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 3 weeks.

Aggro

Tournaments Only
Season 34▾
1. All
2. 34
3. 33
4. 32
5. 31
6. 30
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34. 2
35. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	623	1122–908	55.3	8	60	49
Mono Black Aggro	38	62–60	50.8	0	1	3
Heroic	51	91–75	54.8	1	8	3
Mono White Heroic	1	3–1	75.0
Azorius Heroic	18	23–29	44.2	1	4
Boros Heroic	31	63–42	60.0	0	4	3
Selesnya Heroic	1	2–3	40.0
Red Deck Wins	179	417–216	65.9	5	27	24
Goblins	5	5–12	29.4
Tokens	34	46–49	48.4	0	3	1
Selesnya Tokens	8	7–16	30.4
Mono White Tokens	1	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Tokens	24	39–29	57.4	0	3	1
Mono Green Stompy	7	14–12	53.8	0	1
White Weenie	27	29–47	38.2			1
Quest for the Holy Relic	17	22–28	44.0			1
Soldiers	1	1–2	33.3
Chroma White	1	1–3	25.0
Elves	13	11–27	28.9
Selesnya Little Kid	4	7–9	43.8	0	1
Rogues	17	37–21	63.8	0	2	3
Zombies	4	7–9	43.8
Gruul Aggro	19	33–40	45.2	1	2	2
Gruul Landfall	2	2–6	25.0
Artifact Aggro	95	158–126	55.6	0	4	6
Affinity	85	147–113	56.5	0	4	6
Hardened Scales Affinity	70	137–93	59.6	0	3	6
Salvage Titan	3	4–3	57.1
Tempered Steel	1	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	5	7–7	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	3	0–4	0.0
Illusions	2	0–3	0.0
Madness	7	17–16	51.5			1
Golgari Madness	5	14–11	56.0			1
Jund Madness	2	3–5	37.5
Voltron	16	22–28	44.0	0	2
Equipment Aggro	15	22–27	44.9	0	2
Hateful Auras	1	0–1	0.0
Naya Zoo	5	8–10	44.4
Knights	20	39–29	57.4			3
AggroSlide	22	47–34	58.0	1	7
Cats	2	1–5	16.7
Selesnya Cats	2	1–5	16.7
Rakdos Aggro	14	22–21	51.2	0	1	1
Boros Aggro	4	4–4	50.0
Humans	1	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Humans	1	1–1	50.0
Legends Aggro	18	34–30	53.1	0	1	1
Bard Class	17	34–28	54.8	0	1	1
Permanent Vacation	1	0–1	0.0
Rats	12	10–16	38.5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	210–210	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	16–13	55.2
Heroic	12–26	31.6
Mono White Heroic	0–1	0.0
Azorius Heroic	4–4	50.0
Boros Heroic	7–21	25.0
Selesnya Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	57–66	46.3
Goblins	3–3	50.0
Tokens	15–14	51.7
Selesnya Tokens	6–3	66.7
Orzhov Tokens	8–11	42.1
Mono Green Stompy	5–2	71.4
White Weenie	13–5	72.2
Quest for the Holy Relic	8–3	72.7
Soldiers	1–0	100.0
Elves	4–2	66.7
Selesnya Little Kid	0–1	0.0
Rogues	4–8	33.3
Gruul Aggro	8–8	50.0
Gruul Landfall	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	34–26	56.7
Affinity	31–23	57.4
Hardened Scales Affinity	19–22	46.3
Salvage Titan	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Architect	2–1	66.7
Madness	5–3	62.5
Golgari Madness	3–0	100.0
Jund Madness	2–3	40.0
Voltron	7–2	77.8
Equipment Aggro	6–2	75.0
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	2–0	100.0
Knights	4–6	40.0
AggroSlide	8–10	44.4
Rakdos Aggro	5–5	50.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	4–8	33.3
Bard Class	3–8	27.3
Rats	1–2	33.3
Combo	223–197	53.1
Storm	62–31	66.7
Dimir Tendrils	25–13	65.8
Citadel Storm	34–17	66.7
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	16–33	32.7
Dubious Challenge	0–1	0.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	20–40	33.3
Jeskai Ascendancy	10–2	83.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	9–2	81.8
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–1	50.0
Anvil Colossus	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	8–6	57.1
Heartless Summoning Combo	3–2	60.0
Taking Turns	2–3	40.0
Soulflayer	7–10	41.2
Reanim8 Rack	3–5	37.5
Breakfast	5–6	45.5
Unctus	2–1	66.7
Oops All Lands	4–12	25.0
Polymorph	8–3	72.7
Storm Herald	3–1	75.0
Enduring Ideal	11–5	68.8
Ad Nauseam	4–3	57.1
Calibrated Blast	5–4	55.6
Restore Balance	3–1	75.0
Gyruda	3–2	60.0
Belcher	5–2	71.4
Tameshi Bloom	2–0	100.0
Phoenix Altar	0–1	0.0
Actual Twin	24–17	58.5
Izzet Twin	18–16	52.9
Boros Twin	1–1	50.0
Control	231–170	57.6
Mono Black Control	5–7	41.7
Esper Control	3–3	50.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	24–12	66.7
Azorius Control	22–30	42.3
Turbo Fog	4–1	80.0
Izzet Control	2–1	66.7
Mardu Control	2–0	100.0
Mill	7–2	77.8
Boros Control	2–2	50.0
Cloudpost Control	63–44	58.9
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Blackpost	4–4	50.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	29–16	64.4
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	26–23	53.1
Grixis Control	7–1	87.5
Cruel Control	5–1	83.3
Stax	19–7	73.1
Jeskai Control	2–0	100.0
Dragon Control	2–1	66.7
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Ponza	3–0	100.0
Mono White Control	2–0	100.0
Five Color Control	3–1	75.0
Last Stand Control	3–1	75.0
Guildgate Control	3–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	9–2	81.8
Enchantments Control	1–1	50.0
Seasons Past Control	5–5	50.0
Orzhov Control	27–42	39.1
Prison	5–5	50.0
Enchantress	4–5	44.4
Aggro-Combo	50–35	58.8
Aristocrats	44–31	58.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	6–3	66.7
Rakdos Aristocrats	31–26	54.4
Burn	2–2	50.0
Hushnought	2–2	50.0
Dwarf Combo	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	59–50	54.1
Simic Flash	2–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	2–1	66.7
Azorius Skies	4–2	66.7
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	1–4	20.0
Mono Blue Tempo	10–6	62.5
Mono Blue Librarians	5–2	71.4
Izzet Spells	4–6	40.0
Dimir Tempo	29–26	52.7
Dimir Faeries	14–4	77.8
Dimir Librarians	9–14	39.1
Azorius Tempo	4–3	57.1
Combo-Control	73–37	66.4
Curses	2–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	11–2	84.6
Sunforger	2–0	100.0
Lich's Mastery	2–0	100.0
Solar Flare	35–17	67.3
Mass Land Destruction	2–0	100.0
Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Archfiend Alteration	4–13	23.5
Resurgent Belief	2–1	66.7
Greasefang	4–3	57.1
Esper Greasefang	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Greasefang	2–2	50.0
Midrange	207–160	56.4
The Rock	7–3	70.0
Grenzo	2–1	66.7
Abzan Midrange	9–6	60.0
Jund	10–3	76.9
Blink	6–4	60.0
Orzhov Blink	3–2	60.0
Anti-Persecution	2–1	66.7
Graveyard Value	4–5	44.4
Séance	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Matter	0–1	0.0
Allies	3–3	50.0
Azorius Allies	2–1	66.7
Fake-Rack	4–1	80.0
Mardu Midrange	1–3	25.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	1–2	33.3
Elementals	6–1	85.7
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Naya Midrange	1–1	50.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	34–20	63.0
Dimir Midrange	6–6	50.0
Angels	23–39	37.1
Mono White Angels	14–23	37.8
Azorius Angels	7–12	36.8
Orzhov Angels	1–2	33.3
Toughness Matters	2–1	66.7
Lifegain Midrange	8–3	72.7
Sultai Midrange	6–6	50.0
Fight Rigging	3–2	60.0
Orzhov Midrange	9–3	75.0
Jeskai Midrange	4–5	44.4
Heartless Summoning Stompy	8–1	88.9
Fires of Invention	12–3	80.0
Hero of Precinct One	3–1	75.0
Mardu Hero	0–1	0.0
Five Color Hero	3–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	13–7	65.0
Death Cloud	6–3	66.7
Nissa Company	5–10	33.3
Game Objects	2–1	66.7
Ramp	69–49	58.5
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	19–15	55.9
Wild Pair	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	22–12	64.7
Eldrazipost	5–4	55.6
Golgari Post	5–2	71.4
Greenpost	8–2	80.0
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Domain	1–0	100.0
Eureka!	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	7–5	58.3
Applejacks	7–3	70.0