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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 189 | 378–381 | 49.8 | 10 | 103 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Heroic | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Goblins | 9 | 14–17 | 45.2 | 1 | 4 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| White Weenie | 91 | 207–180 | 53.5 | 7 | 58 |
| Soldiers | 74 | 179–148 | 54.7 | 6 | 50 |
| Mono White Humans | 17 | 28–32 | 46.7 | 1 | 8 |
| Elves | 5 | 3–10 | 23.1 | 0 | 1 |
| Gruul Aggro | 5 | 9–11 | 45.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Merfolk | 4 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 |
| Mono Red Swarm | 11 | 21–25 | 45.7 | 0 | 3 |
| Artifact Aggro | 6 | 11–13 | 45.8 | 0 | 4 |
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Mono Blue Architect | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 3 |
| Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Gruul Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Voltron | 6 | 10–12 | 45.5 | 0 | 3 |
| Equipment Aggro | 6 | 10–12 | 45.5 | 0 | 3 |
| Knights | 2 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 |
| AggroSlide | 22 | 58–39 | 59.8 | 2 | 15 |
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Humans | 7 | 3–10 | 23.1 | ||
| Jeskai Humans | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Boros Humans | 5 | 2–6 | 25.0 | ||
| Legends Aggro | 9 | 9–21 | 30.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 8 | 7–17 | 29.2 | 0 | 3 |
| Bard Class | 1 | 2–4 | 33.3 | ||
| Combo | 261 | 637–506 | 55.7 | 27 | 152 |
| Storm | 9 | 14–16 | 46.7 | 0 | 2 |
| Dragonstorm | 7 | 12–11 | 52.2 | 0 | 1 |
| Hazoret Storm | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Simic Storm | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 16 | 48–33 | 59.3 | 3 | 11 |
| Warp World | 45 | 115–81 | 58.7 | 5 | 30 |
| Boros Glimpse | 43 | 114–76 | 60.0 | 5 | 29 |
| Hypergenesis | 7 | 16–15 | 51.6 | 0 | 3 |
| Fake-Twin | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Seismic Swans | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 9 | 11–21 | 34.4 | 0 | 2 |
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | 0 | 3 |
| Soulflayer | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Enduring Ideal | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | ||
| Ad Nauseam | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | ||
| Intruder Alarm | 6 | 7–14 | 33.3 | 0 | 3 |
| Belcher | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Midnight Mass | 8 | 22–16 | 57.9 | 2 | 5 |
| Phoenix Altar | 50 | 143–99 | 59.1 | 4 | 32 |
| Actual Twin | 99 | 245–187 | 56.7 | 13 | 59 |
| Izzet Twin | 86 | 214–162 | 56.9 | 11 | 51 |
| Boros Twin | 13 | 31–25 | 55.4 | 2 | 8 |
| Control | 140 | 261–293 | 47.1 | 5 | 66 |
| Esper Control | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dimir Control | 13 | 22–25 | 46.8 | 1 | 7 |
| Azorius Control | 25 | 55–55 | 50.0 | 1 | 11 |
| Cawblade | 6 | 19–12 | 61.3 | 1 | 5 |
| Izzet Control | 7 | 10–17 | 37.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Mardu Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mill | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | ||
| Boros Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Cloudpost Control | 23 | 30–49 | 38.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 10 | 13–21 | 38.2 | 0 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Selesnya Cloudpost Control | 7 | 11–15 | 42.3 | 0 | 3 |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Grixis Control | 4 | 13–6 | 68.4 | 1 | 3 |
| Cruel Control | 3 | 13–5 | 72.2 | 1 | 3 |
| Stax | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dragon Control | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | 0 | 3 |
| Izzet Dragons | 2 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Mono White Control | 10 | 21–21 | 50.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Cycling Control | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Astral Slide | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Pox | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Orzhov Control | 12 | 23–24 | 48.9 | 1 | 4 |
| Prison | 28 | 59–60 | 49.6 | 1 | 13 |
| Enchantress | 27 | 59–58 | 50.4 | 1 | 13 |
| Aggro-Combo | 48 | 79–101 | 43.9 | 4 | 21 |
| Aristocrats | 39 | 69–82 | 45.7 | 4 | 18 |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 38 | 69–79 | 46.6 | 4 | 18 |
| Burn | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Infect | 6 | 10–13 | 43.5 | 0 | 3 |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono Black Infect | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 2 |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 76 | 135–157 | 46.2 | 5 | 30 |
| Simic Flash | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wizards | 7 | 10–15 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ninjas | 4 | 2–8 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 22 | 60–41 | 59.4 | 3 | 14 |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 20 | 57–37 | 60.6 | 3 | 13 |
| Izzet Spells | 24 | 35–49 | 41.7 | 1 | 8 |
| Dimir Tempo | 4 | 4–11 | 26.7 | ||
| Dimir Librarians | 1 | 2–4 | 33.3 | ||
| Azorius Tempo | 12 | 18–27 | 40.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Combo-Control | 13 | 26–24 | 52.0 | 1 | 10 |
| Battle of Wits | 2 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 2 |
| Curious Niv-Mizzet | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 |
| Hive Mind | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Zur's Weirding | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Solar Flare | 4 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 1 | 2 |
| Plasma Swans | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wildfire | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Midrange | 114 | 224–240 | 48.3 | 5 | 57 |
| The Rock | 10 | 14–24 | 36.8 | 0 | 5 |
| Grenzo | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Jund | 16 | 26–35 | 42.6 | 0 | 6 |
| Blink | 10 | 22–18 | 55.0 | 1 | 4 |
| Orzhov Blink | 10 | 22–18 | 55.0 | 1 | 4 |
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Mardu Midrange | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 |
| White Jund | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Legends Midrange | 5 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 2 |
| Boros Legends Midrange | 5 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 2 |
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Naya Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Mono Black Midrange | 5 | 10–11 | 47.6 | 1 | 4 |
| Dimir Midrange | 3 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 0 | 3 |
| Angels | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 |
| Orzhov Angels | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 |
| Toughness Matters | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | ||
| Lifegain Midrange | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Sultai Midrange | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Fight Rigging | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Orzhov Midrange | 6 | 7–15 | 31.8 | ||
| Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Fires of Invention | 21 | 64–43 | 59.8 | 2 | 13 |
| Hero of Precinct One | 6 | 19–11 | 63.3 | 0 | 4 |
| Mardu Hero | 1 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Five Color Hero | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 0 | 2 |
| Naya Hero | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Clerics | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Artifact Midrange | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Death Cloud | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ramp | 62 | 98–135 | 42.1 | 2 | 27 |
| Rofellos Ramp | 15 | 30–37 | 44.8 | 0 | 9 |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 38 | 50–80 | 38.5 | 1 | 13 |
| Greenpost | 25 | 31–53 | 36.9 | 1 | 7 |
| Gruul Post | 8 | 10–16 | 38.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Simic Post | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Temurpost | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Applejacks | 7 | 15–12 | 55.6 | 1 | 4 |
| Unclassified | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |