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.

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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

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Combo	904	1650–1505	52.3	8	48	38
Aristocrats	283	495–439	53.0	0	11	16
Mono Black Aristocrats	158	258–235	52.3	0	9	11
Orzhov Aristocrats	44	75–67	52.8			2
Golgari Aristocrats	40	79–67	54.1	0	1	1
Abzan Aristocrats	8	9–8	52.9	0	1
Mardu Aristocrats	1	0–4	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	28	66–54	55.0			1
Burn	89	142–168	45.8	0	3	1
Infect	146	225–249	47.5	0	2	3
Simic Infect	42	64–76	45.7			1
Blazing Shoal Infect	85	127–136	48.3			2
Golgari Infect	11	26–21	55.3	0	2
Pummeler	4	10–10	50.0
Hermit Humans	2	2–8	20.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	105	173–147	54.1	0	2	7
Mono Blue Dreadnought	62	112–81	58.0	0	1	7
Izzet Blitzkrieg	32	54–62	46.6
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	13	22–29	43.1
Hushnought	184	437–306	58.8	8	29	11
Combo Goblins	44	89–85	51.1	0	1
Goblin Persist	43	86–83	50.9	0	1
Dirty Kitty	1	3–2	60.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	299–347	46.3
Mono Black Aggro	6–11	35.3
Heroic	15–12	55.6
Mono White Heroic	6–4	60.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Boros Heroic	8–7	53.3
Red Deck Wins	49–78	38.6
Mono Red Devotion	0–3	0.0
Prisoner	1–1	50.0
Goblins	11–8	57.9
Tokens	15–14	51.7
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	6–7	46.2
Orzhov Tokens	2–6	25.0
Mono Green Stompy	10–15	40.0
White Weenie	12–19	38.7
Quest for the Holy Relic	7–10	41.2
Soldiers	0–5	0.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	23–26	46.9
Werewolves	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	10–13	43.5
Selesnya Counters	4–8	33.3
Rogues	6–2	75.0
Zombies	10–7	58.8
Gruul Aggro	5–3	62.5
Merfolk	3–2	60.0
Mono Red Swarm	23–24	48.9
8 Whack	22–23	48.9
Artifact Aggro	21–29	42.0
Affinity	8–10	44.4
Salvage Titan	1–1	50.0
Tempered Steel	11–15	42.3
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	2–0	100.0
Devastating Dreams	6–3	66.7
Madness	2–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	2–0	100.0
Voltron	2–3	40.0
Hexproof	2–1	66.7
Slivers	4–3	57.1
Naya Zoo	3–1	75.0
Knights	3–7	30.0
AggroSlide	29–38	43.3
Cats	8–12	40.0
Selesnya Cats	8–12	40.0
Rakdos Aggro	11–7	61.1
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Shamans	1–1	50.0
Combo	339–241	58.4
Storm	50–26	65.8
Dragonstorm	16–18	47.1
Hazoret Storm	0–1	0.0
Citadel Storm	2–0	100.0
Stormpost	2–1	66.7
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	9–3	75.0
Izzet Storm	15–2	88.2
Swath Storm	15–2	88.2
Song Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	57–51	52.8
Traditional Reanimator	57–51	52.8
Rakdos Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Dimir Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Reanimator	54–49	52.4
Oriss Genesis	8–12	40.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	3–1	75.0
Zubera Tribal	0–1	0.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	7–2	77.8
Jeskai Ascendancy	15–20	42.9
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	9–8	52.9
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	4–11	26.7
Fake-Twin	9–3	75.0
Jeskai Fake-Twin	2–1	66.7
Naya Fake-Twin	6–1	85.7
Metalwork Colossus	42–29	59.2
Anvil Colossus	26–24	52.0
Upheaval Colossus	9–3	75.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Eggs	16–3	84.2
Heartless Summoning Combo	2–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	13–11	54.2
Ominous Good	2–2	50.0
Jokulhaups Combo	6–2	75.0
Soulflayer	11–9	55.0
Reanim8 Rack	6–6	50.0
Breakfast	56–52	51.9
Oops All Spells	21–12	63.6
Neoform Hermit	32–37	46.4
Dredge	7–2	77.8
Polymorph	2–2	50.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	4–2	66.7
Enduring Ideal	9–3	75.0
Stuffy Doll	4–4	50.0
Control	286–238	54.6
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	29–32	47.5
Demonic Rising	2–4	33.3
Mono Blue Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	12–14	46.2
Azorius Control	28–38	42.4
Turbo Fog	1–3	25.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mardu Control	9–4	69.2
Mill	9–2	81.8
Boros Control	3–2	60.0
Cloudpost Control	40–33	54.8
Azorius Cloudpost Control	6–6	50.0
Blackpost	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	15–10	60.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	3–6	33.3
Mono White Cloudpost Control	11–4	73.3
Grixis Control	19–12	61.3
Cruel Control	2–2	50.0
Stax	9–3	75.0
Jeskai Control	9–1	90.0
Dragon Control	14–16	46.7
Izzet Dragons	12–16	42.9
Galleon Control	1–1	50.0
Runeflare	2–4	33.3
Ponza	29–13	69.0
Mono White Control	4–1	80.0
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	4–1	80.0
Astral Slide	4–1	80.0
Five Color Control	8–6	57.1
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Shrines	2–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	4–3	57.1
Sultai Control	6–7	46.2
Sultai Ultimatum	6–7	46.2
Guildgate Control	9–5	64.3
Bant Control	7–6	53.8
Pox	16–25	39.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	4–1	80.0
Orzhov Control	1–0	100.0
Prison	2–0	100.0
Enchantress	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	106–106	50.0
Aristocrats	30–27	52.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	20–20	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–2	33.3
Golgari Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	5–1	83.3
Burn	15–9	62.5
Infect	13–15	46.4
Simic Infect	3–8	27.3
Blazing Shoal Infect	7–5	58.3
Golgari Infect	2–1	66.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	11–8	57.9
Mono Blue Dreadnought	5–6	45.5
Izzet Blitzkrieg	5–2	71.4
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	2–0	100.0
Hushnought	26–35	42.6
Combo Goblins	4–10	28.6
Goblin Persist	4–10	28.6
Aggro-Control	133–109	55.0
Simic Flash	1–1	50.0
Simic Vat	1–1	50.0
Izzet Tempo	24–34	41.4
Azorius Skies	3–4	42.9
Blue Madness	4–4	50.0
Simic Madness	3–4	42.9
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Wizards	6–3	66.7
Ninjas	10–1	90.9
Mono Blue Tempo	24–19	55.8
Mono Blue Faeries	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	8–6	57.1
Dimir Tempo	30–24	55.6
Dimir Faeries	4–2	66.7
Sultai Tempo	7–5	58.3
Combo-Control	31–16	66.0
Curses	3–1	75.0
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	3–3	50.0
Pickles	4–0	100.0
Displace Loop	2–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	1–1	50.0
Liliana's Contract	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	12–9	57.1
Wildfire	12–9	57.1
Thryx-Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	5–3	62.5
Midrange	390–411	48.7
Temur Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
The Rock	25–28	47.2
Golgari Citadel	6–1	85.7
Abzan Midrange	43–37	53.8
Jund	5–8	38.5
Blink	31–39	44.3
Wave Blink	27–39	40.9
Esper Wave	3–2	60.0
Azorius Wave	14–20	41.2
Orzhov Wave	1–2	33.3
Abzan Wave	4–7	36.4
Bant Wave	3–4	42.9
Acid Trip	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	14–27	34.1
Séance	1–2	33.3
Varolz Dreadnought	6–13	31.6
Enchantments Matter	0–1	0.0
Constellation	0–1	0.0
Allies	9–7	56.3
Orzhov Allies	3–1	75.0
Mardu Allies	0–1	0.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Mono White Allies	2–3	40.0
Fake-Rack	11–12	47.8
Selvala Morningstar	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	6–12	33.3
Legends Midrange	11–22	33.3
Orzhov Legends	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Legends	7–14	33.3
Elementals	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Midrange	40–47	46.0
Naya Midrange	2–1	66.7
Big Red	5–5	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	23–11	67.6
Mono Black Devotion	7–5	58.3
Hellion Whip	7–1	87.5
Dimir Midrange	9–11	45.0
Angels	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	1–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	2–4	33.3
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Mutate	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	10–11	47.6
Orzhov Midrange	6–8	42.9
Jeskai Midrange	3–3	50.0
Prophet Glare	1–1	50.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–1	50.0
Zur the Enchanter	2–1	66.7
Ordealbreak	5–4	55.6
Enigmatic Incarnation	5–4	55.6
Neoform	4–1	80.0
Sultai Neoform	0–1	0.0
Simic Neoform	4–0	100.0
Party	2–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	49–28	63.6
Hero of Precinct One	30–49	38.0
Abzan Hero	6–17	26.1
Mardu Hero	2–6	25.0
Esper Hero	6–9	40.0
Orzhov Hero	11–15	42.3
Five Color Hero	2–2	50.0
Gruul Obosh	7–8	46.7
Clerics	3–2	60.0
Death Cloud	5–8	38.5
Ramp	66–37	64.1
Villainous Wealth	2–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	0–1	0.0
Wild Pair	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	43–32	57.3
Golgari Post	3–1	75.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	4–1	80.0
Greenpost	24–24	50.0
Gruul Post	5–2	71.4
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Domain	8–2	80.0