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.

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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 25▾
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	2879	5194–4663	52.7	32	247	128
Mono Black Aggro	64	106–125	45.9	2	9	2
Heroic	100	149–174	46.1	1	3	3
Mono White Heroic	5	7–11	38.9
Azorius Heroic	9	6–18	25.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	59	95–91	51.1	1	3	3
Boros Heroic	18	27–36	42.9
Selesnya Heroic	4	10–8	55.6
Red Deck Wins	491	944–749	55.8	11	57	21
Mono Red Devotion	3	4–7	36.4
Goblins	24	21–59	26.3	0	5
Tokens	84	110–151	42.1	1	8	3
Selesnya Tokens	22	30–46	39.5	0	4
Mono White Tokens	41	65–57	53.3	1	4	3
Orzhov Tokens	1	0–2	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	22	16–39	29.1			1
White Weenie	366	728–518	58.4	6	29	26
Quest for the Holy Relic	117	236–160	59.6	1	5	10
Soldiers	39	92–51	64.3	1	3	5
Kithkin	1	1–3	25.0
Chroma White	7	14–14	50.0
Elves	215	390–341	53.4	2	17	7
Werewolves	3	0–5	0.0
Minotaurs	1	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	56	97–104	48.3			4
Selesnya Counters	2	3–3	50.0
Rogues	12	10–22	31.3
Zombies	64	107–113	48.6			3
Gruul Aggro	56	67–95	41.4	0	1	2
Gruul Landfall	3	0–7	0.0
Merfolk	184	383–288	57.1	1	13	10
Mono Red Swarm	14	13–23	36.1	0	1
Artifact Aggro	558	1090–943	53.6	2	36	30
Affinity	182	323–304	51.5	1	17	10
Boros Vehicles	2	3–7	30.0
Salvage Titan	33	36–67	35.0
Tempered Steel	316	691–517	57.2	1	19	20
Mono Blue Architect	25	37–48	43.5
Devoid Aggro	3	0–4	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	4	1–4	20.0
Illusions	2	1–1	50.0
Madness	94	143–154	48.1	0	2	5
Gruul Madness	7	6–13	31.6
Golgari Madness	17	39–33	54.2			1
Rakdos Madness	63	97–97	50.0	0	2	4
Jund Madness	3	0–3	0.0
Voltron	82	145–129	52.9	0	4	1
Hexproof	10	15–12	55.6	0	1
Equipment Aggro	23	34–36	48.6	0	2	1
Hateful Auras	48	93–79	54.1	0	1
Slivers	8	2–22	8.3
Naya Zoo	5	1–9	10.0
Knights	49	82–76	51.9	0	2	3
AggroSlide	218	437–333	56.8	6	55	6
Cats	29	61–52	54.0	0	3	1
Mono White Cats	1	2–3	40.0
Selesnya Cats	28	59–49	54.6	0	3	1
Rakdos Aggro	20	23–32	41.8	0	2
Boros Aggro	16	25–37	40.3
Humans	18	29–32	47.5
Selesnya Humans	10	14–17	45.2
Jeskai Humans	2	5–4	55.6
Boros Humans	1	0–4	0.0
Shamans	4	2–6	25.0
Brushwaggs	1	0–1	0.0
Pirates	7	7–10	41.2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	1041–1041	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	37–17	68.5
Heroic	41–32	56.2
Mono White Heroic	4–1	80.0
Azorius Heroic	3–2	60.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	23–19	54.8
Boros Heroic	5–8	38.5
Selesnya Heroic	2–2	50.0
Red Deck Wins	175–181	49.2
Mono Red Devotion	0–2	0.0
Goblins	16–3	84.2
Tokens	29–25	53.7
Selesnya Tokens	9–9	50.0
Mono White Tokens	12–14	46.2
Mono Green Stompy	9–3	75.0
White Weenie	123–130	48.6
Quest for the Holy Relic	42–47	47.2
Soldiers	15–18	45.5
Kithkin	2–0	100.0
Chroma White	5–0	100.0
Elves	57–72	44.2
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Minotaurs	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	22–14	61.1
Selesnya Counters	2–0	100.0
Rogues	7–3	70.0
Zombies	18–19	48.6
Gruul Aggro	20–14	58.8
Gruul Landfall	2–0	100.0
Merfolk	76–67	53.1
Mono Red Swarm	4–1	80.0
Artifact Aggro	210–234	47.3
Affinity	67–79	45.9
Boros Vehicles	1–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	18–7	72.0
Tempered Steel	108–145	42.7
Mono Blue Architect	16–3	84.2
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	2–0	100.0
Madness	30–27	52.6
Gruul Madness	1–1	50.0
Golgari Madness	9–11	45.0
Rakdos Madness	19–15	55.9
Voltron	29–31	48.3
Hexproof	2–5	28.6
Equipment Aggro	10–4	71.4
Hateful Auras	17–21	44.7
Slivers	5–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	2–0	100.0
Knights	14–18	43.8
AggroSlide	77–117	39.7
Cats	12–17	41.4
Mono White Cats	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Cats	10–16	38.5
Rakdos Aggro	9–7	56.3
Boros Aggro	8–1	88.9
Humans	3–6	33.3
Selesnya Humans	2–3	40.0
Jeskai Humans	0–2	0.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Pirates	1–1	50.0
Combo	810–751	51.9
Storm	290–272	51.6
Sultai Tendrils	2–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	6–5	54.5
Dragonstorm	21–16	56.8
Hazoret Storm	3–1	75.0
Simic Storm	12–6	66.7
Grixis Tendrils	3–5	37.5
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	2–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	231–235	49.6
Swath Storm	11–6	64.7
Song Storm	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	35–29	54.7
Worldgorger Dragon	22–20	52.4
Double Dragon	7–8	46.7
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Grozoth	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	11–8	57.9
Rakdos Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Dimir Reanimator	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Oriss Genesis	3–3	50.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	40–49	44.9
Mono Green Stormless Storm	3–0	100.0
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	23–23	50.0
Temur Glimpse	2–0	100.0
Four Color Glimpse	20–22	47.6
Zubera Tribal	1–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	0–2	0.0
Hypergenesis	29–37	43.9
New Perspectives	2–1	66.7
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	28–33	45.9
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	4–2	66.7
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	24–31	43.6
Myr Incubator	9–3	75.0
Fake-Twin	1–4	20.0
Combo Post	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	8–1	88.9
Upheaval Colossus	4–1	80.0
Seismic Swans	1–1	50.0
Eggs	3–4	42.9
Heartless Summoning Combo	30–16	65.2
Taking Turns	19–15	55.9
Quest for Ula's Temple	2–1	66.7
Izzet Ascension	15–3	83.3
Ominous Good	4–1	80.0
Jokulhaups Combo	20–16	55.6
Soulflayer	32–35	47.8
Reanim8 Rack	9–14	39.1
Breakfast	61–114	34.9
Oops All Spells	61–114	34.9
Oops All Lands	3–1	75.0
Dredge	12–5	70.6
Polymorph	12–5	70.6
Dice Factory	6–1	85.7
Storm Herald	10–2	83.3
Enduring Ideal	6–1	85.7
Ad Nauseam	6–1	85.7
Ad Swanseam	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	14–8	63.6
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	38–50	43.2
Stuffy Doll	3–0	100.0
Possibility Storm	11–9	55.0
Control	751–559	57.3
Mono Black Control	10–9	52.6
Esper Control	46–32	59.0
Demonic Rising	2–4	33.3
Mono Blue Control	26–20	56.5
Dimir Control	39–20	66.1
Azorius Control	138–182	43.1
Cawblade	2–1	66.7
Turbo Fog	18–13	58.1
Izzet Control	7–3	70.0
Mardu Control	2–0	100.0
Mill	52–11	82.5
Boros Control	2–11	15.4
Cloudpost Control	14–7	66.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Blackpost	4–4	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	7–0	100.0
Grixis Control	32–19	62.7
Cruel Control	10–8	55.6
Stax	56–28	66.7
Chandra Nalaar	1–2	33.3
Jeskai Control	6–1	85.7
Jeskai Approach	2–0	100.0
Dragon Control	7–3	70.0
Izzet Dragons	2–2	50.0
Grixis Dragons	3–0	100.0
Dimir Dragons	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	18–1	94.7
Ponza	81–72	52.9
Mono White Control	15–25	37.5
Life is Ez	7–3	70.0
Dynavolt Tower	2–0	100.0
Cycling Control	12–13	48.0
Astral Slide	7–13	35.0
Five Color Control	7–1	87.5
Five Color Collected Conjuring	5–0	100.0
Shrines	0–1	0.0
Last Stand Control	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	1–1	50.0
Bant Control	37–24	60.7
Pox	71–30	70.3
Four Color Counter Ghazi	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	7–6	53.8
Orzhov Control	10–3	76.9
Prison	32–17	65.3
Enchantress	5–2	71.4
Aggro-Combo	606–632	48.9
Aristocrats	67–54	55.4
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	4–2	66.7
Golgari Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Abzan Aristocrats	7–0	100.0
Mardu Aristocrats	4–7	36.4
Rakdos Aristocrats	33–31	51.6
Boros Bombardment	13–12	52.0
Burn	113–82	57.9
Infect	65–44	59.6
Simic Infect	20–22	47.6
Blazing Shoal Infect	31–18	63.3
Mono Black Infect	6–1	85.7
Trickbind Dreadnought	259–359	41.9
Izzet Dreadnought	8–8	50.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	239–333	41.8
Izzet Blitzkrieg	4–1	80.0
Hushnought	38–27	58.5
Liquimetal Fishing	18–11	62.1
Combo Goblins	41–53	43.6
Goblin Persist	41–52	44.1
Dirty Kitty	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	339–279	54.9
Izzet Tempo	46–42	52.3
Azorius Skies	10–3	76.9
Blue Madness	23–20	53.5
Simic Madness	13–13	50.0
Temur Madness	2–2	50.0
Wizards	6–2	75.0
12 Pest	4–0	100.0
Ninjas	102–89	53.4
Mono Blue Tempo	14–5	73.7
Izzet Spells	94–98	49.0
Dimir Tempo	20–6	76.9
Dimir Faeries	3–1	75.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	8–5	61.5
Azorius Tempo	0–2	0.0
Combo-Control	281–258	52.1
Curses	43–24	64.2
Battle of Wits	15–10	60.0
Pickles	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	4–11	26.7
Familiars	4–11	26.7
Hedron Alignment	2–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	5–5	50.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–1	50.0
Hive Mind	9–2	81.8
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	9–18	33.3
Plasma Swans	4–5	44.4
Liliana's Contract	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	167–168	49.9
Wildfire	8–2	80.0
Borderpost Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	159–166	48.9
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	17–14	54.8
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	18–32	36.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	70–74	48.6
Jund Jokulhaups Control	12–8	60.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	11–13	45.8
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	23–22	51.1
Resurgent Belief	15–12	55.6
Midrange	1141–996	53.4
Temur Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
The Rock	33–22	60.0
Grenzo	2–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	19–28	40.4
Selesnya Midrange	21–16	56.8
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Jund	126–84	60.0
Blink	90–78	53.6
Graveyard Value	20–6	76.9
Séance	3–2	60.0
Varolz Dreadnought	6–2	75.0
Enchantments Matter	8–19	29.6
Allies	18–16	52.9
Orzhov Allies	1–1	50.0
Mardu Allies	5–8	38.5
Boros Allies	7–2	77.8
Mono White Allies	1–2	33.3
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	0–1	0.0
Treefolk	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	53–36	59.6
Mardu Midrange	31–24	56.4
Vampires	32–47	40.5
Mono Black Vampires	13–38	25.5
Rakdos Vampires	4–4	50.0
Legends Midrange	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Legends	2–3	40.0
Elementals	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	37–31	54.4
Naya Midrange	8–6	57.1
Big Red	13–4	76.5
Mono Black Midrange	239–289	45.3
Mono Black Devotion	31–30	50.8
Dimir Midrange	17–14	54.8
Angels	5–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	5–0	100.0
Toughness Matters	12–10	54.5
Lifegain Midrange	44–62	41.5
Martyr's Grace	38–56	40.4
Mutate	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	16–4	80.0
Orzhov Midrange	39–37	51.3
Jeskai Midrange	1–3	25.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	11–8	57.9
Mythic Colossification	2–4	33.3
Party	4–3	57.1
Hero of Precinct One	92–71	56.4
Mardu Hero	23–11	67.6
Esper Hero	0–3	0.0
Naya Hero	46–44	51.1
Boros Hero	12–7	63.2
Clerics	2–2	50.0
Simic Snow	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	28–19	59.6
Coinflips	12–4	75.0
Death Cloud	21–8	72.4
Illness in the Ranks	2–2	50.0
Ramp	225–147	60.5
Villainous Wealth	4–1	80.0
Rofellos Ramp	3–6	33.3
Wild Pair	3–6	33.3
Cloudpost Ramp	140–90	60.9
Greenpost	129–82	61.1
Simic Post	10–7	58.8
Domain	1–0	100.0
Summer Bloom Ramp	8–1	88.9
Defenders	3–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	19–16	54.3
Applejacks	4–2	66.7