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 10 weeks, 4 days.

Aggro

Tournaments Only
Season 33▾
1. All
2. 33
3. 32
4. 31
5. 30
6. 29
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33. 2
34. 1

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Aggro	688	1257–1139	52.5	4	64	33
Mono Black Aggro	4	5–10	33.3
Heroic	9	9–11	45.0
Mono White Heroic	1	2–3	40.0
Azorius Heroic	1	0–2	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	1
Boros Heroic	6	7–6	53.8
Red Deck Wins	115	225–186	54.7	0	17	7
Goblins	4	4–10	28.6
Tokens	12	19–22	46.3	0	1
Selesnya Tokens	7	12–13	48.0
Mono White Tokens	1	0–1	0.0
Mono Green Stompy	15	28–30	48.3
White Weenie	90	152–154	49.7	2	12	2
Odric Keywords	2	2–5	28.6
Quest for the Holy Relic	10	10–16	38.5
Soldiers	26	59–45	56.7	2	7
Mono White Humans	49	79–82	49.1	0	5	2
Elves	3	8–5	61.5
Selesnya Little Kid	7	12–14	46.2
Selesnya Counters	4	4–8	33.3
Zombies	5	3–16	15.8
Gruul Aggro	5	5–14	26.3
Merfolk	5	10–7	58.8			1
Artifact Aggro	107	195–194	50.1	0	4	5
Affinity	90	172–168	50.6	0	2	4
Hardened Scales Affinity	84	161–159	50.3	0	2	4
Tempered Steel	9	17–18	48.6	0	2
Mono Blue Architect	5	5–4	55.6			1
Mono Blue Aggro	2	1–1	50.0
Madness	3	1–6	14.3
Golgari Madness	1	0–2	0.0
Rakdos Madness	1	0–4	0.0
Jund Madness	1	1–0	100.0
Voltron	32	46–58	44.2			1
Hexproof	3	5–10	33.3
Equipment Aggro	4	2–8	20.0
Hateful Auras	23	36–36	50.0			1
Knights	7	9–13	40.9
AggroSlide	18	39–25	60.9	1	7
Rakdos Aggro	11	12–19	38.7
Boros Aggro	2	4–5	44.4
Humans	132	273–188	59.2	1	16	11
Selesnya Humans	4	8–6	57.1
Boros Humans	40	94–56	62.7	1	7	4
Orzhov Humans	85	170–123	58.0	0	9	7
Legends Aggro	34	65–56	53.7	0	1	3
Boros Legends Aggro	12	19–17	52.8
Selesnya Legends Aggro	3	4–8	33.3
Bard Class	15	38–21	64.4	0	1	3
Permanent Vacation	38	52–54	49.1	0	3	1
Pirates	26	79–38	67.5	0	3	2

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	318–318	50.0
Mono Black Aggro	1–0	100.0
Heroic	1–1	50.0
Azorius Heroic	1–0	100.0
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	55–48	53.4
Goblins	3–0	100.0
Tokens	5–1	83.3
Selesnya Tokens	2–1	66.7
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	3–10	23.1
White Weenie	45–47	48.9
Odric Keywords	0–2	0.0
Quest for the Holy Relic	2–2	50.0
Soldiers	13–19	40.6
Mono White Humans	29–23	55.8
Elves	1–0	100.0
Selesnya Little Kid	3–2	60.0
Selesnya Counters	2–1	66.7
Zombies	1–0	100.0
Gruul Aggro	5–0	100.0
Merfolk	1–1	50.0
Artifact Aggro	55–52	51.4
Affinity	49–46	51.6
Hardened Scales Affinity	46–45	50.5
Tempered Steel	3–6	33.3
Mono Blue Architect	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Aggro	0–1	0.0
Madness	2–1	66.7
Rakdos Madness	2–0	100.0
Jund Madness	0–1	0.0
Voltron	20–15	57.1
Hexproof	4–2	66.7
Equipment Aggro	1–1	50.0
Hateful Auras	13–12	52.0
AggroSlide	9–14	39.1
Rakdos Aggro	9–1	90.0
Boros Aggro	0–2	0.0
Humans	48–70	40.7
Selesnya Humans	1–1	50.0
Boros Humans	8–25	24.2
Orzhov Humans	38–44	46.3
Legends Aggro	19–19	50.0
Boros Legends Aggro	6–4	60.0
Selesnya Legends Aggro	1–3	25.0
Bard Class	8–11	42.1
Permanent Vacation	18–17	51.4
Pirates	13–16	44.8
Combo	210–178	54.1
Storm	19–1	95.0
Dragonstorm	1–0	100.0
Citadel Storm	9–1	90.0
Grixis Tendrils	2–0	100.0
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	7–0	100.0
Reanimator	0–2	0.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	6–1	85.7
Warp World	42–53	44.2
Hypergenesis	2–1	66.7
Runeflare	6–1	85.7
Splendid Reclamation Combo	1–0	100.0
Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy	1–0	100.0
"Twin"	1–1	50.0
Metalwork Colossus	1–0	100.0
Upheaval Colossus	1–0	100.0
Seismic Swans	2–0	100.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	5–7	41.7
Quest for Ula's Temple	1–0	100.0
Izzet Ascension	0–1	0.0
Breakfast	14–15	48.3
Oops All Spells	13–15	46.4
Oops All Lands	25–37	40.3
Dredge	43–28	60.6
Insidious Roots Dredge	41–27	60.3
Polymorph	3–0	100.0
Storm Herald	1–1	50.0
Tibalt's Trickery	1–1	50.0
Calibrated Blast	11–7	61.1
Restore Balance	2–3	40.0
Gyruda	4–4	50.0
Midnight Mass	1–4	20.0
Control	177–196	47.5
Esper Control	28–31	47.5
Mono Blue Control	5–0	100.0
Dimir Control	5–1	83.3
Azorius Control	36–43	45.6
Turbo Fog	11–17	39.3
Izzet Control	3–10	23.1
Mill	8–1	88.9
Boros Control	3–4	42.9
Grixis Control	18–8	69.2
Cruel Control	8–5	61.5
Stax	6–1	85.7
Jeskai Control	3–2	60.0
Dragon Control	2–3	40.0
Mono White Control	11–26	29.7
Five Color Control	1–1	50.0
Seasons Past Control	2–2	50.0
Orzhov Control	20–35	36.4
Prison	12–8	60.0
Enchantress	5–2	71.4
Aggro-Combo	66–64	50.8
Aristocrats	52–53	49.5
Mono Black Aristocrats	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	3–0	100.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Aristocrats	44–51	46.3
Boros Bombardment	0–1	0.0
Burn	3–4	42.9
Turbo Myth	1–0	100.0
Combo Goblins	0–1	0.0
Goblin Persist	0–1	0.0
Aggro-Control	79–66	54.5
Simic Flash	5–1	83.3
Izzet Tempo	16–19	45.7
Wizards	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Tempo	26–34	43.3
Mono Blue Librarians	13–24	35.1
Izzet Spells	6–5	54.5
Dimir Tempo	17–6	73.9
Dimir Faeries	4–1	80.0
Azorius Tempo	5–0	100.0
Combo-Control	82–57	59.0
Battle of Wits	16–3	84.2
Shared Fate	1–0	100.0
Sunforger	7–7	50.0
Solar Flare	7–1	87.5
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	3–4	42.9
Wildfire	3–4	42.9
Borderpost Wildfire	2–2	50.0
Resurgent Belief	6–0	100.0
Greasefang	40–42	48.8
Midrange	265–227	53.9
The Rock	44–58	43.1
Grenzo	4–5	44.4
Abzan Midrange	19–18	51.4
Selesnya Midrange	4–3	57.1
Jund	3–1	75.0
Blink	16–16	50.0
Graveyard Value	15–2	88.2
Enchantments Matter	4–1	80.0
Allies	4–1	80.0
Fake-Rack	4–0	100.0
Mardu Midrange	4–0	100.0
Vampires	8–3	72.7
Mono Black Vampires	3–3	50.0
Orzhov Vampires	3–0	100.0
Legends Midrange	4–3	57.1
Boros Legends Midrange	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Legends	3–1	75.0
Selesnya Legends	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	6–2	75.0
Naya Midrange	2–0	100.0
Big Red	3–1	75.0
Mono Black Midrange	3–0	100.0
Dimir Midrange	7–15	31.8
Angel Tribal	4–10	28.6
Toughness Matters	0–1	0.0
Lifegain Midrange	5–6	45.5
Sultai Midrange	11–9	55.0
Fight Rigging	4–8	33.3
Orzhov Midrange	8–22	26.7
Jeskai Midrange	3–1	75.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	18–23	43.9
Fires of Invention	10–5	66.7
Hero of Precinct One	5–3	62.5
Mardu Hero	2–1	66.7
Clerics	2–5	28.6
Artifact Midrange	7–1	87.5
Death Cloud	9–8	52.9
Ramp	59–33	64.1
Villainous Wealth	1–0	100.0
Carth Superfriends	7–10	41.2
Applejacks	0–1	0.0
Field Ramp	36–17	67.9
Unclassified	1–0	100.0