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 23▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
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33. 5
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35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro-Control	163	333–345	49.1	4	73
Izzet Tempo	30	62–63	49.6	1	10
Azorius Skies	1	1–3	25.0
Blue Madness	2	3–6	33.3	0	1
Simic Madness	2	3–6	33.3	0	1
Ninjas	4	3–9	25.0
Mono Blue Tempo	67	137–144	48.8	0	30
Mono Blue Faeries	2	1–6	14.3
Izzet Spells	28	70–59	54.3	1	17
Dimir Tempo	13	21–27	43.8	1	5
Dimir Faeries	1	2–2	50.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	2	6–3	66.7	0	1
Azorius Tempo	14	29–27	51.8	1	9

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	90–116	43.7
Mono Black Aggro	2–1	66.7
Heroic	13–22	37.1
Mono White Heroic	5–5	50.0
Azorius Heroic	2–5	28.6
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	6–12	33.3
Red Deck Wins	19–38	33.3
Tokens	3–4	42.9
Mono White Tokens	3–3	50.0
White Weenie	6–6	50.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–1	50.0
Elves	12–19	38.7
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Rogues	2–0	100.0
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	9–6	60.0
Affinity	3–2	60.0
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	5–1	83.3
Mono Blue Architect	1–1	50.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Knights	3–3	50.0
AggroSlide	2–3	40.0
Humans	14–13	51.9
Bant Humans	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Humans	11–9	55.0
Boros Humans	0–1	0.0
Azorius Humans	0–1	0.0
Combo	88–60	59.5
Storm	54–50	51.9
Dimir Tendrils	0–1	0.0
Hazoret Storm	0–1	0.0
High Tide	31–23	57.4
Channel Storm	23–25	47.9
Reanimator	17–7	70.8
Recurring Nightmare	12–7	63.2
Dragon Nightmare	8–6	57.1
Worldgorger Dragon	4–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Warp World	0–1	0.0
Four Color Glimpse	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Anvil Colossus	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Oops All Spells	1–1	50.0
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Protean Hulk Combo	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	5–1	83.3
Control	48–47	50.5
Esper Control	9–6	60.0
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	13–16	44.8
Azorius Control	7–7	50.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	0–3	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	3–1	75.0
Stax	2–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	4–5	44.4
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Life is Ez	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	1–3	25.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Pox	3–3	50.0
Seasons Past Control	2–0	100.0
Prison	1–2	33.3
Enchantress	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Combo	21–21	50.0
Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Burn	7–12	36.8
Infect	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	1–0	100.0
Hermit Humans	1–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	5–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Combo Goblins	4–7	36.4
Dirty Kitty	4–7	36.4
Aggro-Control	37–37	50.0
Izzet Tempo	12–7	63.2
Blue Madness	0–1	0.0
Simic Madness	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	17–17	50.0
Mono Blue Faeries	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	2–6	25.0
Dimir Tempo	5–2	71.4
Dimir Faeries	2–1	66.7
Ensoul Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Tempo	0–3	0.0
Combo-Control	5–5	50.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–3	50.0
Jokulhaups Control	3–3	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	3–2	60.0
Midrange	40–55	42.1
The Rock	6–2	75.0
Jund	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	2–2	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	2–2	50.0
Fake-Rack	3–1	75.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–4	33.3
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	4–6	40.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–1	0.0
Martyr's Grace	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	2–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	5–3	62.5
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	4–0	100.0
Simic Snow	11–33	25.0
Ramp	4–4	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–4	42.9
Greenpost	1–4	20.0
Gruul Post	2–0	100.0
Defenders	1–0	100.0