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 12 weeks, 6 days.
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ |
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Aggro | 388 | 713–690 | 50.8 | 27 | 261 |
Mono Black Aggro | 52 | 118–89 | 57.0 | 5 | 41 |
Heroic | 6 | 5–13 | 27.8 | 0 | 2 |
Mono White Heroic | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 |
Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 |
Selesnya Heroic | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
Red Deck Wins | 167 | 327–301 | 52.1 | 12 | 115 |
Mono Red Devotion | 3 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 0 | 3 |
Goblins | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | ||
Tokens | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 2 |
Selesnya Tokens | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 2 |
Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 |
White Weenie | 39 | 72–76 | 48.6 | 1 | 22 |
Odric Keywords | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | ||
Quest for the Holy Relic | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
Soldiers | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
Elves | 14 | 19–32 | 37.3 | 0 | 9 |
Rogues | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
Zombies | 22 | 51–41 | 55.4 | 3 | 19 |
Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
Artifact Aggro | 67 | 100–96 | 51.0 | 6 | 42 |
Affinity | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
Tempered Steel | 66 | 100–93 | 51.8 | 6 | 42 |
Knights | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | ||
Cats | 5 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 4 |
Mono White Cats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
Selesnya Cats | 4 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 3 |
Humans | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 |
Gruul Humans | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
Selesnya Humans | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 |
Combo | 88 | 147–184 | 44.4 | 5 | 57 |
Storm | 10 | 5–25 | 16.7 | 0 | 2 |
Hazoret Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
Stormpost | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | ||
Mono Blue Post Desire | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | ||
Channel Storm | 6 | 4–16 | 20.0 | 0 | 2 |
Reanimator | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | ||
Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | ||
Hypergenesis | 21 | 35–40 | 46.7 | 1 | 15 |
Myr Incubator | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |
Eggs | 26 | 60–51 | 54.1 | 3 | 20 |
Quest for Ula's Temple | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 |
Breakfast | 17 | 33–35 | 48.5 | 0 | 12 |
Cephalid Breakfast | 17 | 33–35 | 48.5 | 0 | 12 |
Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 17 | 33–35 | 48.5 | 0 | 12 |
Oops All Lands | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 |
Polymorph | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
Control | 84 | 127–166 | 43.3 | 4 | 49 |
Mono Black Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
Esper Control | 19 | 30–41 | 42.3 | 2 | 11 |
Demonic Rising | 5 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 0 | 4 |
Dimir Control | 6 | 13–9 | 59.1 | 1 | 3 |
Azorius Control | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 0 | 3 |
Turbo Fog | 6 | 11–12 | 47.8 | 0 | 5 |
Izzet Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
Cloudpost Control | 9 | 9–21 | 30.0 | 0 | 3 |
Azorius Cloudpost Control | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 |
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 5 | 5–11 | 31.3 | 0 | 1 |
Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | ||
Grixis Control | 4 | 0–5 | 0.0 | ||
Cruel Control | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | ||
Stax | 5 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 0 | 3 |
Pollute the Planet | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 |
Jeskai Control | 8 | 16–14 | 53.3 | 0 | 5 |
Runeflare | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | ||
Five Color Control | 11 | 18–22 | 45.0 | 1 | 10 |
Aggro-Combo | 27 | 60–49 | 55.0 | 4 | 21 |
Aristocrats | 16 | 44–30 | 59.5 | 3 | 13 |
Mono Black Aristocrats | 13 | 38–22 | 63.3 | 3 | 11 |
Abzan Aristocrats | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 |
Infect | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 2 |
Pummeler | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
Hermit Humans | 8 | 14–11 | 56.0 | 1 | 6 |
Aggro-Control | 45 | 67–88 | 43.2 | 2 | 25 |
Izzet Tempo | 5 | 7–12 | 36.8 | 0 | 4 |
Blue Madness | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
Simic Madness | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
Ninjas | 4 | 8–10 | 44.4 | 0 | 3 |
Mono Blue Gush | 15 | 25–28 | 47.2 | 1 | 9 |
Izzet Spells | 17 | 25–30 | 45.5 | 1 | 9 |
Combo-Control | 4 | 5–10 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 |
Pickles | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
Midrange | 74 | 117–157 | 42.7 | 6 | 40 |
The Rock | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
Jund | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
Blink | 11 | 23–22 | 51.1 | 3 | 5 |
Wave Blink | 11 | 23–22 | 51.1 | 3 | 5 |
Azorius Wave | 9 | 17–19 | 47.2 | 2 | 3 |
Graveyard Value | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
Allies | 4 | 6–10 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 |
Orzhov Allies | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | ||
Mardu Allies | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
Mardu Midrange | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |
Vampires | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
Elementals | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | ||
Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
Big Red | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
Mono Black Midrange | 32 | 63–60 | 51.2 | 3 | 24 |
Dimir Midrange | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | ||
Temur Energy | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
Angels | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
Mono White Angels | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
Toughness Matters | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | ||
Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |
Sultai Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
Orzhov Midrange | 3 | 2–9 | 18.2 | 0 | 1 |
Ordealbreak | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
Coinflips | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
Ramp | 237 | 563–455 | 55.3 | 31 | 172 |
Rofellos Ramp | 236 | 562–452 | 55.4 | 31 | 171 |
Channel-Rofellos | 236 | 562–452 | 55.4 | 31 | 171 |