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 | 92 | 188–170–8 | 52.5 | 7 | 29 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 3 | 8–4–2 | 66.7 | 1 | 2 |
| Heroic | 16 | 28–31–1 | 47.5 | 1 | 4 |
| Mono White Heroic | 7 | 18–13–1 | 58.1 | 1 | 3 |
| Azorius Heroic | 7 | 9–12 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 16 | 54–23–3 | 70.1 | 3 | 10 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 4 | 10–7–1 | 58.8 | 0 | 3 |
| Goblins | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Tokens | 5 | 10–10 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Selesnya Tokens | 5 | 10–10 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 5 | 10–9–1 | 52.6 | 0 | 2 |
| White Weenie | 12 | 27–26–1 | 50.9 | 1 | 3 |
| Odric Keywords | 6 | 13–12–1 | 52.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kithkin | 1 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Elves | 7 | 12–12 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Werewolves | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Minotaurs | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Merfolk | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | ||
| Affinity | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | ||
| Madness | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | ||
| Gruul Madness | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | ||
| Rakdos Madness | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Voltron | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Equipment Aggro | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Slivers | 4 | 3–10 | 23.1 | ||
| Combo | 48 | 89–105–1 | 45.9 | 0 | 17 |
| Storm | 3 | 6–7–1 | 46.2 | 0 | 2 |
| Dimir Tendrils | 2 | 3–5–1 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Reanimator | 18 | 39–38 | 50.6 | 0 | 6 |
| Recurring Nightmare | 5 | 7–8 | 46.7 | ||
| Jund Nightmare | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | ||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 8 | 19–19 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 5 | 13–11 | 54.2 | 0 | 3 |
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Warp World | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Actual Warp World | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Breakfast | 5 | 11–11 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Cephalid Breakfast | 5 | 11–11 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 5 | 11–11 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Stuffy Doll | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Control | 100 | 221–190–8 | 53.8 | 6 | 36 |
| Mono Black Control | 7 | 11–12 | 47.8 | 0 | 2 |
| Esper Control | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | ||
| Demonic Rising | 9 | 25–18 | 58.1 | 0 | 3 |
| Mono Blue Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | ||
| Dimir Control | 33 | 81–62–2 | 56.6 | 3 | 11 |
| Azorius Control | 6 | 8–15–1 | 34.8 | 0 | 2 |
| Izzet Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Boros Control | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | ||
| Cloudpost Control | 27 | 81–43–5 | 65.3 | 3 | 16 |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 26 | 81–42–5 | 65.9 | 3 | 16 |
| Dimir Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Jeskai Control | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Aggro-Combo | 9 | 9–21 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Burn | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Infect | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 20 | 39–41 | 48.8 | 1 | 6 |
| Azorius Skies | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Blue Madness | 10 | 23–21 | 52.3 | 1 | 3 |
| Simic Madness | 9 | 22–19 | 53.7 | 1 | 3 |
| Grixis Madness | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Combo-Control | 17 | 37–40 | 48.1 | 0 | 5 |
| Burning Vengeance | 6 | 19–13 | 59.4 | 0 | 5 |
| Battle of Wits | 4 | 5–11 | 31.3 | ||
| Mass Land Destruction | 6 | 11–13 | 45.8 | ||
| Wildfire | 6 | 11–13 | 45.8 | ||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Midrange | 42 | 75–84–5 | 47.2 | 0 | 12 |
| Temur Ascendancy | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Grenzo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Abzan Midrange | 5 | 14–10 | 58.3 | 0 | 2 |
| Jund | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | ||
| Graveyard Value | 5 | 3–11 | 21.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Allies | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Orzhov Allies | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vampires | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 16 | 36–31–4 | 53.7 | 0 | 6 |
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Ramp | 26 | 45–52–2 | 46.4 | 0 | 6 |
| Villainous Wealth | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 16 | 24–32 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 |
| Eldrazipost | 7 | 11–15 | 42.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Greenpost | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | ||
| Gruul Post | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Simic Post | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Domain | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |