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 4 weeks, 2 days.

Aggro

Tournaments Only
Season 35▾
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	354	617–589	51.2	4	44	14
Mono Black Aggro	2	2–2	50.0
Heroic	26	49–41	54.4	0	5	1
Mono White Heroic	11	15–13	53.6
Boros Heroic	4	11–8	57.9
Selesnya Heroic	11	23–20	53.5	0	5	1
Red Deck Wins	37	56–53	51.4	0	3	1
Prisoner	2	3–3	50.0
Goblins	1	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	101	193–185	51.1	1	15	4
White Weenie	26	63–40	61.2	1	9
Soldiers	12	32–21	60.4	1	6
Mono White Humans	13	31–18	63.3	0	3
Elves	29	49–58	45.8	0	1
Werewolves	5	8–9	47.1
Selesnya Little Kid	3	0–6	0.0
Rogues	1	0–3	0.0
Zombies	2	1–2	33.3
Gruul Aggro	5	4–10	28.6
Gruul Landfall	3	3–9	25.0
Merfolk	2	4–3	57.1
Artifact Aggro	8	9–12	42.9
Affinity	5	9–7	56.3
Tempered Steel	1	0–3	0.0
Devastating Dreams	6	9–10	47.4
Voltron	9	8–15	34.8
Hexproof	4	5–10	33.3
Equipment Aggro	1	0–1	0.0
Knights	3	4–5	44.4
Rakdos Aggro	5	1–7	12.5
Boros Aggro	2	2–7	22.2
Humans	18	36–29	55.4	0	2	2
Selesnya Humans	12	29–16	64.4	0	2	2
Boros Humans	1	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Humans	3	4–7	36.4
Legends Aggro	47	101–67	60.1	2	8	6
Boros Legends Aggro	40	85–49	63.4	1	7	6
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1	3–2	60.0
Bard Class	1	3–2	60.0
Permanent Vacation	3	5–3	62.5
Pirates	1	0–2	0.0
Rats	7	8–11	42.1	0	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	134–134	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	1–1	50.0
Heroic	5–9	35.7
Mono White Heroic	2–3	40.0
Boros Heroic	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Heroic	2–5	28.6
Red Deck Wins	19–9	67.9
Prisoner	2–1	66.7
Mono Green Stompy	38–46	45.2
White Weenie	11–16	40.7
Soldiers	3–10	23.1
Mono White Humans	7–6	53.8
Elves	8–13	38.1
Werewolves	2–2	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–0	100.0
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	4–0	100.0
Gruul Landfall	3–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	4–3	57.1
Affinity	2–3	40.0
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Devastating Dreams	1–3	25.0
Voltron	3–4	42.9
Hexproof	2–3	40.0
Knights	1–1	50.0
Boros Aggro	1–1	50.0
Humans	9–6	60.0
Selesnya Humans	7–5	58.3
Boros Humans	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Humans	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	19–17	52.8
Boros Legends Aggro	14–12	53.8
Bard Class	1–0	100.0
Permanent Vacation	1–0	100.0
Rats	2–0	100.0
Combo	150–162	48.1
Storm	11–6	64.7
High Tide	11–6	64.7
Reanimator	36–64	36.0
Living Death	29–50	36.7
Excruciator Combo	25–42	37.3
Traditional Reanimator	7–14	33.3
Orzhov Reanimator	6–14	30.0
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	9–8	52.9
Warp World	1–1	50.0
Four Color Glimpse	1–1	50.0
Hypergenesis	0–2	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
Metalwork Colossus	14–13	51.9
Anvil Colossus	11–13	45.8
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–2	33.3
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	2–0	100.0
Breakfast	4–14	22.2
Unctus	4–14	22.2
Oops All Lands	6–8	42.9
Dredge	2–0	100.0
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Storm Herald	2–2	50.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	3–1	75.0
Phoenix Altar	1–2	33.3
Actual Twin	2–0	100.0
Boros Twin	1–0	100.0
Nadu Combo	33–29	53.2
Amalia Combo	5–4	55.6
Primal Prayers Combo	1–2	33.3
Control	105–102	50.7
Mono Black Control	1–1	50.0
Esper Control	0–3	0.0
Mono Blue Control	4–3	57.1
Dimir Control	9–6	60.0
Azorius Control	22–26	45.8
Cawblade	1–0	100.0
Turbo Fog	2–1	66.7
Izzet Control	7–11	38.9
Mardu Control	0–3	0.0
Mill	4–1	80.0
Boros Control	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	16–5	76.2
Azorius Cloudpost Control	5–0	100.0
Blackpost	4–2	66.7
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	5–0	100.0
Dimir Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Grixis Control	7–8	46.7
Cruel Control	5–8	38.5
Stax	5–3	62.5
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Ponza	9–1	90.0
Mono White Control	5–4	55.6
Sultai Control	1–1	50.0
Bant Control	0–1	0.0
Seasons Past Control	4–8	33.3
Orzhov Control	4–11	26.7
Prison	3–3	50.0
Enchantress	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Combo	18–15	54.5
Aristocrats	9–12	42.9
Orzhov Aristocrats	6–4	60.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	2–8	20.0
Burn	5–2	71.4
Liquimetal Fishing	2–1	66.7
Aggro-Control	31–37	45.6
Simic Flash	2–1	66.7
Izzet Tempo	7–3	70.0
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Librarians	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	9–10	47.4
Azorius Tempo	11–21	34.4
Combo-Control	10–4	71.4
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Pickles	2–1	66.7
Lich's Mastery	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	2–0	100.0
Solar Flare	3–2	60.0
Midrange	140–123	53.2
The Rock	7–10	41.2
Selesnya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Jund	5–5	50.0
Blink	28–40	41.2
Acid Trip	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Blink	26–39	40.0
Graveyard Value	2–3	40.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	2–0	100.0
Azorius Allies	2–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	5–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	2–1	66.7
Vampires	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	4–1	80.0
Boros Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	13–8	61.9
Mono Black Midrange	4–6	40.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–3	25.0
Dimir Midrange	4–4	50.0
Toughness Matters	1–3	25.0
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	5–4	55.6
Party	1–0	100.0
Fires of Invention	2–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	12–14	46.2
Five Color Hero	12–13	48.0
Naya Hero	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	1–0	100.0
Coinflips	1–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–0	100.0
Illness in the Ranks	6–3	66.7
Game Objects	0–1	0.0
Laelia Cascade	19–13	59.4
Ramp	29–12	70.7
Villainous Wealth	3–0	100.0
Cloudpost Ramp	14–8	63.6
Eldrazipost	4–0	100.0
Greenpost	3–2	60.0
Simic Post	7–6	53.8
Domain	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	2–2	50.0
Applejacks	0–1	0.0