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.
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How do I get started with Magic Online? Check out the guide to Magic Online. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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 14 weeks, 1 day.
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 194 | 355–282 | 55.7 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | |||||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | |||||
| Red Deck Wins | 21 | 47–33 | 58.8 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Goblins | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Tokens | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| White Weenie | 17 | 28–32 | 46.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Soldiers | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono White Humans | 15 | 26–28 | 48.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Elves | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Selesnya Counters | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 45 | 87–62 | 58.4 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Affinity | 44 | 87–61 | 58.8 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Voltron | 7 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
| Equipment Aggro | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Hateful Auras | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Knights | 2 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 7 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Humans | 44 | 93–56 | 62.4 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Selesnya Humans | 4 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Boros Humans | 15 | 34–22 | 60.7 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Orzhov Humans | 24 | 51–27 | 65.4 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Legends Aggro | 15 | 25–25 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 9 | 16–13 | 55.2 | |||
| Bard Class | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Permanent Vacation | 23 | 31–29 | 51.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Combo | 107 | 160–138 | 53.7 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Storm | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Warp World | 7 | 23–7 | 76.7 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Runeflare | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Upheaval Colossus | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Seismic Swans | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 7 | 14–9 | 60.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Breakfast | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Oops All Lands | 45 | 80–44 | 64.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dredge | 19 | 21–29 | 42.0 | 1 | ||
| Insidious Roots Dredge | 19 | 21–29 | 42.0 | 1 | ||
| Storm Herald | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Tibalt's Trickery | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Restore Balance | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Gyruda | 5 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Control | 77 | 103–125 | 45.2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Esper Control | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 2 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 4 | 1–12 | 7.7 | |||
| Azorius Control | 19 | 31–26 | 54.4 | 1 | ||
| Turbo Fog | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Mardu Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mill | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Control | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Grixis Control | 6 | 9–13 | 40.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cruel Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 5 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Dragon Control | 1 | |||||
| Mono White Control | 8 | 14–11 | 56.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 4 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |||
| Astral Slide | 4 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 13 | 23–16 | 59.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Prison | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 28 | 41–46 | 47.1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Aristocrats | 16 | 27–26 | 50.9 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 3 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 12 | 27–17 | 61.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Burn | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Magda Dwarfs | 9 | 10–16 | 38.5 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 26 | 57–40 | 58.8 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Simic Flash | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 9 | 25–14 | 64.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 8 | 23–13 | 63.9 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Izzet Spells | 5 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 6 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 30 | 51–59 | 46.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Battle of Wits | 2 | 0–10 | 0.0 | |||
| Solar Flare | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Greasefang | 25 | 49–41 | 54.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 154 | 216–260 | 45.4 | 2 | 13 | 4 |
| The Rock | 46 | 86–78 | 52.4 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Abzan Midrange | 11 | 17–19 | 47.2 | 1 | ||
| Jund | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Blink | 8 | 8–13 | 38.1 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 7 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Vampires | 9 | 7–23 | 23.3 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Orzhov Vampires | 3 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 6 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Boros Legends Midrange | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Legends | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Naya Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fight Rigging | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 6 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 17 | 33–21 | 61.1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Fires of Invention | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Naya Hero | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Clerics | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Death Cloud | 7 | 18–17 | 51.4 | |||
| Slime Against Humanity | 3 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |||
| Ramp | 46 | 57–85 | 40.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Carth Superfriends | 7 | 8–15 | 34.8 | |||
| Applejacks | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Field of the Dead | 30 | 43–52 | 45.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Superfriends | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Unclassified | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 |