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 1 week, 3 days.
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Aggro | 1324 | 2147–2252 | 48.8 | 19 | 158 | 43 |
Mono Black Aggro | 7 | 11–19 | 36.7 | |||
Heroic | 72 | 126–117 | 51.9 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
Mono White Heroic | 53 | 103–85 | 54.8 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
Azorius Heroic | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 10 | 12–17 | 41.4 | |||
Boros Heroic | 7 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |||
Red Deck Wins | 378 | 721–600 | 54.6 | 7 | 69 | 14 |
Mono Red Devotion | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
Goblins | 68 | 77–120 | 39.1 | 0 | 7 | |
Tokens | 7 | 7–15 | 31.8 | |||
Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Mono White Tokens | 3 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
Mono Green Stompy | 18 | 19–30 | 38.8 | 0 | 3 | |
White Weenie | 98 | 155–152 | 50.5 | 2 | 10 | 3 |
Quest for the Holy Relic | 9 | 6–10 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 | |
Soldiers | 43 | 78–65 | 54.5 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Kithkin | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Chroma White | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Elves | 175 | 352–281 | 55.6 | 6 | 24 | 9 |
Werewolves | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Minotaurs | 4 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
Warriors | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Selesnya Little Kid | 18 | 30–39 | 43.5 | |||
Rogues | 3 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
Zombies | 11 | 13–16 | 44.8 | |||
Gruul Aggro | 26 | 39–45 | 46.4 | 1 | ||
Gruul Landfall | 5 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
Merfolk | 22 | 37–37 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Mono Red Swarm | 14 | 26–22 | 54.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Artifact Aggro | 258 | 351–478 | 42.3 | 3 | 30 | 7 |
Affinity | 147 | 165–291 | 36.2 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
Salvage Titan | 13 | 10–28 | 26.3 | 0 | 2 | |
Tempered Steel | 92 | 174–146 | 54.4 | 3 | 15 | 4 |
Mono Blue Architect | 4 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |||
Madness | 20 | 26–47 | 35.6 | |||
Golgari Madness | 7 | 17–12 | 58.6 | |||
Rakdos Madness | 7 | 9–24 | 27.3 | |||
Jund Madness | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
Voltron | 17 | 19–27 | 41.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Hexproof | 6 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
Equipment Aggro | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Hateful Auras | 9 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |||
Slivers | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
Naya Zoo | 4 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 0 | 1 | |
Knights | 19 | 30–30 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
AggroSlide | 16 | 17–16 | 51.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Cats | 4 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
Selesnya Cats | 4 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
Rakdos Aggro | 20 | 27–46 | 37.0 | |||
Boros Aggro | 16 | 14–23 | 37.8 | 0 | 1 | |
Humans | 16 | 25–30 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Selesnya Humans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Jeskai Humans | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
Boros Humans | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Brushwaggs | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Combo | 1317 | 2120–2113–2 | 50.1 | 17 | 98 | 59 |
Storm | 193 | 273–327 | 45.5 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
Sultai Tendrils | 6 | 8–19 | 29.6 | |||
Dimir Tendrils | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
Dragonstorm | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Hazoret Storm | 138 | 219–225 | 49.3 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
Simic Storm | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 8 | 0–16 | 0.0 | |||
Izzet Storm | 22 | 30–38 | 44.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Reanimator | 409 | 785–655–1 | 54.5 | 7 | 46 | 25 |
Recurring Nightmare | 26 | 30–33 | 47.6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Dragon Nightmare | 16 | 21–21 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
Jund Nightmare | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Worldgorger Dragon | 30 | 52–48 | 52.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Starlit Graves | 4 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
Traditional Reanimator | 348 | 694–566–1 | 55.1 | 7 | 42 | 21 |
Rakdos Reanimator | 9 | 14–20 | 41.2 | |||
Dimir Reanimator | 18 | 25–21 | 54.3 | 1 | ||
Mono Black Reanimator | 319 | 653–521–1 | 55.6 | 7 | 42 | 20 |
Grixis Reanimator | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Oriss Genesis | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Biovisionary | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Necrotic Ooze Combo | 133 | 255–181–1 | 58.5 | 4 | 15 | 11 |
Dubious Challenge | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Warp World | 54 | 79–96 | 45.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Temur Glimpse | 29 | 47–43 | 52.2 | 1 | ||
Actual Warp World | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
Four Color Glimpse | 22 | 29–47 | 38.2 | 1 | 1 | |
Hypergenesis | 65 | 125–110 | 53.2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
New Perspectives | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Jeskai Ascendancy | 55 | 83–86 | 49.1 | 5 | 10 | |
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 50 | 72–81 | 47.1 | 4 | 9 | |
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 5 | 11–5 | 68.8 | 1 | 1 | |
Fake-Twin | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Naya Fake-Twin | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Combo Post | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Metalwork Colossus | 23 | 16–34 | 32.0 | |||
Anvil Colossus | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
Seismic Swans | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
Eggs | 18 | 17–33 | 34.0 | 1 | ||
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Retraction Helix Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Taking Turns | 26 | 31–40 | 43.7 | |||
Izzet Ascension | 62 | 94–84 | 52.8 | 0 | 10 | 4 |
Ominous Good | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
Jokulhaups Combo | 12 | 18–22 | 45.0 | |||
Soulflayer | 5 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
Reanim8 Rack | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
Breakfast | 27 | 52–45 | 53.6 | 1 | ||
Oops All Spells | 27 | 52–45 | 53.6 | 1 | ||
Oops All Lands | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Dredge | 31 | 29–43 | 40.3 | |||
Polymorph | 6 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
Protean Hulk Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Ad Nauseam | 12 | 14–27 | 34.1 | 1 | ||
GreenTwin | 27 | 35–56 | 38.5 | 0 | 3 | |
Intruder Alarm | 9 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
Restore Balance | 14 | 20–17 | 54.1 | 0 | 1 | |
Belcher | 69 | 137–98 | 58.3 | 5 | ||
Endless Belch | 21 | 31–27 | 53.4 | 2 | ||
Possibility Storm | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
Control | 913 | 1570–1436 | 52.2 | 13 | 99 | 56 |
Mono Black Control | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
Esper Control | 118 | 232–162 | 58.9 | 3 | 17 | 6 |
Demonic Rising | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
Mono Blue Control | 15 | 32–25 | 56.1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Dimir Control | 65 | 85–93 | 47.8 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
Azorius Control | 273 | 543–338 | 61.6 | 8 | 32 | 28 |
Cawblade | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
Turbo Fog | 9 | 3–13 | 18.8 | |||
Izzet Control | 10 | 9–16 | 36.0 | 1 | ||
Mardu Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
Mill | 18 | 15–46 | 24.6 | |||
Boros Control | 6 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
Cloudpost Control | 33 | 44–66 | 40.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Blackpost | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 19 | 25–41 | 37.9 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Grixis Control | 9 | 16–18 | 47.1 | 0 | 1 | |
Cruel Control | 5 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |||
Stax | 29 | 50–54 | 48.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Chandra Nalaar | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Jeskai Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Dragon Control | 11 | 13–28 | 31.7 | 0 | 3 | |
Izzet Dragons | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
Dimir Dragons | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Runeflare | 7 | 3–13 | 18.8 | |||
Ponza | 50 | 79–94 | 45.7 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Mono White Control | 45 | 77–69 | 52.7 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Life is Ez | 11 | 21–14 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
Dynavolt Tower | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Cycling Control | 28 | 46–46 | 50.0 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Astral Slide | 27 | 45–42 | 51.7 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Five Color Control | 57 | 82–104 | 44.1 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Five Color Collected Conjuring | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
Last Stand Control | 47 | 77–93 | 45.3 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Sultai Control | 7 | 8–17 | 32.0 | |||
Guildgate Control | 5 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |||
Bant Control | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
Pox | 35 | 54–68 | 44.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Orzhov Control | 38 | 93–65 | 58.9 | 1 | 13 | |
Prison | 23 | 52–37 | 58.4 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Enchantress | 22 | 50–36 | 58.1 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Aggro-Combo | 647 | 1119–1078 | 50.9 | 7 | 56 | 33 |
Aristocrats | 101 | 155–152 | 50.5 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
Mono Black Aristocrats | 7 | 14–10 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Orzhov Aristocrats | 13 | 15–19 | 44.1 | |||
Golgari Aristocrats | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
Mardu Aristocrats | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
Food | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Rakdos Aristocrats | 20 | 20–35 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 | |
Boros Bombardment | 46 | 93–66 | 58.5 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
Burn | 37 | 65–64 | 50.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Infect | 67 | 99–131 | 43.0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
Simic Infect | 26 | 34–47 | 42.0 | 0 | 7 | |
Blazing Shoal Infect | 40 | 64–80 | 44.4 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Trickbind Dreadnought | 285 | 568–425 | 57.2 | 7 | 30 | 22 |
Izzet Dreadnought | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
Mono Blue Dreadnought | 234 | 509–334 | 60.4 | 7 | 30 | 20 |
Izzet Blitzkrieg | 55 | 63–109 | 36.6 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Hushnought | 64 | 117–119 | 49.6 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Liquimetal Fishing | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
Combo Goblins | 33 | 45–66 | 40.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Goblin Persist | 9 | 10–14 | 41.7 | |||
Dirty Kitty | 24 | 35–52 | 40.2 | 0 | 1 | |
Aggro-Control | 266 | 424–408 | 51.0 | 3 | 20 | 14 |
Izzet Tempo | 66 | 107–92 | 53.8 | 7 | ||
Azorius Skies | 4 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |||
Blue Madness | 8 | 6–19 | 24.0 | |||
Simic Madness | 5 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
Temur Madness | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
Wizards | 26 | 37–34 | 52.1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Ninjas | 37 | 58–61 | 48.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Mono Blue Tempo | 54 | 100–76 | 56.8 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
Mono Blue Faeries | 5 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
Mono Blue Librarians | 23 | 60–23 | 72.3 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Izzet Spells | 31 | 67–45 | 59.8 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
Dimir Tempo | 11 | 13–23 | 36.1 | |||
Ensoul Aggro-Control | 18 | 23–27 | 46.0 | 0 | 5 | |
Combo-Control | 449 | 777–771 | 50.2 | 6 | 34 | 22 |
Curses | 9 | 12–14 | 46.2 | |||
Cruel Combo-Control | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
Battle of Wits | 51 | 75–145 | 34.1 | 2 | ||
Shared Fate | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Pickles | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
Mindcrank | 55 | 80–84 | 48.8 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Displace Loop | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
Familiars | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
Hedron Alignment | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
Lich's Mastery | 5 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |||
Hive Mind | 8 | 13–10 | 56.5 | 1 | ||
Zur's Weirding | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
Solar Flare | 10 | 13–11 | 54.2 | 1 | ||
Plasma Swans | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
Mass Land Destruction | 276 | 525–433 | 54.8 | 6 | 28 | 15 |
Wildfire | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
Jokulhaups Control | 272 | 519–426 | 54.9 | 6 | 28 | 15 |
Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 47 | 77–69 | 52.7 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 118 | 241–173 | 58.2 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
Temur Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
Jund Jokulhaups Control | 65 | 122–114 | 51.7 | 2 | 13 | 1 |
WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 13 | 25–19 | 56.8 | 1 | ||
Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 18 | 37–34 | 52.1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Resurgent Belief | 19 | 29–38 | 43.3 | 1 | ||
Midrange | 935 | 1502–1652 | 47.6 | 5 | 85 | 35 |
Temur Ascendancy | 7 | 16–14 | 53.3 | |||
The Rock | 9 | 13–17 | 43.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Grenzo | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
Abzan Midrange | 54 | 88–103 | 46.1 | 4 | ||
Selesnya Midrange | 8 | 12–24 | 33.3 | |||
Jund | 24 | 28–44 | 38.9 | 0 | 1 | |
Blink | 48 | 93–82 | 53.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Orzhov Blink | 21 | 42–30 | 58.3 | 1 | ||
Anti-Persecution | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Graveyard Value | 15 | 17–26 | 39.5 | |||
Séance | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Varolz Dreadnought | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
Enchantments Matter | 5 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
Allies | 10 | 15–14 | 51.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Orzhov Allies | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
Boros Allies | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Mono White Allies | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
Azorius Allies | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
Treefolk | 4 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
-1/-1 Counters | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Fake-Rack | 13 | 13–40 | 24.5 | |||
Mardu Midrange | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
White Jund | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Vampires | 31 | 69–55 | 55.6 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Mono Black Vampires | 27 | 65–48 | 57.5 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Orzhov Vampires | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
Legends Midrange | 33 | 45–46 | 49.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Boros Legends Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Orzhov Legends | 29 | 42–41 | 50.6 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Selesnya Legends | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Elementals | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
Rakdos Midrange | 44 | 75–81 | 48.1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
Naya Midrange | 5 | 2–12 | 14.3 | |||
Big Red | 5 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |||
Mono Black Midrange | 77 | 111–122 | 47.6 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
Mono Black Devotion | 13 | 17–27 | 38.6 | 0 | 2 | |
Dimir Midrange | 15 | 10–32 | 23.8 | 0 | 1 | |
Angels | 22 | 55–47 | 53.9 | 2 | 15 | |
Orzhov Angels | 22 | 55–47 | 53.9 | 2 | 15 | |
Toughness Matters | 6 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |||
Lifegain Midrange | 23 | 41–38 | 51.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Martyr's Grace | 21 | 41–33 | 55.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Mutate | 6 | 4–16 | 20.0 | |||
Sultai Midrange | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
Fight Rigging | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Orzhov Midrange | 98 | 200–131 | 60.4 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Heartless Summoning Stompy | 5 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
Zur the Enchanter | 1 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
Mythic Colossification | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Party | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
Hero of Precinct One | 158 | 298–248 | 54.6 | 1 | 12 | 12 |
Mardu Hero | 6 | 12–13 | 48.0 | 1 | ||
Five Color Hero | 142 | 271–214 | 55.9 | 0 | 10 | 11 |
Naya Hero | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
Jeskai Hero | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Clerics | 78 | 128–153 | 45.6 | 2 | 16 | 1 |
Artifact Midrange | 12 | 12–27 | 30.8 | |||
Coinflips | 18 | 15–29 | 34.1 | 0 | 1 | |
Illness in the Ranks | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Game Objects | 28 | 30–53 | 36.1 | |||
Ramp | 328 | 672–621 | 52.0 | 3 | 19 | 16 |
Cloudpost Ramp | 259 | 557–504 | 52.5 | 3 | 18 | 14 |
Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
Greenpost | 228 | 500–449 | 52.7 | 3 | 17 | 13 |
Gruul Post | 7 | 12–16 | 42.9 | |||
Simic Post | 19 | 33–29 | 53.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Domain | 4 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
Defenders | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Carth Superfriends | 17 | 29–25 | 53.7 | |||
Unclassified | 1 |