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 12 weeks, 4 days.
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Aggro | 1192 | 2039–2073 | 49.6 | 12 | 155 | 54 |
Mono Black Aggro | 12 | 13–26 | 33.3 | |||
Heroic | 70 | 108–108 | 50.0 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
Mono White Heroic | 7 | 16–9 | 64.0 | 1 | ||
Azorius Heroic | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Boros Heroic | 14 | 14–20 | 41.2 | 0 | 1 | |
Selesnya Heroic | 46 | 76–74 | 50.7 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
Red Deck Wins | 230 | 419–395 | 51.5 | 3 | 31 | 11 |
Mono Red Devotion | 8 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
Goblins | 88 | 141–149 | 48.6 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
Tokens | 11 | 6–17 | 26.1 | |||
Selesnya Tokens | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
Mono White Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Orzhov Tokens | 4 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
Mono Green Stompy | 24 | 43–38 | 53.1 | 2 | ||
White Weenie | 48 | 69–98 | 41.3 | 0 | 3 | |
Quest for the Holy Relic | 4 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
Soldiers | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Kithkin | 5 | 4–13 | 23.5 | |||
Chroma White | 7 | 8–16 | 33.3 | |||
Elves | 106 | 189–191 | 49.7 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Warriors | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Selesnya Little Kid | 17 | 25–34 | 42.4 | |||
Selesnya Counters | 14 | 22–30 | 42.3 | |||
Zombies | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
Gruul Aggro | 71 | 131–123 | 51.6 | 0 | 8 | 7 |
Merfolk | 5 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
Artifact Aggro | 83 | 134–132 | 50.4 | 3 | 14 | 2 |
Affinity | 34 | 47–58 | 44.8 | 0 | 2 | |
Tempered Steel | 46 | 83–71 | 53.9 | 3 | 11 | 2 |
Mono Blue Architect | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Madness | 8 | 21–13 | 61.8 | 1 | ||
Golgari Madness | 7 | 20–13 | 60.6 | 1 | ||
Jund Madness | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
Voltron | 15 | 22–36 | 37.9 | 1 | 4 | |
Hexproof | 5 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |||
Equipment Aggro | 10 | 14–24 | 36.8 | 1 | 4 | |
Slivers | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Naya Zoo | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
Knights | 27 | 31–50 | 38.3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
AggroSlide | 35 | 85–59 | 59.0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
Cats | 11 | 23–19 | 54.8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Selesnya Cats | 11 | 23–19 | 54.8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Rakdos Aggro | 31 | 22–62 | 26.2 | 0 | 4 | |
Boros Aggro | 23 | 19–31 | 38.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Humans | 7 | 0–11 | 0.0 | |||
Jeskai Humans | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Legends Aggro | 259 | 520–451 | 53.6 | 3 | 62 | 15 |
Boros Legends Aggro | 214 | 460–366 | 55.7 | 3 | 61 | 13 |
Selesnya Legends Aggro | 18 | 29–39 | 42.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Combo | 875 | 1430–1422 | 50.1 | 13 | 66 | 35 |
Storm | 246 | 437–413 | 51.4 | 2 | 14 | 12 |
Dragonstorm | 26 | 50–43 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Hazoret Storm | 24 | 35–54 | 39.3 | 1 | ||
High Tide | 192 | 351–306 | 53.4 | 2 | 13 | 10 |
Grixis Tendrils | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
Reanimator | 125 | 194–212 | 47.8 | 1 | 10 | 4 |
Worldgorger Dragon | 26 | 49–53 | 48.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Starlit Graves | 6 | 12–15 | 44.4 | 1 | ||
Traditional Reanimator | 81 | 108–128 | 45.8 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
Dimir Reanimator | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Oriss Genesis | 19 | 30–20 | 60.0 | 2 | ||
Necrotic Ooze Combo | 14 | 25–15 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Warp World | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Maniac Combo | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Hypergenesis | 5 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
Jeskai Ascendancy | 14 | 15–26 | 36.6 | |||
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 14 | 15–26 | 36.6 | |||
Myr Incubator | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
Umbral Mantle | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Metalwork Colossus | 10 | 14–21 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Anvil Colossus | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Upheaval Colossus | 5 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
Seismic Swans | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
Eggs | 14 | 11–25 | 30.6 | |||
Heartless Summoning Combo | 4 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |||
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo | 5 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
Blazing Shoal Combo | 69 | 112–85 | 56.9 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
Retraction Helix Combo | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Taking Turns | 12 | 11–25 | 30.6 | |||
Izzet Ascension | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
Soulflayer | 13 | 11–19 | 36.7 | |||
Reanim8 Rack | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Breakfast | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
Oops All Spells | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
Dredge | 6 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
Polymorph | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
Dice Factory | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Storm Herald | 15 | 17–39 | 30.4 | 0 | 1 | |
Enduring Ideal | 17 | 34–36 | 48.6 | 1 | ||
Ad Nauseam | 1 | |||||
Chain of Acid | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
Intruder Alarm | 21 | 31–43 | 41.9 | |||
Calibrated Blast | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
Restore Balance | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
Gyruda | 80 | 143–122 | 54.0 | 3 | 12 | 4 |
Stuffy Doll | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Belcher | 6 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
Endless Belch | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Tameshi Bloom | 118 | 243–150 | 61.8 | 6 | 18 | 8 |
Possibility Storm | 15 | 33–26 | 55.9 | 0 | 1 | |
Control | 1073 | 1703–1705 | 50.0 | 11 | 87 | 50 |
Mono Black Control | 5 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |||
Esper Control | 132 | 239–173 | 58.0 | 0 | 13 | 17 |
Demonic Rising | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Mono Blue Control | 8 | 5–13 | 27.8 | |||
Dimir Control | 90 | 109–103 | 51.4 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Azorius Control | 115 | 202–186 | 52.1 | 4 | 15 | 5 |
Turbo Fog | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Izzet Control | 14 | 24–24 | 50.0 | 1 | 2 | |
Mardu Control | 6 | 10–9 | 52.6 | 1 | ||
Mill | 6 | 8–14 | 36.4 | |||
Boros Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Cloudpost Control | 243 | 436–401 | 52.1 | 3 | 30 | 15 |
Azorius Cloudpost Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Blackpost | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 47 | 91–76 | 54.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Dimir Cloudpost Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Izzet Cloudpost Control | 35 | 29–70 | 29.3 | 0 | 6 | |
Selesnya Cloudpost Control | 105 | 236–153 | 60.7 | 3 | 16 | 12 |
Mono White Cloudpost Control | 23 | 27–43 | 38.6 | 0 | 5 | |
Grixis Control | 15 | 9–27 | 25.0 | |||
Cruel Control | 5 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |||
Stax | 57 | 78–96 | 44.8 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
Jeskai Control | 14 | 18–26 | 40.9 | |||
Dragon Control | 34 | 58–53 | 52.3 | 1 | 3 | |
Izzet Dragons | 18 | 35–28 | 55.6 | 1 | 2 | |
Esper Dragons | 11 | 16–15 | 51.6 | |||
Ponza | 69 | 90–107 | 45.7 | 0 | 2 | |
Mono White Control | 7 | 14–12 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | |
Cycling Control | 5 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
Astral Slide | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Five Color Control | 25 | 33–44 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | |
Five Color Collected Conjuring | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
Last Stand Control | 23 | 33–39 | 45.8 | 0 | 2 | |
Sultai Control | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Guildgate Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Bant Control | 33 | 31–49 | 38.8 | |||
Pox | 14 | 26–24 | 52.0 | |||
Seasons Past Control | 68 | 135–144 | 48.4 | 2 | ||
Orzhov Control | 39 | 81–61 | 57.0 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
Prison | 57 | 77–100 | 43.5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Enchantress | 42 | 63–75 | 45.7 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Aggro-Combo | 213 | 398–352 | 53.1 | 7 | 33 | 5 |
Aristocrats | 39 | 48–69 | 41.0 | |||
Orzhov Aristocrats | 23 | 32–32 | 50.0 | |||
Golgari Aristocrats | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
Mardu Aristocrats | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Food | 8 | 6–24 | 20.0 | |||
Rakdos Aristocrats | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
Burn | 27 | 25–48 | 34.2 | |||
Infect | 123 | 284–203 | 58.3 | 7 | 30 | 4 |
Blazing Shoal Infect | 14 | 27–22 | 55.1 | |||
Golgari Infect | 107 | 256–175 | 59.4 | 7 | 30 | 4 |
Izzet Blitzkrieg | 11 | 13–16 | 44.8 | 0 | 1 | |
Liquimetal Fishing | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Combo Goblins | 11 | 26–14 | 65.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Goblin Persist | 11 | 26–14 | 65.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Aggro-Control | 195 | 306–313 | 49.4 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
Simic Flash | 15 | 14–27 | 34.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Izzet Tempo | 31 | 52–50 | 51.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Azorius Skies | 4 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Blue Madness | 8 | 12–13 | 48.0 | 1 | ||
Simic Madness | 7 | 12–11 | 52.2 | 1 | ||
Temur Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Wizards | 24 | 34–38 | 47.2 | |||
Ninjas | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Mono Blue Tempo | 23 | 56–33 | 62.9 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Mono Blue Librarians | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Izzet Spells | 20 | 28–36 | 43.8 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Dimir Tempo | 51 | 72–81 | 47.1 | 1 | ||
Dimir Faeries | 42 | 67–71 | 48.6 | 1 | ||
Combo-Control | 265 | 475–441 | 51.9 | 7 | 29 | 8 |
Burning Vengeance | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Cruel Combo-Control | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
Battle of Wits | 51 | 102–122 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Shared Fate | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
Pickles | 9 | 15–16 | 48.4 | |||
Displace Loop | 9 | 13–11 | 54.2 | 1 | 1 | |
Familiars | 9 | 13–11 | 54.2 | 1 | 1 | |
Yosei Vat | 19 | 43–33 | 56.6 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Hive Mind | 37 | 56–52 | 51.9 | 1 | ||
Zur's Weirding | 20 | 31–18 | 63.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Solar Flare | 97 | 194–146 | 57.1 | 6 | 24 | 3 |
Mass Land Destruction | 15 | 14–27 | 34.1 | |||
Wildfire | 15 | 14–27 | 34.1 | |||
Borderpost Wildfire | 6 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
Resurgent Belief | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Midrange | 1210 | 1987–2018 | 49.6 | 9 | 96 | 63 |
Temur Ascendancy | 5 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |||
The Rock | 28 | 41–61 | 40.2 | 0 | 2 | |
Grenzo | 6 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 0 | 1 | |
Abzan Midrange | 59 | 82–96 | 46.1 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
Selesnya Midrange | 5 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
Jund | 78 | 101–142 | 41.6 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
Blink | 261 | 547–351 | 60.9 | 4 | 30 | 31 |
Wave Blink | 245 | 525–320 | 62.1 | 4 | 30 | 31 |
Cloudpost Wave Blink | 52 | 113–62 | 64.6 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
Azorius Wave | 133 | 292–185 | 61.2 | 4 | 17 | 19 |
Orzhov Wave | 52 | 110–64 | 63.2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Abzan Wave | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
Bant Wave | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Acid Trip | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
Anti-Persecution | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Graveyard Value | 70 | 90–122 | 42.5 | 2 | ||
Séance | 5 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |||
Enchantments Matter | 14 | 29–24 | 54.7 | |||
Allies | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
Orzhov Allies | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
Treefolk | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Fake-Rack | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Mardu Midrange | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
Vampires | 39 | 72–55 | 56.7 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
Mono Black Vampires | 36 | 71–51 | 58.2 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
Rakdos Vampires | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Legends Midrange | 100 | 171–156 | 52.3 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
Boros Legends Midrange | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
Mardu Legends | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
Orzhov Legends | 73 | 129–104 | 55.4 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
Elementals | 12 | 14–24 | 36.8 | |||
Rakdos Midrange | 28 | 42–39 | 51.9 | |||
Naya Midrange | 9 | 11–22 | 33.3 | |||
Big Red | 39 | 66–64 | 50.8 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Mono Black Midrange | 55 | 64–98 | 39.5 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Mono Black Devotion | 38 | 48–68 | 41.4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Dimir Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Angels | 5 | 5–16 | 23.8 | 0 | 1 | |
Mono White Angels | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Orzhov Angels | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Toughness Matters | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Mutate | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Sultai Midrange | 39 | 60–64 | 48.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Orzhov Midrange | 14 | 17–23 | 42.5 | |||
Heartless Summoning Stompy | 22 | 39–54 | 41.9 | |||
Ordealbreak | 9 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
Enigmatic Incarnation | 9 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
Fires of Invention | 135 | 231–261 | 47.0 | 2 | 16 | 3 |
Hero of Precinct One | 65 | 111–116 | 48.9 | 0 | 10 | |
Mardu Hero | 8 | 10–9 | 52.6 | |||
Orzhov Hero | 12 | 34–19 | 64.2 | 0 | 1 | |
Five Color Hero | 30 | 41–65 | 38.7 | 0 | 8 | |
Naya Hero | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
Boros Hero | 5 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
Clerics | 18 | 28–32 | 46.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Artifact Midrange | 5 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
Coinflip Tribal | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Death Cloud | 29 | 61–51 | 54.5 | 3 | ||
Illness in the Ranks | 4 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
Ramp | 247 | 436–450 | 49.2 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
Cloudpost Ramp | 156 | 308–276 | 52.7 | 0 | 5 | 13 |
Eldrazipost | 12 | 19–25 | 43.2 | |||
Golgari Post | 4 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |||
Greenpost | 35 | 42–69 | 37.8 | 1 | ||
Gruul Post | 37 | 86–60 | 58.9 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Simic Post | 65 | 149–107 | 58.2 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
Domain | 6 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
Defenders | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Carth Superfriends | 39 | 61–75 | 44.9 | 0 | 2 | |
Jund Carth | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 |