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 1 week, 1 day.

The Penny Dreadful 500 is on Nov 16th with free entry and $500 in prizes!

Aggro

Tournaments Only
Season 33▾
1. All
2. 35
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro	403	787–799	49.6	24	233
Mono Black Aggro	1	0–3	0.0
Heroic	13	25–18	58.1	2	7
Boros Heroic	13	25–18	58.1	2	7
Red Deck Wins	94	161–196	45.1	2	55
Goblins	4	6–10	37.5	0	1
Tokens	3	4–6	40.0	0	1
Orzhov Tokens	3	4–6	40.0	0	1
Mono Green Stompy	4	5–8	38.5	0	2
White Weenie	71	164–138	54.3	8	42
Soldiers	50	131–98	57.2	6	33
Mono White Humans	19	28–38	42.4	1	7
Gruul Aggro	2	1–5	16.7
Artifact Aggro	54	109–108	50.2	4	33
Affinity	48	95–96	49.7	4	28
Hardened Scales Affinity	47	92–93	49.7	4	28
Tempered Steel	3	6–6	50.0	0	2
Mono Blue Architect	3	8–6	57.1	0	3
Mono Blue Aggro	1	0–2	0.0	0	1
Illusions	1	0–2	0.0	0	1
Madness	1	0–4	0.0
Rakdos Madness	1	0–4	0.0
Voltron	10	20–20	50.0	1	7
Hateful Auras	10	20–20	50.0	1	7
AggroSlide	23	40–42	48.8	1	13
Cats	1	4–2	66.7	0	1
Selesnya Cats	1	4–2	66.7	0	1
Rakdos Aggro	2	2–3	40.0
Humans	70	156–134	53.8	5	43
Selesnya Humans	2	4–4	50.0
Boros Humans	40	99–69	58.9	4	30
Orzhov Humans	27	53–60	46.9	1	13
Legends Aggro	14	25–25	50.0	0	7
Boros Legends Aggro	4	5–8	38.5	0	1
Bard Class	10	20–17	54.1	0	6
Permanent Vacation	7	15–17	46.9	0	3
Pirates	16	36–33	52.2	1	11
Rats	11	14–24	36.8	0	6

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	253–253	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	7–3	70.0
Boros Heroic	7–3	70.0
Red Deck Wins	64–43	59.8
Goblins	4–1	80.0
Mono Green Stompy	5–2	71.4
White Weenie	49–57	46.2
Soldiers	32–47	40.5
Mono White Humans	17–10	63.0
Gruul Aggro	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	32–42	43.2
Affinity	29–36	44.6
Hardened Scales Affinity	29–36	44.6
Tempered Steel	1–3	25.0
Mono Blue Architect	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Aggro	2–0	100.0
Illusions	2–0	100.0
Madness	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	2–0	100.0
Voltron	7–7	50.0
Hateful Auras	7–7	50.0
AggroSlide	13–15	46.4
Cats	1–3	25.0
Selesnya Cats	1–3	25.0
Rakdos Aggro	2–0	100.0
Humans	32–49	39.5
Selesnya Humans	1–1	50.0
Boros Humans	10–34	22.7
Orzhov Humans	21–14	60.0
Legends Aggro	8–9	47.1
Boros Legends Aggro	2–2	50.0
Bard Class	6–7	46.2
Permanent Vacation	6–3	66.7
Pirates	8–13	38.1
Rats	8–5	61.5
Combo	135–111	54.9
Storm	2–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	2–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–2	50.0
Warp World	70–72	49.3
Temur Glimpse	15–11	57.7
Boros Glimpse	55–61	47.4
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	6–3	66.7
Breakfast	7–4	63.6
Oops All Spells	7–4	63.6
Oops All Lands	6–9	40.0
Dredge	21–10	67.7
Insidious Roots Dredge	20–10	66.7
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Tibalt's Trickery	2–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	3–0	100.0
Restore Balance	5–5	50.0
Gyruda	1–3	25.0
Control	110–109	50.2
Esper Control	10–8	55.6
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	4–0	100.0
Azorius Control	57–65	46.7
Turbo Fog	4–5	44.4
Izzet Control	4–8	33.3
Mill	2–0	100.0
Boros Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–4	33.3
Cruel Control	1–2	33.3
Stax	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	2–1	66.7
Dragon Control	4–1	80.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Mono White Control	6–11	35.3
Five Color Control	2–0	100.0
Last Stand Control	2–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	1–1	50.0
Prison	2–2	50.0
Aggro-Combo	52–31	62.7
Aristocrats	45–29	60.8
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	43–29	59.7
Burn	2–0	100.0
Dwarf Combo	5–2	71.4
Aggro-Control	39–35	52.7
Simic Flash	4–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	10–10	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	13–10	56.5
Mono Blue Librarians	9–6	60.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	11–15	42.3
Combo-Control	32–39	45.1
Battle of Wits	8–5	61.5
Sunforger	0–3	0.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–1	75.0
Wildfire	3–1	75.0
Borderpost Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Greasefang	19–22	46.3
Esper Greasefang	6–5	54.5
Orzhov Greasefang	11–17	39.3
Coveted Falcon Combo	1–8	11.1
Midrange	138–208	39.9
The Rock	10–27	27.0
Grenzo	2–2	50.0
Abzan Midrange	7–3	70.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	1–1	50.0
Blink	46–98	31.9
Orzhov Blink	40–91	30.5
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	5–1	83.3
Vampires	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	2–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Legends	3–2	60.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–1	75.0
Big Red	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	3–3	50.0
Angels	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	3–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	2–2	50.0
Fight Rigging	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	5–8	38.5
Heartless Summoning Stompy	23–44	34.3
Ordealbreak	1–1	50.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–1	50.0
Fires of Invention	2–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–1	50.0
Clerics	3–4	42.9
Artifact Midrange	8–2	80.0
Death Cloud	1–2	33.3
Nissa Company	0–4	0.0
Illness in the Ranks	2–0	100.0
Game Objects	1–1	50.0
Ramp	28–13	68.3
Carth Superfriends	0–1	0.0
Field Ramp	27–12	69.2