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 8 weeks, 4 days.
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 232 | 450–371–23 | 54.8 | 13 | 92 | |
| Heroic | 14 | 30–27–3 | 52.6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 10 | 23–18–3 | 56.1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Azorius Heroic | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 128 | 330–219–19 | 60.1 | 12 | 72 | |
| Mono Red Devotion | 26 | 59–36–4 | 62.1 | 0 | 11 | |
| Proliferate Red | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Goblins | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Tokens | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 7 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 21 | 32–30 | 51.6 | 0 | 5 | |
| Odric Keywords | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Elves | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Werewolves | 3 | |||||
| Minotaurs | 1 | |||||
| Warriors | 2 | |||||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 6 | 10–11 | 47.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rogues | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | |||||
| Merfolk | 1 | |||||
| Artifact Aggro | 11 | 10–11 | 47.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Affinity | 10 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Salvage Titan | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Aggro | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Madness | 1 | |||||
| Gruul Madness | 1 | |||||
| Voltron | 7 | 7–14–1 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hexproof | 4 | 7–6–1 | 53.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 3 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |||
| Slivers | 4 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Humans | 1 | |||||
| Selesnya Humans | 1 | |||||
| Combo | 73 | 132–100–7 | 56.9 | 4 | 25 | |
| Storm | 36 | 77–57–1 | 57.5 | 3 | 12 | |
| Sultai Tendrils | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 32 | 73–50–1 | 59.3 | 3 | 12 | |
| Dragonstorm | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Grixis Tendrils | 1 | |||||
| Reanimator | 16 | 34–19–3 | 64.2 | 1 | 8 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 16 | 34–19–3 | 64.2 | 1 | 8 | |
| Grixis Reanimator | 1 | |||||
| Oriss Genesis | 5 | 10–10–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Biovisionary | 2 | |||||
| Dubious Challenge | 1 | |||||
| Warp World | 1 | |||||
| Actual Warp World | 1 | |||||
| Maniac Combo | 1 | |||||
| Control | 140 | 198–226–10 | 46.7 | 4 | 33 | |
| Mono Black Control | 7 | 15–7–1 | 68.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Esper Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Demonic Rising | 22 | 43–39–6 | 52.4 | 2 | 10 | |
| Dimir Control | 22 | 27–33 | 45.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Dreadful Inspiration | 2 | |||||
| Azorius Control | 31 | 27–56–1 | 32.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Turbo Fog | 2 | |||||
| Izzet Control | 7 | 10–10 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mardu Control | 1 | 4–2–1 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Grixis Control | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Cruel Control | 1 | |||||
| Stax | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 11 | 15–23 | 39.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dragon Control | 9 | 19–11 | 63.3 | 2 | 2 | |
| Esper Dragons | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| UBRG Dragons | 7 | 17–8 | 68.0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Ponza | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | |||||
| Cycling Control | 12 | 22–17–1 | 56.4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Astral Slide | 12 | 22–17–1 | 56.4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Sultai Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 39 | 31–55–1 | 36.0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Aristocrats | 13 | 15–13–1 | 53.6 | 1 | 4 | |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 7 | 9–9–1 | 50.0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 4 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mardu Aristocrats | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Burn | 10 | 5–14 | 26.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Infect | 13 | 9–19 | 32.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hermit Humans | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 20 | 21–33–1 | 38.9 | 0 | 4 | |
| Simic Flash | 5 | 11–8–1 | 57.9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Blue Madness | 1 | |||||
| Simic Madness | 1 | |||||
| Temur Clues | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 42 | 38–55–3 | 40.9 | 0 | 8 | |
| Burning Vengeance | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Cruel Combo-Control | 1 | |||||
| Battle of Wits | 6 | 0–9 | 0.0 | |||
| Shared Fate | 2 | |||||
| Pickles | 5 | 9–10 | 47.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Displace Loop | 4 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Peregrine Drake | 4 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Hedron Alignment | 1 | |||||
| Curious Niv-Mizzet | 5 | 3–5–1 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Zur's Weirding | 2 | |||||
| Mass Land Destruction | 11 | 17–18–1 | 48.6 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wildfire | 11 | 17–18–1 | 48.6 | 0 | 4 | |
| Midrange | 157 | 241–268–13 | 47.3 | 5 | 48 | |
| The Rock | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Angels and Taxes | 21 | 32–38–1 | 45.7 | 0 | 6 | |
| Grenzo | 17 | 31–29–3 | 51.7 | 1 | 9 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 28 | 72–48–1 | 60.0 | 3 | 13 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 8 | 14–15–2 | 48.3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Jund | 1 | |||||
| Blink | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Wave Blink | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 11 | 14–23–1 | 37.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Enchantress | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Allies | 4 | 4–5–1 | 44.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Orzhov Allies | 4 | 4–5–1 | 44.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Vampires | 19 | 35–27–3 | 56.5 | 1 | 9 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 19 | 35–27–3 | 56.5 | 1 | 9 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Big Red | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 4–4–1 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 5 | |||||
| Sultai Midrange | 2 | |||||
| Orzhov Midrange | 14 | 11–31 | 26.2 | |||
| Clerics | 3 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| Ramp | 13 | 13–15 | 46.4 | 1 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 6 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Eldrazipost | 5 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Unclassified | 2 | 0–1 | 0.0 |