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-Control

Tournaments Only
Season 9▾
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Control	217	394–411	48.9	1	22	7
Simic Flash	48	116–81	58.9	0	13	2
Simic Vat	44	109–76	58.9	0	13	2
Izzet Tempo	52	67–120	35.8	0	1
Azorius Skies	5	7–13	35.0
Blue Madness	7	11–19	36.7
Temur Madness	2	2–4	33.3
Lich Aggro-Control	8	14–13	51.9	0	1
Temur Clues	1	0–2	0.0
Wizards	1	0–2	0.0
Tetsukotog	19	28–34	45.2	0	1	1
12 Pest	60	133–95	58.3	1	5	4
Izzet Spells	1	0–2	0.0
Azorius Tempo	2	5–5	50.0	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	97–131	42.5
Mono Black Aggro	6–5	54.5
Heroic	5–5	50.0
Mono White Heroic	1–2	33.3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	2–2	50.0
Red Deck Wins	48–63	43.2
Mono Red Devotion	2–1	66.7
Prisoner	0–5	0.0
Proliferate Red	11–9	55.0
Tokens	4–0	100.0
Selesnya Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–4	20.0
White Weenie	8–11	42.1
Odric Keywords	2–4	33.3
Kithkin	0–2	0.0
Elves	0–1	0.0
Werewolves	0–3	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	5–5	50.0
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	1–2	33.3
Mono Red Swarm	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	4–16	20.0
Affinity	2–12	14.3
Boros Vehicles	0–1	0.0
Salvage Titan	1–1	50.0
Devoid Aggro	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	5–10	33.3
Hexproof	1–3	25.0
Equipment Aggro	4–7	36.4
Naya Zoo	3–1	75.0
Humans	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Humans	1–2	33.3
Combo	54–48	52.9
Reanimator	21–24	46.7
Recurring Nightmare	13–16	44.8
Dragon Nightmare	2–7	22.2
Jund Nightmare	7–2	77.8
Four Color Powerful Magic	2–6	25.0
Living Death	7–8	46.7
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
New Perspectives	10–8	55.6
Jeskai Ascendancy	8–3	72.7
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	4–0	100.0
Myr Incubator	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	1–3	25.0
Fake-Twin	2–2	50.0
Murderous Mastery	0–2	0.0
Combo Post	0–1	0.0
Eggs	1–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Cephalid Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Oops All Lands	1–0	100.0
Stuffy Doll	4–2	66.7
Control	85–76	52.8
Mono Black Control	1–2	33.3
Esper Control	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	3–5	37.5
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	2–0	100.0
Mill	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Control	34–32	51.5
Azorius Cloudpost Control	8–6	57.1
Blackpost	6–7	46.2
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	4–2	66.7
Dimir Cloudpost Control	7–6	53.8
Izzet Cloudpost Control	2–3	40.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	0–3	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	0–2	0.0
Chandra Nalaar	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Control	11–10	52.4
Jeskai Approach	3–4	42.9
Ponza	3–0	100.0
Dynavolt Tower	3–0	100.0
Cycling Control	3–4	42.9
Astral Slide	2–1	66.7
Five Color Control	1–6	14.3
Sultai Control	2–1	66.7
Enchantments Control	1–1	50.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	10–10	50.0
Aggro-Combo	28–25	52.8
Aristocrats	18–22	45.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	5–5	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	9–13	40.9
Golgari Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Abzan Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Burn	4–1	80.0
Infect	4–1	80.0
Pummeler	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Control	19–19	50.0
Simic Flash	3–2	60.0
Simic Vat	2–2	50.0
Izzet Tempo	6–4	60.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Temur Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Tetsukotog	3–3	50.0
12 Pest	5–8	38.5
Combo-Control	19–24	44.2
Battle of Wits	4–0	100.0
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Sunforger	2–0	100.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Displace Loop	4–4	50.0
Hedron Alignment	1–1	50.0
Yosei Vat	2–4	33.3
Mass Land Destruction	4–14	22.2
Wildfire	4–14	22.2
Midrange	58–68	46.0
Temur Ascendancy	7–9	43.8
The Rock	7–5	58.3
Abzan Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund	0–1	0.0
Blink	11–5	68.8
Wave Blink	11–5	68.8
Cloudpost Wave Blink	2–2	50.0
Azorius Wave	9–3	75.0
Graveyard Value	1–1	50.0
Enchantments Matter	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Enchantress	0–2	0.0
Allies	4–4	50.0
Orzhov Allies	2–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	1–1	50.0
Boros Allies	0–1	0.0
Esper Allies	1–1	50.0
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	3–19	13.6
Mono Black Vampires	0–16	0.0
Orzhov Vampires	3–3	50.0
Hellion Whip	1–1	50.0
Temur Energy	3–3	50.0
Sultai Midrange	3–6	33.3
Sultai Emerge	3–6	33.3
Orzhov Midrange	3–1	75.0
Ramp	34–20	63.0
Rofellos Ramp	9–13	40.9
Cloudpost Ramp	22–7	75.9
Eldrazipost	2–2	50.0
Locus Awakening	4–0	100.0
Greenpost	3–0	100.0
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Simic Post	2–2	50.0
Domain	2–0	100.0