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.

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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 5 weeks, 5 days.

Aggro

Tournaments Only
Season 33▾
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2. 33
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34. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1083	1988–1793	52.6	12	131	52
Mono Black Aggro	19	24–38	38.7	0	5
Heroic	12	11–23	32.4
Mono White Heroic	2	2–8	20.0
Azorius Heroic	2	0–6	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2	2–3	40.0
Boros Heroic	6	7–6	53.8
Red Deck Wins	200	418–316	56.9	1	29	16
Goblins	10	10–23	30.3
Tokens	19	29–37	43.9	0	1
Selesnya Tokens	10	16–17	48.5
Mono White Tokens	2	1–5	16.7
Mono Green Stompy	34	56–61	47.9	0	1
White Weenie	117	210–198	51.5	5	19	4
Odric Keywords	2	2–5	28.6
Quest for the Holy Relic	14	10–24	29.4
Soldiers	42	102–73	58.3	4	13	2
Mono White Humans	52	85–86	49.7	0	5	2
Elves	6	11–13	45.8
Werewolves	1	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	9	16–18	47.1
Selesnya Counters	4	4–8	33.3
Zombies	12	8–30	21.1
Gruul Aggro	7	9–16	36.0
Merfolk	8	11–15	42.3			1
Artifact Aggro	170	303–304	49.9	2	19	6
Affinity	144	261–258	50.3	2	14	5
Hardened Scales Affinity	138	252–249	50.3	2	14	5
Tempered Steel	9	17–18	48.6	0	2
Mono Blue Architect	14	22–23	48.9	0	3	1
Mono Blue Aggro	3	1–3	25.0
Illusions	1	0–2	0.0
Madness	3	1–10	9.1
Golgari Madness	1	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Madness	1	0–4	0.0
Jund Madness	1	1–4	20.0
Voltron	48	75–79	48.7	1	3	2
Hexproof	3	5–10	33.3
Equipment Aggro	9	7–17	29.2
Hateful Auras	34	60–48	55.6	1	3	2
Slivers	1	3–2	60.0
Naya Zoo	3	0–5	0.0
Knights	7	9–13	40.9
AggroSlide	32	54–50	51.9	1	13
Cats	2	7–4	63.6	0	1
Selesnya Cats	2	7–4	63.6	0	1
Rakdos Aggro	13	16–23	41.0
Boros Aggro	3	5–6	45.5
Humans	183	384–256	60.0	2	26	15
Selesnya Humans	5	8–7	53.3
Boros Humans	76	179–100	64.2	2	14	8
Orzhov Humans	99	195–145	57.4	0	12	7
Legends Aggro	65	127–104	55.0	0	6	4
Boros Legends Aggro	18	36–25	59.0	0	1	1
Selesnya Legends Aggro	3	4–8	33.3
Bard Class	37	77–55	58.3	0	5	3
Permanent Vacation	40	56–55	50.5	0	2	1
Pirates	53	132–85	60.8	0	6	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	482–482	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	10–6	62.5
Heroic	5–1	83.3
Mono White Heroic	2–0	100.0
Azorius Heroic	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	102–85	54.5
Goblins	7–1	87.5
Tokens	9–4	69.2
Selesnya Tokens	3–2	60.0
Mono White Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono Green Stompy	13–12	52.0
White Weenie	55–56	49.5
Odric Keywords	0–2	0.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	4–2	66.7
Soldiers	20–29	40.8
Mono White Humans	30–22	57.7
Elves	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	5–4	55.6
Selesnya Counters	2–1	66.7
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	5–1	83.3
Merfolk	2–1	66.7
Artifact Aggro	77–86	47.2
Affinity	65–74	46.8
Hardened Scales Affinity	64–74	46.4
Tempered Steel	3–6	33.3
Mono Blue Architect	7–6	53.8
Mono Blue Aggro	0–1	0.0
Madness	4–1	80.0
Rakdos Madness	2–0	100.0
Jund Madness	2–1	66.7
Voltron	24–24	50.0
Hexproof	4–2	66.7
Equipment Aggro	2–2	50.0
Hateful Auras	16–20	44.4
Slivers	1–1	50.0
AggroSlide	15–19	44.1
Cats	1–5	16.7
Selesnya Cats	1–5	16.7
Rakdos Aggro	10–1	90.9
Boros Aggro	0–2	0.0
Humans	64–91	41.3
Selesnya Humans	2–1	66.7
Boros Humans	16–43	27.1
Orzhov Humans	45–47	48.9
Legends Aggro	28–35	44.4
Boros Legends Aggro	7–7	50.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1–3	25.0
Bard Class	15–21	41.7
Permanent Vacation	14–18	43.8
Pirates	26–27	49.1
Combo	339–288	54.1
Storm	24–2	92.3
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	14–2	87.5
Grixis Tendrils	2–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	7–0	100.0
Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	19–16	54.3
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	84–103	44.9
Temur Glimpse	23–26	46.9
Boros Glimpse	58–73	44.3
Hypergenesis	3–2	60.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	4–1	80.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	4–1	80.0
"Twin"	2–1	66.7
Metalwork Colossus	4–4	50.0
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	2–0	100.0
Eggs	2–1	66.7
Blazing Shoal Combo	5–7	41.7
Taking Turns	2–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	17–17	50.0
Oops All Spells	16–17	48.5
Oops All Lands	31–39	44.3
Dredge	66–40	62.3
Insidious Roots Dredge	62–38	62.0
Polymorph	3–1	75.0
Storm Herald	2–2	50.0
Tibalt's Trickery	4–2	66.7
Calibrated Blast	11–7	61.1
Restore Balance	7–14	33.3
Gyruda	6–4	60.0
Possibility Storm	4–2	66.7
Midnight Mass	2–4	33.3
Actual Twin	1–0	100.0
Boros Twin	1–0	100.0
Control	301–288	51.1
Esper Control	39–44	47.0
Mono Blue Control	6–1	85.7
Dimir Control	13–2	86.7
Azorius Control	81–89	47.6
Turbo Fog	11–17	39.3
Izzet Control	9–21	30.0
Mill	13–1	92.9
Boros Control	4–5	44.4
Grixis Control	25–8	75.8
Cruel Control	14–5	73.7
Stax	11–2	84.6
Jeskai Control	9–5	64.3
Dragon Control	4–3	57.1
Runeflare	6–1	85.7
Mono White Control	16–31	34.0
Five Color Control	4–3	57.1
Seasons Past Control	4–2	66.7
Orzhov Control	25–41	37.9
Prison	10–7	58.8
Enchantress	3–1	75.0
Aggro-Combo	110–93	54.2
Aristocrats	87–80	52.1
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Food	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	78–78	50.0
Boros Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	11–5	68.8
Turbo Myth	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	110–90	55.0
Simic Flash	8–3	72.7
Izzet Tempo	21–19	52.5
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	47–54	46.5
Mono Blue Librarians	34–44	43.6
Izzet Spells	8–6	57.1
Dimir Tempo	18–7	72.0
Dimir Faeries	4–1	80.0
Azorius Tempo	5–0	100.0
Combo-Control	103–72	58.9
Battle of Wits	26–4	86.7
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Sunforger	7–7	50.0
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Familiars	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	7–1	87.5
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	7–6	53.8
Wildfire	7–6	53.8
Borderpost Wildfire	2–2	50.0
Resurgent Belief	6–2	75.0
Greasefang	46–52	46.9
Esper Greasefang	17–16	51.5
Orzhov Greasefang	26–36	41.9
Midrange	426–413	50.8
The Rock	64–73	46.7
Grenzo	4–6	40.0
Abzan Midrange	25–19	56.8
Selesnya Midrange	16–15	51.6
Jund	4–3	57.1
Blink	20–23	46.5
Graveyard Value	20–3	87.0
Enchantments Matter	4–1	80.0
Allies	4–2	66.7
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	10–3	76.9
Mardu Midrange	4–0	100.0
Vampires	8–3	72.7
Mono Black Vampires	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Vampires	3–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	4–4	50.0
Boros Legends Midrange	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Legends	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Legends	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	10–7	58.8
Naya Midrange	4–1	80.0
Big Red	4–5	44.4
Mono Black Midrange	3–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	16–16	50.0
Angel Tribal	5–10	33.3
Toughness Matters	5–4	55.6
Lifegain Midrange	5–6	45.5
Adventures	3–0	100.0
Mutate	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	9–10	47.4
Fight Rigging	4–10	28.6
Orzhov Midrange	34–77	30.6
Jeskai Midrange	3–1	75.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	36–68	34.6
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	12–12	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	7–7	50.0
Mardu Hero	2–1	66.7
Five Color Hero	1–0	100.0
Boros Hero	1–4	20.0
Clerics	2–5	28.6
Artifact Midrange	21–5	80.8
Death Cloud	16–12	57.1
Ramp	113–64	63.8
Villainous Wealth	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	4–1	80.0
Greenpost	1–1	50.0
Temurpost	3–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	14–12	53.8
Applejacks	1–1	50.0
Field Ramp	65–40	61.9
Superfriends	3–1	75.0
Unclassified	1–0	100.0