Aggro-Control

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.

Learn more

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
More Info

Sign Up
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.

More Info

Sign Up
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 day, 11 hours.

Don't show me this again

Congratulations to chickeninthebrain, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 32)

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Control	278	487–491	49.8	3	22	13
Simic Flash	22	35–45	43.8	0	1
Simic Vat	7	11–14	44.0	0	1
Izzet Tempo	46	92–75	55.1	0	1	4
Azorius Skies	6	3–12	20.0
Blue Madness	100	178–167	51.6	3	14	4
Simic Madness	42	69–73	48.6	3	13
Temur Madness	38	90–60	60.0	0	1	3
Grixis Madness	11	8–13	38.1
Lich Aggro-Control	11	19–26	42.2
Temur Clues	2	0–2	0.0	0	1
Wizards	15	11–21	34.4
Tetsukotog	8	21–13	61.8	0	2	1
Izzet Spells	17	36–35	50.7	0	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	110–164	40.1
Mono Black Aggro	2–2	50.0
Heroic	3–3	50.0
Mono White Heroic	1–0	100.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–3	25.0
Red Deck Wins	23–45	33.8
Proliferate Red	2–3	40.0
Goblins	8–3	72.7
Tokens	4–13	23.5
Selesnya Tokens	1–4	20.0
Mardu Tokens	1–4	20.0
Mono Green Stompy	4–8	33.3
White Weenie	19–37	33.9
Quest for the Holy Relic	0–2	0.0
Soldiers	1–2	33.3
Kithkin	0–1	0.0
Elves	4–9	30.8
Werewolves	2–1	66.7
Minotaurs	1–0	100.0
Warriors	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Little Kid	3–13	18.8
Rogues	1–0	100.0
Zombies	0–2	0.0
Gruul Aggro	6–8	42.9
Merfolk	1–1	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–2	50.0
Artifact Aggro	3–3	50.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	2–3	40.0
Mono Blue Aggro	1–0	100.0
Illusions	1–0	100.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	8–4	66.7
Hexproof	3–3	50.0
Boros Auras	1–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–1	50.0
Boros Aggro	3–1	75.0
Humans	1–4	20.0
Gruul Humans	1–4	20.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Combo	65–42	60.7
Storm	18–20	47.4
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
Hazoret Storm	13–17	43.3
Grixis Tendrils	1–2	33.3
Reanimator	10–12	45.5
Grozoth	6–10	37.5
Traditional Reanimator	4–2	66.7
Oriss Genesis	2–2	50.0
Dubious Challenge	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	6–1	85.7
Mardu Life	2–1	66.7
Jeskai Ascendancy	8–2	80.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
Myr Incubator	1–0	100.0
"Twin"	5–1	83.3
Seismic Swans	3–1	75.0
Eye of the Storm	1–0	100.0
Saffi Combo	1–0	100.0
Turntimber Ranger	1–0	100.0
Retraction Helix Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	2–1	66.7
Dice Factory	1–0	100.0
Control	89–77	53.6
Mono Black Control	1–1	50.0
Esper Control	8–11	42.1
Demonic Rising	4–2	66.7
Mono Blue Control	1–2	33.3
Dimir Control	6–11	35.3
Azorius Control	6–6	50.0
Turbo Fog	2–0	100.0
Izzet Control	2–2	50.0
Mardu Control	8–3	72.7
Mill	2–0	100.0
Boros Control	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	8–12	40.0
Cruel Control	7–9	43.8
Jeskai Control	18–13	58.1
Galleon Control	3–0	100.0
Ponza	2–1	66.7
Mono White Control	2–2	50.0
Dynavolt Tower	0–1	0.0
Five Color Control	0–1	0.0
Guildgate Control	2–2	50.0
Enchantments Control	1–0	100.0
Four Color Counter Ghazi	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Control	2–2	50.0
Aggro-Combo	15–8	65.2
Aristocrats	6–2	75.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–1	66.7
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Burn	7–2	77.8
Infect	1–4	20.0
Golgari Infect	1–2	33.3
Aggro-Control	30–30	50.0
Simic Flash	1–3	25.0
Simic Vat	0–1	0.0
Izzet Tempo	2–4	33.3
Blue Madness	13–12	52.0
Simic Madness	6–4	60.0
Temur Madness	3–7	30.0
Grixis Madness	2–1	66.7
Lich Aggro-Control	4–1	80.0
Wizards	2–0	100.0
Tetsukotog	1–2	33.3
Izzet Spells	0–3	0.0
Combo-Control	28–35	44.4
Burning Vengeance	2–2	50.0
Cruel Combo-Control	16–24	40.0
Pickles	1–1	50.0
Displace Loop	2–4	33.3
Peregrine Drake	2–4	33.3
Curious Niv-Mizzet	3–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	4–2	66.7
Wildfire	4–2	66.7
Midrange	136–127	51.7
Temur Ascendancy	5–10	33.3
Abzan Midrange	0–2	0.0
Jund	9–10	47.4
Blink	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	10–10	50.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	2–7	22.2
Mardu Allies	1–0	100.0
BRGW Allies	1–6	14.3
Treefolk	3–4	42.9
-1/-1 Counters	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	2–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	1–0	100.0
Vampires	9–11	45.0
Mono Black Vampires	4–7	36.4
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	5–3	62.5
Mardu Legends	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	2–0	100.0
Elementals	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Midrange	5–7	41.7
Naya Midrange	3–0	100.0
Big Red	3–2	60.0
Mono Black Midrange	7–10	41.2
Verdant Succession	0–1	0.0
Hellion Whip	9–8	52.9
Dimir Midrange	12–14	46.2
Dimir Vat	4–6	40.0
Temur Energy	1–0	100.0
Angel Tribal	2–0	100.0
Sultai Midrange	3–6	33.3
Sultai Emerge	2–4	33.3
Orzhov Midrange	1–1	50.0
Mythic Colossification	2–1	66.7
Artifact Midrange	0–1	0.0
Coinflip Tribal	3–0	100.0
Ramp	14–8	63.6
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Selvala Tokens	2–1	66.7
Summer Bloom Ramp	1–0	100.0
Applejacks	0–1	0.0