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

More Info

Sign Up
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.

More Info

Sign Up
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-Control

Tournaments Only
Season 8▾
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-Control	223	364–450	44.7	0	15	6
Simic Flash	4	11–8	57.9	0	1
Izzet Tempo	85	152–165	47.9	0	5	3
Azorius Skies	6	5–12	29.4
Blue Madness	27	42–43	49.4			1
Simic Madness	4	3–4	42.9
Temur Madness	6	7–11	38.9
Grixis Madness	9	21–15	58.3			1
Lich Aggro-Control	6	8–11	42.1	0	1
Wizards	28	41–65	38.7	0	2	2
Tetsukotog	21	39–38	50.6	0	2
Izzet Spells	2	8–2	80.0	0	1
Azorius Tempo	3	3–12	20.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	91–160	36.3
Mono Black Aggro	3–15	16.7
Heroic	3–3	50.0
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Azorius Heroic	1–1	50.0
Boros Heroic	1–2	33.3
Red Deck Wins	15–39	27.8
Mono Red Devotion	4–18	18.2
Goblins	3–12	20.0
Tokens	12–9	57.1
Selesnya Tokens	11–9	55.0
Mardu Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–0	100.0
White Weenie	13–22	37.1
Odric Keywords	3–11	21.4
Soldiers	0–2	0.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	0–1	0.0
Werewolves	0–2	0.0
Minotaurs	0–1	0.0
Warriors	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–3	25.0
Zombies	3–4	42.9
Gruul Aggro	0–4	0.0
Merfolk	6–13	31.6
Artifact Aggro	5–7	41.7
Affinity	1–1	50.0
Boros Vehicles	2–1	66.7
Salvage Titan	2–4	33.3
Mono Blue Aggro	4–0	100.0
Devastating Dreams	3–9	25.0
Madness	1–6	14.3
Gruul Madness	0–1	0.0
Golgari Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–4	33.3
Boros Auras	0–1	0.0
Equipment Aggro	0–2	0.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Hellbent	1–0	100.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	39–22	63.9
Storm	17–9	65.4
Sultai Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tendrils	10–5	66.7
Dragonstorm	1–2	33.3
Hazoret Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	3–5	37.5
Traditional Reanimator	3–5	37.5
Grixis Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	6–3	66.7
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Myr Incubator	2–5	28.6
Cruel Combo	6–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Cephalid Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Control	79–101	43.9
Mono Black Control	0–2	0.0
Esper Control	14–15	48.3
Demonic Rising	10–19	34.5
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	3–2	60.0
Azorius Control	6–7	46.2
Izzet Control	4–4	50.0
Mardu Control	4–2	66.7
Mill	2–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	8–15	34.8
Cruel Control	2–4	33.3
Jeskai Control	0–1	0.0
Ponza	2–0	100.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–6	14.3
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Sultai Control	1–2	33.3
Guildgate Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	14–13	51.9
Enchantments Control	3–4	42.9
Aggro-Combo	25–20	55.6
Aristocrats	14–11	56.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	11–2	84.6
Mardu Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–2	0.0
Burn	2–0	100.0
Infect	3–0	100.0
Pummeler	4–5	44.4
Aggro-Control	14–14	50.0
Simic Flash	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	6–4	60.0
Blue Madness	1–3	25.0
Temur Madness	0–2	0.0
Grixis Madness	0–1	0.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Wizards	2–2	50.0
Tetsukotog	0–1	0.0
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	20–18	52.6
Curses	1–1	50.0
Cruel Combo-Control	3–5	37.5
Battle of Wits	6–3	66.7
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Pickles	2–3	40.0
Lich's Mastery	1–1	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–1	66.7
Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Midrange	83–106	43.9
Temur Ascendancy	7–20	25.9
Prophet Ascendancy	0–3	0.0
The Rock	1–0	100.0
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	7–3	70.0
Knights of Windgrace	2–1	66.7
Jund	17–22	43.6
Blink	0–2	0.0
Graveyard Value	5–3	62.5
Enchantments Matter	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Enchantress	1–2	33.3
Allies	5–4	55.6
Orzhov Allies	0–1	0.0
Esper Allies	2–2	50.0
BRGW Allies	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	2–2	50.0
Mardu Midrange	2–2	50.0
Leave // Chance Midrange	0–2	0.0
Yisan-Prophet	4–5	44.4
White Jund	1–9	10.0
Vampires	4–3	57.1
Mono Black Vampires	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Vampires	3–2	60.0
Legends Midrange	1–3	25.0
Boros Legends Midrange	1–3	25.0
Elementals	3–2	60.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–3	0.0
Temur Energy	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	3–12	20.0
Sultai Emerge	0–12	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–2	33.3
Prophet Glare	2–0	100.0
Ramp	13–9	59.1
Villainous Wealth	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	1–1	50.0
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Simic Post	0–1	0.0
Domain	0–2	0.0
Temur Bombardment	1–1	50.0