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 8 weeks, 3 days.
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 120 | 249–245 | 50.4 | 14 | 77 |
| Heroic | 28 | 73–55 | 57.0 | 6 | 21 |
| Mono White Heroic | 8 | 19–19 | 50.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Azorius Heroic | 7 | 15–17 | 46.9 | 1 | 4 |
| Selesnya Heroic | 13 | 39–19 | 67.2 | 5 | 11 |
| Red Deck Wins | 17 | 30–33 | 47.6 | 1 | 11 |
| Tokens | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mono White Tokens | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
| White Weenie | 30 | 62–62 | 50.0 | 3 | 17 |
| Mono White Humans | 30 | 62–62 | 50.0 | 3 | 17 |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 5 | 2–11 | 15.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Gruul Aggro | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Merfolk | 5 | 6–13 | 31.6 | 0 | 3 |
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Affinity | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Architect | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Humans | 15 | 37–29 | 56.1 | 2 | 10 |
| Boros Humans | 5 | 13–10 | 56.5 | 1 | 3 |
| Orzhov Humans | 6 | 17–10 | 63.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Azorius Humans | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | 1 | 2 |
| Mono Red Eldrazi | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Legends Aggro | 10 | 25–22 | 53.2 | 2 | 7 |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 9 | 25–19 | 56.8 | 2 | 7 |
| Bard Class | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Pirates | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Combo | 48 | 111–92 | 54.7 | 3 | 32 |
| Storm | 20 | 48–35 | 57.8 | 2 | 13 |
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| High Tide | 18 | 45–30 | 60.0 | 2 | 13 |
| Hypergenesis | 6 | 18–12 | 60.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | 0 | 3 |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | 0 | 3 |
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Anvil Colossus | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 5 | 6–11 | 35.3 | 0 | 3 |
| Taking Turns | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | ||
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Storm Herald | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | ||
| Restore Balance | 6 | 15–9 | 62.5 | 1 | 5 |
| Gyruda | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Primal Prayers Combo | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Control | 86 | 199–157 | 55.9 | 8 | 51 |
| Azorius Control | 13 | 19–23 | 45.2 | 1 | 4 |
| Izzet Control | 20 | 50–37 | 57.5 | 3 | 10 |
| Stax | 8 | 13–17 | 43.3 | 0 | 4 |
| Chandra Nalaar | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Ponza | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Astral Slide | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Enchantments Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Orzhov Control | 36 | 103–61 | 62.8 | 4 | 29 |
| Prison | 4 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 0 | 2 |
| Enchantress | 4 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 0 | 2 |
| Aggro-Combo | 32 | 44–73 | 37.6 | 0 | 16 |
| Aristocrats | 30 | 42–70 | 37.5 | 0 | 15 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 4 | 2–9 | 18.2 | 0 | 1 |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 18 | 22–45 | 32.8 | 0 | 9 |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 8 | 18–16 | 52.9 | 0 | 5 |
| Burn | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Aggro-Control | 16 | 22–30 | 42.3 | 0 | 5 |
| Izzet Tempo | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Dimir Tempo | 4 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 |
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Spirits | 7 | 6–15 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Azorius Spirits | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Mono Blue Spirits | 6 | 4–13 | 23.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Combo-Control | 5 | 3–12 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Battle of Wits | 4 | 2–9 | 18.2 | 0 | 1 |
| Solar Flare | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Midrange | 64 | 115–131 | 46.7 | 3 | 37 |
| The Rock | 8 | 15–16 | 48.4 | 1 | 4 |
| Abzan Midrange | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jund | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Enchantments Matter | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 1 | 3 |
| Allies | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Boros Legends Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Rakdos Midrange | 6 | 11–14 | 44.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 10 | 16–22 | 42.1 | 0 | 6 |
| Angels | 5 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 0 | 3 |
| Mono White Angels | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | ||
| Orzhov Angels | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 0 | 3 |
| Lifegain Midrange | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | 0 | 3 |
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Hero of Precinct One | 5 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 0 | 2 |
| Five Color Hero | 5 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 0 | 2 |
| Artifact Midrange | 12 | 27–22 | 55.1 | 1 | 8 |
| Boros Engineers | 8 | 22–15 | 59.5 | 1 | 6 |
| Laelia Cascade | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Ramp | 4 | 3–10 | 23.1 | ||
| Carth Superfriends | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Applejacks | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Unclassified | 1 | 4–0 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 |