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 1 week.

The Penny Dreadful 500 is on Nov 16th with free entry and $500 in prizes!

Aggro

Tournaments Only
Season 26▾
1. All
2. 35
3. 34
4. 33
5. 32
6. 31
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33. 4
34. 3
35. 2
36. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro	166	291–351	45.3	2	87
Mono Black Aggro	8	17–15	53.1	1	2
Heroic	2	4–5	44.4	0	1
Boros Heroic	2	4–5	44.4	0	1
Red Deck Wins	47	93–99	48.4	0	27
Goblins	1	0–2	0.0
Tokens	1	1–2	33.3
Mono White Tokens	1	1–2	33.3
Mono Green Stompy	23	42–49	46.2	1	11
White Weenie	15	28–28	50.0	0	13
Elves	8	15–19	44.1	0	4
Rogues	1	0–4	0.0
Zombies	6	13–15	46.4	0	3
Gruul Aggro	6	7–18	28.0	0	2
Artifact Aggro	21	24–47	33.8	0	11
Affinity	2	0–6	0.0
Salvage Titan	1	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	17	24–38	38.7	0	11
Mono Blue Architect	1	0–2	0.0
Knights	1	4–2	66.7
AggroSlide	23	36–37	49.3	0	12
Rakdos Aggro	2	4–7	36.4
Shamans	1	3–2	60.0	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	65–65	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	3–2	60.0
Heroic	2–3	40.0
Boros Heroic	2–3	40.0
Red Deck Wins	19–18	51.4
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	5–9	35.7
White Weenie	4–6	40.0
Elves	2–7	22.2
Rogues	2–0	100.0
Zombies	6–2	75.0
Gruul Aggro	5–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	10–8	55.6
Affinity	2–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	8–8	50.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	4–6	40.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Shamans	1–2	33.3
Combo	40–58	40.8
Storm	6–3	66.7
Dimir Tendrils	2–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	4–3	57.1
Reanimator	2–8	20.0
Recurring Nightmare	2–8	20.0
Dragon Nightmare	2–5	28.6
Jund Nightmare	0–2	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	0–3	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	8–13	38.1
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	8–13	38.1
Heartless Summoning Combo	2–1	66.7
Taking Turns	3–2	60.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	2–5	28.6
Breakfast	8–22	26.7
Oops All Spells	8–22	26.7
Dredge	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	3–1	75.0
Gyruda	2–0	100.0
Control	41–26	61.2
Esper Control	4–1	80.0
Dimir Control	8–3	72.7
Azorius Control	4–6	40.0
Cawblade	1–2	33.3
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Mill	2–0	100.0
Boros Control	0–3	0.0
Cloudpost Control	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	3–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	5–2	71.4
Dragon Control	3–0	100.0
Esper Dragons	2–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	0–3	0.0
Astral Slide	0–3	0.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	2–1	66.7
Pox	4–5	44.4
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Prison	0–1	0.0
Enchantress	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	49–82	37.4
Aristocrats	7–9	43.8
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	5–8	38.5
Burn	4–5	44.4
Infect	5–4	55.6
Simic Infect	5–4	55.6
Trickbind Dreadnought	20–50	28.6
Izzet Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	20–48	29.4
Hushnought	6–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	7–14	33.3
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	7–13	35.0
Aggro-Control	25–10	71.4
Izzet Tempo	4–3	57.1
Mono Blue Tempo	10–3	76.9
Mono Blue Librarians	10–3	76.9
Izzet Spells	4–1	80.0
Dimir Tempo	3–2	60.0
Combo-Control	15–11	57.7
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	0–1	0.0
Plasma Swans	3–4	42.9
Mass Land Destruction	11–6	64.7
Jokulhaups Control	11–6	64.7
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	6–5	54.5
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	4–1	80.0
Midrange	42–87	32.6
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	4–3	57.1
Blink	18–57	24.0
Wave Blink	18–57	24.0
Azorius Wave	1–13	7.1
Orzhov Wave	16–39	29.1
Abzan Wave	0–2	0.0
Graveyard Value	2–2	50.0
Séance	0–2	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Allies	2–3	40.0
Azorius Allies	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–2	33.3
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–3	40.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–1	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	3–8	27.3
Martyr's Grace	3–8	27.3
Sultai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	7–5	58.3
Ramp	14–12	53.8
Rofellos Ramp	7–5	58.3
Cloudpost Ramp	7–7	50.0
Eldrazipost	3–0	100.0
Greenpost	4–7	36.4