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 5 weeks, 5 days.
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Aggro | 1083 | 1988–1793 | 52.6 | 12 | 131 | 52 |
Mono Black Aggro | 19 | 24–38 | 38.7 | 0 | 5 | |
Heroic | 12 | 11–23 | 32.4 | |||
Mono White Heroic | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
Azorius Heroic | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Boros Heroic | 6 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
Red Deck Wins | 200 | 418–316 | 56.9 | 1 | 29 | 16 |
Goblins | 10 | 10–23 | 30.3 | |||
Tokens | 19 | 29–37 | 43.9 | 0 | 1 | |
Selesnya Tokens | 10 | 16–17 | 48.5 | |||
Mono White Tokens | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
Mono Green Stompy | 34 | 56–61 | 47.9 | 0 | 1 | |
White Weenie | 117 | 210–198 | 51.5 | 5 | 19 | 4 |
Odric Keywords | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
Quest for the Holy Relic | 14 | 10–24 | 29.4 | |||
Soldiers | 42 | 102–73 | 58.3 | 4 | 13 | 2 |
Mono White Humans | 52 | 85–86 | 49.7 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Elves | 6 | 11–13 | 45.8 | |||
Werewolves | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Selesnya Little Kid | 9 | 16–18 | 47.1 | |||
Selesnya Counters | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
Zombies | 12 | 8–30 | 21.1 | |||
Gruul Aggro | 7 | 9–16 | 36.0 | |||
Merfolk | 8 | 11–15 | 42.3 | 1 | ||
Artifact Aggro | 170 | 303–304 | 49.9 | 2 | 19 | 6 |
Affinity | 144 | 261–258 | 50.3 | 2 | 14 | 5 |
Hardened Scales Affinity | 138 | 252–249 | 50.3 | 2 | 14 | 5 |
Tempered Steel | 9 | 17–18 | 48.6 | 0 | 2 | |
Mono Blue Architect | 14 | 22–23 | 48.9 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Mono Blue Aggro | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Illusions | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Madness | 3 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |||
Golgari Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Rakdos Madness | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Jund Madness | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Voltron | 48 | 75–79 | 48.7 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Hexproof | 3 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
Equipment Aggro | 9 | 7–17 | 29.2 | |||
Hateful Auras | 34 | 60–48 | 55.6 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Slivers | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Naya Zoo | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
Knights | 7 | 9–13 | 40.9 | |||
AggroSlide | 32 | 54–50 | 51.9 | 1 | 13 | |
Cats | 2 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | |
Selesnya Cats | 2 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | |
Rakdos Aggro | 13 | 16–23 | 41.0 | |||
Boros Aggro | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
Humans | 183 | 384–256 | 60.0 | 2 | 26 | 15 |
Selesnya Humans | 5 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
Boros Humans | 76 | 179–100 | 64.2 | 2 | 14 | 8 |
Orzhov Humans | 99 | 195–145 | 57.4 | 0 | 12 | 7 |
Legends Aggro | 65 | 127–104 | 55.0 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
Boros Legends Aggro | 18 | 36–25 | 59.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Selesnya Legends Aggro | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
Bard Class | 37 | 77–55 | 58.3 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Permanent Vacation | 40 | 56–55 | 50.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Pirates | 53 | 132–85 | 60.8 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
Combo | 755 | 1309–1257 | 51.0 | 9 | 59 | 35 |
Storm | 37 | 33–89 | 27.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Dragonstorm | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Citadel Storm | 23 | 29–50 | 36.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Grixis Tendrils | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 9 | 3–29 | 9.4 | |||
Reanimator | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Necrotic Ooze Combo | 38 | 75–52 | 59.1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Dubious Challenge | 5 | 11–10 | 52.4 | |||
Warp World | 189 | 461–286 | 61.7 | 5 | 27 | 16 |
Temur Glimpse | 54 | 122–91 | 57.3 | 1 | 8 | 4 |
Boros Glimpse | 128 | 325–183 | 64.0 | 4 | 19 | 12 |
Hypergenesis | 14 | 19–20 | 48.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Splendid Reclamation Combo | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
Jeskai Ascendancy | 6 | 9–15 | 37.5 | 1 | ||
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 6 | 9–15 | 37.5 | 1 | ||
"Twin" | 2 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
Metalwork Colossus | 9 | 10–16 | 38.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Anvil Colossus | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Upheaval Colossus | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Seismic Swans | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
Eggs | 4 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |||
Blazing Shoal Combo | 9 | 21–15 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Taking Turns | 10 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
Quest for Ula's Temple | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Izzet Ascension | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Ominous Good | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Soulflayer | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Breakfast | 49 | 80–76 | 51.3 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Oops All Spells | 48 | 80–71 | 53.0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Oops All Lands | 87 | 154–107 | 59.0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
Dredge | 117 | 171–208 | 45.1 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
Insidious Roots Dredge | 101 | 149–177 | 45.7 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
Polymorph | 7 | 5–16 | 23.8 | |||
Storm Herald | 3 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |||
Enduring Ideal | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Tibalt's Trickery | 10 | 18–17 | 51.4 | 0 | 1 | |
Intruder Alarm | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Calibrated Blast | 17 | 30–33 | 47.6 | 2 | ||
Restore Balance | 34 | 65–49 | 57.0 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
Gyruda | 10 | 19–16 | 54.3 | 0 | 2 | |
Belcher | 1 | |||||
Possibility Storm | 9 | 9–27 | 25.0 | |||
Midnight Mass | 13 | 22–18 | 55.0 | 1 | ||
Actual Twin | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Boros Twin | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Control | 782 | 1292–1253 | 50.8 | 13 | 75 | 32 |
Esper Control | 95 | 196–142 | 58.0 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
Mono Blue Control | 8 | 5–16 | 23.8 | |||
Dimir Control | 26 | 31–57 | 35.2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Azorius Control | 231 | 455–323 | 58.5 | 9 | 37 | 9 |
Turbo Fog | 55 | 54–64 | 45.8 | 0 | 2 | |
Izzet Control | 39 | 89–62 | 58.9 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
Mardu Control | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
Mill | 18 | 14–44 | 24.1 | |||
Boros Control | 25 | 32–42 | 43.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Grixis Control | 37 | 37–70 | 34.6 | 0 | 2 | |
Cruel Control | 23 | 25–47 | 34.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Stax | 23 | 26–43 | 37.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Birthday Stax | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Jeskai Control | 15 | 20–25 | 44.4 | 1 | 1 | |
Dragon Control | 6 | 11–12 | 47.8 | 0 | 2 | |
Runeflare | 9 | 13–20 | 39.4 | |||
Mono White Control | 53 | 87–95 | 47.8 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Cycling Control | 4 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |||
Astral Slide | 4 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |||
Five Color Control | 7 | 14–11 | 56.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Bant Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Enchantments Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Seasons Past Control | 11 | 21–22 | 48.8 | |||
Orzhov Control | 79 | 140–116 | 54.7 | 1 | 8 | 6 |
Prison | 23 | 25–45 | 35.7 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Enchantress | 7 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
Aggro-Combo | 254 | 494–400 | 55.3 | 4 | 26 | 25 |
Aristocrats | 216 | 452–311 | 59.2 | 4 | 24 | 24 |
Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Orzhov Aristocrats | 7 | 8–13 | 38.1 | |||
Food | 6 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
Rakdos Aristocrats | 194 | 432–280 | 60.7 | 4 | 24 | 24 |
Boros Bombardment | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
Burn | 19 | 23–51 | 31.1 | 0 | 1 | |
Turbo Myth | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Izzet Blitzkrieg | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Hushnought | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
Combo Goblins | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Goblin Persist | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Aggro-Control | 235 | 428–390 | 52.3 | 2 | 15 | 12 |
Simic Flash | 13 | 19–25 | 43.2 | 1 | ||
Izzet Tempo | 48 | 80–78 | 50.6 | 0 | 7 | |
Blue Madness | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Wizards | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Mono Blue Tempo | 114 | 253–172 | 59.5 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
Mono Blue Librarians | 92 | 205–127 | 61.7 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
Izzet Spells | 15 | 26–23 | 53.1 | |||
Dimir Tempo | 27 | 33–54 | 37.9 | 1 | ||
Dimir Faeries | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
Azorius Tempo | 8 | 4–15 | 21.1 | |||
Combo-Control | 206 | 370–373 | 49.8 | 0 | 10 | 11 |
Burning Vengeance | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Battle of Wits | 26 | 37–74 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Shared Fate | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Sunforger | 14 | 24–37 | 39.3 | |||
Displace Loop | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Familiars | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
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 | 22 | 36–39 | 48.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Wildfire | 22 | 36–39 | 48.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Borderpost Wildfire | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
Resurgent Belief | 7 | 10–14 | 41.7 | |||
Greasefang | 123 | 249–185 | 57.4 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
Esper Greasefang | 34 | 71–54 | 56.8 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Orzhov Greasefang | 82 | 170–121 | 58.4 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
Midrange | 1003 | 1577–1827 | 46.3 | 14 | 100 | 29 |
The Rock | 157 | 270–274 | 49.6 | 1 | 14 | 5 |
Grenzo | 10 | 21–14 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Abzan Midrange | 51 | 75–104 | 41.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Selesnya Midrange | 47 | 70–85 | 45.2 | |||
Jund | 9 | 14–17 | 45.2 | 0 | 1 | |
Blink | 52 | 92–85 | 52.0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Graveyard Value | 26 | 17–45 | 27.4 | |||
Enchantments Matter | 11 | 10–22 | 31.3 | |||
Allies | 8 | 5–19 | 20.8 | |||
Azorius Allies | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
-1/-1 Counters | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Fake-Rack | 20 | 10–49 | 16.9 | |||
Mardu Midrange | 7 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |||
Vampires | 10 | 7–23 | 23.3 | |||
Mono Black Vampires | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
Orzhov Vampires | 4 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
Legends Midrange | 14 | 20–22 | 47.6 | 1 | ||
Boros Legends Midrange | 6 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
Orzhov Legends | 5 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 1 | ||
Selesnya Legends | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Elementals | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Rakdos Midrange | 23 | 39–51 | 43.3 | 1 | 3 | |
Naya Midrange | 4 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
Big Red | 13 | 16–24 | 40.0 | 0 | 3 | |
Mono Black Midrange | 6 | 0–13 | 0.0 | |||
Dimir Midrange | 34 | 53–53 | 50.0 | 3 | ||
Angel Tribal | 22 | 31–44 | 41.3 | 0 | 3 | |
Toughness Matters | 11 | 13–24 | 35.1 | |||
Lifegain Midrange | 10 | 18–14 | 56.3 | 2 | ||
Adventures | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
Mutate | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Sultai Midrange | 25 | 33–54 | 37.9 | 0 | 1 | |
Fight Rigging | 12 | 22–22 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Orzhov Midrange | 102 | 226–161 | 58.4 | 8 | 31 | 5 |
Jeskai Midrange | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
Heartless Summoning Stompy | 109 | 236–174 | 57.6 | 2 | 29 | 4 |
Zur the Enchanter | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Ordealbreak | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Enigmatic Incarnation | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Fires of Invention | 32 | 54–57 | 48.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Hero of Precinct One | 19 | 29–36 | 44.6 | 1 | ||
Mardu Hero | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Five Color Hero | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
Naya Hero | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
Boros Hero | 5 | 12–9 | 57.1 | 1 | ||
Clerics | 8 | 15–10 | 60.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Artifact Midrange | 48 | 60–90 | 40.0 | 0 | 4 | |
Death Cloud | 29 | 53–59 | 47.3 | 1 | ||
Ramp | 278 | 372–532 | 41.2 | 0 | 12 | 5 |
Villainous Wealth | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
Cloudpost Ramp | 8 | 10–21 | 32.3 | |||
Golgari Post | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Greenpost | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Simic Post | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Temurpost | 5 | 8–13 | 38.1 | |||
Selvala Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Carth Superfriends | 27 | 49–55 | 47.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Applejacks | 5 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
Field Ramp | 175 | 243–321 | 43.1 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
Superfriends | 11 | 9–16 | 36.0 | |||
Unclassified | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 |