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 21▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
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35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1927	3545–3285–2	51.9	16	148	97
Mono Black Aggro	63	133–103	56.4	1	4	2
Heroic	149	296–244	54.8	1	11	13
Mono White Heroic	112	252–172	59.4	1	10	13
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	11	12–13	48.0
Boros Heroic	18	25–39	39.1	0	1
Selesnya Heroic	8	7–20	25.9
Red Deck Wins	264	534–458	53.8	3	32	16
Mono Red Devotion	5	11–8	57.9
Prisoner	3	7–8	46.7
Goblins	77	136–113	54.6			4
Tokens	96	175–164	51.6	0	2	3
Selesnya Tokens	17	32–38	45.7
Mono White Tokens	68	133–96	58.1	0	2	3
Orzhov Tokens	6	5–14	26.3
Mono Green Stompy	52	81–96	45.8	0	3	2
White Weenie	130	216–221	49.4	0	7	6
Quest for the Holy Relic	12	13–30	30.2	0	1
Soldiers	4	3–10	23.1
Chroma White	1	1–1	50.0
Elves	78	122–155–1	44.0	0	4	3
Werewolves	2	1–4	20.0
Minotaurs	2	1–5	16.7
Warriors	1	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	18	21–33	38.9
Selesnya Counters	4	2–7	22.2
Rogues	13	10–30	25.0
Zombies	132	302–210	59.0	2	16	4
Gruul Aggro	91	167–140	54.4	0	8	7
Gruul Landfall	15	26–20	56.5			1
Merfolk	21	23–50	31.5
Mono Red Swarm	9	17–11	60.7			1
Artifact Aggro	258	534–402	57.1	4	35	18
Affinity	20	22–36	37.9			1
Salvage Titan	42	74–69	51.7	0	4	2
Tempered Steel	155	359–242	59.7	4	29	13
Mono Blue Architect	34	78–45	63.4	0	2	2
Mono Blue Aggro	5	5–14	26.3
Illusions	3	4–8	33.3
Madness	263	503–447	52.9	4	19	15
Gruul Madness	18	24–32	42.9	1	2
Golgari Madness	4	4–6	40.0
Rakdos Madness	214	424–368	53.5	3	17	13
Jund Madness	4	5–6	45.5
Voltron	59	65–110–1	37.1	0	3
Hexproof	52	55–89–1	38.2	0	3
Equipment Aggro	4	5–15	25.0
Slivers	12	2–31	6.1
Naya Zoo	12	8–26	23.5
Knights	23	41–34	54.7			1
AggroSlide	36	62–70	47.0	0	3
Cats	10	6–18	25.0
Mono White Cats	2	2–3	40.0
Selesnya Cats	8	4–15	21.1
Rakdos Aggro	6	6–11	35.3
Boros Aggro	19	37–37	50.0			1
Pirates	2	3–3	50.0
Rats	10	10–17	37.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	779–779–2	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	28–35	44.4
Heroic	52–81	39.1
Mono White Heroic	36–73	33.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	4–2	66.7
Boros Heroic	7–6	53.8
Selesnya Heroic	5–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	130–111	53.9
Mono Red Devotion	1–1	50.0
Prisoner	3–1	75.0
Goblins	28–27	50.9
Tokens	30–48	38.5
Selesnya Tokens	7–8	46.7
Mono White Tokens	16–38	29.6
Orzhov Tokens	4–1	80.0
Mono Green Stompy	15–18	45.5
White Weenie	56–47	54.4
Quest for the Holy Relic	6–7	46.2
Soldiers	4–0	100.0
Elves	30–31–1	49.2
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	10–7	58.8
Selesnya Counters	2–0	100.0
Rogues	11–2	84.6
Zombies	59–67	46.8
Gruul Aggro	33–38	46.5
Gruul Landfall	8–5	61.5
Merfolk	14–1	93.3
Mono Red Swarm	4–2	66.7
Artifact Aggro	91–106	46.2
Affinity	6–1	85.7
Salvage Titan	22–11	66.7
Tempered Steel	52–80	39.4
Mono Blue Architect	11–14	44.0
Mono Blue Aggro	4–0	100.0
Illusions	2–0	100.0
Madness	100–105	48.8
Gruul Madness	7–4	63.6
Golgari Madness	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	84–89	48.6
Jund Madness	2–0	100.0
Voltron	21–11–1	65.6
Hexproof	16–10–1	61.5
Equipment Aggro	4–0	100.0
Slivers	5–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	4–2	66.7
Knights	2–12	14.3
AggroSlide	19–16	54.3
Cats	6–1	85.7
Mono White Cats	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Cats	4–1	80.0
Rakdos Aggro	4–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	9–6	60.0
Rats	4–1	80.0
Combo	719–702	50.6
Storm	240–187	56.2
Dimir Tendrils	108–101	51.7
Dragonstorm	45–44	50.6
Simic Storm	18–11	62.1
Citadel Storm	6–3	66.7
Grixis Tendrils	2–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	7–1	87.5
Izzet Storm	39–24	61.9
Swath Storm	3–2	60.0
Song Storm	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	169–192	46.8
Worldgorger Dragon	6–1	85.7
Double Dragon	1–0	100.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	162–191	45.9
Rakdos Reanimator	100–110	47.6
Dimir Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Reanimator	56–73	43.4
Grixis Reanimator	3–5	37.5
Oriss Genesis	6–8	42.9
Dubious Challenge	2–0	100.0
Warp World	7–2	77.8
Actual Warp World	7–2	77.8
Maniac Combo	3–5	37.5
Hypergenesis	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	41–80	33.9
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	41–80	33.9
Fake-Twin	3–4	42.9
Naya Fake-Twin	3–4	42.9
Metalwork Colossus	14–10	58.3
Anvil Colossus	1–1	50.0
Upheaval Colossus	12–9	57.1
Eggs	5–5	50.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	4–6	40.0
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	20–25	44.4
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–1	50.0
Izzet Ascension	9–11	45.0
Jokulhaups Combo	4–5	44.4
Soulflayer	2–3	40.0
Breakfast	38–42	47.5
Oops All Spells	38–42	47.5
Oops All Lands	3–0	100.0
Dredge	30–35	46.2
Polymorph	3–2	60.0
Dice Factory	1–1	50.0
Storm Herald	4–3	57.1
Enduring Ideal	8–1	88.9
Chain of Acid	41–34	54.7
GreenTwin	11–21	34.4
Tibalt's Trickery	9–5	64.3
Intruder Alarm	4–3	57.1
Calibrated Blast	8–7	53.3
Restore Balance	5–2	71.4
Control	525–422	55.4
Mono Black Control	6–6	50.0
Esper Control	42–26	61.8
Demonic Rising	7–6	53.8
Mono Blue Control	3–0	100.0
Dimir Control	48–45	51.6
Azorius Control	65–88	42.5
Cawblade	12–15	44.4
Turbo Fog	10–8	55.6
Izzet Control	17–5	77.3
Mill	18–3	85.7
Boros Control	0–2	0.0
Cloudpost Control	55–52	51.4
Azorius Cloudpost Control	4–2	66.7
Blackpost	11–7	61.1
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	32–33	49.2
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	5–10	33.3
Grixis Control	29–30	49.2
Cruel Control	3–1	75.0
Stax	27–17	61.4
Chandra Nalaar	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Control	5–12	29.4
Dragon Control	17–14	54.8
Izzet Dragons	12–10	54.5
Runeflare	9–3	75.0
Ponza	17–8	68.0
Mono White Control	10–11	47.6
Life is Ez	7–8	46.7
Cycling Control	8–3	72.7
Astral Slide	8–3	72.7
Five Color Control	12–5	70.6
Shrines	5–2	71.4
Sultai Control	7–3	70.0
Guildgate Control	8–7	53.3
Bant Control	5–3	62.5
Pox	23–21	52.3
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	6–2	75.0
Seasons Past Control	53–24	68.8
Orzhov Control	1–2	33.3
Prison	10–12	45.5
Enchantress	7–2	77.8
Aggro-Combo	255–247	50.8
Aristocrats	54–69	43.9
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	14–26	35.0
Golgari Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Abzan Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	6–4	60.0
Boros Bombardment	15–17	46.9
Burn	38–15	71.7
Infect	91–91	50.0
Simic Infect	66–71	48.2
Blazing Shoal Infect	13–18	41.9
Golgari Infect	6–0	100.0
Turbo Myth	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	11–8	57.9
Mono Blue Dreadnought	10–5	66.7
Izzet Blitzkrieg	3–4	42.9
Hushnought	14–8	63.6
Liquimetal Fishing	10–4	71.4
Combo Goblins	28–40	41.2
Goblin Persist	8–13	38.1
Dirty Kitty	18–26	40.9
Aggro-Control	282–177	61.4
Simic Flash	15–9	62.5
Izzet Tempo	68–36	65.4
Azorius Skies	17–5	77.3
Blue Madness	6–0	100.0
Simic Madness	5–0	100.0
Grixis Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	5–12	29.4
Ninjas	13–2	86.7
Mono Blue Tempo	65–49	57.0
Mono Blue Faeries	6–4	60.0
Izzet Spells	2–1	66.7
Dimir Tempo	76–50	60.3
Dimir Faeries	10–1	90.9
Sultai Tempo	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	3–0	100.0
Combo-Control	170–144	54.1
Curses	24–15	61.5
Burning Vengeance	2–3	40.0
Battle of Wits	3–1	75.0
Hedron Alignment	2–0	100.0
Hive Mind	4–2	66.7
Zur's Weirding	19–6	76.0
Solar Flare	5–4	55.6
Plasma Swans	4–0	100.0
Liliana's Contract	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	104–112	48.1
Wildfire	23–17	57.5
Borderpost Wildfire	2–2	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	81–95	46.0
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	7–4	63.6
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	58–79	42.3
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	15–12	55.6
Midrange	708–770	47.9
The Rock	21–14	60.0
Golgari Citadel	2–3	40.0
Abzan Midrange	6–5	54.5
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	80–80	50.0
Blink	100–170	37.0
Wave Blink	100–169	37.2
Esper Wave	1–1	50.0
Azorius Wave	52–120	30.2
Orzhov Wave	3–2	60.0
Abzan Wave	28–27	50.9
Bant Wave	14–17	45.2
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	42–49	46.2
Séance	1–1	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	26–41	38.8
Allies	9–20	31.0
Mardu Allies	1–1	50.0
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Mono White Allies	0–1	0.0
Esper Allies	5–7	41.7
BRGW Allies	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	5–3	62.5
Fake-Rack	30–14	68.2
Mardu Midrange	7–14	33.3
White Jund	1–0	100.0
Vampires	10–3	76.9
Mono Black Vampires	3–3	50.0
Rakdos Vampires	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	4–0	100.0
Elementals	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	25–23	52.1
Naya Midrange	2–1	66.7
Big Red	8–10	44.4
Mono Black Midrange	137–161	46.0
Mono Black Devotion	107–105	50.5
Dimir Midrange	32–29	52.5
Angels	3–3	50.0
Toughness Matters	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	7–11	38.9
Sultai Midrange	10–15	40.0
Orzhov Midrange	22–15	59.5
Jeskai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–2	50.0
Ordealbreak	0–1	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	11–7	61.1
Clerics	4–2	66.7
Simic Snow	73–100	42.2
Artifact Midrange	17–3	85.0
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	6–4	60.0
Ramp	107–44	70.9
Cloudpost Ramp	69–27	71.9
Eldrazipost	3–0	100.0
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	55–23	70.5
Simic Post	3–0	100.0
Defenders	2–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	18–11	62.1
Jund Carth	13–5	72.2
Applejacks	7–2	77.8