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 13 weeks, 1 day.
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 388 | 672–631 | 51.6 | 1 | 30 | 18 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Heroic | 4 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | |||||
| Boros Heroic | 3 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 55 | 115–91 | 55.8 | 0 | 9 | 4 |
| Goblins | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Tokens | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 8 | 13–15 | 46.4 | |||
| White Weenie | 40 | 71–71 | 50.0 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Soldiers | 13 | 29–27 | 51.8 | 1 | 4 | |
| Mono White Humans | 26 | 40–42 | 48.8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Elves | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| 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 | 1 | |||||
| Artifact Aggro | 80 | 149–145 | 50.7 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Affinity | 70 | 139–127 | 52.3 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Tempered Steel | 5 | 9–12 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Aggro | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Voltron | 10 | 8–16 | 33.3 | |||
| Equipment Aggro | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Hateful Auras | 7 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |||
| Knights | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| AggroSlide | 3 | 6–1 | 85.7 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 8 | 6–14 | 30.0 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Humans | 90 | 183–126 | 59.2 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Selesnya Humans | 4 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Boros Humans | 20 | 46–30 | 60.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Orzhov Humans | 65 | 129–89 | 59.2 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Legends Aggro | 21 | 32–37 | 46.4 | |||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 12 | 19–17 | 52.8 | |||
| Selesnya Legends Aggro | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Bard Class | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Permanent Vacation | 34 | 43–46 | 48.3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Combo | 243 | 422–345 | 55.0 | 4 | 13 | 11 |
| Storm | 10 | 3–27 | 10.0 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| 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 | 10 | 16–10 | 61.5 | 1 | ||
| Dubious Challenge | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Warp World | 55 | 146–67 | 68.5 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| Hypergenesis | 6 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
| Runeflare | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| 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 | |
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | |||
| Oops All Lands | 69 | 126–76 | 62.4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Dredge | 31 | 34–52 | 39.5 | 1 | ||
| Insidious Roots Dredge | 30 | 32–49 | 39.5 | 1 | ||
| Polymorph | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| 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 | 7 | 15–10 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Gyruda | 8 | 14–12 | 53.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Control | 198 | 312–309 | 50.2 | 1 | 14 | 7 |
| Esper Control | 11 | 21–19 | 52.5 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 2 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 4 | 1–12 | 7.7 | |||
| Azorius Control | 51 | 82–78 | 51.3 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Cawblade | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 29 | 33–33 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Control | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Mardu Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mill | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Control | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Grixis Control | 7 | 10–13 | 43.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cruel Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 9 | 6–15 | 28.6 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Dragon Control | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Control | 25 | 49–37 | 57.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Cycling Control | 5 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |||
| Astral Slide | 5 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 32 | 75–49 | 60.5 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Prison | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 58 | 111–77 | 59.0 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Aristocrats | 43 | 94–51 | 64.8 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 3 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 38 | 93–41 | 69.4 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Burn | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Magda Dwarfs | 9 | 10–17 | 37.0 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 77 | 138–114 | 54.8 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Simic Flash | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Wizards | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 22 | 47–34 | 58.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 18 | 36–27 | 57.1 | 2 | ||
| Izzet Spells | 13 | 23–22 | 51.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Tempo | 31 | 53–36 | 59.6 | 3 | ||
| Azorius Tempo | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Combo-Control | 85 | 160–160 | 50.0 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| Battle of Wits | 9 | 7–31 | 18.4 | 1 | ||
| Sunforger | 7 | 16–17 | 48.5 | |||
| Solar Flare | 5 | 9–13 | 40.9 | 1 | ||
| Plasma Swans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Wildfire | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Greasefang | 60 | 121–93 | 56.5 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Midrange | 270 | 415–496 | 45.6 | 2 | 18 | 7 |
| The Rock | 68 | 121–123 | 49.6 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Grenzo | 7 | 18–13 | 58.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 27 | 52–56 | 48.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jund | 6 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Blink | 9 | 12–13 | 48.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 7 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| -1/-1 Counters | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 4 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| 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 | 8 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |||
| Boros Legends Midrange | 5 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Selesnya Legends | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 7 | 8–18 | 30.8 | |||
| Naya Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Big Red | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Toughness Matters | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 6 | 13–12 | 52.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fight Rigging | 5 | 13–10 | 56.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 12 | 26–22 | 54.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jeskai Midrange | 3 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 29 | 61–52 | 54.0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Zur the Enchanter | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 5 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Naya Hero | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Clerics | 7 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Artifact Midrange | 5 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Death Cloud | 12 | 27–25 | 51.9 | |||
| Slime Against Humanity | 4 | 1–13 | 7.1 | |||
| Ramp | 81 | 90–170 | 34.6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Villainous Wealth | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 10 | 16–22 | 42.1 | 1 | ||
| Applejacks | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Field Ramp | 54 | 65–110 | 37.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Superfriends | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Unclassified | 5 | 2–6 | 25.0 |