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

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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 12 weeks, 5 days.

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

Boros Legends Aggro

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Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧
Aggro	11941	24326–23272–65	51.1	735	5760
Legends Aggro	246	519–497	51.1	17	149
Boros Legends Aggro	226	479–452	51.5	16	140

Decks

Cards

Meta Share By Season

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	133–137	49.3
Mono Black Aggro	4–3	57.1
Heroic	2–8	20.0
Boros Heroic	2–5	28.6
Selesnya Heroic	0–3	0.0
Red Deck Wins	25–23	52.1
Goblins	4–1	80.0
Tokens	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Tokens	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	2–3	40.0
White Weenie	6–15	28.6
Soldiers	1–10	9.1
Mono White Humans	1–1	50.0
Elves	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Little Kid	2–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	4–5	44.4
Artifact Aggro	5–7	41.7
Affinity	2–1	66.7
Tempered Steel	0–5	0.0
Mono Blue Architect	3–1	75.0
Voltron	4–2	66.7
Equipment Aggro	4–2	66.7
Knights	1–0	100.0
AggroSlide	8–6	57.1
Cats	1–1	50.0
Selesnya Cats	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Aggro	4–1	80.0
Boros Aggro	1–0	100.0
Humans	5–8	38.5
Boros Humans	5–7	41.7
Orzhov Humans	0–1	0.0
Mono Red Eldrazi	0–1	0.0
Legends Aggro	52–51	50.5
Boros Legends Aggro	51–51	50.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1–0	100.0
Rats	2–0	100.0
Combo	70–56	55.6
Storm	7–2	77.8
Dragonstorm	3–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	2–0	100.0
High Tide	2–2	50.0
Reanimator	5–5	50.0
Living Death	2–2	50.0
Excruciator Combo	2–2	50.0
Traditional Reanimator	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Reanimator	2–2	50.0
Necro Combo	5–6	45.5
Necrotic Ooze Combo	3–1	75.0
Warp World	2–2	50.0
Boros Glimpse	2–2	50.0
New Perspectives	2–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	9–4	69.2
Anvil Colossus	8–4	66.7
Blazing Shoal Combo	15–6	71.4
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	1–2	33.3
Unctus	1–2	33.3
Oops All Lands	2–6	25.0
Tibalt's Trickery	1–0	100.0
Intruder Alarm	1–0	100.0
Calibrated Blast	0–1	0.0
Restore Balance	3–1	75.0
Gyruda	2–7	22.2
Belcher	0–1	0.0
Tameshi Bloom	7–3	70.0
Possibility Storm	0–2	0.0
Midnight Mass	4–1	80.0
Phoenix Altar	0–2	0.0
Actual Twin	0–1	0.0
Izzet Twin	0–1	0.0
Nadu Combo	0–2	0.0
Control	62–53	53.9
Esper Control	13–12	52.0
Dimir Control	6–4	60.0
Azorius Control	7–8	46.7
Izzet Control	2–0	100.0
Mill	0–1	0.0
Cloudpost Control	12–8	60.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	1–3	25.0
Izzet Cloudpost Control	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Cloudpost Control	6–1	85.7
Mono White Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Grixis Control	2–1	66.7
Cruel Control	2–1	66.7
Stax	4–5	44.4
Chandra Nalaar	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	1–0	100.0
Dragon Control	5–2	71.4
Esper Dragons	1–0	100.0
Ponza	0–1	0.0
Mono White Control	1–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Five Color Control	1–1	50.0
Last Stand Control	1–1	50.0
Bant Control	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Control	2–5	28.6
Prison	3–3	50.0
Enchantress	3–3	50.0
Aggro-Combo	12–21	36.4
Aristocrats	1–3	25.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	0–3	0.0
Burn	4–1	80.0
Necro Burn	3–0	100.0
Infect	7–17	29.2
Golgari Infect	7–17	29.2
Aggro-Control	18–13	58.1
Simic Flash	1–0	100.0
Izzet Tempo	0–1	0.0
Ninjas	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	0–1	0.0
Mono Blue Librarians	0–1	0.0
Izzet Spells	6–1	85.7
Dimir Tempo	3–2	60.0
Dimir Faeries	2–0	100.0
Azorius Tempo	1–4	20.0
Combo-Control	16–24	40.0
Battle of Wits	1–0	100.0
Approach Necro	1–3	25.0
Displace Loop	1–1	50.0
Familiars	1–1	50.0
Yosei Vat	1–0	100.0
Hive Mind	2–0	100.0
Zur's Weirding	0–1	0.0
Solar Flare	6–19	24.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–0	100.0
Wildfire	3–0	100.0
Borderpost Wildfire	2–0	100.0
Midrange	159–145	52.3
The Rock	2–2	50.0
Grenzo	1–0	100.0
Abzan Midrange	7–7	50.0
Selesnya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Value Town	1–0	100.0
Jund	1–0	100.0
Blink	74–84	46.8
Wave Blink	9–12	42.9
Cloudpost Wave Blink	3–3	50.0
Azorius Wave	6–9	40.0
Orzhov Blink	58–71	45.0
Graveyard Value	1–0	100.0
Enchantments Matter	2–1	66.7
Allies	2–1	66.7
Mono White Allies	2–1	66.7
Vampires	3–4	42.9
Mono Black Vampires	3–4	42.9
Elementals	2–3	40.0
Rakdos Midrange	2–1	66.7
Naya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Big Red	2–1	66.7
Mono Black Midrange	18–20	47.4
Necro Midrange	12–14	46.2
Mono Black Devotion	4–3	57.1
Dimir Midrange	2–0	100.0
Angels	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Angels	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	0–4	0.0
Fires of Invention	13–10	56.5
Hero of Precinct One	5–3	62.5
Five Color Hero	5–3	62.5
Clerics	3–1	75.0
Artifact Midrange	3–0	100.0
Death Cloud	1–1	50.0
Laelia Cascade	3–0	100.0
Wight Midrange	0–1	0.0
Jund Wight	0–1	0.0
Ramp	9–3	75.0
Cloudpost Ramp	4–2	66.7
Greenpost	2–1	66.7
Gruul Post	1–0	100.0
Simic Post	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	1–0	100.0
Field Ramp	2–0	100.0