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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 252 | 492–506 | 49.3 | 12 | 131 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 8 | 12–17 | 41.4 | 0 | 5 |
| Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 58 | 103–121 | 46.0 | 1 | 29 |
| Goblins | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | ||
| Tokens | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 |
| White Weenie | 36 | 86–72 | 54.4 | 5 | 19 |
| Soldiers | 22 | 63–43 | 59.4 | 4 | 13 |
| Mono White Humans | 13 | 18–28 | 39.1 | 0 | 5 |
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 35 | 73–72 | 50.3 | 2 | 19 |
| Affinity | 29 | 59–60 | 49.6 | 2 | 14 |
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 28 | 56–57 | 49.6 | 2 | 14 |
| Tempered Steel | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Architect | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 0 | 3 |
| Madness | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | ||
| Rakdos Madness | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | ||
| Voltron | 5 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 1 | 3 |
| Hateful Auras | 5 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 1 | 3 |
| AggroSlide | 23 | 40–42 | 48.8 | 1 | 13 |
| Cats | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Selesnya Cats | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Rakdos Aggro | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | ||
| Humans | 48 | 101–97 | 51.0 | 2 | 26 |
| Selesnya Humans | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | ||
| Boros Humans | 20 | 49–35 | 58.3 | 2 | 14 |
| Orzhov Humans | 25 | 48–57 | 45.7 | 0 | 12 |
| Legends Aggro | 11 | 22–18 | 55.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Bard Class | 8 | 18–13 | 58.1 | 0 | 5 |
| Permanent Vacation | 4 | 11–9 | 55.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Pirates | 9 | 19–18 | 51.4 | 0 | 6 |
| Combo | 120 | 224–230 | 49.3 | 9 | 59 |
| Storm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Citadel Storm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | 1 | 1 |
| Warp World | 39 | 100–72 | 58.1 | 5 | 27 |
| Temur Glimpse | 11 | 18–19 | 48.6 | 1 | 8 |
| Boros Glimpse | 28 | 82–53 | 60.7 | 4 | 19 |
| Hypergenesis | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Metalwork Colossus | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Anvil Colossus | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Breakfast | 17 | 18–35 | 34.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Oops All Spells | 17 | 18–35 | 34.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Oops All Lands | 11 | 24–20 | 54.5 | 1 | 5 |
| Dredge | 19 | 20–39 | 33.9 | 1 | 5 |
| Insidious Roots Dredge | 18 | 20–36 | 35.7 | 1 | 5 |
| Tibalt's Trickery | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Intruder Alarm | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Calibrated Blast | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | ||
| Restore Balance | 9 | 17–16 | 51.5 | 1 | 6 |
| Gyruda | 2 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 2 |
| Control | 123 | 270–232 | 53.8 | 13 | 75 |
| Esper Control | 7 | 21–14 | 60.0 | 1 | 5 |
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Dimir Control | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | 0 | 2 |
| Azorius Control | 52 | 138–91 | 60.3 | 9 | 37 |
| Turbo Fog | 7 | 9–13 | 40.9 | 0 | 2 |
| Izzet Control | 5 | 13–10 | 56.5 | 1 | 5 |
| Mill | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| 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 |
| Stax | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeskai Control | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dragon Control | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | 0 | 2 |
| Runeflare | 1 | ||||
| Mono White Control | 11 | 19–22 | 46.3 | 0 | 4 |
| Five Color Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Orzhov Control | 13 | 31–27 | 53.4 | 1 | 8 |
| Prison | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 3 |
| Aggro-Combo | 52 | 84–106 | 44.2 | 4 | 26 |
| Aristocrats | 46 | 79–91 | 46.5 | 4 | 24 |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | ||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 45 | 79–87 | 47.6 | 4 | 24 |
| Burn | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Aggro-Control | 33 | 63–64 | 49.6 | 2 | 15 |
| Simic Flash | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 12 | 23–19 | 54.8 | 0 | 7 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 19 | 39–40 | 49.4 | 2 | 8 |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 15 | 28–29 | 49.1 | 1 | 7 |
| Combo-Control | 19 | 35–39 | 47.3 | 0 | 10 |
| Battle of Wits | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sunforger | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | ||
| Mass Land Destruction | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | 0 | 1 |
| Wildfire | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | 0 | 1 |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Greasefang | 14 | 30–27 | 52.6 | 0 | 8 |
| Esper Greasefang | 4 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Orzhov Greasefang | 9 | 19–16 | 54.3 | 0 | 6 |
| Midrange | 155 | 328–298 | 52.4 | 14 | 100 |
| The Rock | 21 | 48–43 | 52.7 | 1 | 14 |
| Grenzo | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Abzan Midrange | 5 | 6–13 | 31.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Jund | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Blink | 11 | 18–23 | 43.9 | 1 | 4 |
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Fake-Rack | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Rakdos Midrange | 4 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 1 | 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 | 40 | 116–71 | 62.0 | 8 | 31 |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 34 | 77–61 | 55.8 | 2 | 29 |
| Fires of Invention | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | ||
| Clerics | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 1 | 2 |
| Artifact Midrange | 10 | 11–17 | 39.3 | 0 | 4 |
| Death Cloud | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Ramp | 25 | 37–58 | 38.9 | 0 | 12 |
| Carth Superfriends | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Field Ramp | 22 | 31–52 | 37.3 | 0 | 10 |