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.

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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, 6 days.

Aristocrats

Tournaments Only
Season 8▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
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37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Combo	223	379–392	49.2	2	13	11
Aristocrats	102	204–170	54.5	1	6	6
Mono Black Aristocrats	8	14–9	60.9
Golgari Aristocrats	44	85–67	55.9	1	6	3
Abzan Aristocrats	34	71–58	55.0			2
Mardu Aristocrats	8	16–20	44.4
Rakdos Aristocrats	3	7–5	58.3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	53–57	48.2
Mono Black Aggro	3–3	50.0
Heroic	3–1	75.0
Mono White Heroic	2–1	66.7
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	7–18	28.0
Mono Red Devotion	1–6	14.3
Goblins	1–3	25.0
Tokens	7–4	63.6
Selesnya Tokens	4–2	66.7
Mono Green Stompy	1–0	100.0
White Weenie	5–5	50.0
Odric Keywords	0–2	0.0
Soldiers	1–1	50.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	2–0	100.0
Werewolves	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	1–3	25.0
Merfolk	3–5	37.5
Artifact Aggro	11–3	78.6
Affinity	2–0	100.0
Boros Vehicles	7–1	87.5
Salvage Titan	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	0–1	0.0
Devastating Dreams	0–4	0.0
Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	3–3	50.0
Boros Auras	1–2	33.3
Equipment Aggro	0–1	0.0
Combo	18–11	62.1
Storm	8–1	88.9
Dimir Tendrils	5–1	83.3
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	1–4	20.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–4	20.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–5	16.7
Myr Incubator	1–0	100.0
Cruel Combo	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Cephalid Breakfast	1–0	100.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Control	43–32	57.3
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	7–4	63.6
Demonic Rising	7–5	58.3
Mono Blue Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	6–3	66.7
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	1–2	33.3
Mardu Control	0–3	0.0
Cloudpost Control	3–0	100.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	3–0	100.0
Grixis Control	3–3	50.0
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	1–2	33.3
Cycling Control	1–2	33.3
Astral Slide	1–2	33.3
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Bant Control	4–1	80.0
Enchantments Control	2–0	100.0
Orzhov Control	0–2	0.0
Aggro-Combo	6–9	40.0
Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Abzan Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Mardu Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Infect	0–1	0.0
Pummeler	3–5	37.5
Aggro-Control	11–14	44.0
Simic Flash	1–1	50.0
Izzet Tempo	1–7	12.5
Blue Madness	0–2	0.0
Temur Madness	0–1	0.0
Wizards	1–2	33.3
Tetsukotog	3–0	100.0
Combo-Control	16–5	76.2
Burning Vengeance	1–0	100.0
Cruel Combo-Control	3–1	75.0
Battle of Wits	1–1	50.0
Shared Fate	2–0	100.0
Sunforger	3–1	75.0
Pickles	0–2	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–0	100.0
Wildfire	4–0	100.0
Midrange	44–36	55.0
Temur Ascendancy	5–6	45.5
Prophet Ascendancy	0–2	0.0
Grenzo	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	4–3	57.1
Knights of Windgrace	2–1	66.7
Jund	10–2	83.3
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Allies	0–1	0.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–2	33.3
Mardu Midrange	3–0	100.0
Leave // Chance Midrange	3–0	100.0
Yisan-Prophet	2–3	40.0
White Jund	1–2	33.3
Vampires	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–1	50.0
Legends Midrange	2–1	66.7
Boros Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mardu Legends	1–0	100.0
Elementals	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–1	66.7
Big Red	0–2	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Sultai Emerge	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	2–1	66.7
Prophet Glare	0–1	0.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Ramp	13–6	68.4
Cloudpost Ramp	3–0	100.0
Gruul Post	2–0	100.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Domain	0–1	0.0