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 12 weeks, 1 day.
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Aggro | 505 | 874–815 | 51.7 | 3 | 45 | 25 |
Mono Black Aggro | 4 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
Heroic | 7 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
Mono White Heroic | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | |||||
Boros Heroic | 5 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
Red Deck Wins | 81 | 153–132 | 53.7 | 0 | 14 | 6 |
Goblins | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
Tokens | 6 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |||
Selesnya Tokens | 5 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
Mono White Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Mono Green Stompy | 11 | 22–21 | 51.2 | |||
White Weenie | 71 | 116–121 | 48.9 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
Odric Keywords | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
Quest for the Holy Relic | 7 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |||
Soldiers | 16 | 31–30 | 50.8 | 1 | 4 | |
Mono White Humans | 45 | 75–74 | 50.3 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Elves | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
Selesnya Little Kid | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
Selesnya Counters | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
Zombies | 5 | 3–16 | 15.8 | |||
Gruul Aggro | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
Merfolk | 5 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 1 | ||
Artifact Aggro | 92 | 162–161 | 50.2 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
Affinity | 75 | 145–138 | 51.2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Tempered Steel | 7 | 10–15 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 | |
Mono Blue Architect | 5 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 1 | ||
Mono Blue Aggro | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Golgari Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Voltron | 13 | 14–19 | 42.4 | |||
Hexproof | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
Equipment Aggro | 4 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
Hateful Auras | 8 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
Knights | 4 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
AggroSlide | 9 | 24–10 | 70.6 | 1 | 4 | |
Rakdos Aggro | 8 | 6–14 | 30.0 | |||
Boros Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Humans | 102 | 213–142 | 60.0 | 1 | 10 | 9 |
Selesnya Humans | 4 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
Boros Humans | 24 | 60–32 | 65.2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Orzhov Humans | 73 | 145–103 | 58.5 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
Legends Aggro | 22 | 32–38 | 45.7 | |||
Boros Legends Aggro | 12 | 19–17 | 52.8 | |||
Selesnya Legends Aggro | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
Bard Class | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
Permanent Vacation | 39 | 51–55 | 48.1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Combo | 322 | 538–480 | 52.8 | 4 | 16 | 13 |
Storm | 18 | 14–43 | 24.6 | 0 | 1 | |
Dragonstorm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Citadel Storm | 8 | 11–16 | 40.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Grixis Tendrils | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 6 | 2–18 | 10.0 | |||
Reanimator | 5 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
Traditional Reanimator | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
Necrotic Ooze Combo | 16 | 18–16 | 52.9 | 1 | ||
Dubious Challenge | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
Warp World | 76 | 193–96 | 66.8 | 3 | 9 | 7 |
Maniac Combo | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Hypergenesis | 6 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
Runeflare | 6 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |||
Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
"Twin" | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Metalwork 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 | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Quest for Ula's Temple | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Ominous Good | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Breakfast | 14 | 28–19 | 59.6 | 1 | ||
Oops All Spells | 14 | 28–19 | 59.6 | 1 | ||
Oops All Lands | 72 | 129–83 | 60.8 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Dredge | 39 | 40–70 | 36.4 | 1 | ||
Insidious Roots Dredge | 37 | 37–64 | 36.6 | 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 | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Calibrated Blast | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
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 | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
Control | 285 | 450–449 | 50.1 | 2 | 22 | 9 |
Esper Control | 14 | 22–24 | 47.8 | |||
Mono Blue Control | 10 | 16–16 | 50.0 | |||
Dimir Control | 4 | 1–12 | 7.7 | |||
Azorius Control | 74 | 134–112 | 54.5 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
Cawblade | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
Turbo Fog | 41 | 36–39 | 48.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Izzet Control | 6 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
Mardu Control | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
Mill | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
Boros Control | 7 | 8–11 | 42.1 | 0 | 1 | |
Grixis Control | 10 | 12–19 | 38.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Cruel Control | 4 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
Stax | 10 | 8–19 | 29.6 | |||
Jeskai Control | 4 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 1 | 1 | |
Dragon Control | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Mono White Control | 29 | 55–46 | 54.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Cycling Control | 6 | 4–13 | 23.5 | |||
Astral Slide | 6 | 4–13 | 23.5 | |||
Five Color Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Pox | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
Seasons Past Control | 6 | 15–10 | 60.0 | |||
Orzhov Control | 37 | 88–60 | 59.5 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
Prison | 13 | 15–27 | 35.7 | 0 | 3 | |
Enchantress | 5 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
Aggro-Combo | 115 | 239–166 | 59.0 | 3 | 11 | 12 |
Aristocrats | 95 | 216–129 | 62.6 | 3 | 11 | 11 |
Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Orzhov Aristocrats | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
Food | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
Rakdos Aristocrats | 85 | 205–111 | 64.9 | 3 | 11 | 11 |
Burn | 7 | 10–14 | 41.7 | |||
Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Combo Goblins | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Goblin Persist | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Aggro-Control | 102 | 201–158 | 56.0 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
Simic Flash | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
Izzet Tempo | 12 | 25–21 | 54.3 | 0 | 4 | |
Wizards | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Mono Blue Tempo | 32 | 72–46 | 61.0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Mono Blue Librarians | 28 | 61–39 | 61.0 | 3 | ||
Izzet Spells | 12 | 23–17 | 57.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Dimir Tempo | 34 | 62–48 | 56.4 | 3 | ||
Azorius Tempo | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
Combo-Control | 124 | 229–226 | 50.3 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
Battle of Wits | 11 | 12–37 | 24.5 | 1 | ||
Shared Fate | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Sunforger | 12 | 22–31 | 41.5 | |||
Curious Niv-Mizzet | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Solar Flare | 6 | 10–13 | 43.5 | 1 | ||
Plasma Swans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Mass Land Destruction | 8 | 14–12 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | |
Wildfire | 8 | 14–12 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | |
Resurgent Belief | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
Greasefang | 81 | 165–122 | 57.5 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
Midrange | 375 | 560–697 | 44.6 | 4 | 25 | 10 |
The Rock | 80 | 134–146 | 47.9 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
Grenzo | 7 | 18–10 | 64.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Abzan Midrange | 34 | 63–74 | 46.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Selesnya Midrange | 3 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
Jund | 7 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |||
Blink | 17 | 32–21 | 60.4 | 2 | ||
Graveyard Value | 10 | 10–17 | 37.0 | |||
Enchantments Matter | 9 | 9–15 | 37.5 | |||
-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 | 10 | 13–16 | 44.8 | |||
Boros Legends Midrange | 6 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
Orzhov Legends | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
Selesnya Legends | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Rakdos Midrange | 11 | 17–26 | 39.5 | |||
Naya Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Big Red | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Mono Black Midrange | 5 | 0–10 | 0.0 | |||
Dimir Midrange | 6 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |||
Angel Tribal | 8 | 11–10 | 52.4 | 0 | 3 | |
Toughness Matters | 5 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
Lifegain Midrange | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
Sultai Midrange | 7 | 13–15 | 46.4 | 0 | 1 | |
Fight Rigging | 5 | 13–10 | 56.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Orzhov Midrange | 19 | 50–30 | 62.5 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Jeskai Midrange | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
Heartless Summoning Stompy | 34 | 63–59 | 51.6 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Zur the Enchanter | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Fires of Invention | 11 | 8–18 | 30.8 | |||
Hero of Precinct One | 6 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
Five Color Hero | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
Naya Hero | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
Boros Hero | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Clerics | 7 | 15–9 | 62.5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Artifact Midrange | 7 | 6–15 | 28.6 | |||
Death Cloud | 13 | 27–26 | 50.9 | |||
Ramp | 112 | 124–213 | 36.8 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Villainous Wealth | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Carth Superfriends | 12 | 18–24 | 42.9 | 1 | ||
Applejacks | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Field Ramp | 76 | 87–137 | 38.8 | 0 | 2 | |
Superfriends | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
Unclassified | 6 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |