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 |
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Aggro | 617 | 1111–1026 | 52.0 | 3 | 57 | 28 |
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 | 99 | 195–162 | 54.6 | 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 | 13 | 24–23 | 51.1 | |||
White Weenie | 80 | 134–138 | 49.3 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
Odric Keywords | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
Quest for the Holy Relic | 9 | 9–13 | 40.9 | |||
Soldiers | 20 | 43–36 | 54.4 | 1 | 6 | |
Mono White Humans | 47 | 78–80 | 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 | 100 | 183–183 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
Affinity | 84 | 160–158 | 50.3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Hardened Scales Affinity | 79 | 151–152 | 49.8 | 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 | 30 | 40–57 | 41.2 | |||
Hexproof | 3 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
Equipment Aggro | 4 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
Hateful Auras | 21 | 30–35 | 46.2 | |||
Knights | 7 | 9–13 | 40.9 | |||
AggroSlide | 15 | 33–21 | 61.1 | 1 | 6 | |
Rakdos Aggro | 12 | 13–21 | 38.2 | |||
Boros Aggro | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
Humans | 125 | 260–178 | 59.4 | 1 | 14 | 10 |
Selesnya Humans | 4 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
Boros Humans | 41 | 94–60 | 61.0 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
Orzhov Humans | 77 | 157–109 | 59.0 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
Legends Aggro | 26 | 48–43 | 52.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Boros Legends Aggro | 12 | 19–17 | 52.8 | |||
Selesnya Legends Aggro | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
Bard Class | 7 | 21–8 | 72.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Permanent Vacation | 38 | 52–54 | 49.1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Combo | 416 | 713–658 | 52.0 | 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 | 85 | 216–112 | 65.9 | 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 | 33 | 63–54 | 53.8 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Oops All Spells | 32 | 63–49 | 56.3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Oops All Lands | 74 | 132–84 | 61.1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Dredge | 68 | 92–115 | 44.4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Insidious Roots Dredge | 56 | 74–94 | 44.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Polymorph | 4 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |||
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 | 3 | 10–2 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
Control | 398 | 647–634 | 50.5 | 5 | 37 | 12 |
Esper Control | 54 | 115–79 | 59.3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Mono Blue Control | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
Dimir Control | 10 | 8–26 | 23.5 | |||
Azorius Control | 78 | 134–113 | 54.3 | 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 | 17 | 20–26 | 43.5 | 0 | 2 | |
Cruel Control | 7 | 8–10 | 44.4 | 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 | 49 | 114–76 | 60.0 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
Prison | 20 | 27–38 | 41.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Enchantress | 7 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |||
Aggro-Combo | 152 | 310–227 | 57.7 | 3 | 14 | 16 |
Aristocrats | 129 | 284–185 | 60.6 | 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 | 116 | 271–160 | 62.9 | 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 | 129 | 240–223 | 51.8 | 2 | 9 | 4 |
Simic Flash | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
Izzet Tempo | 34 | 62–52 | 54.4 | 0 | 7 | |
Wizards | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Mono Blue Tempo | 50 | 118–83 | 58.7 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Mono Blue Librarians | 28 | 70–38 | 64.8 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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 | 137 | 258–258 | 50.0 | 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 | 9 | 14–13 | 51.9 | 0 | 1 | |
Wildfire | 9 | 14–13 | 51.9 | 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 | 483 | 736–885 | 45.4 | 5 | 31 | 16 |
The Rock | 83 | 144–146 | 49.7 | 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 | 16 | 26–28 | 48.1 | 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 | 23 | 59–35 | 62.8 | 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 | 15 | 16–27 | 37.2 | |||
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 | 162–256 | 38.8 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Villainous Wealth | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Carth Superfriends | 17 | 28–33 | 45.9 | 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 |