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 | 559 | 1165–1087–1 | 51.7 | 40 | 246 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 2 |
| Heroic | 105 | 216–197–1 | 52.3 | 9 | 46 |
| Mono White Heroic | 98 | 211–182–1 | 53.7 | 9 | 44 |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 4 | 2–9 | 18.2 | 0 | 2 |
| Red Deck Wins | 29 | 61–57 | 51.7 | 0 | 14 |
| Goblins | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tokens | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Mono Green Stompy | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | ||
| White Weenie | 11 | 20–22 | 47.6 | 0 | 4 |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 5 | 10–9 | 52.6 | 0 | 2 |
| Kithkin | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Elves | 73 | 130–147 | 46.9 | 3 | 33 |
| Warriors | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Zombies | 16 | 15–34 | 30.6 | 0 | 4 |
| Gruul Aggro | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 |
| Merfolk | 13 | 33–30 | 52.4 | 1 | 5 |
| Artifact Aggro | 176 | 475–319 | 59.8 | 19 | 97 |
| Affinity | 166 | 465–304 | 60.5 | 19 | 93 |
| Hush-finity | 9 | 28–18 | 60.9 | 1 | 3 |
| Tempered Steel | 7 | 3–8 | 27.3 | 0 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Architect | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Voltron | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | ||
| Hexproof | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | ||
| Slivers | 6 | 5–18 | 21.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Naya Zoo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Knights | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| AggroSlide | 100 | 170–196 | 46.4 | 8 | 29 |
| Cats | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | ||
| Selesnya Cats | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | ||
| Rakdos Aggro | 4 | 5–10 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 |
| Shamans | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Combo | 241 | 521–485 | 51.8 | 15 | 105 |
| Storm | 15 | 16–30 | 34.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Citadel Storm | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 5 | 3–10 | 23.1 | ||
| Izzet Storm | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Swath Storm | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | ||
| Reanimator | 18 | 39–35 | 52.7 | 1 | 8 |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 17 | 37–33 | 52.9 | 1 | 7 |
| Dimir Cycling Reanimator | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 26 | 60–51 | 54.1 | 1 | 14 |
| Hypergenesis | 15 | 26–34 | 43.3 | 0 | 5 |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 43 | 101–83 | 54.9 | 6 | 22 |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 29 | 57–58 | 49.6 | 2 | 13 |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 14 | 44–25 | 63.8 | 4 | 9 |
| Fake-Twin | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Jeskai Fake-Twin | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Combo Post | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Seismic Swans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Eggs | 56 | 161–106 | 60.3 | 5 | 34 |
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Izzet Ascension | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Soulflayer | 8 | 17–20 | 45.9 | 0 | 3 |
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Dice Factory | 6 | 11–12 | 47.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Storm Herald | 5 | 5–11 | 31.3 | ||
| Enduring Ideal | 14 | 25–35 | 41.7 | 0 | 5 |
| Ad Nauseam | 23 | 50–45 | 52.6 | 2 | 9 |
| Ad Swanseam | 7 | 20–14 | 58.8 | 1 | 3 |
| Control | 211 | 335–421 | 44.3 | 5 | 70 |
| Mono Black Control | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | ||
| Esper Control | 28 | 53–59 | 47.3 | 1 | 10 |
| Demonic Rising | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Azorius Control | 54 | 132–99 | 57.1 | 3 | 27 |
| Cawblade | 37 | 110–62 | 64.0 | 3 | 21 |
| Turbo Fog | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | ||
| Izzet Control | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Mardu Control | 7 | 9–14 | 39.1 | 0 | 2 |
| Boros Control | 3 | 0–7 | 0.0 | ||
| Cloudpost Control | 9 | 14–18 | 43.8 | 0 | 2 |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | ||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 6 | 10–13 | 43.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Grixis Control | 18 | 21–36 | 36.8 | 0 | 5 |
| Cruel Control | 13 | 13–28 | 31.7 | 0 | 3 |
| Stax | 7 | 8–17 | 32.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Chandra Nalaar | 9 | 12–16 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 |
| Jeskai Control | 6 | 7–13 | 35.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dragon Control | 10 | 10–20 | 33.3 | 0 | 3 |
| Izzet Dragons | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | ||
| Runeflare | 3 | 1–8 | 11.1 | ||
| Ponza | 10 | 9–17 | 34.6 | ||
| Mono White Control | 5 | 8–9 | 47.1 | 1 | 1 |
| Life is Ez | 4 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dynavolt Tower | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Cycling Control | 10 | 21–16 | 56.8 | 0 | 8 |
| Astral Slide | 10 | 21–16 | 56.8 | 0 | 8 |
| Five Color Control | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | ||
| Sultai Control | 6 | 5–16 | 23.8 | ||
| Sultai Ultimatum | 5 | 4–12 | 25.0 | ||
| Pox | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | ||
| Four Color Counter Ghazi | 11 | 16–26 | 38.1 | 0 | 5 |
| Aggro-Combo | 221 | 482–450 | 51.7 | 7 | 96 |
| Aristocrats | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | ||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Abzan Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Burn | 63 | 140–129 | 52.0 | 2 | 33 |
| Infect | 21 | 40–42 | 48.8 | 1 | 6 |
| Simic Infect | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | ||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 19 | 39–38 | 50.6 | 1 | 6 |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 9 | 18–17 | 51.4 | 0 | 3 |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 7 | 16–12 | 57.1 | 0 | 3 |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 23 | 61–48 | 56.0 | 0 | 10 |
| Hushnought | 25 | 58–45 | 56.3 | 3 | 14 |
| Liquimetal Fishing | 7 | 16–14 | 53.3 | 0 | 2 |
| Combo Goblins | 70 | 148–150 | 49.7 | 1 | 28 |
| Goblin Persist | 70 | 148–150 | 49.7 | 1 | 28 |
| Aggro-Control | 120 | 203–236 | 46.2 | 6 | 46 |
| Izzet Tempo | 31 | 46–59 | 43.8 | 2 | 9 |
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wizards | 20 | 34–41 | 45.3 | 0 | 8 |
| Ninjas | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 39 | 82–70 | 53.9 | 4 | 21 |
| Mono Blue Faeries | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Izzet Spells | 9 | 12–24 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 |
| Dimir Tempo | 11 | 11–21 | 34.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Combo-Control | 140 | 306–275 | 52.7 | 5 | 62 |
| Curses | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Battle of Wits | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Mindcrank | 46 | 119–91 | 56.7 | 3 | 24 |
| Dragoncrank | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | ||
| Hedron Alignment | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | ||
| Lich's Mastery | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | ||
| Hive Mind | 4 | 1–7 | 12.5 | ||
| Solar Flare | 5 | 8–8 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Plasma Swans | 38 | 97–75 | 56.4 | 2 | 20 |
| Mass Land Destruction | 39 | 73–76 | 49.0 | 0 | 16 |
| Wildfire | 39 | 73–76 | 49.0 | 0 | 16 |
| Thryx-Wildfire | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 38 | 72–73 | 49.7 | 0 | 16 |
| Midrange | 228 | 407–461–1 | 46.9 | 11 | 79 |
| The Rock | 6 | 6–9 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Golgari Citadel | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Abzan Midrange | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jund | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Blink | 52 | 128–96 | 57.1 | 6 | 25 |
| Graveyard Value | 8 | 14–16 | 46.7 | 0 | 2 |
| Séance | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 7 | 13–14 | 48.1 | 0 | 2 |
| Enchantments Matter | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | ||
| Allies | 31 | 63–65 | 49.2 | 3 | 15 |
| Mardu Allies | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Boros Allies | 5 | 12–9 | 57.1 | 1 | 2 |
| Esper Allies | 25 | 50–53 | 48.5 | 2 | 13 |
| Fake-Rack | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | ||
| Mardu Midrange | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | ||
| Vampires | 13 | 17–27 | 38.6 | 0 | 3 |
| Mono Black Vampires | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | ||
| Rakdos Vampires | 10 | 13–20 | 39.4 | 0 | 3 |
| Legends Midrange | 3 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 1 | 1 |
| Selesnya Legends | 3 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 1 | 1 |
| Rakdos Midrange | 22 | 33–50 | 39.8 | 1 | 6 |
| Big Red | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Mono Black Midrange | 27 | 50–57 | 46.7 | 0 | 14 |
| Mono Black Devotion | 21 | 36–47 | 43.4 | 0 | 11 |
| Dimir Midrange | 8 | 14–20 | 41.2 | 0 | 3 |
| Angels | 8 | 6–14 | 30.0 | ||
| Orzhov Angels | 8 | 6–14 | 30.0 | ||
| Toughness Matters | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | ||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Sultai Midrange | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | ||
| Orzhov Midrange | 6 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Hero of Precinct One | 4 | 4–9–1 | 30.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Orzhov Hero | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Five Color Hero | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Clerics | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 |
| Simic Snow | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Ramp | 53 | 111–115 | 49.1 | 2 | 20 |
| Villainous Wealth | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Rofellos Ramp | 10 | 28–19 | 59.6 | 1 | 6 |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 36 | 73–78 | 48.3 | 1 | 11 |
| Greenpost | 33 | 72–73 | 49.7 | 1 | 11 |