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

More Info

Sign Up
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.

More Info

Sign Up
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.

Aristocrats

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
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	5–0s
Aggro-Combo	1040	1907–1775	51.8	20	135	44
Aristocrats	111	199–183	52.1	1	5	5
Mono Black Aristocrats	11	7–11	38.9
Orzhov Aristocrats	27	58–42	58.0	1	3	2
Golgari Aristocrats	7	18–16	52.9	0	1
Abzan Aristocrats	5	10–9	52.6
Mardu Aristocrats	8	16–19	45.7
Food	9	7–19	26.9
Rakdos Aristocrats	13	14–19	42.4
Boros Bombardment	25	57–39	59.4			3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	44–25	63.8
Mono Black Aggro	3–2	60.0
Heroic	1–2	33.3
Mono White Heroic	1–2	33.3
Red Deck Wins	7–10	41.2
Goblins	3–0	100.0
Tokens	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–1	75.0
White Weenie	4–1	80.0
Elves	3–4	42.9
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	10–0	100.0
Affinity	6–0	100.0
Hush-finity	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	2–1	66.7
Hexproof	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	2–0	100.0
Knights	3–1	75.0
Cats	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Combo	28–38	42.4
Storm	7–12	36.8
Dimir Tendrils	5–7	41.7
Dark Tide	0–3	0.0
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	0–1	0.0
Simic Storm	1–0	100.0
Song Storm	0–3	0.0
Reanimator	1–5	16.7
Recurring Nightmare	1–5	16.7
Warp World	1–1	50.0
Four Color Glimpse	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	7–10	41.2
Oops All Spells	7–10	41.2
Polymorph	2–0	100.0
Storm Herald	0–1	0.0
Ad Nauseam	0–1	0.0
Chain of Acid	2–2	50.0
Restore Balance	1–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	0–1	0.0
Belcher	1–1	50.0
Control	36–31	53.7
Esper Control	2–1	66.7
Dimir Control	2–2	50.0
Azorius Control	12–14	46.2
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	3–0	100.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	3–2	60.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	3–0	100.0
Mono White Control	0–2	0.0
Life is Ez	0–2	0.0
Cycling Control	2–4	33.3
Astral Slide	2–4	33.3
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	0–2	0.0
Prison	1–3	25.0
Enchantress	1–3	25.0
Aggro-Combo	25–19	56.8
Aristocrats	3–3	50.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Boros Bombardment	1–3	25.0
Burn	2–1	66.7
Infect	8–0	100.0
Simic Infect	8–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	6–7	46.2
Izzet Dreadnought	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Dreadnought	5–5	50.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–1	50.0
Hushnought	3–4	42.9
Liquimetal Fishing	1–1	50.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Dirty Kitty	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	7–6	53.8
Izzet Tempo	2–4	33.3
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Ninjas	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	20–19	51.3
Curses	1–3	25.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	4–1	80.0
Plasma Swans	2–1	66.7
Mass Land Destruction	9–13	40.9
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	8–13	38.1
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	3–3	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–3	25.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
Resurgent Belief	3–1	75.0
Midrange	26–37	41.3
The Rock	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	1–1	50.0
Jund	0–1	0.0
Blink	2–1	66.7
Anti-Persecution	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Matter	0–1	0.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
Fake-Rack	1–3	25.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–0	100.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	4–0	100.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	3–2	60.0
Martyr's Grace	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–6	14.3
Orzhov Capenna	0–1	0.0
Mythic Colossification	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	3–4	42.9
Mardu Hero	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	1–1	50.0
Artifact Midrange	3–10	23.1
Coinflips	1–1	50.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	13–8	61.9
Cloudpost Ramp	7–4	63.6
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	6–4	60.0
Defenders	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0
Applejacks	1–1	50.0