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.

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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 4 weeks, 1 day.

Aristocrats

Tournaments Only
Season 36▾
1. All
2. 36
3. 35
4. 34
5. 33
6. 32
7. 31
8. 30
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12. 26
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33. 5
34. 4
35. 3
36. 2
37. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro-Combo	173	242–311	43.8	1	21	7
Aristocrats	142	209–260	44.6	0	19	7
Mono Black Aristocrats	29	49–54	47.6	0	5	1
Orzhov Aristocrats	5	6–6	50.0			1
Golgari Aristocrats	60	60–132	31.3	0	9
Abzan Aristocrats	1	0–1	0.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	44	92–62	59.7	0	5	5
Boros Bombardment	1	0–1	0.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	52–62	45.6
Mono Black Aggro	0–1	0.0
Heroic	13–16	44.8
Mono White Heroic	3–4	42.9
Azorius Heroic	3–1	75.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Heroic	6–11	35.3
Red Deck Wins	5–11	31.3
Mono Red Devotion	0–2	0.0
Tokens	1–2	33.3
Mono White Tokens	1–1	50.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–0	100.0
White Weenie	11–5	68.8
Mono White Humans	11–5	68.8
Elves	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Little Kid	3–4	42.9
Rogues	1–1	50.0
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	0–3	0.0
Merfolk	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Swarm	1–0	100.0
Artifact Aggro	4–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Architect	3–0	100.0
Voltron	0–1	0.0
Hateful Auras	0–1	0.0
Knights	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	6–11	35.3
Boros Humans	0–4	0.0
Orzhov Humans	4–4	50.0
Azorius Humans	2–3	40.0
Mono Red Eldrazi	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	1–3	25.0
Boros Legends Aggro	1–3	25.0
Pirates	0–1	0.0
Combo	32–41	43.8
Storm	11–16	40.7
Dragonstorm	0–1	0.0
High Tide	9–15	37.5
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Reanimator	1–3	25.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–3	25.0
Hypergenesis	0–3	0.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–3	25.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–2	33.3
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy	0–1	0.0
Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Naya Fake-Twin	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–1	0.0
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–4	20.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Oops All Lands	2–1	66.7
Storm Herald	0–1	0.0
Intruder Alarm	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	4–3	57.1
Gyruda	1–0	100.0
Primal Prayers Combo	2–2	50.0
Control	34–71	32.4
Esper Control	2–4	33.3
Dimir Control	0–1	0.0
Azorius Control	10–13	43.5
Izzet Control	4–14	22.2
Stax	5–5	50.0
Dragon Control	1–0	100.0
Runeflare	0–2	0.0
Ponza	1–1	50.0
Dynavolt Tower	2–4	33.3
Cycling Control	0–1	0.0
Astral Slide	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Control	8–17	32.0
Prison	1–9	10.0
Enchantress	1–9	10.0
Aggro-Combo	23–22	51.1
Aristocrats	19–19	50.0
Mono Black Aristocrats	6–4	60.0
Golgari Aristocrats	8–5	61.5
Abzan Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	4–10	28.6
Burn	3–3	50.0
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Aggro-Control	17–13	56.7
Simic Flash	2–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Librarians	0–1	0.0
Dimir Tempo	3–3	50.0
Spirits	8–8	50.0
Azorius Spirits	3–1	75.0
Mono Blue Spirits	5–7	41.7
Combo-Control	8–6	57.1
Curses	1–1	50.0
Battle of Wits	2–3	40.0
Solar Flare	3–2	60.0
Coveted Falcon Combo	1–0	100.0
Midrange	36–44	45.0
The Rock	2–3	40.0
Abzan Midrange	4–4	50.0
Jund	0–1	0.0
Blink	2–2	50.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	1–3	25.0
Fake-Rack	3–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Boros Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	4–4	50.0
Big Red	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	6–2	75.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Angels	0–4	0.0
Orzhov Angels	0–4	0.0
Toughness Matters	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	0–1	0.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	2–0	100.0
Hero of Precinct One	3–1	75.0
Mardu Hero	1–0	100.0
Five Color Hero	2–1	66.7
Artifact Midrange	4–15	21.1
Boros Engineers	1–6	14.3
Ramp	6–1	85.7
Cloudpost Ramp	1–0	100.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	0–1	0.0
Applejacks	2–0	100.0
Unclassified	1–0	100.0