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 1 week, 6 days.

Aggro

Tournaments Only
Season 33▾
1. All
2. 33
3. 32
4. 31
5. 30
6. 29
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8. 27
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10. 25
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20. 15
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33. 2
34. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	1345	2471–2225	52.6	20	205	62
Mono Black Aggro	23	27–49	35.5	0	6
Heroic	17	17–26	39.5			1
Mono White Heroic	2	2–8	20.0
Azorius Heroic	2	0–6	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	2	0–2	0.0
Boros Heroic	11	15–10	60.0			1
Red Deck Wins	240	491–379	56.4	2	45	18
Goblins	11	10–25	28.6
Tokens	20	29–38	43.3	0	1
Selesnya Tokens	10	16–17	48.5
Mono White Tokens	2	1–5	16.7
Mono Green Stompy	39	61–68	47.3	0	1
White Weenie	156	301–257	53.9	8	40	6
Odric Keywords	2	2–5	28.6
Quest for the Holy Relic	14	10–24	29.4
Soldiers	70	164–119	58.0	7	33	2
Mono White Humans	60	113–96	54.1	0	5	4
Elves	9	15–21	41.7
Werewolves	1	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	15	24–27	47.1
Selesnya Counters	7	7–12	36.8
Zombies	13	8–31	20.5
Gruul Aggro	9	10–20	33.3
Merfolk	11	14–22	38.9			1
Artifact Aggro	221	384–390	49.6	4	34	7
Affinity	193	341–339	50.1	4	29	6
Hardened Scales Affinity	181	319–320	49.9	4	28	5
Tempered Steel	9	17–18	48.6	0	2
Mono Blue Architect	16	23–28	45.1	0	3	1
Mono Blue Aggro	6	2–8	20.0	0	1
Illusions	4	1–7	12.5	0	1
Madness	3	1–10	9.1
Golgari Madness	1	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Madness	1	0–4	0.0
Jund Madness	1	1–4	20.0
Voltron	63	92–105	46.7	1	7	3
Hexproof	3	5–10	33.3
Equipment Aggro	10	9–20	31.0
Hateful Auras	48	75–71	51.4	1	7	3
Slivers	2	4–4	50.0
Naya Zoo	2	0–4	0.0
Knights	7	9–13	40.9
AggroSlide	41	67–64	51.1	1	13
Cats	2	7–4	63.6	0	1
Selesnya Cats	2	7–4	63.6	0	1
Rakdos Aggro	14	19–25	43.2
Boros Aggro	8	14–15	48.3			1
Humans	219	478–310	60.7	3	36	16
Selesnya Humans	5	8–7	53.3
Boros Humans	106	255–143	64.1	2	23	9
Orzhov Humans	105	213–156	57.7	1	13	7
Legends Aggro	80	156–130	54.5	0	7	5
Boros Legends Aggro	26	55–38	59.1	0	1	2
Selesnya Legends Aggro	4	7–10	41.2
Bard Class	43	84–66	56.0	0	6	3
Permanent Vacation	42	58–59	49.6	0	2	1
Pirates	67	171–110	60.9	1	11	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	595–595	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	14–7	66.7
Heroic	6–2	75.0
Mono White Heroic	2–0	100.0
Azorius Heroic	2–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	2–2	50.0
Red Deck Wins	124–93	57.1
Goblins	9–1	90.0
Tokens	10–4	71.4
Selesnya Tokens	3–2	60.0
Mono White Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono Green Stompy	13–13	50.0
White Weenie	77–84	47.8
Odric Keywords	0–2	0.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	4–2	66.7
Soldiers	39–49	44.3
Mono White Humans	32–30	51.6
Elves	4–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	6–5	54.5
Selesnya Counters	3–1	75.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	5–1	83.3
Merfolk	4–2	66.7
Artifact Aggro	96–118	44.9
Affinity	83–106	43.9
Hardened Scales Affinity	81–102	44.3
Tempered Steel	3–6	33.3
Mono Blue Architect	8–6	57.1
Mono Blue Aggro	2–1	66.7
Illusions	2–0	100.0
Madness	4–1	80.0
Rakdos Madness	2–0	100.0
Jund Madness	2–1	66.7
Voltron	30–28	51.7
Hexproof	4–2	66.7
Equipment Aggro	2–3	40.0
Hateful Auras	22–23	48.9
Slivers	1–1	50.0
AggroSlide	19–23	45.2
Cats	1–5	16.7
Selesnya Cats	1–5	16.7
Rakdos Aggro	10–2	83.3
Boros Aggro	1–3	25.0
Humans	76–104	42.2
Selesnya Humans	2–1	66.7
Boros Humans	23–53	30.3
Orzhov Humans	50–50	50.0
Legends Aggro	32–38	45.7
Boros Legends Aggro	8–8	50.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1–4	20.0
Bard Class	18–22	45.0
Permanent Vacation	14–20	41.2
Pirates	33–39	45.8
Combo	431–360	54.5
Storm	26–2	92.9
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	14–2	87.5
Grixis Tendrils	2–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	9–0	100.0
Reanimator	1–2	33.3
Traditional Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	19–16	54.3
Dubious Challenge	2–0	100.0
Warp World	130–153	45.9
Temur Glimpse	34–37	47.9
Boros Glimpse	95–112	45.9
Hypergenesis	3–2	60.0
Splendid Reclamation Combo	4–2	66.7
Jeskai Ascendancy	4–1	80.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	4–1	80.0
"Twin"	2–1	66.7
Metalwork Colossus	3–2	60.0
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	3–1	75.0
Eggs	2–1	66.7
Blazing Shoal Combo	11–8	57.9
Taking Turns	2–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	3–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–2	33.3
Soulflayer	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	18–21	46.2
Oops All Spells	17–21	44.7
Oops All Lands	33–42	44.0
Dredge	74–45	62.2
Insidious Roots Dredge	70–43	61.9
Polymorph	3–1	75.0
Storm Herald	5–4	55.6
Tibalt's Trickery	5–3	62.5
Intruder Alarm	4–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	13–10	56.5
Restore Balance	10–21	32.3
Gyruda	6–4	60.0
Belcher	2–0	100.0
Possibility Storm	4–2	66.7
Midnight Mass	2–4	33.3
Control	377–377	50.0
Mono Black Control	2–0	100.0
Esper Control	45–46	49.5
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Control	6–2	75.0
Dimir Control	16–3	84.2
Azorius Control	128–133	49.0
Turbo Fog	11–17	39.3
Izzet Control	13–24	35.1
Mill	13–1	92.9
Boros Control	4–7	36.4
Grixis Control	25–8	75.8
Cruel Control	13–5	72.2
Stax	11–6	64.7
Jeskai Control	9–5	64.3
Dragon Control	5–3	62.5
Runeflare	9–1	90.0
Mono White Control	16–31	34.0
Five Color Control	4–3	57.1
Seasons Past Control	8–10	44.4
Orzhov Control	30–64	31.9
Prison	10–7	58.8
Enchantress	3–1	75.0
Aggro-Combo	137–104	56.8
Aristocrats	107–89	54.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Food	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	98–87	53.0
Boros Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	13–5	72.2
Infect	1–1	50.0
Golgari Infect	1–1	50.0
Turbo Myth	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	123–107	53.5
Simic Flash	10–3	76.9
Izzet Tempo	22–20	52.4
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	50–65	43.5
Mono Blue Librarians	37–55	40.2
Izzet Spells	8–7	53.3
Dimir Tempo	18–7	72.0
Dimir Faeries	4–1	80.0
Azorius Tempo	8–4	66.7
Combo-Control	123–92	57.2
Curses	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	38–12	76.0
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Sunforger	7–7	50.0
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Familiars	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	7–1	87.5
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	7–6	53.8
Wildfire	7–6	53.8
Borderpost Wildfire	2–2	50.0
Resurgent Belief	7–2	77.8
Greasefang	52–64	44.8
Esper Greasefang	17–16	51.5
Orzhov Greasefang	32–48	40.0
Midrange	530–504	51.3
The Rock	78–78	50.0
Grenzo	4–6	40.0
Abzan Midrange	30–27	52.6
Selesnya Midrange	18–15	54.5
Jund	4–3	57.1
Blink	21–24	46.7
Graveyard Value	22–5	81.5
Enchantments Matter	4–1	80.0
Allies	4–2	66.7
Azorius Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	24–4	85.7
Mardu Midrange	4–0	100.0
Vampires	8–4	66.7
Mono Black Vampires	3–4	42.9
Orzhov Vampires	3–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	6–10	37.5
Boros Legends Midrange	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Legends	5–7	41.7
Selesnya Legends	1–0	100.0
Elementals	6–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	11–8	57.9
Naya Midrange	7–3	70.0
Big Red	6–6	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	4–1	80.0
Dimir Midrange	13–16	44.8
Angel Tribal	6–10	37.5
Toughness Matters	5–4	55.6
Lifegain Midrange	5–6	45.5
Adventures	3–0	100.0
Mutate	1–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	16–18	47.1
Fight Rigging	4–10	28.6
Orzhov Midrange	55–102	35.0
Jeskai Midrange	3–1	75.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	47–87	35.1
Ordealbreak	1–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	14–12	53.8
Hero of Precinct One	8–5	61.5
Mardu Hero	2–1	66.7
Five Color Hero	2–0	100.0
Boros Hero	1–2	33.3
Clerics	2–5	28.6
Artifact Midrange	27–10	73.0
Death Cloud	18–12	60.0
Ramp	151–86	63.7
Villainous Wealth	2–0	100.0
Rofellos Ramp	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Ramp	4–1	80.0
Greenpost	1–1	50.0
Temurpost	3–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	15–17	46.9
Applejacks	2–2	50.0
Field Ramp	97–53	64.7
Superfriends	3–1	75.0
Unclassified	1–0	100.0