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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 318 | 619–617 | 50.1 | 19 | 143 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 6 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Heroic | 3 | 1–8 | 11.1 | ||
| Azorius Heroic | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 90 | 208–167 | 55.5 | 9 | 47 |
| Goblins | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | ||
| Tokens | 42 | 68–76 | 47.2 | 2 | 11 |
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Mono White Tokens | 35 | 64–61 | 51.2 | 2 | 10 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 35 | 84–68 | 55.3 | 3 | 21 |
| White Weenie | 19 | 40–39 | 50.6 | 1 | 7 |
| Soldiers | 11 | 30–22 | 57.7 | 1 | 6 |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 8 | 11–16 | 40.7 | 0 | 2 |
| Selesnya Counters | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Gruul Aggro | 5 | 10–11 | 47.6 | 0 | 4 |
| Merfolk | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Mono Red Swarm | 57 | 110–100 | 52.4 | 2 | 33 |
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | ||
| Affinity | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | ||
| Devoid Aggro | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | ||
| Voltron | 25 | 37–57 | 39.4 | 0 | 6 |
| Hexproof | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Boros Auras | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Hateful Auras | 7 | 9–15 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Knights | 12 | 26–27 | 49.1 | 2 | 7 |
| Cats | 5 | 6–12 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono White Cats | 5 | 6–12 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Combo | 55 | 82–114 | 41.8 | 1 | 21 |
| Storm | 10 | 17–23 | 42.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Simic Storm | 10 | 17–23 | 42.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Reclamation Storm | 10 | 17–23 | 42.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Reanimator | 37 | 53–76 | 41.1 | 1 | 12 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 37 | 53–76 | 41.1 | 1 | 12 |
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 29 | 39–59 | 39.8 | 1 | 10 |
| Grixis Reanimator | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | ||
| Lookout-Buccaneer Combo | 6 | 12–12 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Retraction Helix Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Control | 425 | 890–834 | 51.6 | 22 | 167 |
| Mono Black Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | ||
| Esper Control | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dimir Control | 67 | 135–130 | 50.9 | 5 | 29 |
| Azorius Control | 8 | 10–13 | 43.5 | 0 | 3 |
| Turbo Fog | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | ||
| Izzet Control | 18 | 31–34 | 47.7 | 2 | 4 |
| Mill | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Grixis Control | 18 | 61–36 | 62.9 | 1 | 8 |
| Jeskai Control | 7 | 13–12 | 52.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Ponza | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | ||
| Cycling Control | 34 | 65–68 | 48.9 | 1 | 9 |
| Astral Slide | 34 | 65–68 | 48.9 | 1 | 9 |
| Sultai Control | 11 | 27–19 | 58.7 | 1 | 7 |
| Guildgate Control | 211 | 466–407 | 53.4 | 10 | 90 |
| Bant Control | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | ||
| Temur Reclamation | 38 | 71–82 | 46.4 | 2 | 11 |
| Orzhov Control | 2 | 0–7 | 0.0 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 93 | 172–190 | 47.5 | 6 | 42 |
| Aristocrats | 73 | 147–147 | 50.0 | 6 | 35 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | ||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | ||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 4 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 1 | 3 |
| Food | 63 | 136–124 | 52.3 | 5 | 32 |
| Burn | 17 | 24–33 | 42.1 | 0 | 7 |
| Infect | 3 | 1–10 | 9.1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 180 | 367–339 | 52.0 | 8 | 66 |
| Izzet Tempo | 64 | 142–121 | 54.0 | 2 | 17 |
| Azorius Skies | 10 | 25–18 | 58.1 | 1 | 4 |
| Blue Madness | 6 | 11–13 | 45.8 | 0 | 2 |
| Simic Madness | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | ||
| Temur Madness | 2 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 65 | 119–115 | 50.9 | 4 | 29 |
| Izzet Spells | 19 | 46–37 | 55.4 | 1 | 9 |
| Dimir Tempo | 5 | 9–10 | 47.4 | ||
| Combo-Control | 6 | 4–14 | 22.2 | 0 | 1 |
| Burning Vengeance | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Midrange | 271 | 529–551 | 49.0 | 14 | 115 |
| The Rock | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | ||
| Jund | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Graveyard Value | 13 | 7–23 | 23.3 | 0 | 3 |
| Fake-Rack | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Rakdos Midrange | 9 | 9–24 | 27.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 178 | 404–349 | 53.7 | 11 | 84 |
| Mono Black Devotion | 174 | 397–340 | 53.9 | 11 | 81 |
| Dimir Midrange | 29 | 73–57 | 56.2 | 3 | 20 |
| Toughness Matters | 9 | 12–21 | 36.4 | 0 | 2 |
| Lifegain Midrange | 8 | 13–16 | 44.8 | 0 | 3 |
| Adventures | 4 | 3–11 | 21.4 | ||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Neoform | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | ||
| Sultai Neoform | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| UBRG Neoform | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Ramp | 10 | 17–21 | 44.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Applejacks | 6 | 13–11 | 54.2 | 0 | 1 |