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, 2 days.

The Season Kick Off is on Nov 30th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

Legends Aggro

Tournaments Only
Season 33▾
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	1465	2704–2429	52.7	24	233	72
Legends Aggro	82	158–135	53.9	0	7	5
Boros Legends Aggro	28	57–43	57.0	0	1	2
Selesnya Legends Aggro	4	7–10	41.2
Bard Class	43	84–66	56.0	0	6	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	39–33	54.2
Red Deck Wins	8–3	72.7
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	0–2	0.0
White Weenie	2–5	28.6
Soldiers	1–3	25.0
Mono White Humans	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	8–7	53.3
Affinity	6–7	46.2
Hardened Scales Affinity	6–7	46.2
Mono Blue Architect	2–0	100.0
Voltron	2–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	2–0	100.0
AggroSlide	2–0	100.0
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Humans	5–6	45.5
Boros Humans	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Humans	4–4	50.0
Legends Aggro	1–1	50.0
Bard Class	1–0	100.0
Permanent Vacation	0–3	0.0
Pirates	4–3	57.1
Rats	3–2	60.0
Combo	19–18	51.4
Storm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	1–0	100.0
Warp World	5–8	38.5
Temur Glimpse	3–3	50.0
Boros Glimpse	2–5	28.6
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	0–1	0.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Oops All Spells	1–1	50.0
Oops All Lands	2–3	40.0
Dredge	5–3	62.5
Insidious Roots Dredge	4–3	57.1
Tibalt's Trickery	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	0–1	0.0
Possibility Storm	1–0	100.0
Control	24–17	58.5
Esper Control	6–2	75.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	7–6	53.8
Izzet Control	1–5	16.7
Mill	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	2–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Combo	8–4	66.7
Aristocrats	5–4	55.6
Rakdos Aristocrats	5–4	55.6
Dwarf Combo	3–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	13–8	61.9
Simic Flash	3–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	2–1	66.7
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–5	28.6
Mono Blue Librarians	2–5	28.6
Izzet Spells	2–1	66.7
Dimir Tempo	2–0	100.0
Dimir Librarians	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	6–5	54.5
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Solar Flare	1–0	100.0
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Greasefang	3–4	42.9
Esper Greasefang	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Greasefang	2–1	66.7
Midrange	38–43	46.9
The Rock	6–5	54.5
Abzan Midrange	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Midrange	2–2	50.0
Blink	4–14	22.2
Orzhov Blink	2–12	14.3
Graveyard Value	2–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Legends	0–1	0.0
Elementals	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	3–1	75.0
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Adventures	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–2	33.3
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–5	16.7
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	0–3	0.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	2–1	66.7
Death Cloud	0–2	0.0
Nissa Company	1–1	50.0
Illness in the Ranks	0–1	0.0
Game Objects	0–2	0.0
Ramp	11–7	61.1
Cloudpost Ramp	0–1	0.0
Greenpost	0–1	0.0
Carth Superfriends	1–1	50.0
Applejacks	0–1	0.0
Field Ramp	8–4	66.7
Superfriends	1–0	100.0