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 12 weeks, 5 days.

The Season Kick Off is on Nov 30th with free entry and over 100 tix in prizes to 32nd place!

Orzhov Aristocrats

Tournaments Only
Season 18▾
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
15. 23
16. 22
17. 21
18. 20
19. 19
20. 18
21. 17
22. 16
23. 15
24. 14
25. 13
26. 12
27. 11
28. 10
29. 9
30. 8
31. 7
32. 6
33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Combo	948	1714–1665	50.7	6	45	45
Aristocrats	421	820–690	54.3	3	22	31
Orzhov Aristocrats	100	231–142	61.9	0	3	11

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	51–45	53.1
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	5–5	50.0
Mono White Heroic	4–3	57.1
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–2	33.3
Red Deck Wins	3–5	37.5
Goblins	1–2	33.3
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	4–1	80.0
White Weenie	2–2	50.0
Elves	4–3	57.1
Selesnya Little Kid	4–2	66.7
Selesnya Counters	2–1	66.7
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	1–0	100.0
Merfolk	2–5	28.6
Mono Red Swarm	5–1	83.3
Artifact Aggro	12–11	52.2
Affinity	8–8	50.0
Tempered Steel	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Architect	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Aggro	0–2	0.0
Voltron	1–1	50.0
Hexproof	1–1	50.0
AggroSlide	1–3	25.0
Cats	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Cats	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	1–1	50.0
Combo	51–26	66.2
Storm	11–8	57.9
Dimir Tendrils	8–8	50.0
Dragonstorm	2–0	100.0
Stormpost	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	7–5	58.3
Worldgorger Dragon	4–4	50.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–0	100.0
Mono Black Reanimator	3–0	100.0
Maniac Combo	1–0	100.0
Hypergenesis	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Myr Incubator	0–1	0.0
Seismic Swans	0–2	0.0
Eggs	2–0	100.0
Taking Turns	5–1	83.3
Izzet Ascension	2–2	50.0
Ominous Good	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Combo	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	3–1	75.0
Oops All Spells	3–1	75.0
Dredge	9–3	75.0
Polymorph	1–0	100.0
Possibility Storm	3–0	100.0
Control	36–19	65.5
Esper Control	2–3	40.0
Demonic Rising	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Control	1–0	100.0
Dimir Control	2–1	66.7
Azorius Control	3–3	50.0
Mardu Control	2–4	33.3
Mill	2–1	66.7
Cloudpost Control	2–0	100.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Blackpost	1–0	100.0
Grixis Control	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	0–1	0.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Ponza	6–2	75.0
Mono White Control	2–0	100.0
Life is Ez	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–1	50.0
Shrines	1–1	50.0
Pox	6–3	66.7
Prison	1–0	100.0
Enchantress	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Combo	13–3	81.3
Aristocrats	7–1	87.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Golgari Aristocrats	2–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	3–1	75.0
Burn	2–1	66.7
Infect	1–1	50.0
Simic Infect	1–0	100.0
Golgari Infect	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–0	100.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	12–12	50.0
Izzet Tempo	4–6	40.0
Azorius Skies	0–1	0.0
Blue Madness	1–0	100.0
Simic Madness	1–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	2–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–2	33.3
Izzet Spells	1–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	2–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	7–5	58.3
Curses	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Shared Fate	0–1	0.0
Mindcrank	1–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	3–3	50.0
Mass Land Destruction	1–1	50.0
Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Thryx-Wildfire	1–1	50.0
Midrange	46–25	64.8
The Rock	6–2	75.0
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	2–2	50.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–1	0.0
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–1	50.0
Mardu Midrange	2–5	28.6
Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Vampires	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	5–1	83.3
Mono Black Midrange	8–2	80.0
Mono Black Devotion	1–1	50.0
Heart of Darkness	5–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	3–1	75.0
Orzhov Midrange	5–4	55.6
Jeskai Midrange	0–1	0.0
Prophet Glare	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	1–1	50.0
Neoform	0–2	0.0
Simic Neoform	0–1	0.0
Party	2–1	66.7
Ramp	15–7	68.2
Cloudpost Ramp	14–5	73.7
Greenpost	13–5	72.2
Summer Bloom Ramp	0–1	0.0
Historic Bloom	0–1	0.0