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 | 1629 | 3279–2779 | 54.1 | 24 | 179 | 86 |
Mono Black Aggro | 41 | 64–91 | 41.3 | 0 | 3 | |
Heroic | 84 | 196–151 | 56.5 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
Mono White Heroic | 59 | 152–102 | 59.8 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
Azorius Heroic | 22 | 39–44 | 47.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Boros Heroic | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Selesnya Heroic | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Red Deck Wins | 339 | 808–509 | 61.4 | 7 | 56 | 25 |
Mono Red Devotion | 5 | 9–14 | 39.1 | 0 | 1 | |
Proliferate Red | 10 | 31–17 | 64.6 | 2 | 5 | |
Goblins | 144 | 290–236 | 55.1 | 2 | 17 | 9 |
Tokens | 147 | 239–258 | 48.1 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
Selesnya Tokens | 72 | 125–133 | 48.4 | 1 | 5 | |
Mardu Tokens | 32 | 64–51 | 55.7 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Mono White Tokens | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Orzhov Tokens | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
Mono Green Stompy | 44 | 84–75 | 52.8 | 0 | 3 | |
White Weenie | 102 | 150–182 | 45.2 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
Odric Keywords | 29 | 40–64 | 38.5 | 0 | 5 | |
Soldiers | 13 | 23–19 | 54.8 | |||
Kithkin | 19 | 37–36 | 50.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Elves | 48 | 76–83 | 47.8 | 0 | 3 | |
Werewolves | 14 | 16–27 | 37.2 | |||
Minotaurs | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Warriors | 9 | 11–18 | 37.9 | |||
Selesnya Little Kid | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
Zombies | 311 | 807–494 | 62.0 | 12 | 51 | 31 |
Gruul Aggro | 15 | 20–24 | 45.5 | |||
Merfolk | 7 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
Mono Red Swarm | 38 | 94–54 | 63.5 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
Artifact Aggro | 84 | 117–171 | 40.6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Affinity | 29 | 34–57 | 37.4 | |||
Boros Vehicles | 19 | 23–37 | 38.3 | 1 | ||
Salvage Titan | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
Devoid Aggro | 21 | 41–39 | 51.3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Mono Blue Aggro | 32 | 58–54 | 51.8 | 0 | 5 | |
Madness | 45 | 87–90 | 49.2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Gruul Madness | 23 | 46–48 | 48.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Golgari Madness | 13 | 35–22 | 61.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Rakdos Madness | 5 | 5–13 | 27.8 | |||
Voltron | 19 | 17–30 | 36.2 | |||
Hexproof | 12 | 11–23 | 32.4 | |||
Equipment Aggro | 7 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
Slivers | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Boros Aggro | 8 | 9–12 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | |
Shamans | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
Pirates | 13 | 11–29 | 27.5 | |||
Combo | 542 | 805–976 | 45.2 | 7 | 56 | 11 |
Storm | 73 | 70–132 | 34.7 | 1 | 5 | |
Sultai Tendrils | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Dimir Tendrils | 8 | 3–23 | 11.5 | |||
Dragonstorm | 38 | 54–68 | 44.3 | 1 | 4 | |
Hazoret Storm | 5 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Grixis Tendrils | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
Reanimator | 206 | 370–332 | 52.7 | 4 | 32 | 5 |
Worldgorger Dragon | 95 | 188–138 | 57.7 | 0 | 15 | 4 |
8 Goyf | 37 | 59–78 | 43.1 | 0 | 7 | |
Grozoth | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
Traditional Reanimator | 73 | 121–116 | 51.1 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
Dimir Reanimator | 6 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
Mono Black Reanimator | 24 | 42–40 | 51.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Biovisionary | 10 | 12–14 | 46.2 | |||
Mono Green Stormless Storm | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
Warp World | 15 | 10–32 | 23.8 | |||
Actual Warp World | 15 | 10–32 | 23.8 | |||
New Perspectives | 6 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 1 | ||
Monumental Ignus | 29 | 44–78 | 36.1 | 0 | 2 | |
Mardu Life | 18 | 31–41 | 43.1 | 1 | 5 | |
Umbral Mantle | 5 | 5–9 | 35.7 | 0 | 1 | |
"Twin" | 56 | 101–102 | 49.8 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Jeskai "Twin" | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
Infinite Infinite Combos | 28 | 68–52 | 56.7 | 1 | 10 | |
Eye of the Storm | 1 | |||||
Turntimber Ranger | 5 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
Retraction Helix Combo | 7 | 4–17 | 19.0 | |||
Quest for Ula's Temple | 8 | 3–16 | 15.8 | |||
Polymorph | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
Control | 1432 | 2486–2682 | 48.1 | 10 | 130 | 49 |
Mono Black Control | 115 | 179–226 | 44.2 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
Esper Control | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
Demonic Rising | 1 | |||||
Paradox Haze Lock | 8 | 4–15 | 21.1 | |||
Mono Blue Control | 39 | 49–71 | 40.8 | |||
Dimir Control | 172 | 265–350 | 43.1 | 0 | 12 | 5 |
Dreadful Inspiration | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Azorius Control | 195 | 366–348 | 51.3 | 4 | 28 | 9 |
Adam's Ale | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Turbo Fog | 88 | 150–171 | 46.7 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
Izzet Control | 21 | 34–38 | 47.2 | 0 | 2 | |
Mardu Control | 14 | 23–26 | 46.9 | 0 | 2 | |
Mill | 32 | 34–79 | 30.1 | |||
Boros Control | 6 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
Cloudpost Control | 28 | 48–61 | 44.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Azorius Cloudpost Control | 8 | 22–11 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
Izzet Cloudpost Control | 13 | 14–38 | 26.9 | 0 | 2 | |
Grixis Control | 10 | 5–24 | 17.2 | |||
Stax | 273 | 506–465 | 52.1 | 3 | 30 | 11 |
Pollute the Planet | 123 | 249–210 | 54.2 | 3 | 20 | 5 |
Birthday Stax | 91 | 130–125 | 51.0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
Jeskai Control | 106 | 263–175 | 60.0 | 0 | 15 | 10 |
Dragon Control | 31 | 75–58 | 56.4 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Izzet Dragons | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Galleon Control | 8 | 11–16 | 40.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Ponza | 62 | 109–111 | 49.5 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
Mono White Control | 1 | |||||
Dynavolt Tower | 86 | 137–174 | 44.1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Cycling Control | 43 | 96–88 | 52.2 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
Astral Slide | 39 | 94–76 | 55.3 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
Five Color Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Shrines | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Sultai Control | 29 | 51–51 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
Guildgate Control | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Bant Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
Orzhov Control | 9 | 11–20 | 35.5 | |||
Aggro-Combo | 143 | 262–258 | 50.4 | 2 | 21 | 7 |
Aristocrats | 90 | 188–162 | 53.7 | 1 | 15 | 5 |
Mono Black Aristocrats | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
Orzhov Aristocrats | 49 | 122–81 | 60.1 | 1 | 12 | 4 |
Golgari Aristocrats | 20 | 42–32 | 56.8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Abzan Aristocrats | 11 | 13–24 | 35.1 | 0 | 1 | |
Mardu Aristocrats | 3 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |||
Burn | 27 | 41–43 | 48.8 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Infect | 12 | 13–31 | 29.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Pummeler | 2 | |||||
Hermit Humans | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Aggro-Control | 220 | 384–422 | 47.6 | 0 | 9 | 6 |
Izzet Tempo | 137 | 288–286 | 50.2 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Azorius Skies | 29 | 20–48 | 29.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Blue Madness | 31 | 58–54 | 51.8 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Simic Madness | 22 | 48–40 | 54.5 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Temur Madness | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
Grixis Madness | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Lich Aggro-Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Temur Clues | 5 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
Combo-Control | 186 | 288–369 | 43.8 | 3 | 16 | 6 |
Curses | 10 | 17–21 | 44.7 | |||
Cruel Combo-Control | 1 | |||||
Battle of Wits | 13 | 17–30 | 36.2 | 0 | 2 | |
Shared Fate | 7 | 12–17 | 41.4 | 0 | 1 | |
Swarm Intelligence | 10 | 13–27 | 32.5 | |||
Sunforger | 6 | 8–14 | 36.4 | |||
Mindcrank | 65 | 109–126 | 46.4 | 2 | 9 | 4 |
Dragoncrank | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
Displace Loop | 53 | 93–96 | 49.2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Peregrine Drake | 52 | 90–94 | 48.9 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Familiars | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Zur's Weirding | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Mass Land Destruction | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
Wildfire | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
Midrange | 1257 | 2307–2257 | 50.5 | 25 | 136 | 44 |
Temur Ascendancy | 282 | 676–432 | 61.0 | 4 | 30 | 21 |
The Rock | 23 | 33–50 | 39.8 | 1 | ||
Grenzo | 22 | 38–43 | 46.9 | 2 | 7 | |
Abzan Midrange | 72 | 137–157 | 46.6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Jund | 73 | 106–131 | 44.7 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Blink | 146 | 391–234 | 62.6 | 12 | 39 | 6 |
Graveyard Value | 72 | 127–141 | 47.4 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
Séance | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
Indestructible | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Enchantments Matter | 40 | 89–78 | 53.3 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Orzhov Enchantress | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
Constellation | 35 | 80–65 | 55.2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Allies | 27 | 39–48 | 44.8 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
Orzhov Allies | 8 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
Boros Allies | 4 | 0–9 | 0.0 | |||
Esper Allies | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Treefolk | 8 | 14–16 | 46.7 | |||
-1/-1 Counters | 35 | 33–81 | 28.9 | |||
Fake-Rack | 30 | 33–55 | 37.5 | 0 | 5 | |
Selvala Morningstar | 30 | 85–53 | 61.6 | 2 | 14 | |
Mardu Midrange | 8 | 7–26 | 21.2 | |||
Yisan-Prophet | 1 | |||||
Vampires | 33 | 30–48 | 38.5 | |||
Mono Black Vampires | 9 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
Rakdos Vampires | 8 | 6–15 | 28.6 | |||
Orzhov Vampires | 16 | 18–29 | 38.3 | |||
Legends Midrange | 1 | |||||
Boros Legends Midrange | 1 | |||||
Elementals | 21 | 48–37 | 56.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Rakdos Midrange | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
Naya Midrange | 6 | 17–12 | 58.6 | 1 | ||
Big Red | 10 | 26–17 | 60.5 | 3 | ||
Mono Black Midrange | 8 | 11–16 | 40.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Dimir Midrange | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
Lifegain Midrange | 39 | 71–79 | 47.3 | 1 | 3 | |
Sultai Midrange | 19 | 32–27 | 54.2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Orzhov Midrange | 20 | 17–36 | 32.1 | |||
Mythic Colossification | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
Clerics | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Illness in the Ranks | 8 | 7–17 | 29.2 | |||
Ramp | 211 | 356–423 | 45.7 | 0 | 17 | 7 |
Villainous Wealth | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
Rofellos Ramp | 150 | 319–296 | 51.9 | 0 | 14 | 7 |
Wild Pair | 23 | 50–52 | 49.0 | 0 | 5 | |
Domain | 2 | |||||
Applejacks | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Orcish Aids | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Unclassified | 8 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 1 | 3 | |
Commander | 18 |