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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 190 | 441–360–23 | 55.1 | 13 | 92 |
| Heroic | 13 | 30–23–3 | 56.6 | 0 | 6 |
| Mono White Heroic | 10 | 23–18–3 | 56.1 | 0 | 6 |
| Azorius Heroic | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | ||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 121 | 327–215–19 | 60.3 | 12 | 72 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 22 | 57–34–4 | 62.6 | 0 | 11 |
| Proliferate Red | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Goblins | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | ||
| Tokens | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | ||
| Selesnya Tokens | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | ||
| Mono Green Stompy | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| White Weenie | 16 | 30–30 | 50.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Odric Keywords | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | ||
| Elves | 1 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | 1 |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Rogues | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 6 | 10–11 | 47.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Affinity | 5 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvage Titan | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Mono Blue Aggro | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Voltron | 6 | 7–14–1 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 |
| Hexproof | 3 | 7–6–1 | 53.8 | 0 | 2 |
| Equipment Aggro | 3 | 0–8 | 0.0 | ||
| Slivers | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Combo | 54 | 131–100–7 | 56.7 | 4 | 25 |
| Storm | 31 | 77–57–1 | 57.5 | 3 | 12 |
| Sultai Tendrils | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Dimir Tendrils | 28 | 73–50–1 | 59.3 | 3 | 12 |
| Dragonstorm | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | ||
| Reanimator | 11 | 34–19–3 | 64.2 | 1 | 8 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 11 | 34–19–3 | 64.2 | 1 | 8 |
| Oriss Genesis | 5 | 10–10–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Control | 110 | 191–222–10 | 46.2 | 4 | 33 |
| Mono Black Control | 4 | 11–6–1 | 64.7 | 0 | 2 |
| Esper Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Demonic Rising | 20 | 43–38–6 | 53.1 | 2 | 10 |
| Dimir Control | 17 | 27–33 | 45.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Azorius Control | 24 | 27–56–1 | 32.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Izzet Control | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Mardu Control | 1 | 4–2–1 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Boros Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Grixis Control | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | ||
| Stax | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Jeskai Control | 11 | 15–23 | 39.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Dragon Control | 8 | 19–10 | 65.5 | 2 | 2 |
| Esper Dragons | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| UBRG Dragons | 7 | 17–8 | 68.0 | 2 | 2 |
| Ponza | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | ||
| Cycling Control | 10 | 22–17–1 | 56.4 | 0 | 5 |
| Astral Slide | 10 | 22–17–1 | 56.4 | 0 | 5 |
| Sultai Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 24 | 29–51–1 | 36.3 | 1 | 6 |
| Aristocrats | 6 | 13–10–1 | 56.5 | 1 | 4 |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 4 | 9–6–1 | 60.0 | 1 | 3 |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Mardu Aristocrats | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Burn | 7 | 5–13 | 27.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Infect | 8 | 9–19 | 32.1 | 0 | 1 |
| Hermit Humans | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 15 | 21–32–1 | 39.6 | 0 | 4 |
| Simic Flash | 4 | 11–8–1 | 57.9 | 0 | 3 |
| Izzet Tempo | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | ||
| Azorius Skies | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | ||
| Combo-Control | 25 | 38–54–3 | 41.3 | 0 | 8 |
| Burning Vengeance | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Battle of Wits | 3 | 0–8 | 0.0 | ||
| Pickles | 5 | 9–10 | 47.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Displace Loop | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Peregrine Drake | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Curious Niv-Mizzet | 3 | 3–5–1 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Mass Land Destruction | 8 | 17–18–1 | 48.6 | 0 | 4 |
| Wildfire | 8 | 17–18–1 | 48.6 | 0 | 4 |
| Midrange | 130 | 237–261–13 | 47.6 | 5 | 48 |
| The Rock | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Angels and Taxes | 20 | 32–38–1 | 45.7 | 0 | 6 |
| Grenzo | 15 | 31–29–3 | 51.7 | 1 | 9 |
| Abzan Midrange | 26 | 71–47–1 | 60.2 | 3 | 13 |
| Selesnya Midrange | 8 | 14–15–2 | 48.3 | 0 | 4 |
| 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 |
| Allies | 3 | 4–5–1 | 44.4 | 0 | 2 |
| Orzhov Allies | 3 | 4–5–1 | 44.4 | 0 | 2 |
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Vampires | 15 | 33–26–3 | 55.9 | 1 | 9 |
| Mono Black Vampires | 15 | 33–26–3 | 55.9 | 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 |
| Orzhov Midrange | 11 | 11–30 | 26.8 | ||
| Clerics | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | ||
| Ramp | 7 | 8–15 | 34.8 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | ||
| Eldrazipost | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | ||
| Unclassified | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |