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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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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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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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 11 weeks, 1 day.
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 628 | 1133–1050 | 51.9 | 3 | 57 | 30 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 4 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Heroic | 8 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Azorius Heroic | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | |||||
| Boros Heroic | 5 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 101 | 197–167 | 54.1 | 0 | 15 | 6 |
| Goblins | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Tokens | 10 | 14–20 | 41.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 5 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 14 | 26–27 | 49.1 | |||
| White Weenie | 82 | 136–143 | 48.7 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
| Odric Keywords | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 9 | 9–13 | 40.9 | |||
| Soldiers | 20 | 44–38 | 53.7 | 1 | 6 | |
| Mono White Humans | 48 | 79–81 | 49.4 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Elves | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 7 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |||
| Selesnya Counters | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Zombies | 5 | 3–16 | 15.8 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 4 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
| Merfolk | 5 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 101 | 185–184 | 50.1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Affinity | 85 | 162–159 | 50.5 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 80 | 153–153 | 50.0 | 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 | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Golgari Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Voltron | 31 | 40–58 | 40.8 | |||
| Hexproof | 3 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Equipment Aggro | 4 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Hateful Auras | 22 | 30–36 | 45.5 | |||
| Knights | 7 | 9–13 | 40.9 | |||
| AggroSlide | 15 | 33–21 | 61.1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 11 | 12–19 | 38.7 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Humans | 125 | 265–178 | 59.8 | 1 | 14 | 11 |
| Selesnya Humans | 4 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Boros Humans | 41 | 94–60 | 61.0 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
| Orzhov Humans | 77 | 162–109 | 59.8 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Legends Aggro | 29 | 51–49 | 51.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 12 | 19–17 | 52.8 | |||
| Selesnya Legends Aggro | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Bard Class | 10 | 24–14 | 63.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Permanent Vacation | 38 | 52–54 | 49.1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Pirates | 16 | 53–25 | 67.9 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Combo | 422 | 720–663 | 52.1 | 5 | 24 | 20 |
| Storm | 23 | 19–58 | 24.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 11 | 15–24 | 38.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Grixis Tendrils | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 8 | 3–25 | 10.7 | |||
| Reanimator | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 16 | 18–16 | 52.9 | 1 | ||
| Dubious Challenge | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Warp World | 86 | 219–113 | 66.0 | 3 | 11 | 8 |
| Hypergenesis | 6 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
| Runeflare | 5 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |||
| Splendid Reclamation Combo | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| "Twin" | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Upheaval Colossus | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Seismic Swans | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 9 | 21–15 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Taking Turns | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ominous Good | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 34 | 63–55 | 53.4 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Oops All Spells | 33 | 63–50 | 55.8 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Oops All Lands | 74 | 132–84 | 61.1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Dredge | 69 | 94–115 | 45.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Insidious Roots Dredge | 57 | 76–94 | 44.7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Polymorph | 5 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |||
| Storm Herald | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Tibalt's Trickery | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Intruder Alarm | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Calibrated Blast | 14 | 29–27 | 51.8 | 2 | ||
| Restore Balance | 10 | 16–14 | 53.3 | 1 | ||
| Gyruda | 9 | 16–14 | 53.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Possibility Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midnight Mass | 5 | 12–4 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Control | 406 | 660–652 | 50.3 | 5 | 37 | 13 |
| Esper Control | 55 | 115–83 | 58.1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Mono Blue Control | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Dimir Control | 10 | 8–26 | 23.5 | |||
| Azorius Control | 82 | 138–118 | 53.9 | 2 | 12 | 2 |
| Turbo Fog | 45 | 46–50 | 47.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Izzet Control | 14 | 26–27 | 49.1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mardu Control | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Mill | 9 | 9–17 | 34.6 | |||
| Boros Control | 19 | 23–33 | 41.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Grixis Control | 19 | 24–33 | 42.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Cruel Control | 9 | 12–16 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Stax | 10 | 8–19 | 29.6 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 6 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Dragon Control | 4 | 9–7 | 56.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Control | 34 | 59–59 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Cycling Control | 5 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 5 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Bant Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Seasons Past Control | 9 | 18–17 | 51.4 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 50 | 119–78 | 60.4 | 1 | 8 | 4 |
| Prison | 20 | 27–38 | 41.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Enchantress | 7 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 153 | 313–232 | 57.4 | 3 | 14 | 16 |
| Aristocrats | 130 | 287–190 | 60.2 | 3 | 14 | 15 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 7 | 8–13 | 38.1 | |||
| Food | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 117 | 274–165 | 62.4 | 3 | 14 | 15 |
| Burn | 9 | 13–17 | 43.3 | |||
| Turbo Myth | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 132 | 247–226 | 52.2 | 2 | 9 | 5 |
| Simic Flash | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 34 | 62–53 | 53.9 | 0 | 7 | |
| Wizards | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 53 | 125–85 | 59.5 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 31 | 77–40 | 65.8 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Izzet Spells | 8 | 15–12 | 55.6 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 22 | 26–47 | 35.6 | |||
| Dimir Faeries | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 6 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
| Combo-Control | 138 | 258–260 | 49.8 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Burning Vengeance | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 15 | 19–45 | 29.7 | 1 | ||
| Shared Fate | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Sunforger | 12 | 22–32 | 40.7 | |||
| Curious Niv-Mizzet | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Solar Flare | 5 | 9–13 | 40.9 | 1 | ||
| Plasma Swans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 10 | 14–15 | 48.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wildfire | 10 | 14–15 | 48.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Resurgent Belief | 3 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Greasefang | 88 | 187–139 | 57.4 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
| Midrange | 489 | 747–892 | 45.6 | 5 | 31 | 16 |
| The Rock | 84 | 144–147 | 49.5 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| Grenzo | 8 | 19–12 | 61.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 35 | 62–74 | 45.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Selesnya Midrange | 9 | 12–19 | 38.7 | |||
| Jund | 6 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Blink | 30 | 57–44 | 56.4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Graveyard Value | 17 | 13–31 | 29.5 | |||
| Séance | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 9 | 10–18 | 35.7 | |||
| Allies | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| -1/-1 Counters | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 8 | 3–16 | 15.8 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Vampires | 10 | 7–23 | 23.3 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Orzhov Vampires | 4 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 11 | 14–18 | 43.8 | |||
| Boros Legends Midrange | 6 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Legends | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 8 | 12–20 | 37.5 | |||
| Naya Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Big Red | 6 | 6–16 | 27.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 5 | 0–11 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 24 | 44–33 | 57.1 | 3 | ||
| Angel Tribal | 17 | 28–29 | 49.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Toughness Matters | 5 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 8 | 17–9 | 65.4 | 2 | ||
| Sultai Midrange | 15 | 26–32 | 44.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fight Rigging | 9 | 19–18 | 51.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 24 | 62–36 | 63.3 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Owling Mine | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Midrange | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 37 | 66–63 | 51.2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Zur the Enchanter | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 18 | 22–31 | 41.5 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 11 | 16–19 | 45.7 | |||
| Mardu Hero | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Naya Hero | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Clerics | 8 | 15–10 | 60.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Artifact Midrange | 11 | 7–24 | 22.6 | |||
| Death Cloud | 15 | 30–31 | 49.2 | |||
| Ramp | 134 | 163–256 | 38.9 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Villainous Wealth | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 17 | 29–33 | 46.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Applejacks | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Field Ramp | 91 | 111–166 | 40.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Superfriends | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Unclassified | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 |