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 10 weeks, 1 day.

Aggro-Control

Tournaments Only
Season 33▾
1. All
2. 33
3. 32
4. 31
5. 30
6. 29
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Control	168	305–295	50.8	2	12	9
Simic Flash	8	18–17	51.4			1
Izzet Tempo	41	64–65	49.6	0	7
Wizards	2	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	67	157–112	58.4	2	5	7
Mono Blue Librarians	45	109–67	61.9	1	4	6
Izzet Spells	9	16–15	51.6
Dimir Tempo	25	31–50	38.3			1
Dimir Faeries	2	1–6	14.3
Azorius Tempo	7	4–13	23.5

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	73–86	45.9
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	3–3	50.0
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	2–3	40.0
Red Deck Wins	17–18	48.6
Mono Green Stompy	1–1	50.0
White Weenie	10–7	58.8
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–1	66.7
Soldiers	2–2	50.0
Mono White Humans	5–4	55.6
Elves	2–3	40.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Zombies	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	10–10	50.0
Affinity	9–8	52.9
Hardened Scales Affinity	9–7	56.3
Mono Blue Architect	1–1	50.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Jund Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	2–1	66.7
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–1	50.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	0–5	0.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–1	50.0
Humans	11–19	36.7
Boros Humans	4–5	44.4
Orzhov Humans	7–14	33.3
Legends Aggro	6–7	46.2
Boros Legends Aggro	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1–1	50.0
Bard Class	4–5	44.4
Permanent Vacation	4–0	100.0
Pirates	1–8	11.1
Combo	55–50	52.4
Storm	5–4	55.6
Citadel Storm	3–3	50.0
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Dimir Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–3	40.0
Warp World	7–15	31.8
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	5–4	55.6
Oops All Spells	5–4	55.6
Oops All Lands	7–3	70.0
Dredge	12–11	52.2
Insidious Roots Dredge	9–9	50.0
Calibrated Blast	4–0	100.0
Restore Balance	2–2	50.0
Gyruda	2–1	66.7
Possibility Storm	1–0	100.0
Midnight Mass	0–2	0.0
Control	48–52	48.0
Esper Control	5–10	33.3
Dimir Control	1–0	100.0
Azorius Control	12–10	54.5
Turbo Fog	5–4	55.6
Izzet Control	2–0	100.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Boros Control	2–3	40.0
Grixis Control	3–1	75.0
Cruel Control	2–0	100.0
Stax	3–3	50.0
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	0–4	0.0
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Seasons Past Control	2–5	28.6
Orzhov Control	3–5	37.5
Prison	6–4	60.0
Enchantress	3–1	75.0
Aggro-Combo	15–26	36.6
Aristocrats	11–23	32.4
Food	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	11–22	33.3
Burn	3–3	50.0
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	18–18	50.0
Simic Flash	1–1	50.0
Izzet Tempo	6–4	60.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–9	25.0
Mono Blue Librarians	2–6	25.0
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tempo	4–1	80.0
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	15–8	65.2
Battle of Wits	2–1	66.7
Sunforger	2–1	66.7
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Greasefang	9–6	60.0
Midrange	52–43	54.7
The Rock	5–8	38.5
Grenzo	0–1	0.0
Abzan Midrange	5–5	50.0
Selesnya Midrange	2–1	66.7
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	1–3	25.0
Graveyard Value	2–1	66.7
Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	4–1	80.0
Boros Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Legends	3–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	2–1	66.7
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	6–2	75.0
Orzhov Midrange	4–9	30.8
Heartless Summoning Stompy	3–5	37.5
Fires of Invention	1–3	25.0
Hero of Precinct One	1–1	50.0
Naya Hero	1–0	100.0
Clerics	1–0	100.0
Artifact Midrange	0–1	0.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Ramp	28–12	70.0
Carth Superfriends	6–2	75.0
Field Ramp	17–8	68.0