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, 5 days.

Aggro

Tournaments Only
Season 4▾
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	260	416–405–24	50.7	13	79	5
Mono Black Aggro	6	3–8	27.3
Heroic	102	257–172–20	59.9	11	59	2
Mono White Heroic	92	236–152–20	60.8	10	54	2
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	9	20–18	52.6	1	5
Boros Heroic	1	1–2	33.3
Red Deck Wins	36	79–50–3	61.2	2	10	3
Mono Red Devotion	3	5–4	55.6
Goblins	4	1–6	14.3
Tokens	24	20–47–1	29.9	0	3
Selesnya Tokens	23	20–44–1	31.3	0	3
Mono Green Stompy	8	3–9	25.0
White Weenie	5	3–6	33.3	0	1
Elves	2	2–2	50.0
Werewolves	7	7–11	38.9	0	1
Minotaurs	3	1–4	20.0
Warriors	1
Rogues	1
Zombies	6	8–9	47.1	0	3
Merfolk	1	3–2	60.0
Artifact Aggro	16	11–27	28.9
Affinity	9	6–13	31.6
Boros Vehicles	2	3–6	33.3
Salvage Titan	5	2–8	20.0
Devoid Aggro	3	0–5	0.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1	0–1	0.0
Voltron	2
Hexproof	1
Slivers	2	0–2	0.0
Naya Zoo	2	4–3	57.1
Boros Aggro	2	2–4	33.3
Humans	3	2–4	33.3	0	1
Selesnya Humans	2	0–3	0.0	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	110–110–8	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	46–72–7	39.0
Mono White Heroic	41–69–7	37.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	5–3	62.5
Red Deck Wins	19–21	47.5
Mono Red Devotion	3–1	75.0
Goblins	3–0	100.0
Tokens	7–3–1	70.0
Selesnya Tokens	7–3–1	70.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	2–3	40.0
Werewolves	3–2	60.0
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Zombies	5–3	62.5
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	9–3	75.0
Affinity	3–3	50.0
Boros Vehicles	5–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	1–1	50.0
Humans	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	28–21–1	57.1
Storm	13–8–1	61.9
Sultai Tendrils	6–5	54.5
Dimir Tendrils	5–3–1	62.5
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	7–11	38.9
Recurring Nightmare	2–2	50.0
Starlit Graves	0–2	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	5–7	41.7
Maniac Combo	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Cephalid Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Control	103–93–8	52.6
Mono Black Control	9–20–2	31.0
Esper Control	3–6	33.3
Demonic Rising	9–11–1	45.0
Paradox Haze Lock	10–5–1	66.7
Mono Blue Control	6–2	75.0
Turbo Xerox	3–1	75.0
Dimir Control	16–10–2	61.5
Dreadful Inspiration	7–7–1	50.0
Azorius Control	6–2	75.0
Cawblade	2–1	66.7
Turbo Fog	3–2	60.0
Izzet Control	13–9	59.1
Grixis Control	12–17–2	41.4
Cruel Control	10–13–2	43.5
Dragon Control	3–2	60.0
Izzet Dragons	1–1	50.0
Dimir Dragons	1–1	50.0
Mono White Control	1–2	33.3
Cycling Control	6–1	85.7
Astral Slide	6–1	85.7
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Combo	30–59	33.7
Aristocrats	21–51	29.2
Mono Black Aristocrats	12–30	28.6
Orzhov Aristocrats	5–8	38.5
Golgari Aristocrats	1–6	14.3
Abzan Aristocrats	3–6	33.3
Mardu Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Burn	2–0	100.0
Infect	4–3	57.1
Hermit Humans	0–4	0.0
Aggro-Control	12–11	52.2
Izzet Tempo	4–6	40.0
Blue Madness	2–2	50.0
Simic Madness	1–1	50.0
Grixis Madness	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	51–31–3	62.2
Curses	6–1	85.7
Oketra's Monument	14–7	66.7
Azorius Oketra's Monument	7–6	53.8
Mono White Oketra's Monument	7–1	87.5
Burning Vengeance	0–2	0.0
Cruel Combo-Control	3–5	37.5
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Displace Loop	10–4–1	71.4
Peregrine Drake	10–4–1	71.4
Mass Land Destruction	10–9–2	52.6
Wildfire	10–9–2	52.6
Borderpost Wildfire	9–6–2	60.0
Midrange	70–77–4	47.6
Temur Ascendancy	27–25–2	51.9
The Rock	4–5	44.4
Abzan Midrange	1–2–1	33.3
Jund	2–2	50.0
Blink	2–3	40.0
Graveyard Value	2–0	100.0
Séance	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Enchantress	3–0	100.0
Allies	7–5	58.3
Orzhov Allies	7–5	58.3
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Vampires	6–23–1	20.7
Mono Black Vampires	6–23–1	20.7
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–2	33.3
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–2	33.3
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	12–3	80.0
Villainous Wealth	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Ramp	2–1	66.7