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 10 weeks, 6 days.
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 137 | 263–294 | 47.2 | 3 | 57 |
| Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 30 | 54–69 | 43.9 | 0 | 15 |
| Goblins | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Tokens | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| White Weenie | 25 | 50–54 | 48.1 | 1 | 11 |
| Soldiers | 12 | 32–26 | 55.2 | 1 | 6 |
| Mono White Humans | 13 | 18–28 | 39.1 | 0 | 5 |
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 15 | 29–32 | 47.5 | 0 | 4 |
| Affinity | 12 | 23–26 | 46.9 | 0 | 2 |
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 11 | 20–23 | 46.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Tempered Steel | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Madness | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | ||
| Rakdos Madness | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | ||
| Voltron | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | ||
| Hateful Auras | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | ||
| AggroSlide | 9 | 22–17 | 56.4 | 1 | 6 |
| Rakdos Aggro | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | ||
| Humans | 33 | 73–69 | 51.4 | 1 | 14 |
| Selesnya Humans | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | ||
| Boros Humans | 12 | 27–24 | 52.9 | 1 | 7 |
| Orzhov Humans | 18 | 42–40 | 51.2 | 0 | 7 |
| Legends Aggro | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Bard Class | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Permanent Vacation | 6 | 12–15 | 44.4 | 0 | 3 |
| Pirates | 2 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 2 |
| Combo | 59 | 117–113 | 50.9 | 5 | 24 |
| Storm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Citadel Storm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | ||
| Warp World | 17 | 53–30 | 63.9 | 3 | 11 |
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Anvil Colossus | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Breakfast | 12 | 13–27 | 32.5 | 0 | 3 |
| Oops All Spells | 12 | 13–27 | 32.5 | 0 | 3 |
| Oops All Lands | 8 | 15–14 | 51.7 | 1 | 3 |
| Dredge | 8 | 11–15 | 42.3 | 1 | 2 |
| Insidious Roots Dredge | 7 | 11–12 | 47.8 | 1 | 2 |
| Intruder Alarm | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Calibrated Blast | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | ||
| Gyruda | 2 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 2 |
| Control | 66 | 152–129 | 54.1 | 5 | 37 |
| Esper Control | 4 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Azorius Control | 19 | 48–35 | 57.8 | 2 | 12 |
| Turbo Fog | 5 | 8–9 | 47.1 | 0 | 2 |
| Izzet Control | 2 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 1 | 2 |
| Boros Control | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Grixis Control | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Cruel Control | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 |
| Dragon Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono White Control | 8 | 16–16 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Orzhov Control | 14 | 40–28 | 58.8 | 1 | 8 |
| Prison | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 3 |
| Aggro-Combo | 26 | 53–49 | 52.0 | 3 | 14 |
| Aristocrats | 24 | 53–44 | 54.6 | 3 | 14 |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | ||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 23 | 53–40 | 57.0 | 3 | 14 |
| Aggro-Control | 17 | 41–31 | 56.9 | 2 | 9 |
| Izzet Tempo | 10 | 21–15 | 58.3 | 0 | 7 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 7 | 20–16 | 55.6 | 2 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 3 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 1 | 1 |
| Combo-Control | 14 | 34–29 | 54.0 | 0 | 8 |
| Sunforger | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | ||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wildfire | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Greasefang | 12 | 29–24 | 54.7 | 0 | 7 |
| Midrange | 60 | 123–124 | 49.8 | 5 | 31 |
| The Rock | 16 | 42–32 | 56.8 | 1 | 10 |
| Grenzo | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Abzan Midrange | 5 | 6–13 | 31.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Blink | 8 | 13–16 | 44.8 | 1 | 3 |
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Vampires | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Orzhov Vampires | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Big Red | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 3 |
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Angel Tribal | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Toughness Matters | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Sultai Midrange | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fight Rigging | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Orzhov Midrange | 5 | 14–9 | 60.9 | 2 | 3 |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 5 | 14–12 | 53.8 | 0 | 3 |
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | ||
| Clerics | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 1 | 2 |
| Ramp | 11 | 14–28 | 33.3 | 0 | 4 |
| Carth Superfriends | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Field Ramp | 10 | 11–26 | 29.7 | 0 | 3 |