Aggro-Combo

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 2 days, 14 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-Combo	527	887–953	48.2	4	40	15
Aristocrats	141	230–267	46.3	1	7	4
Mono Black Aristocrats	24	34–33	50.7
Orzhov Aristocrats	56	105–108	49.3	1	7	1
Golgari Aristocrats	8	11–21	34.4			1
Abzan Aristocrats	4	4–11	26.7
Mardu Aristocrats	1	1–2	33.3
Food	12	5–25	16.7
Rakdos Aristocrats	11	19–20	48.7
Boros Bombardment	8	20–8	71.4			1
Burn	132	254–221	53.5	1	13	6
Infect	78	109–156	41.1	0	4	1
Simic Infect	17	23–29	44.2
Blazing Shoal Infect	45	70–94	42.7	0	4	1
Pummeler	1	1–4	20.0
Hermit Humans	15	18–26	40.9
Trickbind Dreadnought	35	64–60	51.6	0	1	1
Izzet Dreadnought	1	2–1	66.7
Mono Blue Dreadnought	9	16–13	55.2
Izzet Blitzkrieg	31	63–65	49.2	0	2	2
Hushnought	1	0–1	0.0
Liquimetal Fishing	3	1–3	25.0
Combo Goblins	72	127–125	50.4	2	12	1
Goblin Persist	21	30–30	50.0
Dirty Kitty	49	95–91	51.1	2	12	1

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	188–218	46.3
Mono Black Aggro	4–4	50.0
Heroic	25–37	40.3
Mono White Heroic	8–5	61.5
Azorius Heroic	1–3	25.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	14–29	32.6
Boros Heroic	1–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	23–33	41.1
Goblins	4–5	44.4
Tokens	5–2	71.4
Selesnya Tokens	2–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono Green Stompy	3–3	50.0
White Weenie	12–23	34.3
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–3	40.0
Soldiers	1–1	50.0
Kithkin	1–1	50.0
Elves	27–22	55.1
Selesnya Little Kid	2–1	66.7
Rogues	0–3	0.0
Zombies	4–4	50.0
Merfolk	5–5	50.0
Mono Red Swarm	2–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	32–42	43.2
Affinity	10–17	37.0
Salvage Titan	6–4	60.0
Tempered Steel	6–11	35.3
Mono Blue Architect	8–3	72.7
Madness	4–7	36.4
Gruul Madness	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Madness	4–5	44.4
Voltron	5–1	83.3
Hexproof	4–0	100.0
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Slivers	0–4	0.0
Knights	3–8	27.3
AggroSlide	7–6	53.8
Boros Aggro	3–2	60.0
Humans	16–6	72.7
Selesnya Humans	1–0	100.0
Bant Humans	6–2	75.0
Jeskai Humans	7–4	63.6
Boros Humans	1–0	100.0
Shamans	1–0	100.0
Combo	171–193	47.0
Storm	93–110	45.8
Sultai Tendrils	1–0	100.0
Dragonstorm	1–1	50.0
Hazoret Storm	11–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	4–2	66.7
High Tide	51–61	45.5
Izzet Storm	1–0	100.0
Channel Storm	19–45	29.7
Reanimator	32–32	50.0
Recurring Nightmare	24–19	55.8
Dragon Nightmare	20–14	58.8
Worldgorger Dragon	2–9	18.2
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	0–1	0.0
Traditional Reanimator	6–3	66.7
Dimir Reanimator	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Reanimator	3–2	60.0
Oriss Genesis	1–3	25.0
Dubious Challenge	0–4	0.0
Warp World	10–6	62.5
Hypergenesis	4–4	50.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	2–2	50.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy	2–1	66.7
"Twin"	2–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–3	25.0
Anvil Colossus	0–2	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–1	50.0
Seismic Swans	0–1	0.0
Eggs	1–1	50.0
Heartless Summoning Combo	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	3–2	60.0
Taking Turns	1–0	100.0
Soulflayer	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	5–5	50.0
Hermit Gond	0–1	0.0
Oops All Spells	3–3	50.0
Polymorph	0–1	0.0
Protean Hulk Combo	0–4	0.0
Dice Factory	2–4	33.3
Enduring Ideal	3–2	60.0
Ad Nauseam	2–0	100.0
GreenTwin	1–3	25.0
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Restore Balance	3–2	60.0
Control	165–169	49.4
Mono Black Control	10–4	71.4
Esper Control	23–21	52.3
Demonic Rising	1–5	16.7
Mono Blue Control	10–19	34.5
Dimir Control	9–7	56.3
Azorius Control	28–52	35.0
Turbo Fog	4–0	100.0
Izzet Control	2–3	40.0
Mill	6–1	85.7
Boros Control	1–1	50.0
Cloudpost Control	7–4	63.6
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	7–4	63.6
Grixis Control	4–4	50.0
Cruel Control	0–1	0.0
Stax	4–5	44.4
Jeskai Control	8–6	57.1
Ponza	6–2	75.0
Mono White Control	12–13	48.0
Life is Ez	7–6	53.8
Cycling Control	3–0	100.0
Astral Slide	3–0	100.0
Five Color Control	2–2	50.0
Five Color Collected Conjuring	1–1	50.0
Sultai Control	1–1	50.0
Guildgate Control	14–6	70.0
Pox	6–6	50.0
Seasons Past Control	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Control	0–2	0.0
Prison	2–2	50.0
Enchantress	2–2	50.0
Aggro-Combo	60–60	50.0
Aristocrats	14–18	43.8
Mono Black Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	9–8	52.9
Golgari Aristocrats	2–2	50.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Boros Bombardment	0–2	0.0
Burn	14–18	43.8
Infect	14–9	60.9
Simic Infect	6–2	75.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	6–5	54.5
Hermit Humans	5–0	100.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	3–3	50.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	4–4	50.0
Combo Goblins	4–6	40.0
Dirty Kitty	4–6	40.0
Aggro-Control	86–114	43.0
Izzet Tempo	24–31	43.6
Azorius Skies	1–1	50.0
Blue Madness	3–6	33.3
Simic Madness	3–6	33.3
Lich Aggro-Control	1–0	100.0
Wizards	1–1	50.0
Ninjas	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Tempo	17–25	40.5
Mono Blue Faeries	3–4	42.9
Izzet Spells	17–21	44.7
Dimir Tempo	13–16	44.8
Ensoul Aggro-Control	3–4	42.9
Azorius Tempo	3–4	42.9
Combo-Control	34–30	53.1
Curses	6–0	100.0
Burning Vengeance	0–1	0.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Pickles	0–1	0.0
Hive Mind	2–2	50.0
Zur's Weirding	3–3	50.0
Solar Flare	0–1	0.0
Mass Land Destruction	20–21	48.8
Wildfire	1–0	100.0
Jokulhaups Control	19–21	47.5
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	11–12	47.8
Temur Jokulhaups Control	2–8	20.0
Jund Jokulhaups Control	2–0	100.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Resurgent Belief	2–0	100.0
Midrange	159–163	49.4
The Rock	3–9	25.0
Abzan Midrange	1–2	33.3
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	5–7	41.7
Blink	3–1	75.0
Anti-Persecution	2–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	14–7	66.7
Séance	1–0	100.0
Varolz Dreadnought	8–7	53.3
Enchantments Matter	1–0	100.0
Allies	5–4	55.6
Mardu Allies	0–1	0.0
Esper Allies	0–1	0.0
Azorius Allies	4–2	66.7
Treefolk	1–1	50.0
Fake-Rack	3–4	42.9
Vampires	3–4	42.9
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Vampires	2–2	50.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	7–13	35.0
Big Red	3–3	50.0
Mono Black Midrange	16–19	45.7
Mono Black Devotion	1–6	14.3
Dimir Midrange	0–2	0.0
Angel Tribal	0–1	0.0
Toughness Matters	3–2	60.0
Lifegain Midrange	1–6	14.3
Martyr's Grace	0–5	0.0
Sultai Midrange	1–3	25.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–5	37.5
Owling Mine	4–0	100.0
Jeskai Midrange	2–0	100.0
Ordealbreak	3–3	50.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	3–3	50.0
Party	3–1	75.0
Fires of Invention	11–14	44.0
Hero of Precinct One	15–17	46.9
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	8–8	50.0
Gruul Obosh	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	28–27	50.9
Artifact Midrange	2–1	66.7
Coinflip Tribal	2–0	100.0
Death Cloud	2–0	100.0
Ramp	24–6	80.0
Cloudpost Ramp	16–6	72.7
Arcum's Not Astrolabe	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	7–5	58.3
Gruul Post	5–1	83.3
Simic Post	2–0	100.0
Defenders	2–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	2–0	100.0
Applejacks	2–0	100.0