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 |
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Aggro | 325 | 621–664–2 | 48.3 | 18 | 176 |
Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
Heroic | 13 | 15–29 | 34.1 | 0 | 5 |
Mono White Heroic | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 5 | 8–10 | 44.4 | 0 | 3 |
Boros Heroic | 6 | 6–14 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 |
Red Deck Wins | 28 | 74–55–1 | 57.4 | 2 | 12 |
Tokens | 6 | 9–11 | 45.0 | 0 | 4 |
Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
Mono White Tokens | 5 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 |
Mono Green Stompy | 10 | 9–24 | 27.3 | 0 | 5 |
White Weenie | 130 | 279–271–1 | 50.7 | 9 | 76 |
Quest for the Holy Relic | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | ||
Soldiers | 5 | 6–13 | 31.6 | 0 | 1 |
Elves | 30 | 48–61 | 44.0 | 2 | 13 |
Zombies | 5 | 8–13 | 38.1 | 0 | 1 |
Gruul Aggro | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | ||
Gruul Landfall | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
Mono Red Swarm | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 |
Artifact Aggro | 73 | 131–138 | 48.7 | 5 | 44 |
Affinity | 45 | 78–86 | 47.6 | 2 | 28 |
Tempered Steel | 27 | 53–51 | 51.0 | 3 | 16 |
Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
Devoid Aggro | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
Illusions | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
Madness | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 |
Rakdos Madness | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 |
Voltron | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 2 |
Hexproof | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 |
Equipment Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
Knights | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
AggroSlide | 8 | 23–18 | 56.1 | 0 | 5 |
Boros Aggro | 5 | 5–9 | 35.7 | 0 | 3 |
Rats | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 |
Combo | 157 | 347–300 | 53.6 | 14 | 81 |
Storm | 76 | 173–139 | 55.4 | 11 | 39 |
Dragonstorm | 4 | 4–11 | 26.7 | 0 | 2 |
Citadel Storm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
High Tide | 70 | 168–123 | 57.7 | 11 | 37 |
Biovisionary | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
Hypergenesis | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | ||
Blazing Shoal Combo | 6 | 11–11 | 50.0 | 1 | 2 |
Quest for Ula's Temple | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
Izzet Ascension | 2 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 0 | 2 |
Soulflayer | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | 0 | 1 |
Breakfast | 11 | 25–24 | 51.0 | 0 | 6 |
Oops All Spells | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 0 | 2 |
Unctus | 8 | 17–17 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 |
Dredge | 28 | 66–59 | 52.8 | 2 | 17 |
Polymorph | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
Calibrated Blast | 1 | 4–3 | 57.1 | ||
Restore Balance | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 |
Gyruda | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
Belcher | 20 | 47–40 | 54.0 | 0 | 11 |
Possibility Storm | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | ||
Control | 101 | 224–200 | 52.8 | 10 | 60 |
Esper Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
Mono Blue Control | 3 | 11–5 | 68.8 | 1 | 2 |
Azorius Control | 14 | 27–24 | 52.9 | 2 | 7 |
Izzet Control | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 2 |
Mardu Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
Mill | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
Cloudpost Control | 7 | 15–17 | 46.9 | 0 | 4 |
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
Mono White Cloudpost Control | 6 | 14–14 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 |
Grixis Control | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 |
Stax | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
Chandra Nalaar | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
Dragon Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
Izzet Dragons | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
Runeflare | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 |
Ponza | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
Mono White Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | ||
Life is Ez | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | ||
Cycling Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
Astral Slide | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
Bant Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
Pox | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
Enchantments Control | 16 | 46–29 | 61.3 | 5 | 10 |
Orzhov Control | 32 | 78–67 | 53.8 | 2 | 24 |
Prison | 8 | 15–15 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 |
Enchantress | 7 | 14–15 | 48.3 | 0 | 3 |
Aggro-Combo | 66 | 131–133–1 | 49.6 | 4 | 35 |
Aristocrats | 9 | 17–17 | 50.0 | 0 | 7 |
Mardu Aristocrats | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
Rakdos Aristocrats | 7 | 12–13 | 48.0 | 0 | 5 |
Boros Bombardment | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
Burn | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 |
Infect | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | ||
Trickbind Dreadnought | 40 | 82–77 | 51.6 | 3 | 21 |
Izzet Dreadnought | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 0 | 2 |
Mono Blue Dreadnought | 35 | 73–67 | 52.1 | 3 | 18 |
Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
Hushnought | 8 | 23–17–1 | 57.5 | 1 | 5 |
Combo Goblins | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | ||
Dirty Kitty | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | ||
Aggro-Control | 57 | 101–122 | 45.3 | 0 | 29 |
Simic Flash | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 |
Izzet Tempo | 17 | 30–36 | 45.5 | 0 | 12 |
Blue Madness | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | ||
Simic Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
Temur Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
Wizards | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 0 | 2 |
Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
Izzet Spells | 3 | 9–7 | 56.3 | 0 | 1 |
Dimir Tempo | 7 | 10–17 | 37.0 | 0 | 2 |
Combo-Control | 49 | 90–92 | 49.5 | 2 | 23 |
Mass Land Destruction | 27 | 59–50 | 54.1 | 2 | 16 |
Wildfire | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 2 |
Jokulhaups Control | 24 | 52–44 | 54.2 | 2 | 14 |
Temur Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 |
Jund Jokulhaups Control | 9 | 22–15 | 59.5 | 1 | 5 |
Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 |
Thopter-Sword | 21 | 31–40 | 43.7 | 0 | 7 |
Azorius Thopter-Sword | 7 | 14–12 | 53.8 | 0 | 4 |
Dimir Thopter-Sword | 5 | 4–10 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 |
Esper Thopter-Sword | 8 | 9–16 | 36.0 | 0 | 1 |
Resurgent Belief | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
Midrange | 142 | 286–276–1 | 50.9 | 12 | 68 |
The Rock | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 |
Abzan Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
Selesnya Midrange | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | ||
Selesnya Value Town | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | ||
Jund | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | ||
Blink | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
Orzhov Blink | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
Graveyard Value | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 |
Séance | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 |
Enchantments Matter | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 |
Allies | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 2 |
Fake-Rack | 1 | 1–5 | 16.7 | ||
Vampires | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | ||
Mono Black Vampires | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | ||
Elementals | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | ||
Mono Black Midrange | 17 | 17–37 | 31.5 | 1 | 3 |
Mono Black Devotion | 12 | 8–26 | 23.5 | 0 | 1 |
Angels | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | ||
Orzhov Angels | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | ||
Lifegain Midrange | 25 | 74–41–1 | 64.3 | 6 | 18 |
Martyr's Grace | 25 | 74–41–1 | 64.3 | 6 | 18 |
Orzhov Midrange | 56 | 139–101 | 57.9 | 5 | 32 |
Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 |
Abzan Hero | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
Clerics | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
Artifact Midrange | 11 | 19–25 | 43.2 | 0 | 3 |
Ramp | 12 | 10–23 | 30.3 | 0 | 3 |
Cloudpost Ramp | 5 | 2–12 | 14.3 | ||
Eldrazipost | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
Greenpost | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | ||
Gruul Post | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
Simic Post | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
Carth Superfriends | 5 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 |
Jund Carth | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 |