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 days, 12 hours.
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Aggro | 1522 | 2949–2421 | 54.9 | 29 | 219 | 93 |
Mono Black Aggro | 27 | 41–55 | 42.7 | 0 | 3 | |
Heroic | 67 | 113–93 | 54.9 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
Mono White Heroic | 17 | 16–21 | 43.2 | 0 | 9 | |
Azorius Heroic | 6 | 6–11 | 35.3 | 0 | 2 | |
Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 42 | 90–59 | 60.4 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Boros Heroic | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Red Deck Wins | 341 | 772–532 | 59.2 | 10 | 71 | 20 |
Mono Red Devotion | 6 | 7–13 | 35.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Proliferate Red | 10 | 15–14 | 51.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Goblins | 55 | 95–99 | 49.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Tokens | 116 | 166–179 | 48.1 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
Selesnya Tokens | 52 | 87–90 | 49.2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Mardu Tokens | 13 | 23–16 | 59.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Mono Green Stompy | 50 | 104–73 | 58.8 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
White Weenie | 351 | 853–468 | 64.6 | 13 | 71 | 39 |
Odric Keywords | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Quest for the Holy Relic | 12 | 27–15 | 64.3 | 1 | ||
Soldiers | 23 | 39–33 | 54.2 | 1 | 3 | |
Kithkin | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
Elves | 79 | 119–133 | 47.2 | 4 | 14 | 1 |
Werewolves | 8 | 14–20 | 41.2 | |||
Minotaurs | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 0 | 1 | |
Warriors | 6 | 14–9 | 60.9 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Selesnya Little Kid | 57 | 121–95 | 56.0 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
Rogues | 6 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |||
Zombies | 7 | 10–14 | 41.7 | |||
Gruul Aggro | 48 | 85–81 | 51.2 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
Gruul Landfall | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
Merfolk | 19 | 17–38 | 30.9 | |||
Mono Red Swarm | 13 | 37–20 | 64.9 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Artifact Aggro | 53 | 52–115 | 31.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Affinity | 14 | 11–28 | 28.2 | |||
Salvage Titan | 15 | 8–36 | 18.2 | 0 | 1 | |
Mono Blue Architect | 20 | 29–43 | 40.3 | 1 | ||
Mono Blue Aggro | 15 | 18–29 | 38.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Illusions | 9 | 15–19 | 44.1 | |||
Madness | 15 | 21–30 | 41.2 | 0 | 2 | |
Gruul Madness | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
Rakdos Madness | 5 | 6–9 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 | |
Jund Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Voltron | 69 | 80–131 | 37.9 | 0 | 3 | |
Hexproof | 36 | 46–67 | 40.7 | 0 | 2 | |
Boros Auras | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Equipment Aggro | 14 | 9–24 | 27.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Slivers | 2 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Naya Zoo | 5 | 11–10 | 52.4 | |||
Rakdos Aggro | 13 | 34–19 | 64.2 | 1 | ||
Boros Aggro | 12 | 12–30 | 28.6 | |||
Humans | 38 | 91–54 | 62.8 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Gruul Humans | 35 | 91–53 | 63.2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Selesnya Humans | 3 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Shamans | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
Pirates | 2 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Combo | 658 | 904–1171 | 43.6 | 6 | 37 | 17 |
Storm | 277 | 396–535 | 42.5 | 1 | 15 | 8 |
Sultai Tendrils | 8 | 7–27 | 20.6 | |||
Dimir Tendrils | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Dragonstorm | 30 | 37–58 | 38.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Hazoret Storm | 182 | 297–331 | 47.3 | 1 | 9 | 5 |
Simic Storm | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Grixis Tendrils | 33 | 46–69 | 40.0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Reanimator | 112 | 179–161 | 52.6 | 3 | 11 | 4 |
Grozoth | 44 | 85–53 | 61.6 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
Traditional Reanimator | 68 | 94–108 | 46.5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Grixis Reanimator | 4 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
Oriss Genesis | 13 | 20–18 | 52.6 | |||
Biovisionary | 4 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Dubious Challenge | 6 | 9–19 | 32.1 | |||
Warp World | 4 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
Actual Warp World | 4 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
Maniac Combo | 2 | |||||
Mardu Life | 9 | 15–23 | 39.5 | |||
Jeskai Ascendancy | 43 | 62–65 | 48.8 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 5 | 10–9 | 52.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 15 | 30–23 | 56.6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Myr Incubator | 9 | 12–13 | 48.0 | |||
Fake-Twin | 15 | 18–24 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
Jeskai Fake-Twin | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Seismic Swans | 48 | 86–71 | 54.8 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Eye of the Storm | 20 | 9–33 | 21.4 | 0 | 2 | |
Eggs | 2 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
Saffi Combo | 4 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
Turntimber Ranger | 9 | 18–18 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
Retraction Helix Combo | 8 | 6–18 | 25.0 | |||
Taking Turns | 13 | 21–22 | 48.8 | |||
Quest for Ula's Temple | 5 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
Dice Factory | 9 | 9–18 | 33.3 | |||
Control | 826 | 1314–1476 | 47.1 | 8 | 67 | 24 |
Mono Black Control | 18 | 16–34 | 32.0 | |||
Esper Control | 65 | 116–102 | 53.2 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
Demonic Rising | 18 | 25–41 | 37.9 | 0 | 1 | |
Mono Blue Control | 52 | 90–93 | 49.2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Dimir Control | 71 | 127–130 | 49.4 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
Azorius Control | 49 | 62–80 | 43.7 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Turbo Fog | 21 | 15–42 | 26.3 | 0 | 2 | |
Izzet Control | 17 | 23–29 | 44.2 | 0 | 1 | |
Mardu Control | 35 | 58–68 | 46.0 | |||
Mill | 8 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |||
Boros Control | 5 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
Grixis Control | 111 | 210–195 | 51.9 | 3 | 15 | 4 |
Cruel Control | 82 | 149–146 | 50.5 | 3 | 15 | 2 |
Jeskai Control | 151 | 299–254 | 54.1 | 3 | 12 | 6 |
Galleon Control | 13 | 29–23 | 55.8 | 0 | 1 | |
Runeflare | 18 | 35–46 | 43.2 | |||
Ponza | 26 | 31–41 | 43.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Mono White Control | 8 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |||
Dynavolt Tower | 18 | 19–30 | 38.8 | 0 | 1 | |
Cycling Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Five Color Control | 8 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |||
Sultai Control | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
Guildgate Control | 18 | 15–31 | 32.6 | 0 | 1 | |
Enchantments Control | 8 | 6–16 | 27.3 | 0 | 2 | |
Four Color Counter Ghazi | 25 | 42–43 | 49.4 | 0 | 8 | |
Orzhov Control | 9 | 19–17 | 52.8 | 1 | ||
Aggro-Combo | 151 | 184–284 | 39.3 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
Aristocrats | 43 | 63–88 | 41.7 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Mono Black Aristocrats | 10 | 14–16 | 46.7 | |||
Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Golgari Aristocrats | 10 | 17–23 | 42.5 | |||
Abzan Aristocrats | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Mardu Aristocrats | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Burn | 53 | 59–89 | 39.9 | 0 | 2 | |
Infect | 40 | 49–76 | 39.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Golgari Infect | 17 | 27–34 | 44.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Pummeler | 6 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |||
Aggro-Control | 278 | 487–491 | 49.8 | 3 | 22 | 13 |
Simic Flash | 22 | 35–45 | 43.8 | 0 | 1 | |
Simic Vat | 7 | 11–14 | 44.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Izzet Tempo | 46 | 92–75 | 55.1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Azorius Skies | 6 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
Blue Madness | 100 | 178–167 | 51.6 | 3 | 14 | 4 |
Simic Madness | 42 | 69–73 | 48.6 | 3 | 13 | |
Temur Madness | 38 | 90–60 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Grixis Madness | 11 | 8–13 | 38.1 | |||
Lich Aggro-Control | 11 | 19–26 | 42.2 | |||
Temur Clues | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Wizards | 15 | 11–21 | 34.4 | |||
Tetsukotog | 8 | 21–13 | 61.8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Izzet Spells | 17 | 36–35 | 50.7 | 0 | 2 | |
Combo-Control | 305 | 601–543 | 52.5 | 5 | 49 | 11 |
Burning Vengeance | 13 | 14–26 | 35.0 | |||
Cruel Combo-Control | 166 | 406–282 | 59.0 | 3 | 27 | 8 |
Shared Fate | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
Sunforger | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Pickles | 6 | 14–10 | 58.3 | 0 | 2 | |
Displace Loop | 49 | 101–84 | 54.6 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
Peregrine Drake | 49 | 101–84 | 54.6 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
Hedron Alignment | 8 | 9–17 | 34.6 | 0 | 1 | |
Lich's Mastery | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Curious Niv-Mizzet | 20 | 20–30 | 40.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Mass Land Destruction | 24 | 21–54 | 28.0 | 0 | 3 | |
Wildfire | 24 | 21–54 | 28.0 | 0 | 3 | |
Midrange | 1253 | 2130–2117 | 50.2 | 14 | 117 | 51 |
Temur Ascendancy | 67 | 151–124 | 54.9 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
The Rock | 12 | 15–19 | 44.1 | 0 | 1 | |
Abzan Midrange | 10 | 15–16 | 48.4 | |||
Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Jund | 85 | 143–135 | 51.4 | 0 | 8 | 5 |
Blink | 12 | 26–20 | 56.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Acid Trip | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Graveyard Value | 77 | 118–128 | 48.0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
Enchantments Matter | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Orzhov Enchantress | 1 | |||||
Allies | 37 | 67–52 | 56.3 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
Orzhov Allies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Mardu Allies | 5 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | |
BRGW Allies | 21 | 43–26 | 62.3 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
Treefolk | 38 | 79–64 | 55.2 | 0 | 8 | |
-1/-1 Counters | 11 | 18–17 | 51.4 | 0 | 1 | |
Fake-Rack | 9 | 11–21 | 34.4 | |||
Mardu Midrange | 8 | 5–15 | 25.0 | |||
Vampires | 81 | 152–123 | 55.3 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
Mono Black Vampires | 62 | 131–94 | 58.2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
Rakdos Vampires | 5 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
Orzhov Vampires | 7 | 4–14 | 22.2 | |||
Legends Midrange | 57 | 103–87 | 54.2 | 1 | 9 | 4 |
Mardu Legends | 7 | 11–10 | 52.4 | 0 | 4 | |
Orzhov Legends | 9 | 13–16 | 44.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Elementals | 7 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
Rakdos Midrange | 32 | 56–65 | 46.3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Naya Midrange | 20 | 25–46 | 35.2 | 0 | 1 | |
Big Red | 19 | 39–45 | 46.4 | |||
Mono Black Midrange | 103 | 227–164 | 58.1 | 3 | 22 | 5 |
Verdant Succession | 5 | 11–8 | 57.9 | 1 | ||
Hellion Whip | 84 | 163–136 | 54.5 | 1 | 10 | 7 |
Dimir Midrange | 114 | 212–187 | 53.1 | 4 | 15 | 5 |
Dimir Vat | 37 | 82–51 | 61.7 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Temur Energy | 6 | 13–8 | 61.9 | 0 | 1 | |
Angels | 21 | 47–31 | 60.3 | 2 | 5 | |
Mono White Angels | 21 | 47–31 | 60.3 | 2 | 5 | |
Toughness Matters | 6 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |||
Sultai Midrange | 46 | 92–73 | 55.8 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Sultai Emerge | 27 | 59–47 | 55.7 | 2 | ||
Orzhov Midrange | 10 | 10–22 | 31.3 | |||
Prophet Glare | 9 | 18–11 | 62.1 | 1 | ||
Ordealbreak | 1 | |||||
Mythic Colossification | 20 | 48–32 | 60.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Artifact Midrange | 9 | 4–13 | 23.5 | |||
Coinflips | 6 | 0–15 | 0.0 | |||
Ramp | 136 | 196–262 | 42.8 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
Villainous Wealth | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Domain | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
Selvala Tokens | 19 | 54–41 | 56.8 | 1 | ||
Summer Bloom Ramp | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
Applejacks | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
Unclassified | 11 |