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 5 weeks.

Aggro

Tournaments Only
Season 36▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
9. 29
10. 28
11. 27
12. 26
13. 25
14. 24
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26. 12
27. 11
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29. 9
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32. 6
33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	508	965–789	55.0	15	84	28
Mono Black Aggro	4	7–4	63.6
Heroic	96	241–138	63.6	6	24	8
Mono White Heroic	16	37–28	56.9	0	6
Azorius Heroic	14	29–25	53.7	1	4	1
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1	0–4	0.0
Selesnya Heroic	63	174–76	69.6	5	14	7
Red Deck Wins	64	101–98	50.8	1	12	1
Mono Red Devotion	6	11–10	52.4
Goblins	2	5–4	55.6
Tokens	14	23–13	63.9	0	1	2
Mono White Tokens	11	19–11	63.3	0	1	2
Orzhov Tokens	1	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	8	4–13	23.5
White Weenie	92	199–138	59.1	3	17	5
Mono White Humans	86	191–136	58.4	3	17	4
Elves	3	5–6	45.5
Werewolves	12	16–21	43.2
Selesnya Little Kid	34	57–62	47.9	0	1	1
Selesnya Counters	4	5–6	45.5
Rogues	2	5–5	50.0
Zombies	2	2–6	25.0	0	1
Gruul Aggro	13	15–24	38.5
Gruul Landfall	1	0–2	0.0
Merfolk	17	20–32	38.5	0	3
Mono Red Swarm	2	1–5	16.7
Artifact Aggro	26	21–44	32.3	0	2
Affinity	11	11–17	39.3	0	1
Salvage Titan	1	0–3	0.0
Tempered Steel	2	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	10	7–17	29.2	0	1
Madness	1	0–1	0.0
Jund Madness	1	0–1	0.0
Voltron	3	7–4	63.6
Equipment Aggro	1	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	2	7–3	70.0
Slivers	1	0–4	0.0
Knights	3	3–4	42.9
AggroSlide	3	3–6	33.3
Rakdos Aggro	16	28–28	50.0	0	1	2
Humans	46	108–66	62.1	3	12	5
Selesnya Humans	1	1–3	25.0
Boros Humans	7	15–13	53.6	1	3
Orzhov Humans	18	51–24	68.0	1	6	2
Azorius Humans	20	41–26	61.2	1	3	3
Mono Red Eldrazi	2	4–3	57.1	0	1
Legends Aggro	34	74–55	57.4	2	8	2
Boros Legends Aggro	27	58–42	58.0	2	8	1
Bard Class	3	5–8	38.5
Permanent Vacation	1	1–0	100.0
Pirates	3	8–4	66.7	0	1	1
Rats	4	7–1	87.5			1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	231–231	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	2–0	100.0
Heroic	30–66	31.3
Mono White Heroic	8–10	44.4
Azorius Heroic	5–9	35.7
Selesnya Heroic	16–47	25.4
Red Deck Wins	43–22	66.2
Mono Red Devotion	5–1	83.3
Goblins	2–2	50.0
Tokens	6–3	66.7
Mono White Tokens	5–3	62.5
Mono Green Stompy	5–2	71.4
White Weenie	40–50	44.4
Mono White Humans	40–49	44.9
Elves	1–3	25.0
Werewolves	4–2	66.7
Selesnya Little Kid	13–14	48.1
Selesnya Counters	2–2	50.0
Rogues	1–1	50.0
Zombies	2–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	9–5	64.3
Gruul Landfall	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	6–9	40.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	9–6	60.0
Affinity	4–3	57.1
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	3–2	60.0
Voltron	2–2	50.0
Equipment Aggro	1–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	1–2	33.3
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Knights	2–0	100.0
AggroSlide	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Aggro	10–6	62.5
Humans	17–20	45.9
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Boros Humans	3–4	42.9
Orzhov Humans	6–10	37.5
Azorius Humans	7–6	53.8
Mono Red Eldrazi	1–1	50.0
Legends Aggro	20–15	57.1
Boros Legends Aggro	14–12	53.8
Bard Class	3–1	75.0
Pirates	1–0	100.0
Rats	1–1	50.0
Combo	168–108	60.9
Storm	68–54	55.7
Dragonstorm	6–1	85.7
High Tide	61–51	54.5
Reanimator	6–3	66.7
Traditional Reanimator	6–3	66.7
Hypergenesis	5–8	38.5
Jeskai Ascendancy	8–8	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	8–7	53.3
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Metalwork Colossus	3–1	75.0
Anvil Colossus	3–0	100.0
Saffi Combo	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	9–3	75.0
Taking Turns	4–3	57.1
Soulflayer	2–0	100.0
Oops All Lands	2–2	50.0
Dredge	11–2	84.6
Polymorph	6–1	85.7
Storm Herald	3–1	75.0
Enduring Ideal	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	13–9	59.1
Gyruda	0–1	0.0
Primal Prayers Combo	11–6	64.7
Control	168–169	49.9
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	12–10	54.5
Dimir Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Control	27–30	47.4
Turbo Fog	1–0	100.0
Izzet Control	32–31	50.8
Mardu Control	1–1	50.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	8–1	88.9
Cruel Control	1–1	50.0
Stax	9–5	64.3
Chandra Nalaar	2–1	66.7
Ponza	1–0	100.0
Mono White Control	1–2	33.3
Dynavolt Tower	11–3	78.6
Five Color Control	1–0	100.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–0	100.0
Bant Control	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Control	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Control	47–75	38.5
Prison	7–9	43.8
Enchantress	7–9	43.8
Aggro-Combo	71–53	57.3
Aristocrats	60–49	55.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	13–9	59.1
Golgari Aristocrats	28–18	60.9
Rakdos Aristocrats	18–21	46.2
Burn	10–4	71.4
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	62–50	55.4
Simic Flash	3–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	13–5	72.2
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	3–4	42.9
Mono Blue Librarians	0–3	0.0
Izzet Spells	2–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	14–16	46.7
Azorius Tempo	2–3	40.0
Spirits	23–22	51.1
Azorius Spirits	4–6	40.0
Mono Blue Spirits	19–16	54.3
Combo-Control	19–11	63.3
Curses	3–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	12–8	60.0
Hive Mind	1–0	100.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Resurgent Belief	3–0	100.0
Coveted Falcon Combo	0–1	0.0
Midrange	206–153	57.4
The Rock	21–23	47.7
Abzan Midrange	11–10	52.4
Jund	4–0	100.0
Blink	8–11	42.1
Orzhov Blink	2–1	66.7
Graveyard Value	9–2	81.8
Enchantments Matter	3–4	42.9
Allies	3–4	42.9
Esper Allies	1–4	20.0
Fake-Rack	6–2	75.0
Mardu Midrange	9–4	69.2
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Mono Black Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	3–2	60.0
Boros Legends Midrange	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Legends	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	19–11	63.3
Naya Midrange	1–4	20.0
Big Red	3–3	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	10–4	71.4
Dimir Midrange	4–2	66.7
Angels	8–11	42.1
Mono White Angels	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Angels	3–6	33.3
Toughness Matters	3–2	60.0
Lifegain Midrange	2–1	66.7
Sultai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–2	60.0
Ordealbreak	2–0	100.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	2–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	9–9	50.0
Esper Hero	2–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	6–8	42.9
Naya Hero	1–1	50.0
Gruul Obosh	2–2	50.0
Artifact Midrange	45–32	58.4
Boros Engineers	7–14	33.3
Coinflips	2–0	100.0
Game Objects	4–1	80.0
Laelia Cascade	0–2	0.0
Ramp	40–14	74.1
Cloudpost Ramp	3–0	100.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0
Applejacks	9–4	69.2