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 12 weeks, 5 days.

Aggro-Combo

Tournaments Only
Season 29▾
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
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25. 13
26. 12
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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-Combo	264	513–536	48.9	20	135
Aristocrats	9	22–16	57.9	1	5
Orzhov Aristocrats	5	15–9	62.5	1	3
Golgari Aristocrats	1	4–2	66.7	0	1
Mardu Aristocrats	1	0–3	0.0
Food	1	0–1	0.0
Burn	60	94–121	43.7	1	28
Infect	51	89–109	44.9	1	21
Simic Infect	42	78–91	46.2	1	17
Blazing Shoal Infect	1	2–3	40.0	0	1
Trickbind Dreadnought	128	278–254	52.3	16	73
Izzet Dreadnought	53	112–104	51.9	6	33
Mono Blue Dreadnought	74	165–148	52.7	10	40
Hushnought	8	19–18	51.4	1	3
Liquimetal Fishing	3	2–9	18.2	0	1
Combo Goblins	5	9–9	50.0	0	4
Dirty Kitty	5	9–9	50.0	0	4

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	86–97	47.0
Mono Black Aggro	4–16	20.0
Heroic	13–11	54.2
Mono White Heroic	11–10	52.4
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	1–1	50.0
Red Deck Wins	20–26	43.5
Tokens	2–2	50.0
Mono White Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono Green Stompy	5–3	62.5
White Weenie	11–14	44.0
Elves	8–3	72.7
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	14–10	58.3
Affinity	11–8	57.9
Hush-finity	0–1	0.0
Salvage Titan	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	3–1	75.0
Madness	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	4–2	66.7
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	2–2	50.0
Slivers	1–2	33.3
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	2–6	25.0
Combo	137–146	48.4
Storm	36–38	48.6
Dimir Tendrils	21–31	40.4
Dark Tide	2–1	66.7
Dragonstorm	3–1	75.0
Hazoret Storm	5–3	62.5
Simic Storm	2–0	100.0
High Tide	1–1	50.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	2–1	66.7
Song Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	5–5	50.0
Recurring Nightmare	4–3	57.1
Traditional Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–1	50.0
Hypergenesis	2–4	33.3
Jeskai Ascendancy	12–3	80.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	5–2	71.4
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	7–1	87.5
Metalwork Colossus	3–1	75.0
Anvil Colossus	3–1	75.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	70–92	43.2
Oops All Spells	69–92	42.9
Unctus	1–0	100.0
Ad Nauseam	2–1	66.7
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	1–1	50.0
Belcher	2–0	100.0
Control	65–83	43.9
Mono Black Control	0–1	0.0
Esper Control	2–2	50.0
Dimir Control	5–1	83.3
Azorius Control	18–19	48.6
Cloudpost Control	2–7	22.2
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–7	12.5
Grixis Control	3–0	100.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–1	50.0
Izzet Dragons	1–1	50.0
Ponza	3–2	60.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	20–44	31.3
Astral Slide	20–44	31.3
Five Color Control	2–2	50.0
Last Stand Control	2–2	50.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	4–3	57.1
Prison	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	86–86	50.0
Aristocrats	2–5	28.6
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–4	20.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	20–17	54.1
Infect	18–8	69.2
Simic Infect	15–8	65.2
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	39–52	42.9
Izzet Dreadnought	18–21	46.2
Mono Blue Dreadnought	20–31	39.2
Hushnought	5–1	83.3
Liquimetal Fishing	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	1–2	33.3
Dirty Kitty	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Control	23–14	62.2
Izzet Tempo	6–8	42.9
Blue Madness	1–1	50.0
Simic Madness	1–1	50.0
Ninjas	4–1	80.0
Mono Blue Tempo	9–3	75.0
Mono Blue Librarians	0–2	0.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	28–20	58.3
Curses	2–1	66.7
Mindcrank	4–3	57.1
Plasma Swans	0–3	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	22–13	62.9
Jokulhaups Control	22–13	62.9
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	8–5	61.5
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Temur Jokulhaups Control	2–3	40.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	4–1	80.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	76–85	47.2
Abzan Midrange	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Jund	2–3	40.0
Blink	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Blink	0–2	0.0
Anti-Persecution	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Midrange	2–1	66.7
Naya Midrange	3–0	100.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Devotion	0–1	0.0
Angels	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Angels	3–3	50.0
Lifegain Midrange	9–10	47.4
Martyr's Grace	9–10	47.4
Orzhov Midrange	14–25	35.9
Orzhov Capenna	3–3	50.0
Jeskai Midrange	3–2	60.0
Mythic Colossification	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	5–6	45.5
Mardu Hero	3–5	37.5
Five Color Hero	2–1	66.7
Artifact Midrange	23–26	46.9
Ramp	10–5	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	5–3	62.5
Greenpost	4–3	57.1
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Domain	1–0	100.0
Defenders	2–0	100.0
Unclassified	2–0	100.0