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, 6 days.
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 397 | 790–777 | 50.4 | 22 | 197 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 4 | 8–10 | 44.4 | 0 | 2 |
| Heroic | 63 | 122–113 | 51.9 | 5 | 33 |
| Mono White Heroic | 21 | 42–41 | 50.6 | 3 | 14 |
| Azorius Heroic | 11 | 25–19 | 56.8 | 0 | 5 |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 30 | 55–51 | 51.9 | 2 | 14 |
| Red Deck Wins | 95 | 206–172 | 54.5 | 5 | 46 |
| Goblins | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Tokens | 13 | 21–29 | 42.0 | 1 | 7 |
| Mono White Tokens | 12 | 20–25 | 44.4 | 1 | 7 |
| White Weenie | 25 | 54–47 | 53.5 | 1 | 14 |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 4 | 4–10 | 28.6 | 0 | 3 |
| Soldiers | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | ||
| Elves | 56 | 122–119 | 50.6 | 5 | 30 |
| Warriors | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Rogues | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | ||
| Zombies | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Merfolk | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Artifact Aggro | 30 | 57–61 | 48.3 | 1 | 10 |
| Affinity | 6 | 8–12 | 40.0 | ||
| Salvage Titan | 4 | 9–13 | 40.9 | 0 | 2 |
| Tempered Steel | 14 | 32–28 | 53.3 | 0 | 7 |
| Mono Blue Architect | 5 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Madness | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Rakdos Madness | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Voltron | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Hexproof | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Slivers | 6 | 7–15 | 31.8 | 0 | 2 |
| Knights | 13 | 25–31 | 44.6 | 0 | 4 |
| AggroSlide | 28 | 41–39 | 51.3 | 0 | 19 |
| Boros Aggro | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 0 | 3 |
| Humans | 43 | 101–93 | 52.1 | 4 | 22 |
| Bant Humans | 5 | 11–12 | 47.8 | 0 | 3 |
| Jeskai Humans | 34 | 78–74 | 51.3 | 4 | 16 |
| Boros Humans | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Combo | 246 | 556–435 | 56.1 | 27 | 124 |
| Storm | 156 | 427–253 | 62.8 | 24 | 86 |
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dragonstorm | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hazoret Storm | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Citadel Storm | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| High Tide | 68 | 170–112 | 60.3 | 9 | 34 |
| Channel Storm | 81 | 249–128 | 66.0 | 14 | 49 |
| Reanimator | 42 | 71–88 | 44.7 | 1 | 18 |
| Recurring Nightmare | 35 | 62–72 | 46.3 | 1 | 15 |
| Dragon Nightmare | 26 | 52–52 | 50.0 | 1 | 13 |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 5 | 6–12 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Oriss Genesis | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Warp World | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | ||
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| "Twin" | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Anvil Colossus | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Eggs | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | ||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | 0 | 2 |
| Breakfast | 17 | 25–26 | 49.0 | 2 | 9 |
| Oops All Spells | 14 | 22–19 | 53.7 | 2 | 8 |
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Dredge | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Protean Hulk Combo | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dice Factory | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Restore Balance | 6 | 12–17 | 41.4 | 0 | 5 |
| Control | 189 | 335–398 | 45.7 | 5 | 75 |
| Esper Control | 28 | 52–58 | 47.3 | 1 | 11 |
| Demonic Rising | 4 | 3–10 | 23.1 | ||
| Mono Blue Control | 40 | 99–80 | 55.3 | 3 | 22 |
| Dimir Control | 7 | 15–13 | 53.6 | 0 | 2 |
| Azorius Control | 32 | 54–65 | 45.4 | 1 | 13 |
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Izzet Control | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Mill | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Cloudpost Control | 9 | 16–23 | 41.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Blackpost | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 8 | 15–21 | 41.7 | 0 | 3 |
| Grixis Control | 11 | 14–23 | 37.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Cruel Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Stax | 4 | 10–10 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Chandra Nalaar | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Jeskai Control | 12 | 21–28 | 42.9 | 0 | 4 |
| Dragon Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | ||
| Izzet Dragons | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | ||
| Ponza | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | 0 | 2 |
| Mono White Control | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Life is Ez | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Dynavolt Tower | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | ||
| Five Color Control | 7 | 14–14 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | ||
| Guildgate Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Pox | 11 | 17–19 | 47.2 | 0 | 6 |
| Seasons Past Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Prison | 5 | 6–12 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Enchantress | 5 | 6–12 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Aggro-Combo | 79 | 148–159 | 48.2 | 4 | 40 |
| Aristocrats | 17 | 31–37 | 45.6 | 1 | 7 |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 17 | 31–37 | 45.6 | 1 | 7 |
| Burn | 26 | 55–48 | 53.4 | 1 | 13 |
| Infect | 8 | 10–16 | 38.5 | 0 | 4 |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 7 | 9–13 | 40.9 | 0 | 4 |
| Hermit Humans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 4 | 1–10 | 9.1 | 0 | 1 |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 4 | 8–10 | 44.4 | 0 | 2 |
| Combo Goblins | 18 | 40–34 | 54.1 | 2 | 12 |
| Dirty Kitty | 18 | 40–34 | 54.1 | 2 | 12 |
| Aggro-Control | 163 | 333–345 | 49.1 | 4 | 73 |
| Izzet Tempo | 30 | 62–63 | 49.6 | 1 | 10 |
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Blue Madness | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Simic Madness | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Ninjas | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | ||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 67 | 137–144 | 48.8 | 0 | 30 |
| Mono Blue Faeries | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | ||
| Izzet Spells | 28 | 70–59 | 54.3 | 1 | 17 |
| Dimir Tempo | 13 | 21–27 | 43.8 | 1 | 5 |
| Dimir Faeries | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Azorius Tempo | 14 | 29–27 | 51.8 | 1 | 9 |
| Combo-Control | 33 | 50–64 | 43.9 | 1 | 14 |
| Battle of Wits | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hedron Alignment | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Hive Mind | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Zur's Weirding | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Solar Flare | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Plasma Swans | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Mass Land Destruction | 23 | 35–44 | 44.3 | 1 | 10 |
| Jokulhaups Control | 23 | 35–44 | 44.3 | 1 | 10 |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 2 |
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 9 | 10–17 | 37.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 11 | 20–20 | 50.0 | 1 | 5 |
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Midrange | 183 | 365–387 | 48.5 | 14 | 87 |
| The Rock | 9 | 13–22 | 37.1 | 0 | 3 |
| Abzan Midrange | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | ||
| Jund | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Graveyard Value | 6 | 11–14 | 44.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Varolz Dreadnought | 5 | 11–10 | 52.4 | 0 | 2 |
| Allies | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Azorius Allies | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fake-Rack | 5 | 7–11 | 38.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Vampires | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Rakdos Midrange | 7 | 12–16 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 |
| Big Red | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 18 | 30–44 | 40.5 | 0 | 6 |
| Mono Black Devotion | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | ||
| Dimir Midrange | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 |
| Angel Tribal | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Lifegain Midrange | 5 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 1 | 3 |
| Martyr's Grace | 5 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 1 | 3 |
| Sultai Midrange | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Orzhov Midrange | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Owling Mine | 5 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 2 |
| Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Ordealbreak | 3 | 1–9 | 10.0 | ||
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 3 | 1–9 | 10.0 | ||
| Fires of Invention | 7 | 9–16 | 36.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Hero of Precinct One | 23 | 39–53 | 42.4 | 1 | 11 |
| Mardu Hero | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Five Color Hero | 9 | 17–22 | 43.6 | 0 | 5 |
| Gruul Obosh | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Simic Snow | 67 | 184–130 | 58.6 | 12 | 42 |
| Ramp | 11 | 15–27 | 35.7 | 1 | 4 |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 10 | 15–24 | 38.5 | 1 | 4 |
| Greenpost | 5 | 13–9 | 59.1 | 1 | 3 |
| Gruul Post | 5 | 2–15 | 11.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Defenders | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 |