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, 2 days.
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 269 | 511–574 | 47.1 | 12 | 155 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Heroic | 12 | 10–19 | 34.5 | 1 | 6 |
| Boros Heroic | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Selesnya Heroic | 9 | 7–12 | 36.8 | 1 | 5 |
| Red Deck Wins | 65 | 128–144 | 47.1 | 3 | 31 |
| Goblins | 8 | 16–15 | 51.6 | 1 | 5 |
| Tokens | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Orzhov Tokens | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| White Weenie | 8 | 13–18 | 41.9 | 0 | 3 |
| Elves | 10 | 16–21 | 43.2 | 0 | 4 |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Gruul Aggro | 13 | 19–31 | 38.0 | 0 | 8 |
| Artifact Aggro | 21 | 44–37 | 54.3 | 3 | 14 |
| Affinity | 7 | 8–17 | 32.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Tempered Steel | 13 | 33–18 | 64.7 | 3 | 11 |
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Voltron | 8 | 14–17 | 45.2 | 1 | 4 |
| Equipment Aggro | 8 | 14–17 | 45.2 | 1 | 4 |
| Knights | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 0 | 2 |
| AggroSlide | 12 | 45–29 | 60.8 | 0 | 9 |
| Cats | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Selesnya Cats | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rakdos Aggro | 8 | 8–24 | 25.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Boros Aggro | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Humans | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Jeskai Humans | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Legends Aggro | 90 | 182–193 | 48.5 | 3 | 62 |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 87 | 179–184 | 49.3 | 3 | 61 |
| Selesnya Legends Aggro | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Combo | 111 | 240–197 | 54.9 | 13 | 66 |
| Storm | 27 | 65–49 | 57.0 | 2 | 14 |
| Dragonstorm | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| High Tide | 24 | 60–44 | 57.7 | 2 | 13 |
| Reanimator | 16 | 32–33 | 49.2 | 1 | 10 |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 15 | 29–31 | 48.3 | 1 | 9 |
| Orzhov Reanimator | 11 | 22–20 | 52.4 | 1 | 7 |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Anvil Colossus | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Eggs | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 22 | 28–33 | 45.9 | 1 | 8 |
| Storm Herald | 3 | 3–9 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gyruda | 13 | 37–20 | 64.9 | 3 | 12 |
| Tameshi Bloom | 26 | 69–46 | 60.0 | 6 | 18 |
| Possibility Storm | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Control | 145 | 286–277 | 50.8 | 11 | 87 |
| Esper Control | 21 | 41–36 | 53.2 | 0 | 13 |
| Dimir Control | 10 | 12–20 | 37.5 | 0 | 3 |
| Azorius Control | 25 | 59–45 | 56.7 | 4 | 15 |
| Izzet Control | 4 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 1 | 2 |
| Cloudpost Control | 44 | 79–92 | 46.2 | 3 | 30 |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 2 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 0 | 2 |
| Izzet Cloudpost Control | 9 | 10–21 | 32.3 | 0 | 6 |
| Selesnya Cloudpost Control | 23 | 42–44 | 48.8 | 3 | 16 |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 8 | 16–16 | 50.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Grixis Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Cruel Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Stax | 10 | 17–19 | 47.2 | 0 | 7 |
| Dragon Control | 7 | 12–12 | 50.0 | 1 | 3 |
| Izzet Dragons | 5 | 11–9 | 55.0 | 1 | 2 |
| Esper Dragons | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Ponza | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mono White Control | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Five Color Control | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Last Stand Control | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Bant Control | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | ||
| Orzhov Control | 10 | 29–22 | 56.9 | 1 | 7 |
| Prison | 3 | 10–4 | 71.4 | 1 | 2 |
| Enchantress | 2 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 1 | 2 |
| Aggro-Combo | 54 | 134–100 | 57.3 | 7 | 33 |
| Aristocrats | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Food | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Burn | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | ||
| Infect | 43 | 119–76 | 61.0 | 7 | 30 |
| Golgari Infect | 43 | 119–76 | 61.0 | 7 | 30 |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Combo Goblins | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 2 |
| Goblin Persist | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 2 |
| Aggro-Control | 18 | 26–35 | 42.6 | 1 | 7 |
| Simic Flash | 4 | 1–7 | 12.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Izzet Tempo | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 0 | 2 |
| Izzet Spells | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 1 | 2 |
| Dimir Tempo | 3 | 5–9 | 35.7 | ||
| Dimir Faeries | 3 | 5–9 | 35.7 | ||
| Combo-Control | 49 | 117–89 | 56.8 | 7 | 29 |
| Battle of Wits | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Displace Loop | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 1 | 1 |
| Familiars | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 1 | 1 |
| Yosei Vat | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Hive Mind | 7 | 3–11 | 21.4 | ||
| Zur's Weirding | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Solar Flare | 35 | 99–66 | 60.0 | 6 | 24 |
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Wildfire | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Midrange | 169 | 328–357 | 47.9 | 9 | 96 |
| The Rock | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 2 |
| Grenzo | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Abzan Midrange | 5 | 10–12 | 45.5 | 0 | 4 |
| Jund | 13 | 16–28 | 36.4 | 0 | 5 |
| Blink | 47 | 100–98 | 50.5 | 4 | 30 |
| Wave Blink | 45 | 100–91 | 52.4 | 4 | 30 |
| Cloudpost Wave Blink | 14 | 28–28 | 50.0 | 0 | 10 |
| Azorius Wave | 26 | 65–53 | 55.1 | 4 | 17 |
| Orzhov Wave | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 0 | 3 |
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | ||
| Enchantments Matter | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | ||
| Vampires | 9 | 23–15 | 60.5 | 2 | 7 |
| Mono Black Vampires | 9 | 23–15 | 60.5 | 2 | 7 |
| Legends Midrange | 8 | 15–18 | 45.5 | 0 | 4 |
| Boros Legends Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Orzhov Legends | 6 | 11–13 | 45.8 | 0 | 3 |
| Elementals | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Big Red | 11 | 24–20 | 54.5 | 1 | 6 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 13 | 21–26 | 44.7 | 0 | 6 |
| Mono Black Devotion | 8 | 11–16 | 40.7 | 0 | 3 |
| Angels | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Orzhov Angels | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 5–2 | 71.4 | ||
| Fires of Invention | 25 | 57–53 | 51.8 | 2 | 16 |
| Hero of Precinct One | 16 | 28–36 | 43.8 | 0 | 10 |
| Orzhov Hero | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Five Color Hero | 14 | 20–33 | 37.7 | 0 | 8 |
| Clerics | 5 | 8–14 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Death Cloud | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | ||
| Ramp | 19 | 27–40 | 40.3 | 0 | 7 |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 15 | 22–31 | 41.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Eldrazipost | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Greenpost | 5 | 4–11 | 26.7 | ||
| Gruul Post | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 3 |
| Simic Post | 6 | 11–10 | 52.4 | 0 | 2 |
| Carth Superfriends | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 2 |