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 | 319 | 601–648 | 48.1 | 15 | 170 |
Mono Black Aggro | 34 | 63–60 | 51.2 | 1 | 18 |
Heroic | 36 | 79–71 | 52.7 | 4 | 20 |
Mono White Heroic | 28 | 64–57 | 52.9 | 3 | 16 |
Azorius Heroic | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
Boros Heroic | 6 | 11–10 | 52.4 | 1 | 3 |
Red Deck Wins | 83 | 154–172 | 47.2 | 2 | 46 |
Goblins | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 |
Tokens | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | ||
Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
Mono White Tokens | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | ||
Mono Green Stompy | 20 | 33–35 | 48.5 | 2 | 9 |
White Weenie | 31 | 74–63 | 54.0 | 2 | 15 |
Elves | 15 | 22–38 | 36.7 | 0 | 8 |
Selesnya Little Kid | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
Gruul Aggro | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | ||
Merfolk | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | ||
Artifact Aggro | 50 | 93–101 | 47.9 | 3 | 30 |
Affinity | 37 | 75–73 | 50.7 | 3 | 26 |
Hush-finity | 1 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 0 | 1 |
Salvage Titan | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
Tempered Steel | 12 | 17–25 | 40.5 | 0 | 4 |
Madness | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | ||
Rakdos Madness | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | ||
Voltron | 8 | 14–17 | 45.2 | 0 | 6 |
Hexproof | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 |
Equipment Aggro | 6 | 11–12 | 47.8 | 0 | 4 |
Slivers | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | 0 | 3 |
Knights | 6 | 4–11 | 26.7 | 0 | 1 |
AggroSlide | 13 | 42–26 | 61.8 | 1 | 7 |
Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
Boros Aggro | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 2 |
Brushwaggs | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
Rats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
Combo | 381 | 875–723 | 54.8 | 42 | 242 |
Storm | 98 | 228–183 | 55.5 | 14 | 60 |
Dimir Tendrils | 73 | 181–123 | 59.5 | 14 | 42 |
Dark Tide | 6 | 15–11 | 57.7 | 2 | 4 |
Dragonstorm | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 1 |
Hazoret Storm | 7 | 12–15 | 44.4 | 0 | 6 |
Simic Storm | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
High Tide | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
Grixis Tendrils | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 |
Izzet Storm | 9 | 18–23 | 43.9 | 0 | 6 |
Song Storm | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
Reanimator | 16 | 15–37 | 28.8 | 0 | 7 |
Recurring Nightmare | 13 | 13–33 | 28.3 | 0 | 6 |
Traditional Reanimator | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
Hypergenesis | 6 | 12–13 | 48.0 | 0 | 3 |
Jeskai Ascendancy | 28 | 68–52 | 56.7 | 4 | 15 |
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 7 | 12–17 | 41.4 | 1 | 3 |
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 21 | 56–35 | 61.5 | 3 | 12 |
Umbral Mantle | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
Metalwork Colossus | 4 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 0 | 2 |
Anvil Colossus | 4 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 0 | 2 |
Seismic Swans | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | ||
Heartless Summoning Combo | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 |
Blazing Shoal Combo | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
Breakfast | 199 | 511–372 | 57.9 | 23 | 141 |
Oops All Spells | 198 | 511–370 | 58.0 | 23 | 141 |
Unctus | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
Ad Nauseam | 8 | 6–14 | 30.0 | 0 | 5 |
Intruder Alarm | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 |
Restore Balance | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 3 |
Gyruda | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | ||
Belcher | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 2 |
Control | 250 | 484–479 | 50.3 | 19 | 134 |
Mono Black Control | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 |
Esper Control | 10 | 13–18 | 41.9 | 0 | 3 |
Dimir Control | 6 | 6–13 | 31.6 | 0 | 3 |
Dreadful Inspiration | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 |
Azorius Control | 65 | 120–127 | 48.6 | 5 | 34 |
Cawblade | 1 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 0 | 1 |
Izzet Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
Cloudpost Control | 22 | 43–41 | 51.2 | 1 | 11 |
Azorius Cloudpost Control | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 |
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
Mono White Cloudpost Control | 17 | 35–30 | 53.8 | 1 | 9 |
Grixis Control | 1 | 2–5 | 28.6 | ||
Stax | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 4 |
Chandra Nalaar | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
Dragon Control | 5 | 5–9 | 35.7 | 0 | 1 |
Izzet Dragons | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |
Grixis Dragons | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
Runeflare | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
Ponza | 5 | 7–11 | 38.9 | 0 | 2 |
Mono White Control | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 |
Life is Ez | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
Cycling Control | 91 | 227–162 | 58.4 | 13 | 60 |
Astral Slide | 91 | 227–162 | 58.4 | 13 | 60 |
Five Color Control | 6 | 9–11 | 45.0 | 0 | 1 |
Last Stand Control | 5 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 0 | 1 |
Guildgate Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
Pox | 4 | 2–10 | 16.7 | ||
Enchantments Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | ||
Orzhov Control | 13 | 29–29 | 50.0 | 0 | 10 |
Prison | 7 | 8–13 | 38.1 | 0 | 1 |
Enchantress | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
Aggro-Combo | 264 | 513–536 | 48.9 | 20 | 135 |
Aristocrats | 9 | 22–16 | 57.9 | 1 | 5 |
Orzhov Aristocrats | 5 | 15–9 | 62.5 | 1 | 3 |
Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 |
Mardu Aristocrats | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
Food | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
Burn | 60 | 94–121 | 43.7 | 1 | 28 |
Infect | 51 | 89–109 | 44.9 | 1 | 21 |
Simic Infect | 42 | 78–91 | 46.2 | 1 | 17 |
Blazing Shoal Infect | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |
Trickbind Dreadnought | 128 | 278–254 | 52.3 | 16 | 73 |
Izzet Dreadnought | 53 | 112–104 | 51.9 | 6 | 33 |
Mono Blue Dreadnought | 74 | 165–148 | 52.7 | 10 | 40 |
Hushnought | 8 | 19–18 | 51.4 | 1 | 3 |
Liquimetal Fishing | 3 | 2–9 | 18.2 | 0 | 1 |
Combo Goblins | 5 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 |
Dirty Kitty | 5 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 |
Aggro-Control | 81 | 122–173 | 41.4 | 1 | 39 |
Izzet Tempo | 43 | 77–83 | 48.1 | 1 | 24 |
Azorius Skies | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
Blue Madness | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | ||
Simic Madness | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
Wizards | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
Ninjas | 6 | 8–15 | 34.8 | 0 | 2 |
Mono Blue Tempo | 18 | 19–41 | 31.7 | 0 | 7 |
Mono Blue Librarians | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 |
Izzet Spells | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | 0 | 1 |
Dimir Tempo | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | ||
Ensoul Aggro-Control | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 2 |
Combo-Control | 109 | 192–205 | 48.4 | 8 | 57 |
Curses | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 1 | 2 |
Battle of Wits | 6 | 4–11 | 26.7 | 0 | 3 |
Mindcrank | 16 | 26–27 | 49.1 | 1 | 8 |
Displace Loop | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 |
Familiars | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 |
Hive Mind | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
Plasma Swans | 3 | 14–5 | 73.7 | 0 | 3 |
Mass Land Destruction | 77 | 137–147 | 48.2 | 6 | 40 |
Wildfire | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
Jokulhaups Control | 76 | 136–145 | 48.4 | 6 | 39 |
Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 26 | 47–50 | 48.5 | 2 | 14 |
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 5 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
Temur Jokulhaups Control | 16 | 25–29 | 46.3 | 2 | 9 |
WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 6 | 10–12 | 45.5 | 1 | 3 |
Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 |
Archfiend Alteration | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
Midrange | 272 | 542–543 | 50.0 | 15 | 160 |
The Rock | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
Abzan Midrange | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | ||
Selesnya Midrange | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 |
Jund | 5 | 6–11 | 35.3 | 0 | 2 |
Blink | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 2 |
Orzhov Blink | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 2 |
Anti-Persecution | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
Graveyard Value | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 |
Enchantments Matter | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | ||
Allies | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 |
Boros Allies | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
Azorius Allies | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
Fake-Rack | 7 | 7–13 | 35.0 | 0 | 3 |
Vampires | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
Rakdos Midrange | 7 | 11–18 | 37.9 | 0 | 1 |
Naya Midrange | 4 | 2–12 | 14.3 | ||
Big Red | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |
Mono Black Midrange | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 |
Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | ||
Angels | 10 | 19–23 | 45.2 | 0 | 4 |
Orzhov Angels | 10 | 19–23 | 45.2 | 0 | 4 |
Lifegain Midrange | 31 | 71–65 | 52.2 | 2 | 18 |
Martyr's Grace | 31 | 71–65 | 52.2 | 2 | 18 |
Sultai Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
Orzhov Midrange | 63 | 163–113 | 59.1 | 8 | 42 |
Orzhov Capenna | 14 | 28–28 | 50.0 | 2 | 8 |
Jeskai Midrange | 6 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 1 | 2 |
Mythic Colossification | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
Hero of Precinct One | 21 | 44–40 | 52.4 | 0 | 12 |
Mardu Hero | 14 | 32–27 | 54.2 | 0 | 9 |
Five Color Hero | 6 | 10–11 | 47.6 | 0 | 3 |
Naya Hero | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
Artifact Midrange | 78 | 162–169 | 48.9 | 4 | 58 |
Death Cloud | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |
Ramp | 20 | 26–45 | 36.6 | 0 | 12 |
Cloudpost Ramp | 11 | 20–24 | 45.5 | 0 | 9 |
Greenpost | 10 | 16–21 | 43.2 | 0 | 8 |
Gruul Post | 1 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 |
Domain | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
Defenders | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | ||
Unclassified | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |