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, 6 days.

Aggro

Tournaments Only
Season 9▾
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
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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
Aggro	389	810–753	51.8	19	179
Mono Black Aggro	6	5–15	25.0	0	2
Heroic	15	30–31	49.2	1	4
Mono White Heroic	4	12–7	63.2	1	2
Selesnya Heroic	11	18–24	42.9	0	2
Red Deck Wins	208	473–382	55.3	13	103
Mono Red Devotion	4	13–7	65.0	1	3
Prisoner	8	11–14	44.0	0	3
Proliferate Red	16	42–30	58.3	1	6
Goblins	1	0–3	0.0
Tokens	7	6–17	26.1	0	1
Selesnya Tokens	4	4–7	36.4	0	1
Mono Green Stompy	29	71–62	53.4	2	19
White Weenie	16	36–30	54.5	0	8
Odric Keywords	3	6–7	46.2	0	1
Elves	3	7–6	53.8	0	1
Werewolves	7	6–14	30.0	0	2
Warriors	1	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	12	28–25	52.8	2	5
Zombies	7	11–15	42.3	0	1
Gruul Aggro	9	13–22	37.1	0	3
Mono Red Swarm	9	13–19	40.6	0	4
Artifact Aggro	33	70–56	55.6	1	16
Affinity	25	63–43	59.4	1	15
Boros Vehicles	2	1–3	25.0
Salvage Titan	4	3–5	37.5	0	1
Mono Blue Aggro	2	1–4	20.0
Madness	1	2–2	50.0
Voltron	8	10–14	41.7	0	2
Hexproof	1	2–1	66.7
Equipment Aggro	5	8–10	44.4	0	2
Naya Zoo	9	19–21	47.5	0	7
Boros Aggro	1	0–4	0.0
Humans	1	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Humans	1	2–2	50.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	284–284	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	3–1	75.0
Heroic	10–7	58.8
Mono White Heroic	1–3	25.0
Selesnya Heroic	9–4	69.2
Red Deck Wins	145–154	48.5
Mono Red Devotion	4–6	40.0
Prisoner	2–2	50.0
Proliferate Red	16–14	53.3
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	4–3	57.1
Selesnya Tokens	3–2	60.0
Mono Green Stompy	23–26	46.9
White Weenie	13–10	56.5
Odric Keywords	3–0	100.0
Elves	2–4	33.3
Werewolves	6–2	75.0
Warriors	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	14–14	50.0
Zombies	8–2	80.0
Gruul Aggro	12–4	75.0
Mono Red Swarm	5–6	45.5
Artifact Aggro	22–30	42.3
Affinity	18–27	40.0
Boros Vehicles	0–1	0.0
Salvage Titan	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Aggro	1–1	50.0
Voltron	4–4	50.0
Equipment Aggro	2–4	33.3
Naya Zoo	7–11	38.9
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Humans	0–1	0.0
Combo	78–85	47.9
Reanimator	34–36	48.6
Recurring Nightmare	16–14	53.3
Dragon Nightmare	9–8	52.9
Jund Nightmare	1–1	50.0
Four Color Powerful Magic	6–2	75.0
Living Death	18–22	45.0
New Perspectives	11–9	55.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	6–9	40.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	4–7	36.4
Myr Incubator	0–1	0.0
Umbral Mantle	12–13	48.0
Fake-Twin	2–3	40.0
Murderous Mastery	2–3	40.0
Combo Post	6–11	35.3
Turntimber Ranger	3–1	75.0
Stuffy Doll	1–1	50.0
Control	192–126	60.4
Mono Black Control	5–1	83.3
Esper Control	10–5	66.7
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	19–11	63.3
Azorius Control	7–7	50.0
Turbo Fog	4–0	100.0
Izzet Control	2–0	100.0
Mardu Control	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	46–42	52.3
Azorius Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Blackpost	7–9	43.8
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	4–1	80.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	22–16	57.9
Izzet Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	3–11	21.4
Mono White Cloudpost Control	2–1	66.7
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	3–1	75.0
Jeskai Control	39–41	48.8
Jeskai Approach	9–9	50.0
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	2–2	50.0
Cycling Control	13–2	86.7
Astral Slide	5–1	83.3
Five Color Control	7–1	87.5
Sultai Control	5–1	83.3
Four Color Counter Ghazi	25–10	71.4
Aggro-Combo	39–59	39.8
Aristocrats	29–48	37.7
Mono Black Aristocrats	3–9	25.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	23–36	39.0
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Infect	4–2	66.7
Pummeler	5–4	55.6
Aggro-Control	32–33	49.2
Simic Flash	10–15	40.0
Simic Vat	10–15	40.0
Izzet Tempo	8–1	88.9
Lich Aggro-Control	1–2	33.3
Tetsukotog	1–2	33.3
12 Pest	7–10	41.2
Azorius Tempo	1–2	33.3
Combo-Control	63–48	56.8
Curses	5–1	83.3
Battle of Wits	11–9	55.0
Shared Fate	0–1	0.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Displace Loop	12–6	66.7
Familiars	1–1	50.0
Hedron Alignment	7–3	70.0
Yosei Vat	7–5	58.3
Curious Niv-Mizzet	1–2	33.3
Mass Land Destruction	16–20	44.4
Wildfire	16–20	44.4
Midrange	90–99	47.6
Temur Ascendancy	10–9	52.6
The Rock	7–4	63.6
Abzan Midrange	4–1	80.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	2–2	50.0
Blink	11–40	21.6
Wave Blink	11–40	21.6
Cloudpost Wave Blink	3–2	60.0
Azorius Wave	7–38	15.6
Graveyard Value	3–0	100.0
Allies	10–9	52.6
Orzhov Allies	5–1	83.3
Mardu Allies	4–5	44.4
Boros Allies	1–2	33.3
-1/-1 Counters	1–1	50.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	18–21	46.2
Mono Black Vampires	13–17	43.3
Orzhov Vampires	4–4	50.0
Legends Midrange	0–2	0.0
Boros Legends Midrange	0–2	0.0
Elementals	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–1	50.0
Sultai Emerge	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–1	75.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	32–19	62.7
Rofellos Ramp	22–12	64.7
Cloudpost Ramp	10–7	58.8
Eldrazipost	4–1	80.0
Locus Awakening	1–0	100.0
Golgari Post	3–0	100.0
Greenpost	2–5	28.6