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, 6 days.

Aggro

Tournaments Only
Season 34▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
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35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro	171	365–314	53.8	14	93
Mono Black Aggro	7	8–16	33.3	0	3
Heroic	20	52–38	57.8	2	12
Azorius Heroic	9	21–17	55.3	1	6
Boros Heroic	11	31–21	59.6	1	6
Red Deck Wins	81	177–139	56.0	8	42
Tokens	5	11–9	55.0	0	2
Selesnya Tokens	1	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Tokens	4	9–7	56.3	0	2
Mono Green Stompy	8	16–14	53.3	1	7
Elves	3	2–5	28.6	0	1
Selesnya Little Kid	1	2–2	50.0	0	1
Rogues	2	4–5	44.4	0	2
Gruul Aggro	3	8–7	53.3	1	2
Artifact Aggro	14	15–26	36.6	0	5
Affinity	14	15–26	36.6	0	5
Hardened Scales Affinity	8	9–15	37.5	0	4
Voltron	3	6–8	42.9	0	2
Equipment Aggro	3	6–8	42.9	0	2
Knights	3	4–5	44.4	0	2
AggroSlide	16	50–28	64.1	2	10
Rakdos Aggro	2	3–6	33.3	0	1
Legends Aggro	2	5–4	55.6	0	1
Bard Class	2	5–4	55.6	0	1
Rats	1	2–2	50.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	89–89	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	2–3	40.0
Heroic	6–15	28.6
Azorius Heroic	2–3	40.0
Boros Heroic	4–12	25.0
Red Deck Wins	48–45	51.6
Tokens	4–3	57.1
Selesnya Tokens	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Tokens	2–2	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–3	40.0
Elves	1–1	50.0
Rogues	1–1	50.0
Gruul Aggro	4–3	57.1
Artifact Aggro	11–3	78.6
Affinity	11–3	78.6
Hardened Scales Affinity	5–2	71.4
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	5–8	38.5
Rakdos Aggro	2–1	66.7
Legends Aggro	0–2	0.0
Bard Class	0–2	0.0
Rats	1–0	100.0
Combo	55–51	51.9
Storm	19–6	76.0
Dimir Tendrils	8–3	72.7
Citadel Storm	11–3	78.6
Necrotic Ooze Combo	5–7	41.7
Hypergenesis	10–18	35.7
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Seismic Swans	3–3	50.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Soulflayer	3–2	60.0
Reanim8 Rack	3–2	60.0
Oops All Lands	3–2	60.0
Dredge	0–1	0.0
Polymorph	1–4	20.0
Enduring Ideal	7–4	63.6
Restore Balance	0–2	0.0
Actual Twin	3–0	100.0
Izzet Twin	3–0	100.0
Control	95–68	58.3
Mono Black Control	4–4	50.0
Esper Control	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Control	2–0	100.0
Dimir Control	12–3	80.0
Azorius Control	6–3	66.7
Turbo Fog	0–1	0.0
Mill	3–1	75.0
Cloudpost Control	33–15	68.8
Blackpost	3–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	8–2	80.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	22–13	62.9
Grixis Control	3–0	100.0
Cruel Control	3–0	100.0
Stax	3–1	75.0
Mono White Control	2–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Pox	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Control	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Control	18–35	34.0
Prison	3–3	50.0
Enchantress	3–3	50.0
Aggro-Combo	37–21	63.8
Aristocrats	29–18	61.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	25–18	58.1
Burn	8–3	72.7
Aggro-Control	16–13	55.2
Izzet Tempo	2–1	66.7
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–5	37.5
Mono Blue Librarians	1–2	33.3
Dimir Tempo	6–6	50.0
Dimir Faeries	2–2	50.0
Dimir Librarians	3–3	50.0
Azorius Tempo	2–0	100.0
Combo-Control	17–7	70.8
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	14–4	77.8
Archfiend Alteration	1–2	33.3
Greasefang	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Greasefang	1–1	50.0
Midrange	49–58	45.8
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	3–3	50.0
Blink	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Blink	2–1	66.7
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	9–6	60.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Angels	15–32	31.9
Mono White Angels	6–16	27.3
Azorius Angels	5–7	41.7
Lifegain Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–3	50.0
Fires of Invention	3–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–1	50.0
Nissa Company	6–6	50.0
Ramp	7–7	50.0
Rofellos Ramp	3–3	50.0
Carth Superfriends	0–1	0.0
Applejacks	1–1	50.0