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, 4 days.

Aggro

Tournaments Only
Season 5▾
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	419	798–747–4	51.7	9	90	13
Mono Black Aggro	31	64–62–1	50.8	2	8	1
Heroic	15	27–31	46.6	0	3
Mono White Heroic	2	3–5	37.5	0	1
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	10	23–21	52.3	0	1
Red Deck Wins	137	318–223–3	58.8	5	45	5
Mono Red Devotion	3	1–2	33.3
Proliferate Red	2	5–4	55.6	0	1
Goblins	12	14–22	38.9	0	3
Tokens	66	129–113	53.3	0	13	4
Selesnya Tokens	46	98–78	55.7	0	11	3
Mardu Tokens	2	5–6	45.5	0	1
Mono White Tokens	4	7–6	53.8
Mono Green Stompy	17	43–32	57.3	0	3	1
White Weenie	36	75–55	57.7	1	8
Odric Keywords	1	0–4	0.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	9	14–14	50.0	1	3
Kithkin	4	4–2	66.7	0	1
Elves	6	9–7	56.3			1
Werewolves	3	0–1	0.0
Minotaurs	7	7–14	33.3
Warriors	6	10–9	52.6	0	2
Selesnya Little Kid	4	3–10	23.1
Zombies	7	6–16	27.3	0	1
Merfolk	3	4–3	57.1
Artifact Aggro	17	22–38	36.7
Affinity	1	2–2	50.0
Boros Vehicles	12	18–24	42.9
Salvage Titan	4	2–12	14.3
Devoid Aggro	7	9–12	42.9	1	1
Mono Blue Aggro	1	0–5	0.0
Madness	12	22–28	44.0	0	1	1
Gruul Madness	10	22–24	47.8	0	1	1
Voltron	4	3–7	30.0
Hexproof	4	3–7	30.0
Slivers	5	5–9	35.7
Humans	2	3–3	50.0
Selesnya Humans	2	3–3	50.0
Shamans	2	2–4	33.3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	246–246–2	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	22–18	55.0
Heroic	10–9	52.6
Mono White Heroic	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	5–7	41.7
Red Deck Wins	81–98–2	45.3
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Proliferate Red	0–2	0.0
Goblins	5–3	62.5
Tokens	36–41	46.8
Selesnya Tokens	20–31	39.2
Mardu Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono White Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono Green Stompy	6–17	26.1
White Weenie	17–23	42.5
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	6–5	54.5
Kithkin	1–1	50.0
Elves	2–1	66.7
Werewolves	1–0	100.0
Minotaurs	5–3	62.5
Warriors	3–3	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	3–3	50.0
Zombies	5–2	71.4
Merfolk	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	16–7	69.6
Affinity	2–1	66.7
Boros Vehicles	9–4	69.2
Salvage Titan	5–2	71.4
Devoid Aggro	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Aggro	2–0	100.0
Madness	12–8	60.0
Gruul Madness	10–8	55.6
Voltron	3–1	75.0
Hexproof	3–1	75.0
Slivers	3–1	75.0
Humans	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Humans	0–2	0.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Combo	112–76–2	59.6
Reanimator	30–22	57.7
Starlit Graves	12–9	57.1
Traditional Reanimator	18–13	58.1
Mono Black Reanimator	6–7	46.2
Necro Combo	27–30–1	47.4
Faith Necro	12–10–1	54.5
Deathmantle Necro	11–17	39.3
Biovisionary	3–1	75.0
Mono Green Stormless Storm	12–3–1	80.0
Dubious Challenge	8–0	100.0
Zubera Tribal	0–2	0.0
Maniac Combo	14–9	60.9
Stuffy Doll	4–4	50.0
Control	171–143	54.5
Esper Control	9–7	56.3
Demonic Rising	1–2	33.3
Dimir Control	33–12	73.3
Watery Oath	9–4	69.2
Azorius Control	4–3	57.1
Turbo Fog	7–0	100.0
Izzet Control	17–17	50.0
Mardu Control	12–17	41.4
Mill	13–0	100.0
Boros Control	6–8	42.9
Grixis Control	18–10	64.3
Cruel Control	16–10	61.5
Stax	24–44	35.3
Necro Stax	5–7	41.7
Pollute the Planet	17–34	33.3
Chandra Nalaar	4–6	40.0
Stagnant Control	7–5	58.3
Dragon Control	4–3	57.1
Esper Dragons	4–3	57.1
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	4–3	57.1
Astral Slide	4–3	57.1
Guildgate Control	2–1	66.7
Orzhov Control	1–5	16.7
Aggro-Combo	9–4	69.2
Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Infect	5–3	62.5
Aggro-Control	38–39	49.4
Izzet Tempo	8–5	61.5
Azorius Skies	5–5	50.0
Blue Madness	11–24	31.4
Temur Madness	10–22	31.3
Grixis Madness	1–2	33.3
Izzet Spells	7–5	58.3
Combo-Control	70–83	45.8
Burning Vengeance	4–1	80.0
Cruel Combo-Control	19–30	38.8
Approach Necro	16–21	43.2
Shared Fate	6–3	66.7
Swarm Intelligence	8–7	53.3
Sunforger	3–2	60.0
Hedron Alignment	0–1	0.0
Curious Niv-Mizzet	3–2	60.0
Mass Land Destruction	9–14	39.1
Wildfire	9–14	39.1
Midrange	118–131	47.4
Temur Ascendancy	3–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	7–9	43.8
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	2–0	100.0
Anti-Persecution	1–4	20.0
Graveyard Value	7–0	100.0
Séance	6–0	100.0
Indestructible	1–3	25.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Allies	16–10	61.5
Orzhov Allies	16–10	61.5
Treefolk	3–2	60.0
Vampires	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–2	0.0
Big Red	1–1	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	45–89	33.6
Necro Midrange	44–88	33.3
Lifegain Midrange	1–2	33.3
Sultai Midrange	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Artifact Midrange	2–0	100.0
Ramp	34–25	57.6
Rofellos Ramp	24–23	51.1