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 1 week.

The Penny Dreadful 500 is on Nov 16th with free entry and $500 in prizes!

Orzhov Aristocrats

Tournaments Only
Season 9▾
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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
Orzhov Aristocrats	126	299–212	58.5	6	22	13

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	91–48	65.5
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	3–4	42.9
Mono White Heroic	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Heroic	2–3	40.0
Red Deck Wins	50–24	67.6
Mono Red Devotion	1–0	100.0
Prisoner	4–1	80.0
Proliferate Red	2–1	66.7
Goblins	1–0	100.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	5–5	50.0
White Weenie	3–0	100.0
Odric Keywords	1–0	100.0
Elves	2–0	100.0
Werewolves	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Little Kid	4–1	80.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	2–2	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–2	50.0
Artifact Aggro	9–4	69.2
Affinity	6–4	60.0
Salvage Titan	3–0	100.0
Voltron	2–1	66.7
Hexproof	1–1	50.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Naya Zoo	1–0	100.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	29–43	40.3
Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	12–25	32.4
Recurring Nightmare	9–14	39.1
Dragon Nightmare	8–7	53.3
Jund Nightmare	1–3	25.0
Four Color Powerful Magic	0–3	0.0
Living Death	2–11	15.4
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
New Perspectives	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	4–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Umbral Mantle	5–10	33.3
Fake-Twin	1–2	33.3
Murderous Mastery	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Fake-Twin	0–1	0.0
Saffi Combo	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Cephalid Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	0–1	0.0
Oops All Lands	0–2	0.0
Stuffy Doll	1–1	50.0
Control	44–47	48.4
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	2–1	66.7
Dimir Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	4–7	36.4
Adam's Ale	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	14–23	37.8
Azorius Cloudpost Control	3–5	37.5
Blackpost	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–4	20.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	4–6	40.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	3–2	60.0
Cloudy With Sunny Spells	0–3	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–0	100.0
Chandra Nalaar	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	6–5	54.5
Jeskai Approach	3–3	50.0
Dynavolt Tower	0–1	0.0
Cycling Control	3–3	50.0
Astral Slide	3–2	60.0
Five Color Control	2–3	40.0
Enchantments Control	3–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Combo	23–15	60.5
Aristocrats	12–12	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–3	40.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	9–9	50.0
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	1–0	100.0
Infect	1–0	100.0
Pummeler	7–3	70.0
Aggro-Control	13–9	59.1
Simic Flash	4–5	44.4
Simic Vat	4–5	44.4
Izzet Tempo	2–3	40.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Tetsukotog	2–0	100.0
12 Pest	4–1	80.0
Combo-Control	22–10	68.8
Curses	2–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	3–0	100.0
Sunforger	0–1	0.0
Pickles	1–1	50.0
Displace Loop	5–1	83.3
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	10–7	58.8
Wildfire	10–7	58.8
Midrange	56–31	64.4
Temur Ascendancy	3–1	75.0
The Rock	5–2	71.4
Abzan Midrange	2–3	40.0
Jund	4–2	66.7
Blink	6–7	46.2
Wave Blink	6–7	46.2
Cloudpost Wave Blink	0–3	0.0
Azorius Wave	5–4	55.6
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Allies	6–0	100.0
Orzhov Allies	1–0	100.0
Mardu Allies	2–0	100.0
Boros Allies	2–0	100.0
Esper Allies	1–0	100.0
-1/-1 Counters	2–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	9–7	56.3
Mono Black Vampires	6–6	50.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	5–3	62.5
Sultai Emerge	5–3	62.5
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Ramp	21–9	70.0
Villainous Wealth	0–1	0.0
Rofellos Ramp	11–2	84.6
Wild Pair	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	7–6	53.8
Eldrazipost	1–1	50.0
Locus Awakening	0–1	0.0
Golgari Post	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	1–0	100.0
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Domain	1–0	100.0