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 1 week, 6 days.

Aggro-Control

Tournaments Only
Season 33▾
1. All
2. 33
3. 32
4. 31
5. 30
6. 29
7. 28
8. 27
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10. 25
11. 24
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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Control	266	485–437	52.6	2	18	14
Simic Flash	16	21–36	36.8			1
Izzet Tempo	47	81–74	52.3	0	7
Blue Madness	5	6–12	33.3
Wizards	3	0–4	0.0
Ninjas	4	0–4	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	125	278–183	60.3	2	9	12
Mono Blue Librarians	101	225–138	62.0	1	8	10
Izzet Spells	16	29–24	54.7
Dimir Tempo	26	33–52	38.8			1
Dimir Faeries	2	1–6	14.3
Azorius Tempo	15	24–28	46.2	0	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	107–123	46.5
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	4–4	50.0
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	2–4	33.3
Red Deck Wins	21–30	41.2
Goblins	2–0	100.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–3	50.0
White Weenie	12–9	57.1
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–1	66.7
Soldiers	3–3	50.0
Mono White Humans	5–4	55.6
Elves	3–4	42.9
Selesnya Little Kid	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Counters	1–0	100.0
Zombies	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	14–16	46.7
Affinity	13–13	50.0
Hardened Scales Affinity	12–12	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–2	33.3
Voltron	5–1	83.3
Equipment Aggro	3–0	100.0
Hateful Auras	2–1	66.7
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	1–5	16.7
Rakdos Aggro	3–2	60.0
Humans	17–21	44.7
Boros Humans	9–6	60.0
Orzhov Humans	8–15	34.8
Legends Aggro	8–13	38.1
Boros Legends Aggro	2–3	40.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1–2	33.3
Bard Class	4–7	36.4
Permanent Vacation	4–0	100.0
Pirates	4–13	23.5
Combo	84–76	52.5
Storm	7–3	70.0
Citadel Storm	4–2	66.7
Grixis Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	2–1	66.7
Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Reanimator	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	2–5	28.6
Dubious Challenge	1–0	100.0
Warp World	18–28	39.1
Temur Glimpse	8–9	47.1
Boros Glimpse	9–17	34.6
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	1–1	50.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	1–0	100.0
Breakfast	5–4	55.6
Oops All Spells	5–4	55.6
Oops All Lands	7–4	63.6
Dredge	16–15	51.6
Insidious Roots Dredge	12–13	48.0
Storm Herald	2–1	66.7
Tibalt's Trickery	1–1	50.0
Calibrated Blast	4–0	100.0
Restore Balance	4–6	40.0
Gyruda	2–1	66.7
Possibility Storm	2–0	100.0
Midnight Mass	0–3	0.0
Control	77–72	51.7
Esper Control	6–11	35.3
Dimir Control	4–1	80.0
Azorius Control	20–19	51.3
Turbo Fog	6–5	54.5
Izzet Control	5–4	55.6
Mill	2–1	66.7
Boros Control	2–4	33.3
Grixis Control	4–1	80.0
Cruel Control	3–0	100.0
Stax	4–2	66.7
Jeskai Control	1–1	50.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	2–0	100.0
Mono White Control	2–5	28.6
Cycling Control	1–1	50.0
Astral Slide	1–1	50.0
Five Color Control	1–1	50.0
Seasons Past Control	2–6	25.0
Orzhov Control	8–5	61.5
Prison	6–4	60.0
Enchantress	3–1	75.0
Aggro-Combo	24–33	42.1
Aristocrats	18–28	39.1
Food	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	18–27	40.0
Burn	5–3	62.5
Combo Goblins	1–0	100.0
Goblin Persist	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	18–18	50.0
Simic Flash	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	6–4	60.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	4–10	28.6
Mono Blue Librarians	3–7	30.0
Izzet Spells	1–1	50.0
Dimir Tempo	4–1	80.0
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	25–13	65.8
Battle of Wits	6–1	85.7
Sunforger	3–1	75.0
Mass Land Destruction	2–1	66.7
Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Resurgent Belief	1–0	100.0
Greasefang	12–10	54.5
Esper Greasefang	4–2	66.7
Orzhov Greasefang	7–7	50.0
Midrange	109–82	57.1
The Rock	12–15	44.4
Grenzo	1–1	50.0
Abzan Midrange	5–7	41.7
Selesnya Midrange	4–4	50.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	4–4	50.0
Graveyard Value	3–1	75.0
Allies	2–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	7–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	1–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	6–3	66.7
Boros Legends Midrange	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Legends	4–2	66.7
Elementals	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–2	60.0
Naya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Big Red	1–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	3–1	75.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–1	50.0
Adventures	1–1	50.0
Sultai Midrange	9–1	90.0
Orzhov Midrange	12–15	44.4
Heartless Summoning Stompy	13–10	56.5
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	1–3	25.0
Death Cloud	1–2	33.3
Ramp	41–20	67.2
Cloudpost Ramp	1–0	100.0
Temurpost	1–0	100.0
Selvala Tokens	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	8–0	100.0
Field Ramp	21–16	56.8