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 8 weeks, 3 days.

Aggro

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

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro	154	311–321	49.2	8	83
Heroic	17	27–39	40.9	0	11
Mono White Heroic	5	10–11	47.6	0	4
Boros Heroic	1	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Heroic	11	15–26	36.6	0	7
Red Deck Wins	18	24–36	40.0	0	7
Mono Green Stompy	42	86–89	49.1	1	22
White Weenie	41	116–82	58.6	5	26
Soldiers	10	27–20	57.4	1	8
Mono White Humans	31	89–62	58.9	4	18
Elves	3	4–6	40.0	0	1
Merfolk	1	0–1	0.0
Voltron	1	2–2	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	1	0–2	0.0	0	1
Humans	5	11–11	50.0	0	4
Selesnya Humans	2	4–4	50.0	0	2
Legends Aggro	22	37–47	44.0	2	9
Boros Legends Aggro	18	27–36	42.9	1	8
Rats	2	2–3	40.0	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	80–80	50.0
Heroic	3–12	20.0
Mono White Heroic	1–6	14.3
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Heroic	2–5	28.6
Red Deck Wins	12–5	70.6
Mono Green Stompy	22–21	51.2
White Weenie	20–25	44.4
Soldiers	4–8	33.3
Mono White Humans	16–17	48.5
Elves	3–3	50.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Humans	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Humans	2–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	15–11	57.7
Boros Legends Aggro	11–6	64.7
Rats	1–0	100.0
Combo	84–75	52.8
Storm	4–0	100.0
Hazoret Storm	2–0	100.0
High Tide	2–0	100.0
Reanimator	27–27	50.0
Living Death	21–17	55.3
Excruciator Combo	21–17	55.3
Traditional Reanimator	6–10	37.5
Orzhov Reanimator	6–10	37.5
Necrotic Ooze Combo	6–5	54.5
Hypergenesis	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	4–3	57.1
Anvil Colossus	4–3	57.1
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	5–10	33.3
Unctus	5–10	33.3
Oops All Lands	0–6	0.0
Restore Balance	4–1	80.0
Actual Twin	8–4	66.7
Izzet Twin	8–4	66.7
Nadu Combo	18–17	51.4
Amalia Combo	3–0	100.0
Control	49–48	50.5
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	4–1	80.0
Azorius Control	8–12	40.0
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	4–2	66.7
Boros Control	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	4–2	66.7
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Blackpost	2–1	66.7
Grixis Control	8–6	57.1
Cruel Control	2–5	28.6
Stax	6–3	66.7
Jeskai Control	0–4	0.0
Ponza	2–0	100.0
Mono White Control	4–1	80.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	6–6	50.0
Orzhov Control	1–6	14.3
Prison	1–2	33.3
Enchantress	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Combo	5–8	38.5
Aristocrats	2–7	22.2
Orzhov Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	1–7	12.5
Burn	3–1	75.0
Aggro-Control	28–24	53.8
Izzet Tempo	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	13–7	65.0
Azorius Tempo	12–17	41.4
Midrange	62–84	42.5
Selesnya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	22–44	33.3
Orzhov Blink	22–44	33.3
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Midrange	2–7	22.2
Dimir Midrange	3–2	60.0
Mutate	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–2	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–1	66.7
Ordealbreak	1–1	50.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–1	50.0
Hero of Precinct One	2–8	20.0
Five Color Hero	2–8	20.0
Game Objects	0–1	0.0
Laelia Cascade	7–2	77.8
Wight Midrange	15–15	50.0
Golgari Wight	2–3	40.0
Jund Wight	7–6	53.8
Ramp	3–2	60.0
Cloudpost Ramp	3–2	60.0
Simic Post	3–2	60.0