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 | 294 | 574–550 | 51.1 | 25 | 168 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 18 | 28–39 | 41.8 | 1 | 7 |
| Heroic | 92 | 214–160 | 57.2 | 10 | 65 |
| Mono White Heroic | 77 | 176–127 | 58.1 | 8 | 56 |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 15 | 38–33 | 53.5 | 2 | 9 |
| Red Deck Wins | 80 | 169–140 | 54.7 | 10 | 49 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Proliferate Red | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Goblins | 6 | 3–10 | 23.1 | ||
| Tokens | 5 | 11–12 | 47.8 | 0 | 3 |
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Mono White Tokens | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 2 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 11 | 19–16 | 54.3 | 2 | 6 |
| White Weenie | 6 | 11–12 | 47.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Odric Keywords | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | ||
| Chroma White | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Elves | 10 | 7–26 | 21.2 | 0 | 3 |
| Werewolves | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | ||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Rogues | 17 | 39–35 | 52.7 | 2 | 13 |
| Zombies | 9 | 16–16 | 50.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Merfolk | 8 | 12–14 | 46.2 | 0 | 4 |
| Mono Red Swarm | 6 | 14–9 | 60.9 | 0 | 5 |
| Artifact Aggro | 6 | 7–15 | 31.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Affinity | 6 | 7–15 | 31.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 2 |
| Illusions | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Voltron | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | ||
| Hexproof | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Slivers | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | ||
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Humans | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Selesnya Humans | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Combo | 109 | 233–196 | 54.3 | 9 | 59 |
| Storm | 9 | 16–18 | 47.1 | 0 | 3 |
| Simic Storm | 5 | 10–10 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Stormpost | 4 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Post Desire | 4 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 |
| Reanimator | 5 | 14–7 | 66.7 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 Goyf | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Traditional Reanimator | 4 | 12–5 | 70.6 | 1 | 3 |
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | 2 |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 7 | 18–11 | 62.1 | 1 | 3 |
| Maniac Combo | 10 | 23–17 | 57.5 | 2 | 5 |
| New Perspectives | 8 | 14–14 | 50.0 | 1 | 3 |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 7 | 22–13 | 62.9 | 1 | 4 |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 7 | 22–13 | 62.9 | 1 | 4 |
| Myr Incubator | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| "Twin" | 5 | 10–9 | 52.6 | 0 | 4 |
| Naya "Twin" | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Combo Post | 3 | 9–7 | 56.3 | 0 | 3 |
| Metalwork Colossus | 9 | 20–20 | 50.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Upheaval Colossus | 7 | 18–15 | 54.5 | 0 | 6 |
| Eggs | 17 | 32–30 | 51.6 | 0 | 9 |
| Saffi Combo | 10 | 16–17 | 48.5 | 0 | 6 |
| Breakfast | 13 | 36–21 | 63.2 | 3 | 8 |
| Hermit Gond | 11 | 33–17 | 66.0 | 3 | 8 |
| Hermit Dredge | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Neoform Hermit | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Control | 99 | 159–203 | 43.9 | 4 | 49 |
| Mono Black Control | 6 | 16–11 | 59.3 | 1 | 3 |
| Esper Control | 14 | 24–29 | 45.3 | 0 | 9 |
| Demonic Rising | 9 | 10–20 | 33.3 | 0 | 4 |
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Azorius Control | 9 | 15–19 | 44.1 | 0 | 3 |
| Turbo Fog | 7 | 13–12 | 52.0 | 1 | 4 |
| Izzet Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Mardu Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Mill | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | ||
| Cloudpost Control | 6 | 5–8 | 38.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 4 | 0–5 | 0.0 | ||
| Dimir Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grixis Control | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Cruel Control | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeskai Control | 4 | 18–4 | 81.8 | 2 | 4 |
| Dragon Control | 5 | 11–10 | 52.4 | 0 | 3 |
| Galleon Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Ponza | 5 | 10–11 | 47.6 | 0 | 3 |
| Dynavolt Tower | 2 | 0–8 | 0.0 | ||
| Cycling Control | 5 | 4–14 | 22.2 | 0 | 2 |
| Astral Slide | 5 | 4–14 | 22.2 | 0 | 2 |
| Five Color Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Guildgate Control | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 2 |
| Pox | 12 | 18–28 | 39.1 | 0 | 6 |
| Aggro-Combo | 19 | 25–40 | 38.5 | 0 | 8 |
| Aristocrats | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 3 |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 3 |
| Burn | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Infect | 8 | 12–19 | 38.7 | 0 | 4 |
| Pummeler | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | ||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 10 | 7–24 | 22.6 | 0 | 2 |
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| 12 Pest | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Faeries | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Dimir Faeries | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Combo-Control | 24 | 49–50 | 49.5 | 2 | 14 |
| Burning Vengeance | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pickles | 3 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 1 | 2 |
| Hedron Alignment | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Mass Land Destruction | 17 | 35–36 | 49.3 | 1 | 10 |
| Wildfire | 17 | 35–36 | 49.3 | 1 | 10 |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Midrange | 158 | 334–306 | 52.2 | 10 | 93 |
| The Rock | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Abzan Midrange | 15 | 21–29 | 42.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Jund | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Blink | 48 | 133–78 | 63.0 | 7 | 35 |
| Wave Blink | 34 | 106–48 | 68.8 | 7 | 27 |
| Esper Wave | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Azorius Wave | 25 | 82–34 | 70.7 | 7 | 21 |
| Orzhov Wave | 5 | 19–6 | 76.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Abzan Wave | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Cloudpost Wave Blink | 14 | 27–30 | 47.4 | 0 | 8 |
| Anti-Persecution | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Varolz Dreadnought | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Allies | 35 | 94–67 | 58.4 | 2 | 28 |
| Orzhov Allies | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mardu Allies | 8 | 20–17 | 54.1 | 0 | 7 |
| Boros Allies | 1 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono White Allies | 17 | 50–31 | 61.7 | 2 | 13 |
| Treefolk | 13 | 23–28 | 45.1 | 0 | 7 |
| Mardu Midrange | 3 | 12–4 | 75.0 | 1 | 2 |
| Vampires | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Orzhov Vampires | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | ||
| Elementals | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | ||
| Big Red | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 4 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 0 | 3 |
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Temur Energy | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | ||
| Angel Tribal | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 3 |
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Sultai Midrange | 4 | 2–8 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sultai Energy | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Ordealbreak | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Neoform | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Ramp | 17 | 23–33 | 41.1 | 0 | 7 |
| Rofellos Ramp | 10 | 16–21 | 43.2 | 0 | 6 |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 7 | 7–12 | 36.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Locus Awakening | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | ||
| Simic Post | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Unclassified | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 |