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 19▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
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6. 32
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37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro-Combo	154	318–314	50.3	8	48
Aristocrats	44	77–88	46.7	0	11
Mono Black Aristocrats	29	57–61	48.3	0	9
Orzhov Aristocrats	5	5–8	38.5
Golgari Aristocrats	6	8–11	42.1	0	1
Abzan Aristocrats	1	3–2	60.0	0	1
Rakdos Aristocrats	2	2–4	33.3
Burn	11	19–23	45.2	0	3
Infect	16	30–33	47.6	0	2
Simic Infect	4	0–7	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	5	10–11	47.6
Golgari Infect	7	20–15	57.1	0	2
Hermit Humans	1	1–4	20.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	13	22–32	40.7	0	2
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1	4–2	66.7	0	1
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2	3–4	42.9
Chancellor of the Forge Combo	1	0–3	0.0
Hushnought	59	155–113	57.8	8	29
Combo Goblins	7	11–14	44.0	0	1
Goblin Persist	7	11–14	44.0	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	75–89	45.7
Mono Black Aggro	1–1	50.0
Heroic	6–3	66.7
Mono White Heroic	3–2	60.0
Boros Heroic	3–1	75.0
Red Deck Wins	21–29	42.0
Prisoner	1–1	50.0
Goblins	4–1	80.0
Tokens	2–5	28.6
Mono White Tokens	2–5	28.6
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
Elves	4–4	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	0–2	0.0
Zombies	2–2	50.0
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	9–1	90.0
8 Whack	9–1	90.0
Artifact Aggro	1–5	16.7
Affinity	1–3	25.0
Tempered Steel	0–1	0.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Knights	2–2	50.0
AggroSlide	15–23	39.5
Cats	5–9	35.7
Selesnya Cats	5–9	35.7
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	56–47	54.4
Storm	6–3	66.7
Dragonstorm	1–3	25.0
Izzet Storm	4–0	100.0
Swath Storm	4–0	100.0
Reanimator	15–10	60.0
Traditional Reanimator	15–10	60.0
Mono Black Reanimator	15–10	60.0
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–7	12.5
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–4	20.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	2–6	25.0
Anvil Colossus	2–4	33.3
Upheaval Colossus	0–2	0.0
Eggs	3–1	75.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	2–5	28.6
Reanim8 Rack	1–4	20.0
Breakfast	19–13	59.4
Oops All Spells	5–1	83.3
Neoform Hermit	14–12	53.8
Storm Herald	2–1	66.7
Stuffy Doll	1–1	50.0
Control	48–35	57.8
Esper Control	6–7	46.2
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	3–0	100.0
Azorius Control	7–6	53.8
Mill	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Control	11–8	57.9
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	5–0	100.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	0–1	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	2–2	50.0
Grixis Control	1–1	50.0
Cruel Control	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	0–3	0.0
Izzet Dragons	0–3	0.0
Galleon Control	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	1–2	33.3
Ponza	4–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Ultimatum	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	3–2	60.0
Pox	7–3	70.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	25–25	50.0
Aristocrats	11–4	73.3
Mono Black Aristocrats	8–3	72.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	2–2	50.0
Infect	3–1	75.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Golgari Infect	2–1	66.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	0–1	0.0
Hushnought	6–16	27.3
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	31–24	56.4
Izzet Tempo	5–6	45.5
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	9–5	64.3
Dimir Tempo	9–10	47.4
Sultai Tempo	2–3	40.0
Combo-Control	4–1	80.0
Battle of Wits	0–1	0.0
Pickles	2–0	100.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	73–88	45.3
The Rock	6–3	66.7
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	6–9	40.0
Jund	4–0	100.0
Blink	2–8	20.0
Wave Blink	2–8	20.0
Azorius Wave	1–7	12.5
Bant Wave	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	1–5	16.7
Varolz Dreadnought	1–4	20.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Selvala Morningstar	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	3–7	30.0
Legends Midrange	1–7	12.5
Selesnya Legends	1–5	16.7
Rakdos Midrange	15–14	51.7
Big Red	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	4–1	80.0
Mono Black Devotion	3–0	100.0
Hellion Whip	6–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	0–3	0.0
Prophet Glare	0–1	0.0
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	5–6	45.5
Hero of Precinct One	12–13	48.0
Abzan Hero	1–5	16.7
Mardu Hero	1–1	50.0
Esper Hero	0–3	0.0
Orzhov Hero	7–4	63.6
Five Color Hero	2–0	100.0
Gruul Obosh	1–2	33.3
Death Cloud	1–4	20.0
Ramp	6–5	54.5
Cloudpost Ramp	5–5	50.0
Greenpost	3–4	42.9
Gruul Post	2–1	66.7