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-Control

Tournaments Only
Season 30▾
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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26. 12
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28. 10
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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-Control	195	306–313	49.4	1	7	10
Simic Flash	15	14–27	34.1	0	1	1
Izzet Tempo	31	52–50	51.0	0	2	2
Azorius Skies	4	1–3	25.0
Blue Madness	8	12–13	48.0			1
Simic Madness	7	12–11	52.2			1
Temur Madness	1	0–2	0.0
Wizards	24	34–38	47.2
Ninjas	1	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	23	56–33	62.9	0	2	1
Mono Blue Librarians	1	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	20	28–36	43.8	1	2	1
Dimir Tempo	51	72–81	47.1			1
Dimir Faeries	42	67–71	48.6			1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	55–79	41.0
Mono Black Aggro	2–3	40.0
Heroic	9–4	69.2
Mono White Heroic	2–0	100.0
Azorius Heroic	1–1	50.0
Boros Heroic	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	4–3	57.1
Red Deck Wins	9–15	37.5
Goblins	5–8	38.5
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–2	0.0
White Weenie	2–1	66.7
Elves	4–8	33.3
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	4–6	40.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	1–4	20.0
Affinity	0–1	0.0
Tempered Steel	1–3	25.0
Voltron	2–1	66.7
Hexproof	1–1	50.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–1	50.0
AggroSlide	0–3	0.0
Cats	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–2	33.3
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	10–19	34.5
Boros Legends Aggro	6–14	30.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	3–2	60.0
Combo	60–50	54.5
Storm	15–13	53.6
Dragonstorm	0–2	0.0
High Tide	15–11	57.7
Reanimator	5–8	38.5
Worldgorger Dragon	1–1	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	4–7	36.4
Orzhov Reanimator	3–7	30.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–2	33.3
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Eggs	1–1	50.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–2	33.3
Taking Turns	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	2–0	100.0
Oops All Spells	2–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–1	50.0
Storm Herald	5–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	2–2	50.0
Intruder Alarm	1–3	25.0
Gyruda	8–3	72.7
Belcher	2–1	66.7
Endless Belch	0–1	0.0
Tameshi Bloom	11–11	50.0
Possibility Storm	0–1	0.0
Control	54–66	45.0
Esper Control	4–9	30.8
Dimir Control	3–5	37.5
Azorius Control	5–5	50.0
Izzet Control	1–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	17–22	43.6
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	4–5	44.4
Izzet Cloudpost Control	3–5	37.5
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	8–7	53.3
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	3–0	100.0
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Stax	4–3	57.1
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Dragon Control	1–3	25.0
Izzet Dragons	1–2	33.3
Esper Dragons	0–1	0.0
Ponza	4–4	50.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	3–1	75.0
Last Stand Control	3–1	75.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	3–7	30.0
Orzhov Control	1–2	33.3
Prison	2–3	40.0
Enchantress	1–3	25.0
Aggro-Combo	16–11	59.3
Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	14–9	60.9
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–1	66.7
Golgari Infect	12–8	60.0
Combo Goblins	0–2	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Control	11–11	50.0
Izzet Tempo	1–2	33.3
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Wizards	3–3	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–1	66.7
Izzet Spells	2–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	3–4	42.9
Dimir Faeries	3–4	42.9
Combo-Control	15–10	60.0
Battle of Wits	3–2	60.0
Shared Fate	0–1	0.0
Pickles	2–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	1–2	33.3
Zur's Weirding	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	7–4	63.6
Mass Land Destruction	1–0	100.0
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Midrange	81–76	51.6
The Rock	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	5–4	55.6
Jund	5–2	71.4
Blink	16–17	48.5
Wave Blink	16–17	48.5
Cloudpost Wave Blink	4–1	80.0
Azorius Wave	9–7	56.3
Orzhov Wave	2–7	22.2
Abzan Wave	1–1	50.0
Graveyard Value	4–6	40.0
Enchantments Matter	1–2	33.3
Treefolk	0–1	0.0
Vampires	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–2	0.0
Legends Midrange	6–7	46.2
Mardu Legends	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	5–5	50.0
Elementals	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Midrange	3–4	42.9
Big Red	1–4	20.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Devotion	1–1	50.0
Angels	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–1	50.0
Ordealbreak	1–1	50.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–1	50.0
Fires of Invention	19–10	65.5
Hero of Precinct One	6–3	66.7
Orzhov Hero	1–1	50.0
Five Color Hero	3–2	60.0
Boros Hero	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	3–2	60.0
Ramp	14–10	58.3
Cloudpost Ramp	10–8	55.6
Eldrazipost	1–2	33.3
Greenpost	2–3	40.0
Gruul Post	1–1	50.0
Simic Post	6–2	75.0
Carth Superfriends	2–1	66.7