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 1 week, 2 days.
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 541 | 1159–1079 | 51.8 | 32 | 187 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 8 | 15–16 | 48.4 | 1 | 3 |
| Heroic | 29 | 45–68 | 39.8 | 0 | 6 |
| Mono White Heroic | 14 | 21–29 | 42.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Boros Heroic | 14 | 22–37 | 37.3 | 0 | 3 |
| Red Deck Wins | 147 | 348–279 | 55.5 | 10 | 65 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Prisoner | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Goblins | 10 | 24–24 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tokens | 27 | 48–46 | 51.1 | 1 | 9 |
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Mono White Tokens | 18 | 42–31 | 57.5 | 1 | 8 |
| Orzhov Tokens | 7 | 5–11 | 31.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 10 | 13–20 | 39.4 | 0 | 1 |
| White Weenie | 11 | 11–23 | 32.4 | 0 | 2 |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | ||
| Soldiers | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Elves | 30 | 43–56 | 43.4 | 1 | 7 |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 10 | 26–20 | 56.5 | 0 | 4 |
| Selesnya Counters | 4 | 13–7 | 65.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rogues | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | ||
| Zombies | 10 | 23–21 | 52.3 | 0 | 4 |
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Gruul Landfall | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Merfolk | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Mono Red Swarm | 33 | 58–78 | 42.6 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 Whack | 32 | 57–76 | 42.9 | 0 | 10 |
| Artifact Aggro | 28 | 42–65 | 39.3 | 0 | 3 |
| Affinity | 11 | 11–26 | 29.7 | ||
| Boros Vehicles | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Tempered Steel | 13 | 24–29 | 45.3 | 0 | 3 |
| Devastating Dreams | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | ||
| Madness | 3 | 11–8 | 57.9 | ||
| Golgari Madness | 1 | 5–2 | 71.4 | ||
| Jund Madness | 2 | 6–6 | 50.0 | ||
| Voltron | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Hexproof | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Slivers | 5 | 5–12 | 29.4 | ||
| Naya Zoo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Knights | 15 | 16–29 | 35.6 | 1 | 2 |
| AggroSlide | 122 | 363–219 | 62.4 | 17 | 62 |
| Cats | 20 | 40–45 | 47.1 | 1 | 5 |
| Mono White Cats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | ||
| Selesnya Cats | 19 | 37–43 | 46.3 | 1 | 5 |
| Rakdos Aggro | 5 | 13–13 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Boros Aggro | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | ||
| Combo | 344 | 807–682 | 54.2 | 23 | 123 |
| Storm | 29 | 50–54 | 48.1 | 1 | 6 |
| Dragonstorm | 18 | 38–34 | 52.8 | 1 | 4 |
| Hazoret Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Simic Storm | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Izzet Storm | 6 | 11–12 | 47.8 | 0 | 2 |
| Swath Storm | 6 | 11–12 | 47.8 | 0 | 2 |
| Reanimator | 52 | 106–105 | 50.2 | 1 | 21 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 52 | 106–105 | 50.2 | 1 | 21 |
| Rakdos Reanimator | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | ||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 49 | 100–98 | 50.5 | 1 | 20 |
| Oriss Genesis | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Maniac Combo | 3 | 1–8 | 11.1 | ||
| Hypergenesis | 3 | 4–10 | 28.6 | ||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 30 | 68–57 | 54.4 | 2 | 9 |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 15 | 32–30 | 51.6 | 1 | 5 |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 5 | 16–10 | 61.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 10 | 20–17 | 54.1 | 1 | 2 |
| Fake-Twin | 4 | 2–11 | 15.4 | ||
| Jeskai Fake-Twin | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Naya Fake-Twin | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | ||
| Metalwork Colossus | 55 | 150–105 | 58.8 | 7 | 24 |
| Anvil Colossus | 50 | 139–94 | 59.7 | 7 | 23 |
| Upheaval Colossus | 5 | 11–11 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Eggs | 10 | 24–17 | 58.5 | 0 | 3 |
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | ||
| Izzet Ascension | 7 | 12–18 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ominous Good | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 4 | 3–10 | 23.1 | ||
| Soulflayer | 31 | 98–62 | 61.3 | 3 | 16 |
| Reanim8 Rack | 22 | 81–42 | 65.9 | 3 | 16 |
| Breakfast | 88 | 245–164 | 59.9 | 9 | 39 |
| Hermit Dredge | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | ||
| Oops All Spells | 16 | 35–29 | 54.7 | 1 | 5 |
| Neoform Hermit | 70 | 207–131 | 61.2 | 8 | 34 |
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Dredge | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Storm Herald | 8 | 15–19 | 44.1 | ||
| Enduring Ideal | 1 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 |
| Stuffy Doll | 7 | 16–16 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Control | 274 | 462–582 | 44.3 | 6 | 69 |
| Mono Black Control | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | ||
| Esper Control | 33 | 76–69 | 52.4 | 4 | 11 |
| Demonic Rising | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Mono Blue Control | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | ||
| Dimir Control | 8 | 8–21 | 27.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Azorius Control | 48 | 80–95 | 45.7 | 0 | 15 |
| Turbo Fog | 5 | 6–10 | 37.5 | ||
| Mardu Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mill | 8 | 8–17 | 32.0 | ||
| Cloudpost Control | 47 | 101–94 | 51.8 | 1 | 18 |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 7 | 14–14 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 9 | 17–17 | 50.0 | 1 | 3 |
| Cloudy With Sunny Spells | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 17 | 33–36 | 47.8 | 0 | 6 |
| Grixis Control | 11 | 11–25 | 30.6 | ||
| Cruel Control | 6 | 6–13 | 31.6 | ||
| Stax | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Chandra Nalaar | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | ||
| Jeskai Control | 5 | 8–9 | 47.1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dragon Control | 18 | 27–33 | 45.0 | 1 | 2 |
| Izzet Dragons | 18 | 27–33 | 45.0 | 1 | 2 |
| Galleon Control | 3 | 9–7 | 56.3 | 0 | 2 |
| Runeflare | 11 | 16–21 | 43.2 | 0 | 2 |
| Ponza | 6 | 6–14 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono White Control | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | ||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Sultai Control | 5 | 1–12 | 7.7 | ||
| Sultai Ultimatum | 3 | 1–8 | 11.1 | ||
| Guildgate Control | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | ||
| Bant Control | 13 | 26–27 | 49.1 | 0 | 5 |
| Pox | 25 | 44–58 | 43.1 | 0 | 6 |
| Four Color Counter Ghazi | 8 | 15–20 | 42.9 | 0 | 3 |
| Orzhov Control | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 154 | 318–314 | 50.3 | 8 | 48 |
| Aristocrats | 44 | 77–88 | 46.7 | 0 | 11 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 29 | 57–61 | 48.3 | 0 | 9 |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 5 | 5–8 | 38.5 | ||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 6 | 8–11 | 42.1 | 0 | 1 |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | ||
| Burn | 11 | 19–23 | 45.2 | 0 | 3 |
| Infect | 16 | 30–33 | 47.6 | 0 | 2 |
| Simic Infect | 4 | 0–7 | 0.0 | ||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 5 | 10–11 | 47.6 | ||
| Golgari Infect | 7 | 20–15 | 57.1 | 0 | 2 |
| Hermit Humans | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | ||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 13 | 22–32 | 40.7 | 0 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | ||
| Chancellor of the Forge Combo | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Hushnought | 59 | 155–113 | 57.8 | 8 | 29 |
| Combo Goblins | 7 | 11–14 | 44.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Goblin Persist | 7 | 11–14 | 44.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Aggro-Control | 142 | 272–308 | 46.9 | 1 | 45 |
| Izzet Tempo | 31 | 57–72 | 44.2 | 0 | 10 |
| Azorius Skies | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Blue Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Simic Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Wizards | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Ninjas | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 46 | 92–95 | 49.2 | 0 | 17 |
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Dimir Tempo | 33 | 67–71 | 48.6 | 1 | 8 |
| Sultai Tempo | 11 | 25–20 | 55.6 | 0 | 4 |
| Combo-Control | 18 | 28–33 | 45.9 | 0 | 4 |
| Battle of Wits | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Pickles | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Hedron Alignment | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Yosei Vat | 1 | 5–2 | 71.4 | ||
| Hive Mind | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | ||
| Mass Land Destruction | 5 | 10–10 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wildfire | 5 | 10–10 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Thryx-Wildfire | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | ||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Midrange | 443 | 892–939 | 48.7 | 7 | 125 |
| The Rock | 16 | 33–36 | 47.8 | 0 | 3 |
| Golgari Citadel | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grenzo | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Abzan Midrange | 36 | 60–77 | 43.8 | 0 | 8 |
| Jund | 6 | 11–14 | 44.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Blink | 30 | 90–61 | 59.6 | 3 | 11 |
| Wave Blink | 30 | 90–61 | 59.6 | 3 | 11 |
| Esper Wave | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Azorius Wave | 25 | 78–50 | 60.9 | 3 | 9 |
| Bant Wave | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | ||
| Graveyard Value | 14 | 17–31 | 35.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Séance | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | ||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 8 | 12–17 | 41.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Allies | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | ||
| Mardu Allies | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Boros Allies | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Fake-Rack | 5 | 5–15 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Selvala Morningstar | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Mardu Midrange | 15 | 41–32 | 56.2 | 0 | 10 |
| Vampires | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Legends Midrange | 21 | 51–43 | 54.3 | 0 | 9 |
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Selesnya Legends | 19 | 47–39 | 54.7 | 0 | 9 |
| Rakdos Midrange | 100 | 232–211 | 52.4 | 3 | 39 |
| Naya Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Big Red | 4 | 11–8 | 57.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 15 | 23–33 | 41.1 | 0 | 3 |
| Mono Black Devotion | 11 | 15–25 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Hellion Whip | 8 | 15–18 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Dimir Midrange | 9 | 9–18 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Toughness Matters | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | ||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Sultai Midrange | 13 | 24–25 | 49.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sultai Emerge | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | ||
| Orzhov Midrange | 10 | 29–19 | 60.4 | 0 | 5 |
| Jeskai Midrange | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Prophet Glare | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Ordealbreak | 5 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 5 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Fires of Invention | 32 | 47–66 | 41.6 | 0 | 6 |
| Hero of Precinct One | 56 | 113–122 | 48.1 | 1 | 12 |
| Abzan Hero | 13 | 28–26 | 51.9 | 0 | 4 |
| Mardu Hero | 6 | 9–14 | 39.1 | ||
| Esper Hero | 11 | 16–24 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Orzhov Hero | 22 | 56–49 | 53.3 | 1 | 6 |
| Five Color Hero | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Boros Hero | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Gruul Obosh | 7 | 11–16 | 40.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Clerics | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | ||
| Death Cloud | 8 | 16–14 | 53.3 | 0 | 2 |
| Illness in the Ranks | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Ramp | 40 | 83–84 | 49.7 | 0 | 14 |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 37 | 81–77 | 51.3 | 0 | 14 |
| Golgari Post | 3 | 7–9 | 43.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Greenpost | 29 | 69–59 | 53.9 | 0 | 13 |
| Gruul Post | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 |