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 8 weeks, 3 days.

Aggro-Control

Tournaments Only
Season 20▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
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37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro-Control	120	203–236	46.2	6	46
Izzet Tempo	31	46–59	43.8	2	9
Azorius Skies	1	2–2	50.0	0	1
Wizards	20	34–41	45.3	0	8
Ninjas	2	4–5	44.4	0	2
Mono Blue Tempo	39	82–70	53.9	4	21
Mono Blue Faeries	1	3–2	60.0	0	1
Izzet Spells	9	12–24	33.3	0	2
Dimir Tempo	11	11–21	34.4	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	56–78	41.8
Heroic	8–14	36.4
Mono White Heroic	7–14	33.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	2–6	25.0
Goblins	1–2	33.3
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	2–0	100.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–0	100.0
Elves	6–10	37.5
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Zombies	3–3	50.0
Gruul Aggro	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	1–2	33.3
Artifact Aggro	19–29	39.6
Affinity	18–28	39.1
Hush-finity	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–1	50.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	11–9	55.0
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Combo	27–31	46.6
Storm	3–2	60.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	0–1	0.0
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	5–2	71.4
Worldgorger Dragon	5–2	71.4
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–5	28.6
Hypergenesis	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–4	42.9
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–1	75.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–3	0.0
Eggs	4–7	36.4
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	2–0	100.0
Dice Factory	1–1	50.0
Enduring Ideal	1–4	20.0
Ad Nauseam	3–4	42.9
Ad Swanseam	1–1	50.0
Control	20–24	45.5
Mono Black Control	2–0	100.0
Esper Control	1–3	25.0
Azorius Control	0–11	0.0
Cawblade	0–7	0.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	3–2	60.0
Cruel Control	3–2	60.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Control	2–2	50.0
Dragon Control	2–1	66.7
Izzet Dragons	2–0	100.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Sultai Control	3–1	75.0
Sultai Ultimatum	3–0	100.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Combo	27–37	42.2
Burn	8–8	50.0
Infect	2–1	66.7
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–1	66.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–1	50.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	3–8	27.3
Hushnought	2–3	40.0
Liquimetal Fishing	1–2	33.3
Combo Goblins	9–13	40.9
Goblin Persist	9–13	40.9
Aggro-Control	12–12	50.0
Izzet Tempo	2–3	40.0
Wizards	3–3	50.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–4	42.9
Izzet Spells	2–1	66.7
Dimir Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	18–19	48.6
Mindcrank	7–10	41.2
Dragoncrank	1–0	100.0
Hedron Alignment	0–1	0.0
Lich's Mastery	1–1	50.0
Hive Mind	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	6–2	75.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–3	57.1
Wildfire	4–3	57.1
Thryx-Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	3–3	50.0
Midrange	34–27	55.7
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Golgari Citadel	1–0	100.0
Blink	5–13	27.8
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Allies	3–3	50.0
Esper Allies	3–3	50.0
Mardu Midrange	1–1	50.0
Vampires	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	6–1	85.7
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–4	33.3
Mono Black Devotion	1–4	20.0
Dimir Midrange	1–1	50.0
Angels	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	2–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	1–0	100.0
Ramp	9–8	52.9
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	1–2	33.3
Cloudpost Ramp	6–6	50.0
Greenpost	6–6	50.0