Aggro

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, 19 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	1138	2392–1919	55.5	22	195	53
Mono Black Aggro	10	17–16	51.5
Heroic	262	692–408	62.9	9	58	22
Mono White Heroic	205	579–306	65.4	8	49	20
Azorius Heroic	14	22–30	42.3	0	3
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	39	90–63	58.8	1	6	2
Boros Heroic	2	0–4	0.0
Selesnya Heroic	1	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	319	766–510	60.0	7	75	16
Mono Red Devotion	35	72–58	55.4	1	4	3
Goblins	37	73–50	59.3	0	2	4
Tokens	59	77–117	39.7	1	7
Selesnya Tokens	46	68–92	42.5	1	7
Mono Green Stompy	14	15–26	36.6	0	1
White Weenie	99	188–162	53.7	5	22	2
Odric Keywords	35	71–68	51.1	2	14
Soldiers	47	87–72	54.7	3	7	1
Kithkin	1	2–3	40.0
Elves	12	19–34	35.8	0	3
Werewolves	10	8–16	33.3
Minotaurs	5	6–12	33.3
Warriors	8	7–13	35.0
Selesnya Little Kid	22	43–35	55.1	0	2	1
Rogues	14	26–32	44.8	0	4
Zombies	48	88–84	51.2	0	5	1
Gruul Aggro	34	95–55	63.3	0	6	1
Merfolk	23	26–51	33.8	0	2
Mono Red Swarm	20	60–27	69.0	0	2	3
Artifact Aggro	21	22–36	37.9
Affinity	13	13–23	36.1
Boros Vehicles	6	8–13	38.1
Salvage Titan	2	1–0	100.0
Devoid Aggro	1	1–1	50.0
Mono Blue Aggro	24	32–45	41.6	0	2
Madness	18	38–25	60.3	0	1	2
Gruul Madness	13	34–19	64.2	0	1	2
Golgari Madness	1	1–4	20.0
Voltron	20	27–42	39.1	0	3	1
Hexproof	14	26–24	52.0	0	3	1
Equipment Aggro	6	1–18	5.3
Slivers	6	3–13	18.8
Naya Zoo	2	3–5	37.5
Boros Aggro	1	4–1	80.0
Humans	1	0–2	0.0
Selesnya Humans	1	0–2	0.0

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	761–756	50.2
Mono Black Aggro	6–3	66.7
Heroic	143–232	38.1
Mono White Heroic	102–201	33.7
Azorius Heroic	14–7	66.7
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	25–23	52.1
Boros Heroic	2–0	100.0
Red Deck Wins	232–260	47.2
Mono Red Devotion	20–28	41.7
Goblins	21–19	52.5
Tokens	42–18	70.0
Selesnya Tokens	35–16	68.6
Mono Green Stompy	10–3	76.9
White Weenie	46–61	43.0
Odric Keywords	13–24	35.1
Soldiers	26–29	47.3
Kithkin	2–1	66.7
Elves	10–9	52.6
Werewolves	6–2	75.0
Minotaurs	6–1	85.7
Warriors	5–3	62.5
Selesnya Little Kid	15–14	51.7
Rogues	8–6	57.1
Zombies	29–25	53.7
Gruul Aggro	24–24	50.0
Merfolk	21–4	84.0
Mono Red Swarm	17–15	53.1
Artifact Aggro	15–4	78.9
Affinity	11–2	84.6
Boros Vehicles	4–2	66.7
Mono Blue Aggro	23–6	79.3
Madness	13–13	50.0
Gruul Madness	10–11	47.6
Golgari Madness	2–0	100.0
Voltron	20–10	66.7
Hexproof	10–9	52.6
Equipment Aggro	10–1	90.9
Slivers	4–1	80.0
Naya Zoo	3–1	75.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	2–0	100.0
Selesnya Humans	2–0	100.0
Combo	410–358	53.4
Storm	19–6	76.0
Dimir Tendrils	16–5	76.2
Reanimator	145–121	54.5
Starlit Graves	4–6	40.0
Dimir Cycling Reanimator	5–12	29.4
Grozoth	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	134–103	56.5
Dimir Reanimator	68–55	55.3
Biovisionary	3–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	4–4	50.0
Mono Green Stormless Storm	0–1	0.0
Warp World	4–3	57.1
Zubera Tribal	3–1	75.0
Maniac Combo	4–1	80.0
Hypergenesis	85–130	39.5
Hyperwave	39–70	35.8
New Perspectives	36–11	76.6
Cat Wave	41–59	41.0
Acid Wave	13–21	38.2
Runeflare	21–2	91.3
Splendid Reclamation Combo	3–0	100.0
Monumental Ignus	1–0	100.0
Mardu Life	2–1	66.7
Turntimber Ranger	2–0	100.0
Retraction Helix Combo	3–0	100.0
Quest for Ula's Temple	3–3	50.0
Breakfast	4–1	80.0
Cephalid Breakfast	4–1	80.0
Druid Cephalid Breakfast	4–1	80.0
Polymorph	2–2	50.0
Control	440–302	59.3
Mono Black Control	31–17	64.6
Esper Control	2–7	22.2
Demonic Rising	43–56	43.4
Paradox Haze Lock	7–1	87.5
Mono Blue Control	11–6	64.7
Dimir Control	15–4	78.9
Azorius Control	67–64	51.1
Adam's Ale	12–22	35.3
Turbo Fog	15–10	60.0
Izzet Control	24–9	72.7
Mill	13–1	92.9
Boros Control	4–1	80.0
Cloudpost Control	7–4	63.6
Azorius Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	1–2	33.3
Grixis Control	42–32	56.8
Cruel Control	37–32	53.6
Stax	10–3	76.9
Pollute the Planet	3–3	50.0
Stagnant Control	6–2	75.0
Jeskai Control	6–2	75.0
Dragon Control	52–28	65.0
Esper Dragons	7–4	63.6
WUBR Dragons	9–4	69.2
Grixis Dragons	21–14	60.0
Dimir Dragons	3–0	100.0
UBRG Dragons	3–1	75.0
Galleon Control	29–35	45.3
Ponza	19–3	86.4
Mono White Control	8–6	57.1
Cycling Control	8–1	88.9
Astral Slide	8–1	88.9
Five Color Control	2–1	66.7
Bant Control	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Control	1–4	20.0
Aggro-Combo	194–182	51.6
Aristocrats	129–142	47.6
Mono Black Aristocrats	40–46	46.5
Orzhov Aristocrats	29–40	42.0
Golgari Aristocrats	25–27	48.1
Abzan Aristocrats	28–18	60.9
Mardu Aristocrats	4–10	28.6
Burn	33–29	53.2
Infect	7–2	77.8
Turbo Myth	14–4	77.8
Aggro-Control	102–58	63.8
Izzet Tempo	26–21	55.3
Azorius Skies	11–4	73.3
Blue Madness	5–1	83.3
Temur Madness	3–1	75.0
Grixis Madness	2–0	100.0
Lich Aggro-Control	22–17	56.4
Temur Clues	23–10	69.7
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Izzet Spells	2–0	100.0
Dimir Tempo	3–4	42.9
Azorius Tempo	1–0	100.0
Combo-Control	61–29	67.8
Curses	2–0	100.0
Burning Vengeance	4–1	80.0
Battle of Wits	6–6	50.0
Swarm Intelligence	11–11	50.0
Pickles	4–0	100.0
Mindcrank	7–1	87.5
Dragoncrank	3–1	75.0
Displace Loop	1–0	100.0
Familiars	1–0	100.0
Hedron Alignment	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	20–10	66.7
Wildfire	20–10	66.7
Midrange	320–184	63.5
Temur Ascendancy	36–27	57.1
Prophet Ascendancy	2–0	100.0
The Rock	8–5	61.5
Abzan Midrange	10–6	62.5
Jund	17–19	47.2
Blink	7–10	41.2
Wave Blink	5–6	45.5
Azorius Wave	3–3	50.0
Acid Trip	0–1	0.0
Graveyard Value	46–16	74.2
Séance	10–2	83.3
Dimir Graves	12–4	75.0
Indestructible	9–13	40.9
Enchantments Matter	16–13	55.2
Orzhov Enchantress	12–11	52.2
Constellation	4–2	66.7
Allies	15–8	65.2
Orzhov Allies	9–3	75.0
Mardu Allies	1–1	50.0
Esper Allies	5–4	55.6
-1/-1 Counters	16–6	72.7
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	2–1	66.7
Vampires	9–1	90.0
Rakdos Vampires	9–1	90.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Elementals	4–1	80.0
Rakdos Midrange	6–4	60.0
Mono Black Midrange	4–3	57.1
Hellion Whip	1–2	33.3
Dimir Midrange	2–5	28.6
Sultai Midrange	8–2	80.0
Sultai Emerge	8–1	88.9
Sultai Energy	0–1	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	8–1	88.9
Prophet Glare	9–2	81.8
Mythic Colossification	1–1	50.0
Clerics	3–3	50.0
Artifact Midrange	4–0	100.0
Ramp	104–50	67.5
Villainous Wealth	4–3	57.1
Rofellos Ramp	8–4	66.7
Wild Pair	1–0	100.0
Devoid Cruelty	63–35	64.3
Applejacks	4–5	44.4
Orcish Aids	4–5	44.4