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 5 days, 21 hours.
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Aggro | 1020 | 1618–1696 | 48.8 | 9 | 92 | 35 |
Mono Black Aggro | 22 | 27–41 | 39.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Heroic | 20 | 22–28 | 44.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Mono White Heroic | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Azorius Heroic | 8 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |||
Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Boros Heroic | 6 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 1 | ||
Red Deck Wins | 27 | 26–42 | 38.2 | 0 | 1 | |
Mono Red Devotion | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
Goblins | 17 | 21–29 | 42.0 | 0 | 2 | |
Tokens | 22 | 23–46 | 33.3 | |||
Selesnya Tokens | 12 | 12–23 | 34.3 | |||
Mono White Tokens | 5 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
Mono Green Stompy | 7 | 8–18 | 30.8 | |||
White Weenie | 260 | 493–406 | 54.8 | 7 | 55 | 7 |
Quest for the Holy Relic | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Soldiers | 155 | 329–245 | 57.3 | 6 | 47 | 2 |
Elves | 43 | 43–93 | 31.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Werewolves | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Selesnya Little Kid | 12 | 10–30 | 25.0 | |||
Rogues | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Zombies | 25 | 47–39 | 54.7 | 2 | ||
Gruul Aggro | 66 | 121–109 | 52.6 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
Gruul Landfall | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Merfolk | 29 | 41–40 | 50.6 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Mono Red Swarm | 50 | 74–85 | 46.5 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Artifact Aggro | 82 | 107–121 | 46.9 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
Affinity | 21 | 34–37 | 47.9 | 2 | ||
Tempered Steel | 7 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
Mono Blue Architect | 47 | 61–63 | 49.2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Mono Blue Aggro | 10 | 14–18 | 43.8 | |||
Illusions | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Madness | 37 | 67–80 | 45.6 | 1 | ||
Gruul Madness | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Golgari Madness | 29 | 63–62 | 50.4 | 1 | ||
Rakdos Madness | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Jund Madness | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
Voltron | 52 | 71–86 | 45.2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Hexproof | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Equipment Aggro | 45 | 54–72 | 42.9 | 0 | 3 | |
Hateful Auras | 6 | 15–12 | 55.6 | 1 | ||
Slivers | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Naya Zoo | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
Knights | 11 | 20–21 | 48.8 | |||
AggroSlide | 63 | 110–90 | 55.0 | 2 | 10 | 3 |
Rakdos Aggro | 10 | 15–25 | 37.5 | |||
Humans | 48 | 85–82 | 50.9 | 1 | ||
Selesnya Humans | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Jeskai Humans | 14 | 30–20 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
Boros Humans | 9 | 18–16 | 52.9 | |||
Shamans | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Legends Aggro | 81 | 146–128 | 53.3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Boros Legends Aggro | 41 | 60–62 | 49.2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Selesnya Legends Aggro | 5 | 12–12 | 50.0 | |||
Bard Class | 25 | 56–40 | 58.3 | |||
Combo | 1088 | 2085–1687 | 55.3 | 25 | 140 | 51 |
Storm | 31 | 45–55 | 45.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Dimir Tendrils | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Dragonstorm | 23 | 38–43 | 46.9 | 0 | 1 | |
Hazoret Storm | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
Reanimator | 11 | 9–25 | 26.5 | |||
Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Four Color Powerful Magic | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Grozoth | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Traditional Reanimator | 7 | 7–16 | 30.4 | |||
Necrotic Ooze Combo | 55 | 115–79 | 59.3 | 3 | 10 | 3 |
Dubious Challenge | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
Warp World | 168 | 380–237 | 61.6 | 5 | 29 | 10 |
Maniac Combo | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
Hypergenesis | 55 | 68–94 | 42.0 | 0 | 3 | |
Runeflare | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Jeskai Ascendancy | 6 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 5 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
"Twin" | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Metalwork Colossus | 6 | 13–14 | 48.1 | 1 | ||
Anvil Colossus | 5 | 13–9 | 59.1 | 1 | ||
Seismic Swans | 16 | 25–26 | 49.0 | |||
Eggs | 8 | 3–20 | 13.0 | |||
Heartless Summoning Combo | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
Blazing Shoal Combo | 44 | 41–70 | 36.9 | 0 | 2 | |
Taking Turns | 7 | 4–15 | 21.1 | |||
Quest for Ula's Temple | 13 | 27–22 | 55.1 | 0 | 3 | |
Izzet Ascension | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Soulflayer | 37 | 68–69 | 49.6 | 1 | ||
Oops All Lands | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
Dredge | 20 | 26–49 | 34.7 | |||
Polymorph | 4 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
Protean Hulk Combo | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Storm Herald | 11 | 20–23 | 46.5 | |||
Enduring Ideal | 14 | 20–19 | 51.3 | |||
Ad Nauseam | 22 | 44–39 | 53.0 | |||
Intruder Alarm | 22 | 31–45 | 40.8 | 0 | 3 | |
Calibrated Blast | 8 | 20–12 | 62.5 | |||
Restore Balance | 17 | 27–36 | 42.9 | |||
Gyruda | 6 | 11–8 | 57.9 | |||
Belcher | 4 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Possibility Storm | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
Midnight Mass | 38 | 72–50 | 59.0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Phoenix Altar | 121 | 279–180 | 60.8 | 4 | 30 | 7 |
Actual Twin | 296 | 670–389 | 63.3 | 13 | 55 | 23 |
Izzet Twin | 262 | 599–337 | 64.0 | 11 | 47 | 23 |
Boros Twin | 34 | 71–52 | 57.7 | 2 | 8 | |
Control | 961 | 1577–1516 | 51.0 | 4 | 56 | 43 |
Mono Black Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Esper Control | 66 | 102–122 | 45.5 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Mono Blue Control | 7 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
Dimir Control | 81 | 125–116 | 51.9 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Azorius Control | 184 | 316–257 | 55.1 | 1 | 11 | 9 |
Cawblade | 47 | 79–75 | 51.3 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
Turbo Fog | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Izzet Control | 17 | 22–30 | 42.3 | 0 | 3 | |
Mardu Control | 7 | 8–13 | 38.1 | 0 | 1 | |
Mill | 20 | 13–40 | 24.5 | |||
Boros Control | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Cloudpost Control | 164 | 274–252 | 52.1 | 0 | 6 | 11 |
Azorius Cloudpost Control | 70 | 126–97 | 56.5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
Blackpost | 5 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 22 | 33–33 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Dimir Cloudpost Control | 6 | 11–13 | 45.8 | 1 | ||
Selesnya Cloudpost Control | 35 | 62–54 | 53.4 | 0 | 3 | |
Grixis Control | 39 | 66–62 | 51.6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Cruel Control | 13 | 27–21 | 56.3 | 1 | 2 | |
Stax | 10 | 13–14 | 48.1 | 0 | 1 | |
Jeskai Control | 7 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |||
Dragon Control | 16 | 17–33 | 34.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Esper Dragons | 4 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
Ponza | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Mono White Control | 46 | 66–87 | 43.1 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
Life is Ez | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
Cycling Control | 8 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Astral Slide | 8 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Five Color Control | 16 | 15–29 | 34.1 | |||
Five Color Collected Conjuring | 5 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
Sultai Control | 10 | 15–11 | 57.7 | |||
Bant Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Pox | 32 | 47–58 | 44.8 | |||
Seasons Past Control | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
Orzhov Control | 92 | 168–140 | 54.5 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
Prison | 128 | 275–200 | 57.9 | 1 | 12 | 10 |
Enchantress | 123 | 274–194 | 58.5 | 1 | 12 | 10 |
Aggro-Combo | 165 | 257–296 | 46.5 | 3 | 15 | 5 |
Aristocrats | 86 | 151–138 | 52.2 | 3 | 12 | 4 |
Mono Black Aristocrats | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Abzan Aristocrats | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
Food | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
Rakdos Aristocrats | 71 | 142–112 | 55.9 | 3 | 12 | 4 |
Boros Bombardment | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Burn | 6 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |||
Infect | 57 | 85–113 | 42.9 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Blazing Shoal Infect | 33 | 38–66 | 36.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Mono Black Infect | 21 | 41–43 | 48.8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Izzet Blitzkrieg | 6 | 3–13 | 18.8 | |||
Liquimetal Fishing | 3 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
Aggro-Control | 325 | 491–483 | 50.4 | 4 | 29 | 16 |
Simic Flash | 13 | 13–16 | 44.8 | 1 | 1 | |
Izzet Tempo | 11 | 9–15 | 37.5 | |||
Blue Madness | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
Grixis Madness | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
Wizards | 27 | 31–37 | 45.6 | 0 | 1 | |
Ninjas | 24 | 9–43 | 17.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Mono Blue Tempo | 75 | 147–91 | 61.8 | 2 | 12 | 5 |
Mono Blue Librarians | 45 | 102–49 | 67.5 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
Izzet Spells | 71 | 118–111 | 51.5 | 1 | 10 | 6 |
Dimir Tempo | 26 | 26–39 | 40.0 | 1 | ||
Dimir Faeries | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Azorius Tempo | 61 | 113–95 | 54.3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Combo-Control | 172 | 277–289 | 48.9 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
Curses | 6 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
Cruel Combo-Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Battle of Wits | 37 | 71–76 | 48.3 | 1 | ||
Shared Fate | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Sunforger | 5 | 2–12 | 14.3 | |||
Pickles | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Hedron Alignment | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Lich's Mastery | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Curious Niv-Mizzet | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | |
Hive Mind | 39 | 75–55 | 57.7 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Zur's Weirding | 6 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Solar Flare | 33 | 65–55 | 54.2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Mass Land Destruction | 27 | 38–48 | 44.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Wildfire | 27 | 38–48 | 44.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Borderpost Wildfire | 10 | 21–21 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Resurgent Belief | 7 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
Midrange | 764 | 1071–1322 | 44.8 | 5 | 53 | 13 |
Temur Ascendancy | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
The Rock | 28 | 24–54 | 30.8 | 0 | 5 | |
Grenzo | 6 | 12–9 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
Abzan Midrange | 12 | 11–24 | 31.4 | |||
Selesnya Midrange | 5 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
Jund | 78 | 112–125 | 47.3 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
Blink | 12 | 16–23 | 41.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Graveyard Value | 19 | 27–31 | 46.6 | |||
Séance | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
Enchantments Matter | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Allies | 10 | 11–23 | 32.4 | |||
Esper Allies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Fake-Rack | 7 | 5–13 | 27.8 | |||
Mardu Midrange | 11 | 14–17 | 45.2 | 0 | 2 | |
White Jund | 14 | 27–22 | 55.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Vampires | 7 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
Mono Black Vampires | 5 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
Legends Midrange | 35 | 47–62 | 43.1 | 0 | 1 | |
Boros Legends Midrange | 13 | 23–20 | 53.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Mardu Legends | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
Orzhov Legends | 4 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
Selesnya Legends | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
Elementals | 6 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
Rakdos Midrange | 18 | 22–36 | 37.9 | |||
Naya Midrange | 7 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |||
Big Red | 7 | 4–14 | 22.2 | |||
Mono Black Midrange | 39 | 66–60 | 52.4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Hellion Whip | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
Dimir Midrange | 11 | 15–28 | 34.9 | 0 | 3 | |
Angel Tribal | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 | |
Toughness Matters | 12 | 20–17 | 54.1 | |||
Lifegain Midrange | 28 | 47–42 | 52.8 | 0 | 2 | |
Adventures | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
Sultai Midrange | 33 | 49–60 | 45.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Fight Rigging | 25 | 44–46 | 48.9 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Orzhov Midrange | 76 | 141–117 | 54.7 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Jeskai Midrange | 11 | 8–18 | 30.8 | 0 | 1 | |
Heartless Summoning Stompy | 18 | 29–33 | 46.8 | |||
Ordealbreak | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Enigmatic Incarnation | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Fires of Invention | 86 | 178–146 | 54.9 | 2 | 13 | 6 |
Hero of Precinct One | 30 | 36–58 | 38.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Abzan Hero | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Mardu Hero | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Five Color Hero | 21 | 25–44 | 36.2 | |||
Naya Hero | 5 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Boros Hero | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
Clerics | 7 | 13–6 | 68.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Artifact Midrange | 37 | 31–67 | 31.6 | 0 | 1 | |
Coinflip Tribal | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Death Cloud | 35 | 44–68 | 39.3 | 0 | 2 | |
Ramp | 334 | 543–615 | 46.9 | 2 | 26 | 9 |
Rofellos Ramp | 74 | 112–151 | 42.6 | 0 | 9 | |
Cloudpost Ramp | 208 | 345–366 | 48.5 | 1 | 12 | 6 |
Eldrazipost | 15 | 28–31 | 47.5 | |||
Greenpost | 84 | 134–159 | 45.7 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
Gruul Post | 33 | 51–55 | 48.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Simic Post | 46 | 73–65 | 52.9 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Temurpost | 18 | 41–35 | 53.9 | 2 | ||
Summer Bloom Ramp | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Carth Superfriends | 8 | 12–18 | 40.0 | |||
Applejacks | 30 | 61–54 | 53.0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Unclassified | 8 | 0–12 | 0.0 |