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

Tournaments Only
Season 27▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
9. 29
10. 28
11. 27
12. 26
13. 25
14. 24
15. 23
16. 22
17. 21
18. 20
19. 19
20. 18
21. 17
22. 16
23. 15
24. 14
25. 13
26. 12
27. 11
28. 10
29. 9
30. 8
31. 7
32. 6
33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro	297	514–571	47.4	19	158
Heroic	15	36–32	52.9	1	6
Mono White Heroic	13	34–26	56.7	1	6
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2	2–6	25.0
Red Deck Wins	128	225–239	48.5	7	69
Goblins	15	17–31	35.4	0	7
Tokens	1	0–4	0.0
Mono White Tokens	1	0–4	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	6	6–12	33.3	0	3
White Weenie	19	41–34	54.7	2	10
Quest for the Holy Relic	2	2–5	28.6	0	2
Soldiers	10	20–16	55.6	2	4
Elves	38	92–66	58.2	6	24
Minotaurs	1	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2	0–2	0.0
Zombies	2	3–4	42.9
Gruul Aggro	3	0–6	0.0
Gruul Landfall	1	0–3	0.0
Merfolk	5	8–9	47.1	0	3
Mono Red Swarm	2	1–5	16.7	0	1
Artifact Aggro	47	67–96	41.1	3	30
Affinity	18	25–39	39.1	0	13
Salvage Titan	4	4–10	28.6	0	2
Tempered Steel	25	38–47	44.7	3	15
Voltron	1	1–2	33.3	0	1
Equipment Aggro	1	1–2	33.3	0	1
Naya Zoo	1	2–3	40.0	0	1
Knights	2	2–5	28.6
AggroSlide	3	7–7	50.0	0	1
Rakdos Aggro	1	0–2	0.0
Boros Aggro	3	3–5	37.5	0	1
Humans	2	3–5	37.5	0	1
Jeskai Humans	1	3–3	50.0	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	145–145	50.0
Heroic	7–16	30.4
Mono White Heroic	7–16	30.4
Red Deck Wins	54–59	47.8
Goblins	8–3	72.7
Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	5–1	83.3
White Weenie	7–12	36.8
Quest for the Holy Relic	1–1	50.0
Soldiers	6–7	46.2
Elves	19–23	45.2
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	5–0	100.0
Gruul Landfall	2–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–3	25.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	26–21	55.3
Affinity	10–6	62.5
Salvage Titan	4–2	66.7
Tempered Steel	12–13	48.0
Naya Zoo	2–1	66.7
Knights	1–1	50.0
AggroSlide	0–1	0.0
Boros Aggro	2–3	40.0
Humans	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Humans	1–1	50.0
Combo	74–113	39.6
Storm	9–8	52.9
Dragonstorm	2–1	66.7
Hazoret Storm	2–5	28.6
Izzet Storm	5–2	71.4
Reanimator	38–64	37.3
Recurring Nightmare	2–3	40.0
Dragon Nightmare	1–1	50.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–3	25.0
Starlit Graves	3–4	42.9
Traditional Reanimator	32–54	37.2
Mono Black Reanimator	32–54	37.2
Necrotic Ooze Combo	4–14	22.2
Warp World	3–1	75.0
Temur Glimpse	3–0	100.0
Four Color Glimpse	0–1	0.0
Hypergenesis	3–2	60.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	3–11	21.4
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	3–11	21.4
Combo Post	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	7–8	46.7
Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–1	0.0
Dredge	1–0	100.0
GreenTwin	4–3	57.1
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Belcher	0–1	0.0
Endless Belch	0–1	0.0
Control	73–113	39.2
Esper Control	16–26	38.1
Mono Blue Control	2–4	33.3
Dimir Control	6–5	54.5
Azorius Control	18–34	34.6
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	4–4	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	0–2	0.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	2–1	66.7
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	3–3	50.0
Izzet Dragons	1–1	50.0
Ponza	5–2	71.4
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	3–4	42.9
Astral Slide	3–4	42.9
Five Color Control	4–3	57.1
Last Stand Control	4–3	57.1
Pox	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	3–15	16.7
Prison	1–8	11.1
Enchantress	1–8	11.1
Aggro-Combo	59–55	51.8
Aristocrats	7–3	70.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Boros Bombardment	2–3	40.0
Burn	4–2	66.7
Infect	10–10	50.0
Simic Infect	7–5	58.3
Blazing Shoal Infect	3–5	37.5
Trickbind Dreadnought	27–28	49.1
Mono Blue Dreadnought	24–27	47.1
Izzet Blitzkrieg	7–4	63.6
Hushnought	3–6	33.3
Combo Goblins	1–2	33.3
Dirty Kitty	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Control	15–16	48.4
Izzet Tempo	3–0	100.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	2–2	50.0
Ninjas	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	4–4	50.0
Mono Blue Librarians	2–4	33.3
Izzet Spells	1–6	14.3
Ensoul Aggro-Control	2–4	33.3
Combo-Control	36–23	61.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Mindcrank	7–5	58.3
Mass Land Destruction	28–18	60.9
Jokulhaups Control	28–18	60.9
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	4–4	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	9–7	56.3
Jund Jokulhaups Control	12–5	70.6
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	2–2	50.0
Midrange	85–92	48.0
The Rock	1–2	33.3
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jund	5–0	100.0
Blink	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Blink	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–2	33.3
Boros Allies	1–2	33.3
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Vampires	4–4	50.0
Mono Black Vampires	4–4	50.0
Legends Midrange	4–2	66.7
Orzhov Legends	4–2	66.7
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–5	37.5
Mono Black Midrange	12–11	52.2
Mono Black Devotion	5–4	55.6
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Angels	8–12	40.0
Orzhov Angels	8–12	40.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–5	28.6
Martyr's Grace	2–5	28.6
Orzhov Midrange	8–13	38.1
Zur the Enchanter	0–1	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	16–17	48.5
Five Color Hero	14–13	51.9
Clerics	12–13	48.0
Ramp	27–14	65.9
Cloudpost Ramp	24–13	64.9
Greenpost	23–13	63.9
Simic Post	1–0	100.0