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 | 5–0s |
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Aggro | 2534 | 4927–4180 | 54.1 | 35 | 237 | 150 |
Mono Black Aggro | 73 | 147–128 | 53.5 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Heroic | 46 | 78–105 | 42.6 | 0 | 3 | |
Mono White Heroic | 21 | 44–55 | 44.4 | 0 | 3 | |
Azorius Heroic | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 20 | 30–42 | 41.7 | |||
Boros Heroic | 1 | |||||
Red Deck Wins | 580 | 1300–912 | 58.8 | 17 | 85 | 40 |
Mono Red Devotion | 22 | 53–31 | 63.1 | 3 | ||
Prisoner | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Goblins | 210 | 488–322 | 60.2 | 5 | 21 | 23 |
Tokens | 141 | 256–284 | 47.4 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
Selesnya Tokens | 42 | 57–87 | 39.6 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Mono White Tokens | 66 | 156–109 | 58.9 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Orzhov Tokens | 9 | 15–30 | 33.3 | |||
Mono Green Stompy | 20 | 29–35 | 45.3 | 0 | 1 | |
White Weenie | 148 | 219–253 | 46.4 | 1 | 8 | 7 |
Odric Keywords | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Quest for the Holy Relic | 74 | 109–123 | 47.0 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
Soldiers | 16 | 16–28 | 36.4 | |||
Kithkin | 15 | 27–21 | 56.3 | 3 | ||
Chroma White | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Elves | 189 | 353–335 | 51.3 | 0 | 9 | 5 |
Werewolves | 6 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
Minotaurs | 4 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
Warriors | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Selesnya Little Kid | 20 | 20–35 | 36.4 | |||
Selesnya Counters | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Rogues | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
Zombies | 232 | 511–372 | 57.9 | 1 | 21 | 18 |
Gruul Aggro | 38 | 46–77 | 37.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Merfolk | 55 | 79–99 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Mono Red Swarm | 12 | 20–13 | 60.6 | 1 | 1 | |
Artifact Aggro | 136 | 158–241 | 39.6 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
Affinity | 35 | 19–67 | 22.1 | |||
Salvage Titan | 13 | 10–26 | 27.8 | 1 | ||
Tempered Steel | 86 | 126–146 | 46.3 | 0 | 5 | |
Madness | 10 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |||
Golgari Madness | 1 | |||||
Rakdos Madness | 5 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
Jund Madness | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Voltron | 22 | 32–47 | 40.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Hexproof | 8 | 5–23 | 17.9 | |||
Equipment Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Hateful Auras | 11 | 23–18 | 56.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Slivers | 10 | 3–17 | 15.0 | |||
Naya Zoo | 5 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
Knights | 90 | 178–140 | 56.0 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
AggroSlide | 390 | 853–559 | 60.4 | 9 | 63 | 31 |
Cats | 30 | 51–61 | 45.5 | 1 | ||
Mono White Cats | 10 | 11–18 | 37.9 | |||
Selesnya Cats | 6 | 15–14 | 51.7 | |||
Rakdos Aggro | 6 | 8–18 | 30.8 | |||
Rakdos Hellbent | 3 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
Boros Aggro | 9 | 11–13 | 45.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Humans | 9 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |||
Selesnya Humans | 4 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
Shamans | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
Brushwaggs | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Rats | 5 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
Combo | 1846 | 3041–3215 | 48.6 | 15 | 124 | 72 |
Storm | 488 | 730–876 | 45.5 | 6 | 25 | 17 |
Sultai Tendrils | 17 | 24–32 | 42.9 | |||
Dimir Tendrils | 301 | 510–526 | 49.2 | 5 | 19 | 12 |
Hazoret Storm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Simic Storm | 66 | 97–105 | 48.0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Citadel Storm | 51 | 64–116 | 35.6 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
High Tide | 1 | |||||
Grixis Tendrils | 15 | 14–24 | 36.8 | 0 | 1 | |
Stormpost | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Izzet Storm | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
Swath Storm | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
Reanimator | 605 | 1267–1004 | 55.8 | 9 | 76 | 31 |
Recurring Nightmare | 259 | 593–396 | 60.0 | 7 | 42 | 18 |
Dragon Nightmare | 232 | 549–344 | 61.5 | 7 | 41 | 18 |
Worldgorger Dragon | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Grozoth | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
Traditional Reanimator | 344 | 672–604 | 52.7 | 2 | 34 | 13 |
Rakdos Reanimator | 122 | 248–204 | 54.9 | 1 | 16 | 4 |
Dimir Reanimator | 27 | 47–69 | 40.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Mono Black Reanimator | 177 | 357–293 | 54.9 | 1 | 16 | 9 |
Oriss Genesis | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Biovisionary | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Necrotic Ooze Combo | 26 | 59–35 | 62.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Dubious Challenge | 11 | 15–26 | 36.6 | |||
Warp World | 5 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |||
Actual Warp World | 5 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |||
Zubera Tribal | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
Maniac Combo | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Hypergenesis | 84 | 160–151 | 51.4 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
New Perspectives | 5 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | |||||
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | |||||
Myr Incubator | 13 | 25–23 | 52.1 | 1 | ||
Fake-Twin | 30 | 37–52 | 41.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Jeskai Fake-Twin | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Naya Fake-Twin | 9 | 12–15 | 44.4 | |||
Combo Post | 4 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
Metalwork Colossus | 96 | 154–158 | 49.4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Upheaval Colossus | 29 | 32–45 | 41.6 | 1 | ||
Seismic Swans | 18 | 20–36 | 35.7 | |||
Cruel Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Eggs | 31 | 24–58 | 29.3 | |||
Turntimber Ranger | 8 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
Blazing Shoal Combo | 21 | 30–34 | 46.9 | 1 | ||
Retraction Helix Combo | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
Taking Turns | 32 | 37–52 | 41.6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Quest for Ula's Temple | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Izzet Ascension | 84 | 124–165 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Ominous Good | 55 | 66–89 | 42.6 | 0 | 3 | |
Jokulhaups Combo | 72 | 97–127 | 43.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Soulflayer | 17 | 24–39 | 38.1 | |||
Breakfast | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
Oops All Spells | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
Oops All Lands | 19 | 16–47 | 25.4 | 0 | 1 | |
Polymorph | 29 | 37–43 | 46.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Enduring Ideal | 17 | 18–24 | 42.9 | 1 | ||
Control | 1231 | 1902–2152–2 | 46.9 | 5 | 55 | 25 |
Mono Black Control | 25 | 32–55 | 36.8 | 1 | ||
Esper Control | 39 | 62–59 | 51.2 | 0 | 3 | |
Demonic Rising | 41 | 68–84 | 44.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Mono Blue Control | 11 | 10–21 | 32.3 | |||
Dimir Control | 122 | 220–197 | 52.8 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Azorius Control | 226 | 373–378–1 | 49.7 | 0 | 12 | 10 |
Adam's Ale | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Turbo Fog | 45 | 73–81 | 47.4 | 0 | 3 | |
Izzet Control | 13 | 29–28 | 50.9 | 0 | 2 | |
Mardu Control | 8 | 15–18 | 45.5 | |||
Mill | 28 | 19–64 | 22.9 | |||
Boros Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Cloudpost Control | 111 | 179–166 | 51.9 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Azorius Cloudpost Control | 52 | 102–79 | 56.4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Blackpost | 14 | 22–27 | 44.9 | 1 | ||
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 33 | 41–43 | 48.8 | 1 | ||
Dimir Cloudpost Control | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
Cloudy With Sunny Spells | 6 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Grixis Control | 84 | 136–153 | 47.1 | 1 | 2 | |
Cruel Control | 63 | 97–114 | 46.0 | |||
Stax | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Jeskai Control | 9 | 10–19 | 34.5 | |||
Dragon Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Runeflare | 21 | 28–35 | 44.4 | |||
Ponza | 196 | 335–338 | 49.8 | 1 | 10 | 5 |
Mono White Control | 54 | 89–101 | 46.8 | 2 | 8 | |
Life is Ez | 14 | 17–17 | 50.0 | |||
Cycling Control | 47 | 40–73–1 | 35.4 | 0 | 1 | |
Astral Slide | 42 | 30–65 | 31.6 | |||
Five Color Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Sultai Control | 16 | 16–28 | 36.4 | |||
Guildgate Control | 40 | 56–68 | 45.2 | 0 | 3 | |
Bant Control | 24 | 37–37 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Temur Reclamation | 14 | 24–30 | 44.4 | 0 | 2 | |
Orzhov Control | 37 | 30–85 | 26.1 | |||
Aggro-Combo | 224 | 396–354 | 52.8 | 0 | 11 | 14 |
Aristocrats | 121 | 261–186 | 58.4 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
Mono Black Aristocrats | 68 | 163–100 | 62.0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
Orzhov Aristocrats | 12 | 24–21 | 53.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Abzan Aristocrats | 9 | 21–12 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Food | 17 | 17–29 | 37.0 | |||
Rakdos Aristocrats | 13 | 33–20 | 62.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Burn | 38 | 34–68 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 | |
Infect | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
Blazing Shoal Infect | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Turbo Myth | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Pummeler | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
Trickbind Dreadnought | 45 | 76–66 | 53.5 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Mono Blue Dreadnought | 39 | 71–52 | 57.7 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Combo Goblins | 9 | 21–15 | 58.3 | |||
Goblin Persist | 9 | 21–15 | 58.3 | |||
Aggro-Control | 363 | 600–605 | 49.8 | 1 | 16 | 15 |
Simic Flash | 34 | 51–51 | 50.0 | 2 | ||
Simic Vat | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
Izzet Tempo | 46 | 63–83 | 43.2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Azorius Skies | 10 | 20–14 | 58.8 | |||
Blue Madness | 16 | 26–26 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
Simic Madness | 15 | 24–24 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Lich Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Wizards | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Ninjas | 42 | 71–77 | 48.0 | 2 | ||
Mono Blue Tempo | 37 | 58–57 | 50.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Izzet Spells | 106 | 195–181 | 51.9 | 1 | 9 | 6 |
Dimir Tempo | 33 | 73–48 | 60.3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Azorius Tempo | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
Combo-Control | 362 | 634–634 | 50.0 | 3 | 22 | 18 |
Curses | 5 | 2–13 | 13.3 | |||
Cruel Combo-Control | 16 | 29–29 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
Battle of Wits | 41 | 64–67 | 48.9 | 2 | ||
Shared Fate | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
Swarm Intelligence | 6 | 12–12 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Hedron Alignment | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Yosei Vat | 14 | 28–28 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
Lich's Mastery | 5 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |||
Curious Niv-Mizzet | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Hive Mind | 78 | 168–121 | 58.1 | 2 | 9 | 8 |
Zur's Weirding | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Plasma Swans | 18 | 31–32 | 49.2 | 1 | ||
Liliana's Contract | 11 | 14–21 | 40.0 | |||
Mass Land Destruction | 124 | 244–216 | 53.0 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
Wildfire | 124 | 244–216 | 53.0 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
Thryx-Wildfire | 89 | 196–160 | 55.1 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
Borderpost Wildfire | 9 | 16–16 | 50.0 | |||
Midrange | 1536 | 2419–2740 | 46.9 | 5 | 47 | 61 |
Temur Ascendancy | 10 | 13–17 | 43.3 | |||
The Rock | 22 | 42–43 | 49.4 | |||
Golgari Citadel | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
Grenzo | 10 | 18–21 | 46.2 | |||
Abzan Midrange | 9 | 17–20 | 45.9 | |||
Selesnya Midrange | 47 | 83–82 | 50.3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Selesnya Value Town | 31 | 48–45 | 51.6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Jund | 62 | 89–126 | 41.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Blink | 123 | 226–171 | 56.9 | 2 | 12 | 10 |
Wave Blink | 122 | 226–171 | 56.9 | 2 | 12 | 10 |
Esper Wave | 46 | 107–77 | 58.2 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
Azorius Wave | 40 | 68–45 | 60.2 | 6 | ||
Orzhov Wave | 33 | 47–47 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Graveyard Value | 150 | 297–262 | 53.1 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
Séance | 43 | 104–76 | 57.8 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Varolz Dreadnought | 57 | 130–86 | 60.2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Enchantments Matter | 18 | 17–30 | 36.2 | 0 | 1 | |
Allies | 8 | 5–16 | 23.8 | |||
Boros Allies | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
Mono White Allies | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Treefolk | 23 | 38–46 | 45.2 | |||
-1/-1 Counters | 8 | 6–16 | 27.3 | |||
Fake-Rack | 46 | 53–96 | 35.6 | 2 | ||
Mardu Midrange | 27 | 35–42 | 45.5 | |||
Leave // Chance Midrange | 6 | 10–7 | 58.8 | |||
Vampires | 41 | 82–82 | 50.0 | |||
Mono Black Vampires | 38 | 81–77 | 51.3 | |||
Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Orzhov Vampires | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Legends Midrange | 42 | 55–75 | 42.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Boros Legends Midrange | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Orzhov Legends | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
Elementals | 9 | 17–15 | 53.1 | |||
Rakdos Midrange | 131 | 237–220 | 51.9 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
Naya Midrange | 10 | 13–22 | 37.1 | |||
Card Advantage White | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
Big Red | 36 | 91–61 | 59.9 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Mono Black Midrange | 215 | 373–369 | 50.3 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
Mono Black Devotion | 123 | 207–208 | 49.9 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
Davriel Braids | 44 | 76–74 | 50.7 | 3 | ||
Hellion Whip | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Dimir Midrange | 45 | 82–81 | 50.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Dimir Vat | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Angels | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Mono White Angels | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Toughness Matters | 48 | 45–83 | 35.2 | 0 | 1 | |
Lifegain Midrange | 10 | 10–20 | 33.3 | |||
Mutate | 61 | 97–109 | 47.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Sultai Midrange | 18 | 11–34 | 24.4 | 0 | 1 | |
Orzhov Midrange | 19 | 18–40 | 31.0 | |||
Heartless Summoning Stompy | 19 | 25–38 | 39.7 | |||
Zur the Enchanter | 25 | 48–45 | 51.6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Ordealbreak | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
Enigmatic Incarnation | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
Mythic Colossification | 15 | 33–19 | 63.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Neoform | 21 | 29–37 | 43.9 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Temur Neoform | 19 | 29–34 | 46.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Coinflips | 10 | 3–20 | 13.0 | |||
Death Cloud | 81 | 99–141 | 41.3 | 0 | 2 | |
Illness in the Ranks | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
Ramp | 520 | 871–910 | 48.9 | 2 | 16 | 21 |
Rofellos Ramp | 110 | 238–193 | 55.2 | 2 | 7 | 5 |
Wild Pair | 16 | 40–28 | 58.8 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Cloudpost Ramp | 252 | 402–460 | 46.6 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
Eldrazipost | 12 | 2–17 | 10.5 | |||
Locus Awakening | 6 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
Golgari Post | 16 | 23–25 | 47.9 | |||
Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 59 | 135–94 | 59.0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Greenpost | 54 | 82–122 | 40.2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Gruul Post | 11 | 16–18 | 47.1 | 1 | ||
Simic Post | 32 | 41–57 | 41.8 | |||
Domain | 3 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
Reclamation at Wake | 66 | 114–88 | 56.4 | 4 | ||
Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp | 28 | 43–38 | 53.1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Applejacks | 4 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
Unclassified | 6 | |||||
Commander | 2 |