boros Heroic	3	4–6	40.0
Selesnya Heroic	3	5–10	33.3
Red Deck Wins	560	1273–903	58.5	11	77	42
Mono Red Devotion	28	57–48	54.3			3
Proliferate Red	4	11–9	55.0
Goblins	86	125–165	43.1	0	1	1
Tokens	90	159–187	46.0	0	6
Selesnya Tokens	34	58–75	43.6	0	2
Mono White Tokens	35	56–72	43.8	0	3
Orzhov Tokens	1	0–2	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	186	353–292	54.7	1	18	12
White Weenie	213	332–403	45.2	0	12	7
Odric Keywords	2	2–3	40.0
Soldiers	19	26–41	38.8	0	1
Kithkin	10	12–27	30.8
Elves	291	548–552	49.8	2	18	10
Werewolves	7	11–15	42.3
Warriors	3	3–7	30.0
Selesnya Little Kid	102	158–192	45.1	0	4	2
Selesnya Counters	40	61–87	41.2
Rogues	53	96–92	51.1	0	1	4
Zombies	58	94–107	46.8	1	1	2
Gruul Aggro	40	62–79	44.0
Gruul Landfall	12	6–27	18.2
Merfolk	295	629–515	55.0	4	32	13
Mono Red Swarm	67	94–112	45.6			3
Artifact Aggro	901	1972–1458	57.5	20	94	58
Affinity	721	1604–1165	57.9	20	91	45
Boros Vehicles	4	8–8	50.0
Salvage Titan	14	17–34	33.3
Tempered Steel	94	181–160	53.1	0	2	5
Mono Blue Architect	66	161–90	64.1	0	1	8
Devoid Aggro	1	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	10	11–15	42.3
Illusions	1	1–4	20.0
Madness	50	98–98	50.0	0	2	2
Golgari Madness	35	71–64	52.6	0	2	1
Rakdos Madness	11	17–28	37.8			1
Voltron	139	182–269	40.4	1	11	1
Hexproof	98	136–199	40.6	1	11
Equipment Aggro	28	28–50	35.9
Hateful Auras	12	17–16	51.5			1
Slivers	4	2–10	16.7
Naya Zoo	12	14–25	35.9
Knights	26	51–38	57.3			1
AggroSlide	192	433–340	56.0	5	41	8
Cats	97	217–156	58.2	0	2	7
Mono White Cats	3	10–5	66.7
Selesnya Cats	94	207–151	57.8	0	2	7
Rakdos Aggro	72	111–120	48.1	1	10	4
Boros Aggro	6	12–11	52.2			1
Humans	2	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Humans	2	2–2	50.0
Rats	3	1–5	16.7

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	2070–2070	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	15–9	62.5
Heroic	179–312	36.5
Mono White Heroic	133–252	34.5
Azorius Heroic	6–7	46.2
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	29–47	38.2
Boros Heroic	3–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	2–2	50.0
Red Deck Wins	276–348	44.2
Mono Red Devotion	13–12	52.0
Proliferate Red	3–2	60.0
Goblins	35–26	57.4
Tokens	53–47	53.0
Selesnya Tokens	19–15	55.9
Mono White Tokens	22–19	53.7
Orzhov Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	92–81	53.2
White Weenie	117–73	61.6
Odric Keywords	0–1	0.0
Soldiers	17–7	70.8
Kithkin	6–0	100.0
Elves	133–140	48.7
Werewolves	9–1	90.0
Warriors	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	46–28	62.2
Selesnya Counters	25–11	69.4
Rogues	20–14	58.8
Zombies	30–19	61.2
Gruul Aggro	21–16	56.8
Gruul Landfall	9–1	90.0
Merfolk	187–159	54.0
Mono Red Swarm	29–25	53.7
Artifact Aggro	437–481	47.6
Affinity	365–406	47.3
Boros Vehicles	1–1	50.0
Salvage Titan	7–3	70.0
Tempered Steel	37–36	50.7
Mono Blue Architect	26–35	42.6
Mono Blue Aggro	3–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	26–23	53.1
Golgari Madness	17–20	45.9
Rakdos Madness	7–2	77.8
Voltron	77–62	55.4
Hexproof	58–51	53.2
Equipment Aggro	17–5	77.3
Hateful Auras	2–5	28.6
Slivers	4–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	6–2	75.0
Knights	16–5	76.2
AggroSlide	126–107	54.1
Cats	43–48	47.3
Mono White Cats	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Cats	41–47	46.6
Rakdos Aggro	40–27	59.7
Boros Aggro	5–2	71.4
Humans	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Humans	1–1	50.0
Rats	2–0	100.0
Combo	1538–1381	52.7
Storm	307–341	47.4
Sultai Tendrils	3–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	208–285	42.2
Dragonstorm	4–2	66.7
Hazoret Storm	7–3	70.0
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
Grixis Tendrils	25–21	54.3
Stormpost	7–10	41.2
Izzet Storm	7–2	77.8
Swath Storm	2–0	100.0
Reanimator	301–374	44.6
Worldgorger Dragon	102–195	34.3
Double Dragon	1–2	33.3
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	6–7	46.2
Traditional Reanimator	191–170	52.9
Rakdos Reanimator	35–22	61.4
Dimir Reanimator	14–5	73.7
Mono Black Reanimator	137–143	48.9
Oriss Genesis	43–32	57.3
Biovisionary	3–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	4–3	57.1
Dubious Challenge	4–1	80.0
Warp World	9–4	69.2
Actual Warp World	9–4	69.2
Maniac Combo	9–11	45.0
Hypergenesis	31–14	68.9
Jeskai Ascendancy	100–74	57.5
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	64–54	54.2
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	32–13	71.1
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	4–7	36.4
Myr Incubator	19–17	52.8
Combo Post	6–1	85.7
Seismic Swans	11–6	64.7
Eggs	22–0	100.0
Turntimber Ranger	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	19–9	67.9
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	9–2	81.8
Taking Turns	71–52	57.7
Quest for Ula's Temple	2–2	50.0
Izzet Ascension	75–79	48.7
Ominous Good	29–7	80.6
Jokulhaups Combo	34–22	60.7
Soulflayer	20–16	55.6
Breakfast	29–37	43.9
Oops All Spells	29–37	43.9
Oops All Lands	11–5	68.8
Dredge	220–220	50.0
Polymorph	13–2	86.7
Protean Hulk Combo	27–18	60.0
Dice Factory	16–4	80.0
Possibility Storm	11–6	64.7
Control	1306–954	57.8
Mono Black Control	13–9	59.1
Esper Control	49–53	48.0
Demonic Rising	34–32	51.5
Mono Blue Control	20–7	74.1
Dimir Control	62–72	46.3
Azorius Control	194–203	48.9
Cawblade	12–21	36.4
Turbo Fog	28–14	66.7
Izzet Control	3–4	42.9
Mardu Control	29–20	59.2
Mill	105–55	65.6
Boros Control	5–2	71.4
Cloudpost Control	63–48	56.8
Azorius Cloudpost Control	16–15	51.6
Blackpost	18–8	69.2
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	11–3	78.6
Dimir Cloudpost Control	2–3	40.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	3–0	100.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	8–19	29.6
Grixis Control	49–35	58.3
Cruel Control	24–19	55.8
Chandra Nalaar	5–7	41.7
Jeskai Control	7–2	77.8
Dragon Control	5–1	83.3
Dimir Dragons	4–0	100.0
Runeflare	58–3	95.1
Ponza	143–84	63.0
Mono White Control	32–54	37.2
Life is Ez	19–28	40.4
Cycling Control	52–58	47.3
Astral Slide	50–57	46.7
Five Color Control	93–36	72.1
Five Color Collected Conjuring	57–20	74.0
Shrines	36–15	70.6
Sultai Control	9–5	64.3
Guildgate Control	6–1	85.7
Bant Control	11–5	68.8
Pox	177–112	61.2
Enchantments Control	2–1	66.7
Four Color Counter Ghazi	20–13	60.6
Orzhov Control	2–0	100.0
Prison	10–5	66.7
Enchantress	10–5	66.7
Aggro-Combo	424–430	49.6
Aristocrats	178–213	45.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	21–18	53.8
Orzhov Aristocrats	45–51	46.9
Golgari Aristocrats	18–12	60.0
Abzan Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Mardu Aristocrats	5–3	62.5
Food	25–19	56.8
Rakdos Aristocrats	54–100	35.1
Burn	77–49	61.1
Infect	74–51	59.2
Simic Infect	50–35	58.8
Golgari Infect	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Infect	3–0	100.0
Pummeler	6–3	66.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	22–43	33.8
Izzet Dreadnought	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Dreadnought	14–41	25.5
Izzet Blitzkrieg	22–26	45.8
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	11–9	55.0
Hushnought	3–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	28–32	46.7
Goblin Persist	24–28	46.2
Dirty Kitty	4–4	50.0
Aggro-Control	575–488	54.1
Izzet Tempo	190–233	44.9
Azorius Skies	28–18	60.9
Blue Madness	15–3	83.3
Simic Madness	6–0	100.0
Temur Madness	6–1	85.7
Lich Aggro-Control	16–22	42.1
Wizards	16–8	66.7
Ninjas	15–11	57.7
Mono Blue Tempo	151–96	61.1
Mono Blue Faeries	6–3	66.7
Izzet Spells	62–44	58.5
Dimir Tempo	45–35	56.3
Dimir Faeries	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	11–3	78.6
Combo-Control	308–274	52.9
Curses	15–6	71.4
Burning Vengeance	2–2	50.0
Cruel Combo-Control	2–1	66.7
Battle of Wits	27–24	52.9
Shared Fate	3–5	37.5
Pickles	2–0	100.0
Mindcrank	76–80	48.7
Dragoncrank	15–28	34.9
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Hedron Alignment	3–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	7–9	43.8
Lich's Mastery	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	7–2	77.8
Zur's Weirding	122–105	53.7
Solar Flare	19–20	48.7
Liliana's Contract	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	17–18	48.6
Wildfire	17–18	48.6
Thryx-Wildfire	7–7	50.0
Borderpost Wildfire	4–5	44.4
Midrange	1471–1160	55.9
Temur Ascendancy	5–3	62.5
The Rock	45–28	61.6
Grenzo	12–14	46.2
Abzan Midrange	23–6	79.3
Selesnya Midrange	12–6	66.7
Selesnya Value Town	5–4	55.6
Jund	21–7	75.0
Blink	32–7	82.1
Acid Trip	6–0	100.0
Orzhov Blink	4–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	13–10	56.5
Graveyard Value	48–71	40.3
Séance	16–46	25.8
Varolz Dreadnought	10–15	40.0
Enchantments Matter	5–0	100.0
Allies	19–9	67.9
Orzhov Allies	2–0	100.0
Esper Allies	2–1	66.7
BRGW Allies	1–3	25.0
Azorius Allies	2–0	100.0
Treefolk	9–3	75.0
-1/-1 Counters	5–2	71.4
Fake-Rack	79–67	54.1
Mardu Midrange	174–156	52.7
Yisan-Prophet	2–1	66.7
Vampires	34–5	87.2
Mono Black Vampires	27–4	87.1
Rakdos Vampires	4–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	8–2	80.0
Orzhov Legends	1–1	50.0
Elementals	8–2	80.0
Rakdos Midrange	129–147	46.7
Naya Midrange	6–1	85.7
Card Advantage White	5–2	71.4
Big Red	50–40	55.6
Mono Black Midrange	201–165	54.9
Mono Black Devotion	80–51	61.1
Heart of Darkness	70–78	47.3
Dimir Midrange	50–38	56.8
Angels	16–25	39.0
Orzhov Angels	16–25	39.0
Toughness Matters	11–6	64.7
Lifegain Midrange	21–21	50.0
Adventures	7–1	87.5
Mutate	3–3	50.0
Sultai Midrange	45–46	49.5
Orzhov Midrange	124–115	51.9
Jeskai Midrange	2–4	33.3
Prophet Glare	12–12	50.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	11–5	68.8
Ordealbreak	9–6	60.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	2–1	66.7
Neoform	44–27	62.0
Temur Neoform	8–2	80.0
Sultai Neoform	14–16	46.7
Simic Neoform	11–5	68.8
Party	33–18	64.7
Clerics	20–11	64.5
Death Cloud	18–9	66.7
Illness in the Ranks	3–3	50.0
Ramp	451–337	57.2
Villainous Wealth	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	322–262	55.1
Locus Awakening	1–0	100.0
Golgari Post	3–2	60.0
Greenpost	263–235	52.8
Gruul Post	14–8	63.6
Simic Post	8–1	88.9
Summer Bloom Ramp	51–46	52.6
Historic Bloom	25–28	47.2
Defenders	6–4	60.0
Applejacks	6–1	85.7