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, 5 days.
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Aggro | 666 | 1218–1110 | 52.3 | 4 | 59 | 32 |
Mono Black Aggro | 4 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
Heroic | 9 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
Mono White Heroic | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Azorius Heroic | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | |||||
Boros Heroic | 6 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
Red Deck Wins | 106 | 209–174 | 54.6 | 0 | 15 | 7 |
Goblins | 4 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
Tokens | 11 | 18–21 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
Selesnya Tokens | 6 | 11–12 | 47.8 | |||
Mono White Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Mono Green Stompy | 15 | 28–30 | 48.3 | |||
White Weenie | 87 | 149–149 | 50.0 | 2 | 12 | 2 |
Odric Keywords | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
Quest for the Holy Relic | 9 | 9–13 | 40.9 | |||
Soldiers | 24 | 57–43 | 57.0 | 2 | 7 | |
Mono White Humans | 49 | 79–82 | 49.1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Elves | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
Selesnya Little Kid | 8 | 16–16 | 50.0 | |||
Selesnya Counters | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
Zombies | 5 | 3–16 | 15.8 | |||
Gruul Aggro | 4 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
Merfolk | 5 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 1 | ||
Artifact Aggro | 105 | 192–190 | 50.3 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
Affinity | 89 | 169–165 | 50.6 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Hardened Scales Affinity | 84 | 160–159 | 50.2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Tempered Steel | 9 | 17–18 | 48.6 | 0 | 2 | |
Mono Blue Architect | 5 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 1 | ||
Mono Blue Aggro | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Madness | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
Golgari Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Rakdos Madness | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Jund Madness | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
Voltron | 32 | 47–61 | 43.5 | 1 | ||
Hexproof | 3 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
Equipment Aggro | 4 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
Hateful Auras | 23 | 37–39 | 48.7 | 1 | ||
Knights | 7 | 9–13 | 40.9 | |||
AggroSlide | 16 | 34–22 | 60.7 | 1 | 6 | |
Rakdos Aggro | 11 | 12–19 | 38.7 | |||
Boros Aggro | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
Humans | 131 | 272–187 | 59.3 | 1 | 15 | 11 |
Selesnya Humans | 4 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
Boros Humans | 42 | 97–61 | 61.4 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
Orzhov Humans | 82 | 166–117 | 58.7 | 0 | 8 | 7 |
Legends Aggro | 32 | 58–55 | 51.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Boros Legends Aggro | 12 | 19–17 | 52.8 | |||
Selesnya Legends Aggro | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
Bard Class | 13 | 31–20 | 60.8 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Permanent Vacation | 38 | 52–54 | 49.1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Pirates | 24 | 72–35 | 67.3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Combo | 459 | 777–723 | 51.8 | 5 | 27 | 21 |
Storm | 25 | 20–61 | 24.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Dragonstorm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Citadel Storm | 13 | 16–27 | 37.2 | 0 | 1 | |
Grixis Tendrils | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 8 | 3–25 | 10.7 | |||
Reanimator | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Necrotic Ooze Combo | 16 | 18–16 | 52.9 | 1 | ||
Dubious Challenge | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
Warp World | 99 | 247–134 | 64.8 | 3 | 11 | 8 |
Hypergenesis | 7 | 11–12 | 47.8 | |||
Runeflare | 5 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |||
Splendid Reclamation Combo | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
"Twin" | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Metalwork Colossus | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Anvil 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 | |
Taking Turns | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
Quest for Ula's Temple | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Izzet Ascension | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Ominous Good | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Breakfast | 38 | 68–62 | 52.3 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Oops All Spells | 37 | 68–57 | 54.4 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Oops All Lands | 74 | 132–84 | 61.1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Dredge | 76 | 110–131 | 45.6 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Insidious Roots Dredge | 64 | 92–110 | 45.5 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Polymorph | 5 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |||
Storm Herald | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Enduring Ideal | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
GreenTwin | 5 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Tibalt's Trickery | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
Intruder Alarm | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Calibrated Blast | 17 | 30–32 | 48.4 | 2 | ||
Restore Balance | 10 | 16–14 | 53.3 | 1 | ||
Gyruda | 9 | 16–14 | 53.3 | 0 | 2 | |
Possibility Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Midnight Mass | 6 | 14–5 | 73.7 | 1 | ||
Control | 434 | 699–694 | 50.2 | 5 | 39 | 14 |
Esper Control | 59 | 122–93 | 56.7 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Mono Blue Control | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
Dimir Control | 10 | 8–26 | 23.5 | |||
Azorius Control | 90 | 151–126 | 54.5 | 2 | 13 | 3 |
Turbo Fog | 49 | 49–51 | 49.0 | 0 | 2 | |
Izzet Control | 14 | 26–27 | 49.1 | 1 | 2 | |
Mardu Control | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
Mill | 9 | 9–17 | 34.6 | |||
Boros Control | 19 | 23–33 | 41.1 | 0 | 1 | |
Grixis Control | 26 | 32–45 | 41.6 | 0 | 2 | |
Cruel Control | 14 | 20–25 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
Stax | 11 | 10–21 | 32.3 | |||
Jeskai Control | 6 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 1 | 1 | |
Dragon Control | 4 | 9–7 | 56.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Mono White Control | 37 | 65–63 | 50.8 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Cycling Control | 5 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
Astral Slide | 5 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
Five Color Control | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
Bant Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Seasons Past Control | 9 | 18–17 | 51.4 | |||
Orzhov Control | 50 | 119–78 | 60.4 | 1 | 8 | 4 |
Prison | 21 | 27–43 | 38.6 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Enchantress | 7 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |||
Aggro-Combo | 157 | 320–240 | 57.1 | 3 | 14 | 16 |
Aristocrats | 132 | 291–191 | 60.4 | 3 | 14 | 15 |
Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Orzhov Aristocrats | 7 | 8–13 | 38.1 | |||
Golgari Aristocrats | 2 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Food | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
Rakdos Aristocrats | 117 | 278–165 | 62.8 | 3 | 14 | 15 |
Burn | 11 | 16–24 | 40.0 | |||
Turbo Myth | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Combo Goblins | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Goblin Persist | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Aggro-Control | 141 | 264–242 | 52.2 | 2 | 9 | 6 |
Simic Flash | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
Izzet Tempo | 35 | 62–54 | 53.4 | 0 | 7 | |
Wizards | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Mono Blue Tempo | 58 | 136–98 | 58.1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Mono Blue Librarians | 36 | 88–53 | 62.4 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Izzet Spells | 10 | 16–14 | 53.3 | |||
Dimir Tempo | 22 | 26–47 | 35.6 | |||
Dimir Faeries | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
Azorius Tempo | 6 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
Combo-Control | 146 | 268–271 | 49.7 | 0 | 8 | 9 |
Burning Vengeance | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Battle of Wits | 16 | 20–48 | 29.4 | 1 | ||
Shared Fate | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Sunforger | 12 | 22–32 | 40.7 | |||
Curious Niv-Mizzet | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Solar Flare | 5 | 9–13 | 40.9 | 1 | ||
Plasma Swans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Mass Land Destruction | 10 | 15–15 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Wildfire | 10 | 15–15 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Borderpost Wildfire | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
Resurgent Belief | 4 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |||
Greasefang | 94 | 194–143 | 57.6 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Midrange | 507 | 778–932 | 45.5 | 5 | 31 | 17 |
The Rock | 84 | 150–149 | 50.2 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
Grenzo | 8 | 19–12 | 61.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Abzan Midrange | 36 | 63–81 | 43.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Selesnya Midrange | 9 | 12–19 | 38.7 | |||
Jund | 7 | 9–13 | 40.9 | |||
Blink | 32 | 61–47 | 56.5 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Graveyard Value | 19 | 13–34 | 27.7 | |||
Séance | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Enchantments Matter | 9 | 10–18 | 35.7 | |||
Allies | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
-1/-1 Counters | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Fake-Rack | 8 | 3–16 | 15.8 | |||
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 | 11 | 14–18 | 43.8 | |||
Boros Legends Midrange | 6 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
Orzhov Legends | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
Selesnya Legends | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Rakdos Midrange | 8 | 12–20 | 37.5 | |||
Naya Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Big Red | 6 | 6–16 | 27.3 | 0 | 3 | |
Mono Black Midrange | 5 | 0–11 | 0.0 | |||
Dimir Midrange | 24 | 44–33 | 57.1 | 3 | ||
Angel Tribal | 18 | 28–32 | 46.7 | 0 | 3 | |
Toughness Matters | 5 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
Lifegain Midrange | 9 | 18–10 | 64.3 | 2 | ||
Sultai Midrange | 16 | 26–34 | 43.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Fight Rigging | 10 | 19–20 | 48.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Orzhov Midrange | 27 | 73–38 | 65.8 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Owling Mine | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Jeskai Midrange | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
Heartless Summoning Stompy | 42 | 74–69 | 51.7 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Zur the Enchanter | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Fires of Invention | 19 | 25–36 | 41.0 | |||
Hero of Precinct One | 11 | 16–20 | 44.4 | |||
Mardu Hero | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
Five Color Hero | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Naya Hero | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
Clerics | 8 | 15–10 | 60.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Artifact Midrange | 11 | 7–24 | 22.6 | |||
Death Cloud | 15 | 31–32 | 49.2 | |||
Ramp | 137 | 172–264 | 39.4 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Villainous Wealth | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Carth Superfriends | 17 | 29–34 | 46.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Applejacks | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Field Ramp | 93 | 118–170 | 41.0 | 0 | 4 | |
Superfriends | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
Unclassified | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 |