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, 3 days.

Aggro-Combo

Tournaments Only
Season 9▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
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37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Combo	360	712–617	53.6	9	33	24
Aristocrats	214	493–363	57.6	8	29	20
Mono Black Aristocrats	29	86–48	64.2	2	5	3
Orzhov Aristocrats	126	299–212	58.5	6	22	13
Golgari Aristocrats	27	63–51	55.3	0	1	4
Abzan Aristocrats	20	29–28	50.9	0	1
Mardu Aristocrats	7	5–13	27.8
Rakdos Aristocrats	1	1–1	50.0
Burn	28	17–39	30.4			1
Infect	30	39–59	39.8
Pummeler	71	127–123	50.8			3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	203–151	57.3
Mono Black Aggro	2–7	22.2
Heroic	10–7	58.8
Mono White Heroic	6–3	66.7
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	2–4	33.3
Red Deck Wins	100–73	57.8
Mono Red Devotion	3–1	75.0
Prisoner	8–4	66.7
Proliferate Red	7–6	53.8
Goblins	1–1	50.0
Tokens	4–3	57.1
Selesnya Tokens	3–1	75.0
Mono Green Stompy	9–10	47.4
White Weenie	6–3	66.7
Odric Keywords	1–1	50.0
Kithkin	1–0	100.0
Elves	5–0	100.0
Werewolves	4–2	66.7
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	9–10	47.4
Rogues	0–2	0.0
Zombies	2–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	4–4	50.0
Merfolk	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Swarm	4–3	57.1
Artifact Aggro	14–10	58.3
Affinity	7–8	46.7
Boros Vehicles	2–0	100.0
Salvage Titan	3–0	100.0
Devoid Aggro	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Madness	3–1	75.0
Gruul Madness	1–1	50.0
Voltron	14–9	60.9
Hexproof	2–2	50.0
Boros Auras	1–1	50.0
Equipment Aggro	9–6	60.0
Naya Zoo	2–1	66.7
Boros Aggro	1–2	33.3
Humans	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	2–0	100.0
Combo	90–97	48.1
Storm	2–0	100.0
Reanimator	40–61	39.6
Recurring Nightmare	29–41	41.4
Dragon Nightmare	13–19	40.6
Jund Nightmare	3–7	30.0
Four Color Powerful Magic	5–6	45.5
Living Death	9–19	32.1
Traditional Reanimator	2–1	66.7
Warp World	2–2	50.0
Actual Warp World	2–2	50.0
New Perspectives	3–2	60.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	11–2	84.6
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Myr Incubator	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	11–14	44.0
Fake-Twin	3–3	50.0
Murderous Mastery	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Fake-Twin	0–1	0.0
Combo Post	1–0	100.0
Saffi Combo	1–1	50.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Cephalid Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	1–1	50.0
Oops All Lands	3–5	37.5
Stuffy Doll	2–2	50.0
Control	124–134	48.1
Mono Black Control	2–1	66.7
Esper Control	7–6	53.8
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	4–3	57.1
Azorius Control	5–15	25.0
Adam's Ale	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	3–2	60.0
Izzet Control	1–1	50.0
Mardu Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Control	32–50	39.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	8–10	44.4
Blackpost	4–7	36.4
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	2–9	18.2
Dimir Cloudpost Control	5–11	31.3
Izzet Cloudpost Control	5–2	71.4
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	2–8	20.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	2–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	17–22	43.6
Jeskai Approach	7–11	38.9
Ponza	3–2	60.0
Mono White Control	0–1	0.0
Dynavolt Tower	4–4	50.0
Cycling Control	13–6	68.4
Astral Slide	7–4	63.6
Five Color Control	6–10	37.5
Sultai Control	2–0	100.0
Enchantments Control	4–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	7–7	50.0
Aggro-Combo	45–45	50.0
Aristocrats	22–33	40.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	4–6	40.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	15–23	39.5
Golgari Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Abzan Aristocrats	3–2	60.0
Burn	4–0	100.0
Infect	2–0	100.0
Pummeler	14–9	60.9
Aggro-Control	25–28	47.2
Simic Flash	5–10	33.3
Simic Vat	5–10	33.3
Izzet Tempo	4–8	33.3
Blue Madness	2–1	66.7
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Tetsukotog	4–0	100.0
12 Pest	9–8	52.9
Combo-Control	48–30	61.5
Curses	2–3	40.0
Battle of Wits	6–2	75.0
Sunforger	0–1	0.0
Pickles	1–1	50.0
Displace Loop	11–6	64.7
Hedron Alignment	2–0	100.0
Yosei Vat	2–1	66.7
Mass Land Destruction	23–16	59.0
Wildfire	23–16	59.0
Midrange	120–98	55.0
Temur Ascendancy	10–13	43.5
The Rock	11–10	52.4
Abzan Midrange	5–4	55.6
Jund	7–4	63.6
Blink	9–13	40.9
Wave Blink	9–12	42.9
Cloudpost Wave Blink	0–5	0.0
Azorius Wave	7–7	50.0
Graveyard Value	1–1	50.0
Enchantments Matter	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Enchantress	1–1	50.0
Allies	15–3	83.3
Orzhov Allies	1–1	50.0
Mardu Allies	6–1	85.7
Boros Allies	5–1	83.3
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	2–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	17–21	44.7
Mono Black Vampires	12–16	42.9
Rakdos Vampires	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Vampires	4–3	57.1
Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Boros Legends Midrange	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–0	100.0
Hellion Whip	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	10–10	50.0
Sultai Emerge	10–10	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	1–1	50.0
Ramp	57–34	62.6
Villainous Wealth	2–2	50.0
Rofellos Ramp	25–16	61.0
Wild Pair	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	25–16	61.0
Eldrazipost	6–3	66.7
Locus Awakening	3–5	37.5
Golgari Post	2–0	100.0
Greenpost	2–1	66.7
Gruul Post	2–0	100.0
Domain	1–0	100.0