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, 2 days.
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 691 | 1590–1346 | 54.2 | 39 | 244 |
| Heroic | 65 | 143–131 | 52.2 | 1 | 27 |
| Mono White Heroic | 51 | 118–101 | 53.9 | 1 | 22 |
| Azorius Heroic | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | ||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 7 | 19–15 | 55.9 | 0 | 3 |
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 136 | 345–270 | 56.1 | 8 | 49 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Goblins | 10 | 8–21 | 27.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Tokens | 15 | 11–31 | 26.2 | 0 | 3 |
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Mono White Tokens | 13 | 10–28 | 26.3 | 0 | 2 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 18 | 28–41 | 40.6 | 0 | 3 |
| White Weenie | 49 | 122–101 | 54.7 | 1 | 22 |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Soldiers | 11 | 25–23 | 52.1 | 0 | 4 |
| Elves | 33 | 60–70 | 46.2 | 3 | 4 |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 7 | 12–15 | 44.4 | 1 | 1 |
| Selesnya Counters | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 1 | 1 |
| Rogues | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Zombies | 109 | 271–194 | 58.3 | 6 | 48 |
| Gruul Aggro | 10 | 16–23 | 41.0 | ||
| Mono Red Swarm | 7 | 12–13 | 48.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Artifact Aggro | 13 | 17–26 | 39.5 | 0 | 4 |
| Affinity | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Salvage Titan | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Tempered Steel | 10 | 16–19 | 45.7 | 0 | 4 |
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Madness | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | ||
| Gruul Madness | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Rakdos Madness | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | ||
| Voltron | 13 | 29–33 | 46.8 | 1 | 4 |
| Hexproof | 5 | 15–11 | 57.7 | 1 | 3 |
| Hateful Auras | 5 | 8–13 | 38.1 | 0 | 1 |
| Naya Zoo | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Knights | 38 | 87–73 | 54.4 | 0 | 10 |
| AggroSlide | 148 | 402–262 | 60.5 | 18 | 61 |
| Cats | 7 | 12–11 | 52.2 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono White Cats | 7 | 12–11 | 52.2 | 0 | 1 |
| Boros Aggro | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | 0 | 2 |
| Humans | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Selesnya Humans | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Pirates | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Combo | 286 | 558–569 | 49.5 | 15 | 72 |
| Storm | 88 | 186–161 | 53.6 | 6 | 24 |
| Dragonstorm | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Hazoret Storm | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Citadel Storm | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | ||
| High Tide | 82 | 176–146 | 54.7 | 6 | 22 |
| Reanimator | 32 | 85–66 | 56.3 | 1 | 13 |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 28 | 75–57 | 56.8 | 1 | 12 |
| Double Dragon | 23 | 67–46 | 59.3 | 1 | 11 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | ||
| Dubious Challenge | 15 | 30–32 | 48.4 | 1 | 5 |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 6 | 6–9 | 40.0 | ||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | ||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | ||
| Fake-Twin | 14 | 30–30 | 50.0 | 2 | 4 |
| Jeskai Fake-Twin | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Naya Fake-Twin | 10 | 26–19 | 57.8 | 2 | 4 |
| Metalwork Colossus | 7 | 5–17 | 22.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Seismic Swans | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | ||
| Eggs | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Lookout-Buccaneer Combo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | ||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | ||
| Taking Turns | 26 | 31–52 | 37.3 | 0 | 2 |
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | ||
| Izzet Ascension | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Ominous Good | 27 | 52–56 | 48.1 | 2 | 6 |
| Jokulhaups Combo | 13 | 28–29 | 49.1 | 1 | 3 |
| Soulflayer | 15 | 36–29 | 55.4 | 1 | 5 |
| Breakfast | 25 | 50–47 | 51.5 | 1 | 7 |
| Hermit Gond | 8 | 21–17 | 55.3 | 0 | 3 |
| Hermit Dredge | 5 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 1 | 2 |
| Neoform Hermit | 8 | 13–14 | 48.1 | 0 | 1 |
| Protean Hulk Combo | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Stuffy Doll | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Control | 240 | 413–519 | 44.3 | 3 | 60 |
| Mono Black Control | 8 | 11–19 | 36.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Esper Control | 21 | 44–39 | 53.0 | 1 | 6 |
| Demonic Rising | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Dimir Control | 16 | 43–35 | 55.1 | 0 | 9 |
| Azorius Control | 17 | 23–36 | 39.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Turbo Fog | 9 | 16–18 | 47.1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mardu Control | 5 | 13–13 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mill | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cloudpost Control | 7 | 7–14 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Izzet Cloudpost Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | ||
| Grixis Control | 33 | 62–65 | 48.8 | 0 | 10 |
| Cruel Control | 11 | 11–19 | 36.7 | ||
| Stax | 12 | 21–29 | 42.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Chandra Nalaar | 6 | 7–12 | 36.8 | 0 | 2 |
| Jeskai Control | 15 | 20–34 | 37.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jeskai Approach | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Runeflare | 9 | 7–20 | 25.9 | ||
| Ponza | 23 | 49–52 | 48.5 | 0 | 6 |
| Cycling Control | 6 | 9–12 | 42.9 | ||
| Astral Slide | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | ||
| Five Color Control | 8 | 16–19 | 45.7 | 1 | 5 |
| Sultai Control | 28 | 40–63 | 38.8 | 0 | 3 |
| Guildgate Control | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 2 |
| Bant Control | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 1 | 1 |
| Temur Reclamation | 3 | 2–9 | 18.2 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 77 | 159–158 | 50.2 | 1 | 25 |
| Aristocrats | 23 | 40–46 | 46.5 | 0 | 6 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 5 | 3–9 | 25.0 | ||
| Food | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 14 | 31–28 | 52.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Burn | 37 | 86–74 | 53.8 | 1 | 14 |
| Infect | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Mono Black Infect | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Pummeler | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Hermit Humans | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 10 | 26–22 | 54.2 | 0 | 4 |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 10 | 26–22 | 54.2 | 0 | 4 |
| Combo Goblins | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Goblin Persist | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 133 | 293–267 | 52.3 | 6 | 50 |
| Izzet Tempo | 17 | 37–36 | 50.7 | 0 | 7 |
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Blue Madness | 7 | 12–16 | 42.9 | 0 | 3 |
| Simic Madness | 7 | 12–16 | 42.9 | 0 | 3 |
| Wizards | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ninjas | 8 | 10–16 | 38.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 59 | 136–114 | 54.4 | 4 | 21 |
| Izzet Spells | 32 | 87–62 | 58.4 | 2 | 16 |
| Dimir Tempo | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Combo-Control | 90 | 175–190 | 47.9 | 2 | 23 |
| Cruel Combo-Control | 6 | 10–13 | 43.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Battle of Wits | 5 | 7–11 | 38.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Shared Fate | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Pickles | 5 | 13–10 | 56.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Zur's Weirding | 8 | 15–19 | 44.1 | 0 | 1 |
| Solar Flare | 17 | 36–35 | 50.7 | 1 | 5 |
| Plasma Swans | 15 | 33–34 | 49.3 | 0 | 6 |
| Liliana's Contract | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Mass Land Destruction | 31 | 59–60 | 49.6 | 1 | 7 |
| Wildfire | 31 | 59–60 | 49.6 | 1 | 7 |
| Thryx-Wildfire | 6 | 10–13 | 43.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 22 | 43–42 | 50.6 | 1 | 6 |
| Midrange | 298 | 510–624 | 45.0 | 3 | 78 |
| Temur Ascendancy | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | ||
| The Rock | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | ||
| Golgari Citadel | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Grenzo | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Selesnya Value Town | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jund | 32 | 37–66 | 35.9 | 0 | 3 |
| Blink | 39 | 89–77 | 53.6 | 0 | 16 |
| Wave Blink | 34 | 81–66 | 55.1 | 0 | 15 |
| Esper Wave | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Azorius Wave | 21 | 44–41 | 51.8 | 0 | 7 |
| Orzhov Wave | 7 | 20–15 | 57.1 | 0 | 5 |
| Bant Wave | 5 | 15–8 | 65.2 | 0 | 3 |
| Graveyard Value | 9 | 10–16 | 38.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Varolz Dreadnought | 8 | 7–14 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Allies | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | ||
| Esper Allies | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | ||
| Fake-Rack | 6 | 8–14 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Mardu Midrange | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Rakdos Midrange | 27 | 44–61 | 41.9 | 0 | 4 |
| Naya Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Big Red | 28 | 69–56 | 55.2 | 2 | 10 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 50 | 87–102 | 46.0 | 0 | 12 |
| Mono Black Devotion | 38 | 67–77 | 46.5 | 0 | 9 |
| Dimir Midrange | 38 | 68–82 | 45.3 | 0 | 16 |
| Angels | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Orzhov Angels | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Toughness Matters | 9 | 7–17 | 29.2 | ||
| Lifegain Midrange | 7 | 15–13 | 53.6 | 0 | 2 |
| Mutate | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | ||
| Sultai Midrange | 4 | 11–8 | 57.9 | 1 | 2 |
| Sultai Emerge | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Jeskai Midrange | 5 | 5–10 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Zur the Enchanter | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Neoform | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Temur Neoform | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sultai Neoform | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Death Cloud | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Ramp | 88 | 156–180 | 46.4 | 3 | 24 |
| Villainous Wealth | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | ||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Wild Pair | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 73 | 133–151 | 46.8 | 3 | 21 |
| Locus Awakening | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Golgari Post | 11 | 18–23 | 43.9 | 0 | 3 |
| Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | ||
| Greenpost | 45 | 95–94 | 50.3 | 3 | 16 |
| Simic Post | 9 | 9–21 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Domain | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | ||
| Eureka! | 5 | 12–9 | 57.1 | 0 | 3 |
| Unclassified | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 |