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 36▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
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10. 28
11. 27
12. 26
13. 25
14. 24
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18. 20
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20. 18
21. 17
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24. 14
25. 13
26. 12
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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	480	918–753	54.9	14	77	28
Mono Black Aggro	5	11–5	68.8
Heroic	89	225–127	63.9	6	21	10
Mono White Heroic	15	33–28	54.1	0	6
Azorius Heroic	14	29–25	53.7	1	4	1
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1	0–4	0.0
Selesnya Heroic	58	163–68	70.6	5	11	9
Red Deck Wins	59	93–91	50.5	1	11	1
Mono Red Devotion	6	11–10	52.4
Goblins	1	3–2	60.0
Tokens	15	24–13	64.9	0	2	2
Selesnya Tokens	1	1–1	50.0
Mono White Tokens	11	19–10	65.5	0	2	2
Orzhov Tokens	1	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	5	4–10	28.6
White Weenie	86	191–132	59.1	3	17	5
Mono White Humans	80	183–130	58.5	3	17	4
Elves	3	5–6	45.5
Werewolves	11	16–17	48.5
Selesnya Little Kid	37	63–72	46.7	0	1	1
Selesnya Counters	4	5–6	45.5
Rogues	2	5–5	50.0
Gruul Aggro	16	16–30	34.8	0	1
Gruul Landfall	1	0–2	0.0
Merfolk	18	20–32	38.5	0	3
Mono Red Swarm	2	1–5	16.7
Artifact Aggro	24	21–41	33.9	0	2
Affinity	9	8–15	34.8	0	1
Salvage Titan	1	0–3	0.0
Tempered Steel	1	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	11	10–17	37.0	0	1
Voltron	3	7–4	63.6
Equipment Aggro	1	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	2	7–3	70.0
Slivers	1	0–4	0.0
Knights	2	0–2	0.0
AggroSlide	3	3–6	33.3
Rakdos Aggro	13	26–23	53.1			2
Humans	45	99–67	59.6	2	10	4
Selesnya Humans	1	1–3	25.0
Boros Humans	7	15–13	53.6	1	3
Orzhov Humans	17	42–23	64.6	0	5	1
Azorius Humans	20	41–28	59.4	1	2	3
Mono Red Eldrazi	2	4–3	57.1	0	1
Legends Aggro	34	72–52	58.1	2	7	2
Boros Legends Aggro	25	55–36	60.4	2	7	1
Bard Class	3	5–8	38.5
Permanent Vacation	1	1–0	100.0
Pirates	3	8–4	66.7	0	1	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	227–227	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	28–64	30.4
Mono White Heroic	8–8	50.0
Azorius Heroic	5–9	35.7
Selesnya Heroic	14–47	23.0
Red Deck Wins	39–20	66.1
Mono Red Devotion	5–1	83.3
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	6–4	60.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	4–4	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	5–2	71.4
White Weenie	42–50	45.7
Mono White Humans	42–49	46.2
Elves	1–3	25.0
Werewolves	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Little Kid	19–17	52.8
Selesnya Counters	2–2	50.0
Rogues	1–1	50.0
Gruul Aggro	12–6	66.7
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	6–9	40.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	10–5	66.7
Affinity	4–2	66.7
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	4–2	66.7
Voltron	2–2	50.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–2	33.3
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Aggro	7–5	58.3
Humans	16–17	48.5
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Boros Humans	3–4	42.9
Orzhov Humans	6–8	42.9
Azorius Humans	6–5	54.5
Mono Red Eldrazi	1–1	50.0
Legends Aggro	20–17	54.1
Boros Legends Aggro	13–14	48.1
Bard Class	3–1	75.0
Pirates	1–0	100.0
Combo	172–99	63.5
Storm	71–50	58.7
Dragonstorm	6–1	85.7
High Tide	64–47	57.7
Reanimator	6–3	66.7
Traditional Reanimator	6–3	66.7
Hypergenesis	6–7	46.2
Jeskai Ascendancy	8–8	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	8–7	53.3
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	3–1	75.0
Anvil Colossus	3–0	100.0
Saffi Combo	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	9–3	75.0
Taking Turns	4–3	57.1
Soulflayer	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Unctus	1–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	2–1	66.7
Dredge	15–2	88.2
Polymorph	6–1	85.7
Storm Herald	2–1	66.7
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	12–9	57.1
Gyruda	0–1	0.0
Primal Prayers Combo	8–3	72.7
Control	153–157	49.4
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	9–10	47.4
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	25–27	48.1
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	29–33	46.8
Mardu Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	7–1	87.5
Cruel Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	10–7	58.8
Chandra Nalaar	2–1	66.7
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	1–2	33.3
Dynavolt Tower	12–3	80.0
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Guildgate Control	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Control	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Control	37–62	37.4
Prison	8–9	47.1
Enchantress	8–9	47.1
Aggro-Combo	69–52	57.0
Aristocrats	58–49	54.2
Mono Black Aristocrats	9–7	56.3
Golgari Aristocrats	30–18	62.5
Rakdos Aristocrats	19–24	44.2
Burn	9–3	75.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	60–47	56.1
Simic Flash	3–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	14–7	66.7
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–2	60.0
Mono Blue Librarians	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	4–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	13–14	48.1
Azorius Tempo	2–3	40.0
Spirits	19–21	47.5
Azorius Spirits	2–6	25.0
Mono Blue Spirits	17–15	53.1
Combo-Control	15–12	55.6
Curses	2–1	66.7
Battle of Wits	12–8	60.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Coveted Falcon Combo	0–1	0.0
Midrange	190–146	56.5
The Rock	19–22	46.3
Abzan Midrange	11–10	52.4
Jund	4–0	100.0
Blink	8–10	44.4
Orzhov Blink	2–1	66.7
Graveyard Value	9–2	81.8
Enchantments Matter	2–4	33.3
Allies	3–4	42.9
Esper Allies	1–4	20.0
Fake-Rack	5–2	71.4
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	4–4	50.0
Boros Legends Midrange	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Legends	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	13–7	65.0
Naya Midrange	1–4	20.0
Big Red	3–3	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	10–4	71.4
Dimir Midrange	4–2	66.7
Angels	8–11	42.1
Mono White Angels	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Angels	3–6	33.3
Toughness Matters	3–2	60.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–1	66.7
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–2	60.0
Ordealbreak	2–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	2–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	8–8	50.0
Esper Hero	2–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	6–8	42.9
Gruul Obosh	2–2	50.0
Artifact Midrange	46–33	58.2
Boros Engineers	7–16	30.4
Coinflips	2–0	100.0
Death Cloud	2–0	100.0
Game Objects	4–1	80.0
Laelia Cascade	0–2	0.0
Ramp	32–11	74.4
Cloudpost Ramp	3–0	100.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	3–1	75.0
Applejacks	7–5	58.3
Unclassified	0–2	0.0