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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 1120 | 1867–1853 | 50.2 | 19 | 143 | 35 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 31 | 38–56 | 40.4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Heroic | 28 | 23–47 | 32.9 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 4 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Heroic | 15 | 21–32 | 39.6 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 5 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 256 | 559–408 | 57.8 | 9 | 47 | 8 |
| Goblins | 24 | 15–39 | 27.8 | |||
| Tokens | 102 | 157–173 | 47.6 | 2 | 11 | 3 |
| Selesnya Tokens | 10 | 3–24 | 11.1 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 81 | 147–131 | 52.9 | 2 | 10 | 3 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 121 | 267–200 | 57.2 | 3 | 21 | 4 |
| White Weenie | 75 | 112–130 | 46.3 | 1 | 7 | |
| Soldiers | 32 | 49–55 | 47.1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Warriors | 11 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 28 | 44–50 | 46.8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Selesnya Counters | 21 | 33–36 | 47.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gruul Aggro | 27 | 44–46 | 48.9 | 0 | 4 | |
| Gruul Landfall | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 17 | 3–29 | 9.4 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 131 | 220–206 | 51.6 | 2 | 33 | 6 |
| Artifact Aggro | 21 | 18–37 | 32.7 | |||
| Affinity | 21 | 18–37 | 32.7 | |||
| Devoid Aggro | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Mono Blue Aggro | 6 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| Madness | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Gruul Madness | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Voltron | 100 | 125–180 | 41.0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| Hexproof | 23 | 24–42 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Auras | 8 | 16–14 | 53.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Hateful Auras | 25 | 44–39 | 53.0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Knights | 95 | 179–150 | 54.4 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Cats | 10 | 12–18 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Cats | 8 | 10–15 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Cats | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Combo | 315 | 385–556 | 40.9 | 1 | 21 | 4 |
| Storm | 58 | 69–120 | 36.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Simic Storm | 54 | 69–116 | 37.3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Reclamation Storm | 52 | 69–115 | 37.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Reanimator | 177 | 225–311 | 42.0 | 1 | 12 | 3 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 177 | 225–311 | 42.0 | 1 | 12 | 3 |
| Rakdos Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Reanimator | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 142 | 187–242 | 43.6 | 1 | 10 | 3 |
| Grixis Reanimator | 6 | 8–14 | 36.4 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 10 | 7–21 | 25.0 | |||
| Lookout-Buccaneer Combo | 41 | 67–60 | 52.8 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Retraction Helix Combo | 19 | 15–25 | 37.5 | |||
| Control | 1386 | 2627–2246 | 53.9 | 22 | 167 | 74 |
| Mono Black Control | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Esper Control | 7 | 7–15 | 31.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 4 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 195 | 357–321 | 52.7 | 5 | 29 | 10 |
| Azorius Control | 43 | 57–65 | 46.7 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Turbo Fog | 19 | 25–36 | 41.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 108 | 256–138 | 65.0 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| Mill | 9 | 3–13 | 18.8 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 49 | 97–85 | 53.3 | 1 | 8 | |
| Stax | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 15 | 16–18 | 47.1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Ponza | 8 | 15–17 | 46.9 | |||
| Cycling Control | 169 | 238–302 | 44.1 | 1 | 9 | 6 |
| Astral Slide | 167 | 235–300 | 43.9 | 1 | 9 | 6 |
| Sultai Control | 44 | 54–73 | 42.5 | 1 | 7 | |
| Guildgate Control | 590 | 1274–932 | 57.8 | 10 | 90 | 40 |
| Bant Control | 6 | 5–14 | 26.3 | |||
| Temur Reclamation | 97 | 206–162 | 56.0 | 2 | 11 | 7 |
| Orzhov Control | 5 | 5–16 | 23.8 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 392 | 669–723 | 48.1 | 6 | 42 | 14 |
| Aristocrats | 335 | 609–609 | 50.0 | 6 | 35 | 13 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 16 | 18–41 | 30.5 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 6 | 11–13 | 45.8 | 1 | 3 | |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Aristocrats | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Food | 274 | 536–478 | 52.9 | 5 | 32 | 12 |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 14 | 19–30 | 38.8 | |||
| Burn | 37 | 46–63 | 42.2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Infect | 18 | 11–47 | 19.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 687 | 1305–1107 | 54.1 | 8 | 66 | 41 |
| Simic Flash | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 204 | 427–316 | 57.5 | 2 | 17 | 15 |
| Azorius Skies | 46 | 96–64 | 60.0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Blue Madness | 43 | 67–83 | 44.7 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Simic Madness | 38 | 56–73 | 43.4 | 2 | ||
| Temur Madness | 5 | 11–10 | 52.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 177 | 321–272 | 54.1 | 4 | 29 | 8 |
| Izzet Spells | 107 | 191–214 | 47.2 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
| Dimir Tempo | 52 | 123–69 | 64.1 | 8 | ||
| Azorius Tempo | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 18 | 17–32 | 34.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Burning Vengeance | 8 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 1071 | 1598–1924 | 45.4 | 14 | 115 | 25 |
| The Rock | 17 | 25–32 | 43.9 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Jund | 7 | 6–16 | 27.3 | |||
| Blink | 7 | 5–16 | 23.8 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 83 | 77–165 | 31.8 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Séance | 4 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Allies | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Boros Allies | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 23 | 13–52 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Vampires | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Elementals | 7 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 41 | 44–85 | 34.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Naya Midrange | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Big Red | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 447 | 908–727 | 55.5 | 11 | 84 | 17 |
| Mono Black Devotion | 415 | 862–675 | 56.1 | 11 | 81 | 17 |
| Dimir Midrange | 82 | 164–150 | 52.2 | 3 | 20 | 5 |
| Toughness Matters | 96 | 76–160 | 32.2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Lifegain Midrange | 62 | 102–131 | 43.8 | 0 | 3 | |
| Adventures | 30 | 25–52 | 32.5 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 8 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |||
| Neoform | 32 | 42–54 | 43.8 | |||
| Temur Neoform | 6 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Sultai Neoform | 5 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Simic Neoform | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| UBRG Neoform | 12 | 20–21 | 48.8 | |||
| Clerics | 1 | |||||
| Ramp | 80 | 110–136 | 44.7 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Applejacks | 36 | 68–61 | 52.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Unclassified | 2 |