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, 6 days.
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Aggro | 1087 | 1740–1814 | 49.0 | 10 | 103 | 38 |
Mono Black Aggro | 25 | 37–43 | 46.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Heroic | 20 | 22–28 | 44.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Mono White Heroic | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Azorius Heroic | 8 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |||
Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Boros Heroic | 6 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 1 | ||
Red Deck Wins | 27 | 26–42 | 38.2 | 0 | 1 | |
Mono Red Devotion | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
Goblins | 27 | 41–43 | 48.8 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Tokens | 23 | 23–46 | 33.3 | |||
Selesnya Tokens | 13 | 12–23 | 34.3 | |||
Mono White Tokens | 4 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
Orzhov Tokens | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Mono Green Stompy | 7 | 8–18 | 30.8 | |||
White Weenie | 271 | 523–442 | 54.2 | 7 | 58 | 7 |
Quest for the Holy Relic | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Soldiers | 172 | 365–281 | 56.5 | 6 | 50 | 2 |
Mono White Humans | 89 | 146–143 | 50.5 | 1 | 8 | 5 |
Elves | 44 | 44–95 | 31.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Werewolves | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Selesnya Little Kid | 12 | 10–30 | 25.0 | |||
Rogues | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Zombies | 29 | 56–47 | 54.4 | 2 | ||
Gruul Aggro | 67 | 121–111 | 52.2 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
Merfolk | 29 | 41–40 | 50.6 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Mono Red Swarm | 50 | 74–85 | 46.5 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Artifact Aggro | 87 | 112–125 | 47.3 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
Affinity | 23 | 37–39 | 48.7 | 2 | ||
Tempered Steel | 7 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
Mono Blue Architect | 50 | 63–65 | 49.2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Mono Blue Aggro | 10 | 14–18 | 43.8 | |||
Illusions | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Madness | 37 | 68–82 | 45.3 | 1 | ||
Gruul Madness | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Golgari Madness | 29 | 64–63 | 50.4 | 1 | ||
Rakdos Madness | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Jund Madness | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
Voltron | 54 | 71–90 | 44.1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Hexproof | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Equipment Aggro | 46 | 54–75 | 41.9 | 0 | 3 | |
Hateful Auras | 7 | 15–13 | 53.6 | 1 | ||
Slivers | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Naya Zoo | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
Knights | 14 | 30–29 | 50.8 | 0 | 1 | |
AggroSlide | 70 | 129–104 | 55.4 | 2 | 15 | 3 |
Rakdos Aggro | 15 | 19–32 | 37.3 | |||
Humans | 59 | 96–93 | 50.8 | 1 | ||
Selesnya Humans | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Jeskai Humans | 12 | 26–18 | 59.1 | 1 | ||
Boros Humans | 20 | 32–27 | 54.2 | |||
Orzhov Humans | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
Shamans | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Legends Aggro | 83 | 148–130 | 53.2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Boros Legends Aggro | 42 | 62–65 | 48.8 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Selesnya Legends Aggro | 4 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
Bard Class | 26 | 57–40 | 58.8 | |||
Pirates | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Rats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Combo | 1148 | 2210–1813 | 54.9 | 27 | 152 | 51 |
Storm | 38 | 58–69 | 45.7 | 0 | 2 | |
Dimir Tendrils | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Dragonstorm | 23 | 38–43 | 46.9 | 0 | 1 | |
Hazoret Storm | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
Simic Storm | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
Reanimator | 11 | 8–23 | 25.8 | |||
Grozoth | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Traditional Reanimator | 8 | 7–17 | 29.2 | |||
Necrotic Ooze Combo | 58 | 125–90 | 58.1 | 3 | 11 | 3 |
Dubious Challenge | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
Warp World | 178 | 397–256 | 60.8 | 5 | 30 | 10 |
Boros Glimpse | 135 | 316–188 | 62.7 | 5 | 29 | 8 |
Maniac Combo | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
Hypergenesis | 56 | 70–96 | 42.2 | 0 | 3 | |
Jeskai Ascendancy | 6 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 5 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Fake-Twin | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Metalwork Colossus | 6 | 13–14 | 48.1 | 1 | ||
Anvil Colossus | 5 | 13–9 | 59.1 | 1 | ||
Seismic Swans | 16 | 25–26 | 49.0 | |||
Eggs | 8 | 3–20 | 13.0 | |||
Heartless Summoning Combo | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
Blazing Shoal Combo | 44 | 41–70 | 36.9 | 0 | 2 | |
Taking Turns | 11 | 7–19 | 26.9 | |||
Quest for Ula's Temple | 14 | 31–23 | 57.4 | 0 | 3 | |
Izzet Ascension | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Soulflayer | 37 | 69–69 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
Oops All Lands | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
Dredge | 23 | 30–54 | 35.7 | |||
Polymorph | 4 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
Protean Hulk Combo | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Storm Herald | 11 | 20–23 | 46.5 | |||
Enduring Ideal | 14 | 20–19 | 51.3 | |||
Ad Nauseam | 23 | 45–44 | 50.6 | |||
Intruder Alarm | 22 | 32–47 | 40.5 | 0 | 3 | |
Calibrated Blast | 8 | 20–12 | 62.5 | |||
Restore Balance | 16 | 26–34 | 43.3 | |||
Gyruda | 7 | 14–10 | 58.3 | |||
Belcher | 4 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Possibility Storm | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
Midnight Mass | 44 | 97–59 | 62.2 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
Phoenix Altar | 129 | 297–201 | 59.6 | 4 | 32 | 7 |
Actual Twin | 313 | 706–427 | 62.3 | 13 | 59 | 23 |
Izzet Twin | 278 | 634–375 | 62.8 | 11 | 51 | 23 |
Boros Twin | 35 | 72–52 | 58.1 | 2 | 8 | |
Control | 1009 | 1684–1623 | 50.9 | 5 | 66 | 43 |
Mono Black Control | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
Esper Control | 67 | 102–123 | 45.3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Mono Blue Control | 9 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Dimir Control | 92 | 158–133 | 54.3 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
Azorius Control | 188 | 331–272 | 54.9 | 1 | 11 | 9 |
Cawblade | 47 | 79–75 | 51.3 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
Turbo Fog | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Izzet Control | 17 | 22–30 | 42.3 | 0 | 3 | |
Mardu Control | 10 | 11–19 | 36.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Mill | 21 | 13–43 | 23.2 | |||
Boros Control | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Cloudpost Control | 178 | 297–285 | 51.0 | 0 | 7 | 11 |
Azorius Cloudpost Control | 72 | 135–104 | 56.5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
Blackpost | 5 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 21 | 31–32 | 49.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Dimir Cloudpost Control | 8 | 12–18 | 40.0 | 1 | ||
Selesnya Cloudpost Control | 36 | 63–55 | 53.4 | 0 | 3 | |
Mono White Cloudpost Control | 8 | 9–22 | 29.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Grixis Control | 40 | 72–64 | 52.9 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Cruel Control | 14 | 33–23 | 58.9 | 1 | 3 | |
Stax | 11 | 13–15 | 46.4 | 0 | 1 | |
Jeskai Control | 9 | 11–17 | 39.3 | |||
Dragon Control | 18 | 23–38 | 37.7 | 0 | 3 | |
Izzet Dragons | 2 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 2 | |
Esper Dragons | 4 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
Runeflare | 7 | 5–14 | 26.3 | |||
Mono White Control | 41 | 62–74 | 45.6 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
Life is Ez | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
Cycling Control | 8 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Astral Slide | 8 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Five Color Control | 15 | 15–28 | 34.9 | |||
Five Color Collected Conjuring | 5 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
Last Stand Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Sultai Control | 10 | 15–11 | 57.7 | |||
Bant Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Pox | 32 | 47–58 | 44.8 | |||
Seasons Past Control | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
Orzhov Control | 86 | 165–129 | 56.1 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Prison | 138 | 294–225 | 56.6 | 1 | 13 | 10 |
Enchantress | 133 | 293–219 | 57.2 | 1 | 13 | 10 |
Aggro-Combo | 182 | 294–332 | 47.0 | 4 | 21 | 5 |
Aristocrats | 104 | 188–178 | 51.4 | 4 | 18 | 4 |
Mono Black Aristocrats | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Abzan Aristocrats | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
Food | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Rakdos Aristocrats | 89 | 181–152 | 54.4 | 4 | 18 | 4 |
Boros Bombardment | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Burn | 6 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |||
Infect | 57 | 85–113 | 42.9 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Blazing Shoal Infect | 33 | 38–66 | 36.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Mono Black Infect | 21 | 41–43 | 48.8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Izzet Blitzkrieg | 6 | 3–13 | 18.8 | |||
Liquimetal Fishing | 3 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
Aggro-Control | 340 | 520–507 | 50.6 | 5 | 30 | 17 |
Simic Flash | 14 | 13–17 | 43.3 | 1 | 1 | |
Izzet Tempo | 7 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
Blue Madness | 4 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
Grixis Madness | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
Wizards | 30 | 35–44 | 44.3 | 0 | 2 | |
Ninjas | 25 | 10–44 | 18.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Mono Blue Tempo | 80 | 171–103 | 62.4 | 3 | 14 | 5 |
Mono Blue Librarians | 50 | 126–61 | 67.4 | 3 | 13 | 2 |
Izzet Spells | 70 | 115–108 | 51.6 | 1 | 8 | 6 |
Dimir Tempo | 30 | 32–43 | 42.7 | 2 | ||
Dimir Faeries | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Dimir Librarians | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
Azorius Tempo | 63 | 112–99 | 53.1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Combo-Control | 181 | 296–304 | 49.3 | 1 | 10 | 9 |
Curses | 6 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
Cruel Combo-Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Battle of Wits | 41 | 82–82 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Shared Fate | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Sunforger | 5 | 2–12 | 14.3 | |||
Pickles | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Hedron Alignment | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Lich's Mastery | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Curious Niv-Mizzet | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | |
Hive Mind | 39 | 75–55 | 57.7 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Zur's Weirding | 7 | 2–7 | 22.2 | 0 | 1 | |
Solar Flare | 35 | 66–57 | 53.7 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Plasma Swans | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Liliana's Contract | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
Mass Land Destruction | 26 | 38–46 | 45.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Wildfire | 26 | 38–46 | 45.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Borderpost Wildfire | 10 | 21–21 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Resurgent Belief | 7 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
Coveted Falcon Combo | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
Midrange | 806 | 1161–1413 | 45.1 | 5 | 57 | 14 |
Temur Ascendancy | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
The Rock | 28 | 24–54 | 30.8 | 0 | 5 | |
Grenzo | 6 | 12–9 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
Abzan Midrange | 8 | 6–16 | 27.3 | |||
Selesnya Midrange | 5 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
Jund | 80 | 114–127 | 47.3 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
Blink | 51 | 86–88 | 49.4 | 1 | 4 | |
Wave Blink | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
Cloudpost Wave Blink | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
Orzhov Blink | 34 | 60–56 | 51.7 | 1 | 4 | |
Graveyard Value | 20 | 26–35 | 42.6 | |||
Séance | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
Enchantments Matter | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Allies | 10 | 11–23 | 32.4 | |||
Esper Allies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Fake-Rack | 7 | 5–13 | 27.8 | |||
Mardu Midrange | 11 | 14–17 | 45.2 | 0 | 2 | |
White Jund | 14 | 27–22 | 55.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Vampires | 5 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
Mono Black Vampires | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Legends Midrange | 37 | 50–66 | 43.1 | 0 | 2 | |
Boros Legends Midrange | 16 | 26–24 | 52.0 | 0 | 2 | |
Mardu Legends | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
Orzhov Legends | 4 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
Selesnya Legends | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
Elementals | 6 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
Rakdos Midrange | 18 | 22–36 | 37.9 | |||
Naya Midrange | 7 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |||
Big Red | 8 | 5–18 | 21.7 | |||
Mono Black Midrange | 42 | 74–67 | 52.5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Hellion Whip | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
Dimir Midrange | 12 | 15–28 | 34.9 | 0 | 3 | |
Angels | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 | |
Orzhov Angels | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 | |
Toughness Matters | 13 | 22–20 | 52.4 | |||
Lifegain Midrange | 29 | 50–43 | 53.8 | 0 | 2 | |
Adventures | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
Sultai Midrange | 33 | 49–60 | 45.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Fight Rigging | 25 | 44–46 | 48.9 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Orzhov Midrange | 55 | 99–88 | 52.9 | 2 | ||
Jeskai Midrange | 11 | 8–18 | 30.8 | 0 | 1 | |
Heartless Summoning Stompy | 17 | 29–32 | 47.5 | |||
Ordealbreak | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Enigmatic Incarnation | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Fires of Invention | 82 | 176–144 | 55.0 | 2 | 13 | 6 |
Hero of Precinct One | 46 | 77–85 | 47.5 | 0 | 4 | |
Abzan Hero | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Mardu Hero | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Five Color Hero | 30 | 46–61 | 43.0 | 0 | 2 | |
Naya Hero | 7 | 12–11 | 52.2 | 0 | 1 | |
Boros Hero | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
Clerics | 7 | 13–6 | 68.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Artifact Midrange | 36 | 29–64 | 31.2 | 0 | 1 | |
Coinflips | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Death Cloud | 35 | 44–68 | 39.3 | 0 | 2 | |
Illness in the Ranks | 6 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |||
Game Objects | 10 | 8–21 | 27.6 | |||
Ramp | 344 | 546–633 | 46.3 | 2 | 27 | 9 |
Rofellos Ramp | 74 | 112–151 | 42.6 | 0 | 9 | |
Cloudpost Ramp | 213 | 346–375 | 48.0 | 1 | 13 | 6 |
Eldrazipost | 15 | 28–31 | 47.5 | |||
Greenpost | 90 | 139–169 | 45.1 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
Gruul Post | 33 | 51–55 | 48.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Simic Post | 45 | 69–64 | 51.9 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Temurpost | 18 | 41–35 | 53.9 | 2 | ||
Carth Superfriends | 8 | 12–18 | 40.0 | |||
Applejacks | 31 | 61–56 | 52.1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Unclassified | 8 | 0–12 | 0.0 |