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

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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 8 weeks, 3 days.

Ensoul Aggro-Control

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Control	2228	4200–4562–3	47.9	89	965
Ensoul Aggro-Control	60	149–123	54.8	4	33

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	50–12	80.6
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	4–0	100.0
Mono White Heroic	2–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	16–2	88.9
Proliferate Red	1–0	100.0
Goblins	4–0	100.0
Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono White Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	4–1	80.0
Elves	0–1	0.0
Artifact Aggro	10–2	83.3
Affinity	2–1	66.7
Tempered Steel	4–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	4–1	80.0
Voltron	3–0	100.0
Hexproof	2–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–0	100.0
Knights	2–1	66.7
AggroSlide	4–3	57.1
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	1–0	100.0
Bant Humans	1–0	100.0
Combo	20–31	39.2
Storm	0–6	0.0
Dimir Tendrils	0–2	0.0
High Tide	0–1	0.0
Izzet Storm	0–3	0.0
Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Worldgorger Dragon	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–3	40.0
Hypergenesis	3–1	75.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Umbral Mantle	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–1	50.0
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	0–2	0.0
Izzet Ascension	1–1	50.0
Breakfast	9–12	42.9
Oops All Spells	9–12	42.9
Dice Factory	1–1	50.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
GreenTwin	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	0–2	0.0
Control	16–21	43.2
Esper Control	1–1	50.0
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	5–7	41.7
Cawblade	1–6	14.3
Izzet Control	1–4	20.0
Mill	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–3	0.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Grixis Control	1–0	100.0
Cruel Control	1–0	100.0
Stax	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–2	33.3
Astral Slide	1–2	33.3
Bant Control	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Control	0–1	0.0
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	10–17	37.0
Burn	0–1	0.0
Infect	2–3	40.0
Simic Infect	2–1	66.7
Blazing Shoal Infect	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	0–8	0.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	0–7	0.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	2–1	66.7
Hushnought	4–4	50.0
Combo Goblins	2–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	2–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	18–17	51.4
Izzet Tempo	8–7	53.3
Wizards	1–3	25.0
Ninjas	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	2–1	66.7
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Ensoul Aggro-Control	5–5	50.0
Combo-Control	7–10	41.2
Mindcrank	0–3	0.0
Plasma Swans	2–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	5–6	45.5
Jokulhaups Control	5–6	45.5
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	2–5	28.6
Temur Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Mardu Jokulhaups Control	1–0	100.0
Midrange	23–13	63.9
Allies	1–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Midrange	0–1	0.0
Hellion Whip	1–0	100.0
Angels	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Angels	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Midrange	6–7	46.2
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	3–0	100.0
Orzhov Hero	3–0	100.0
Clerics	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	1–2	33.3
Artifact Midrange	2–1	66.7
Game Objects	1–0	100.0
Ramp	5–2	71.4
Rofellos Ramp	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Ramp	5–1	83.3
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	4–1	80.0