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!

Mono Black Aggro

Tournaments Only
Season 19▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	2623	5092–4529	52.9	32	187	126
Mono Black Aggro	61	124–117	51.5	1	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	22–38	36.7
Mono Black Aggro	1–1	50.0
Heroic	1–3	25.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Boros Heroic	0–2	0.0
Red Deck Wins	3–6	33.3
Tokens	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Tokens	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	1–6	14.3
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–5	0.0
Elves	1–3	25.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–1	66.7
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–2	33.3
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–3	40.0
8 Whack	2–3	40.0
Artifact Aggro	2–1	66.7
Affinity	2–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	0–1	0.0
Voltron	1–0	100.0
Hexproof	1–0	100.0
Slivers	2–0	100.0
Knights	0–4	0.0
AggroSlide	1–4	20.0
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Pirates	0–1	0.0
Combo	15–16	48.4
Storm	2–1	66.7
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	3–2	60.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–2	60.0
Dimir Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Oriss Genesis	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–5	28.6
Anvil Colossus	1–5	16.7
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Eggs	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	0–2	0.0
Breakfast	4–2	66.7
Oops All Spells	1–1	50.0
Neoform Hermit	3–1	75.0
Dredge	0–1	0.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Control	23–15	60.5
Esper Control	0–1	0.0
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	3–1	75.0
Azorius Control	5–1	83.3
Mill	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	2–4	33.3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	0–2	0.0
Dragon Control	1–1	50.0
Izzet Dragons	1–1	50.0
Ponza	2–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–1	50.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	2–4	33.3
Four Color Counter Ghazi	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	11–6	64.7
Aristocrats	4–2	66.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	2–0	100.0
Infect	2–1	66.7
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–1	66.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	0–2	0.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	9–3	75.0
Izzet Tempo	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	3–2	60.0
Sultai Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	3–1	75.0
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–1	66.7
Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Thryx-Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Midrange	39–35	52.7
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	5–5	50.0
Jund	5–2	71.4
Blink	0–3	0.0
Wave Blink	0–3	0.0
Azorius Wave	0–2	0.0
Graveyard Value	2–1	66.7
Varolz Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Legends	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	5–3	62.5
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–1	50.0
Dimir Midrange	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–2	33.3
Prophet Glare	0–2	0.0
Party	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	3–4	42.9
Hero of Precinct One	7–5	58.3
Abzan Hero	3–1	75.0
Esper Hero	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Hero	1–4	20.0
Gruul Obosh	2–0	100.0
Ramp	2–3	40.0
Cloudpost Ramp	0–3	0.0
Golgari Post	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	0–2	0.0
Domain	2–0	100.0