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 9 weeks.
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Aggro | 1465 | 2704–2429 | 52.7 | 24 | 233 | 72 |
Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
Heroic | 48 | 101–62 | 62.0 | 2 | 7 | 8 |
Mono White Heroic | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
Azorius Heroic | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Boros Heroic | 42 | 99–46 | 68.3 | 2 | 7 | 8 |
Red Deck Wins | 261 | 533–420 | 55.9 | 2 | 55 | 18 |
Goblins | 13 | 16–30 | 34.8 | 0 | 1 | |
Tokens | 21 | 30–39 | 43.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Selesnya Tokens | 11 | 17–18 | 48.6 | |||
Mono White Tokens | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
Orzhov Tokens | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 0 | 1 | |
Mono Green Stompy | 47 | 65–82 | 44.2 | 0 | 2 | |
White Weenie | 175 | 333–296 | 52.9 | 8 | 42 | 7 |
Odric Keywords | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
Quest for the Holy Relic | 14 | 10–24 | 29.4 | |||
Soldiers | 77 | 174–141 | 55.2 | 6 | 33 | 2 |
Mono White Humans | 72 | 135–113 | 54.4 | 1 | 7 | 5 |
Elves | 9 | 15–21 | 41.7 | |||
Werewolves | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Selesnya Little Kid | 17 | 28–33 | 45.9 | |||
Selesnya Counters | 7 | 8–13 | 38.1 | |||
Zombies | 13 | 8–31 | 20.5 | |||
Gruul Aggro | 12 | 17–26 | 39.5 | |||
Merfolk | 11 | 14–22 | 38.9 | 1 | ||
Artifact Aggro | 224 | 388–396 | 49.5 | 4 | 33 | 7 |
Affinity | 193 | 337–339 | 49.9 | 4 | 28 | 5 |
Hardened Scales Affinity | 186 | 327–329 | 49.8 | 4 | 28 | 5 |
Tempered Steel | 9 | 17–18 | 48.6 | 0 | 2 | |
Mono Blue Architect | 19 | 31–34 | 47.7 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Mono Blue Aggro | 6 | 2–8 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Illusions | 4 | 1–7 | 12.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Madness | 4 | 1–11 | 8.3 | |||
Golgari Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Rakdos Madness | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
Jund Madness | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Voltron | 64 | 93–106 | 46.7 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
Hexproof | 3 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
Equipment Aggro | 10 | 9–20 | 31.0 | |||
Hateful Auras | 49 | 76–72 | 51.4 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
Slivers | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
Naya Zoo | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Knights | 7 | 9–13 | 40.9 | |||
AggroSlide | 34 | 54–53 | 50.5 | 1 | 13 | |
Cats | 2 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | |
Selesnya Cats | 2 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | |
Rakdos Aggro | 14 | 19–25 | 43.2 | |||
Boros Aggro | 8 | 14–15 | 48.3 | 1 | ||
Humans | 238 | 516–336 | 60.6 | 5 | 43 | 17 |
Selesnya Humans | 6 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
Boros Humans | 122 | 288–165 | 63.6 | 4 | 30 | 10 |
Orzhov Humans | 106 | 214–158 | 57.5 | 1 | 13 | 7 |
Legends Aggro | 82 | 158–135 | 53.9 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
Boros Legends Aggro | 28 | 57–43 | 57.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Selesnya Legends Aggro | 4 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
Bard Class | 43 | 84–66 | 56.0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
Permanent Vacation | 50 | 71–73 | 49.3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Pirates | 71 | 177–119 | 59.8 | 1 | 11 | 3 |
Rats | 23 | 27–48 | 36.0 | 0 | 6 | |
Combo | 1022 | 1707–1722 | 49.8 | 15 | 111 | 41 |
Storm | 38 | 35–92 | 27.6 | 0 | 1 | |
Dragonstorm | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Citadel Storm | 22 | 29–50 | 36.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Grixis Tendrils | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 11 | 5–32 | 13.5 | |||
Reanimator | 9 | 3–16 | 15.8 | |||
Traditional Reanimator | 9 | 3–16 | 15.8 | |||
Rakdos Reanimator | 3 | 0–10 | 0.0 | |||
Orzhov Reanimator | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
Necrotic Ooze Combo | 43 | 77–60 | 56.2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Dubious Challenge | 7 | 15–15 | 50.0 | |||
Warp World | 324 | 716–507 | 58.5 | 10 | 69 | 20 |
Temur Glimpse | 79 | 174–141 | 55.2 | 2 | 16 | 4 |
Boros Glimpse | 238 | 530–353 | 60.0 | 8 | 53 | 16 |
Hypergenesis | 13 | 18–20 | 47.4 | 0 | 1 | |
Splendid Reclamation Combo | 8 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |||
Jeskai Ascendancy | 6 | 9–15 | 37.5 | 1 | ||
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 6 | 9–15 | 37.5 | 1 | ||
Fake-Twin | 2 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
Metalwork Colossus | 7 | 5–11 | 31.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Anvil Colossus | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Upheaval Colossus | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Seismic Swans | 6 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
Eggs | 4 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |||
Heartless Summoning Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | |
Blazing Shoal Combo | 14 | 25–30 | 45.5 | 0 | 2 | |
Taking Turns | 10 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
Quest for Ula's Temple | 3 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
Izzet Ascension | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Ominous Good | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
Soulflayer | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Breakfast | 55 | 91–84 | 52.0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Oops All Spells | 54 | 91–79 | 53.5 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Oops All Lands | 95 | 167–123 | 57.6 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
Dredge | 152 | 217–266 | 44.9 | 1 | 9 | 4 |
Insidious Roots Dredge | 131 | 189–225 | 45.7 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
Polymorph | 7 | 5–16 | 23.8 | |||
Storm Herald | 13 | 22–27 | 44.9 | |||
Enduring Ideal | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Tibalt's Trickery | 15 | 24–29 | 45.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Intruder Alarm | 7 | 4–14 | 22.2 | 0 | 1 | |
Calibrated Blast | 23 | 38–42 | 47.5 | 2 | ||
Restore Balance | 54 | 93–81 | 53.4 | 1 | 7 | 5 |
Gyruda | 10 | 19–16 | 54.3 | 0 | 2 | |
Belcher | 4 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
Possibility Storm | 11 | 11–32 | 25.6 | |||
Midnight Mass | 14 | 23–18 | 56.1 | 1 | ||
Control | 925 | 1488–1513 | 49.6 | 17 | 96 | 33 |
Esper Control | 114 | 213–169 | 55.8 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
Demonic Rising | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Mono Blue Control | 10 | 6–18 | 25.0 | |||
Dimir Control | 34 | 38–72 | 34.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Azorius Control | 333 | 650–485 | 57.3 | 14 | 62 | 14 |
Turbo Fog | 58 | 56–66 | 45.9 | 0 | 2 | |
Izzet Control | 48 | 98–77 | 56.0 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
Mardu Control | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
Mill | 22 | 14–48 | 22.6 | |||
Boros Control | 28 | 37–41 | 47.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Cloudpost Control | 4 | 4–12 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Selesnya Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Mono White Cloudpost Control | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Grixis Control | 44 | 45–81 | 35.7 | 0 | 2 | |
Cruel Control | 26 | 30–52 | 36.6 | 0 | 1 | |
Stax | 31 | 46–59 | 43.8 | 0 | 1 | |
Birthday Stax | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Chandra Nalaar | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Jeskai Control | 16 | 23–26 | 46.9 | 1 | 1 | |
Dragon Control | 9 | 15–23 | 39.5 | 0 | 2 | |
Runeflare | 13 | 15–31 | 32.6 | 0 | 1 | |
Mono White Control | 54 | 90–97 | 48.1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Cycling Control | 9 | 4–19 | 17.4 | |||
Astral Slide | 4 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |||
Five Color Control | 11 | 19–16 | 54.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Last Stand Control | 7 | 8–11 | 42.1 | 0 | 1 | |
Bant Control | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
Enchantments Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Seasons Past Control | 26 | 49–50 | 49.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Orzhov Control | 15 | 16–30 | 34.8 | 0 | 1 | |
Prison | 23 | 24–46 | 34.3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Enchantress | 6 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
Aggro-Combo | 337 | 638–529 | 54.7 | 6 | 40 | 30 |
Aristocrats | 283 | 586–416 | 58.5 | 5 | 36 | 29 |
Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Orzhov Aristocrats | 7 | 8–13 | 38.1 | |||
Rakdos Aristocrats | 267 | 570–394 | 59.1 | 5 | 36 | 29 |
Boros Bombardment | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
Burn | 22 | 24–62 | 27.9 | 0 | 1 | |
Infect | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
Blazing Shoal Infect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Golgari Infect | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Turbo Myth | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Izzet Blitzkrieg | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Hushnought | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
Combo Goblins | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Goblin Persist | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Dwarf Combo | 15 | 18–28 | 39.1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Aggro-Control | 321 | 621–521 | 54.4 | 3 | 33 | 21 |
Simic Flash | 15 | 18–34 | 34.6 | 1 | ||
Izzet Tempo | 52 | 89–81 | 52.4 | 0 | 8 | |
Blue Madness | 6 | 8–15 | 34.8 | |||
Wizards | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Ninjas | 4 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Mono Blue Tempo | 127 | 288–183 | 61.1 | 2 | 9 | 13 |
Mono Blue Librarians | 103 | 235–138 | 63.0 | 1 | 8 | 11 |
Izzet Spells | 20 | 31–37 | 45.6 | |||
Dimir Tempo | 25 | 33–51 | 39.3 | 1 | ||
Dimir Faeries | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
Dimir Librarians | 4 | 1–11 | 8.3 | |||
Azorius Tempo | 57 | 135–84 | 61.6 | 1 | 16 | 6 |
Combo-Control | 291 | 541–503 | 51.8 | 4 | 28 | 15 |
Curses | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Burning Vengeance | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Battle of Wits | 37 | 61–100 | 37.9 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
Shared Fate | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Sunforger | 14 | 24–37 | 39.3 | |||
Displace Loop | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Familiars | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Curious Niv-Mizzet | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Solar Flare | 6 | 12–15 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Plasma Swans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Mass Land Destruction | 23 | 34–40 | 45.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Wildfire | 23 | 34–40 | 45.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Borderpost Wildfire | 7 | 9–12 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
Resurgent Belief | 10 | 12–20 | 37.5 | |||
Greasefang | 169 | 342–249 | 57.9 | 2 | 17 | 10 |
Esper Greasefang | 41 | 90–62 | 59.2 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Orzhov Greasefang | 120 | 244–176 | 58.1 | 1 | 14 | 7 |
Coveted Falcon Combo | 22 | 51–28 | 64.6 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
Midrange | 1430 | 2268–2564 | 46.9 | 21 | 150 | 48 |
The Rock | 161 | 263–281 | 48.3 | 1 | 15 | 4 |
Grenzo | 10 | 21–14 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Abzan Midrange | 67 | 105–136 | 43.6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Selesnya Midrange | 49 | 72–91 | 44.2 | |||
Jund | 12 | 15–20 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | |
Blink | 280 | 569–433 | 56.8 | 13 | 59 | 17 |
Orzhov Blink | 217 | 465–334 | 58.2 | 12 | 55 | 13 |
Graveyard Value | 31 | 20–53 | 27.4 | |||
Enchantments Matter | 11 | 10–22 | 31.3 | |||
Allies | 8 | 5–19 | 20.8 | |||
Azorius Allies | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
-1/-1 Counters | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Fake-Rack | 33 | 11–80 | 12.1 | |||
Mardu Midrange | 10 | 10–21 | 32.3 | |||
Vampires | 12 | 9–27 | 25.0 | |||
Mono Black Vampires | 5 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |||
Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Orzhov Vampires | 4 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
Legends Midrange | 31 | 53–51 | 51.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Boros Legends Midrange | 6 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
Orzhov Legends | 18 | 44–27 | 62.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Selesnya Legends | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Elementals | 10 | 11–22 | 33.3 | |||
Rakdos Midrange | 25 | 43–52 | 45.3 | 1 | 3 | |
Naya Midrange | 8 | 14–19 | 42.4 | |||
Big Red | 16 | 20–29 | 40.8 | 0 | 3 | |
Mono Black Midrange | 11 | 6–24 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Dimir Midrange | 35 | 53–51 | 51.0 | 3 | ||
Angels | 24 | 32–48 | 40.0 | 0 | 3 | |
Mono White Angels | 16 | 26–30 | 46.4 | 0 | 1 | |
Azorius Angels | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Orzhov Angels | 6 | 4–13 | 23.5 | 0 | 2 | |
Toughness Matters | 11 | 13–24 | 35.1 | |||
Lifegain Midrange | 10 | 18–14 | 56.3 | 2 | ||
Adventures | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
Mutate | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Sultai Midrange | 29 | 42–62 | 40.4 | 0 | 1 | |
Fight Rigging | 12 | 22–22 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Orzhov Midrange | 52 | 106–81 | 56.7 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Jeskai Midrange | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
Heartless Summoning Stompy | 167 | 334–264 | 55.9 | 3 | 41 | 6 |
Zur the Enchanter | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Ordealbreak | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 0 | 1 | |
Enigmatic Incarnation | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 0 | 1 | |
Fires of Invention | 32 | 48–62 | 43.6 | 1 | ||
Hero of Precinct One | 22 | 24–44 | 35.3 | |||
Mardu Hero | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Five Color Hero | 6 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
Naya Hero | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
Boros Hero | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
Clerics | 11 | 22–17 | 56.4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Artifact Midrange | 61 | 72–112 | 39.1 | 0 | 5 | |
Death Cloud | 33 | 61–66 | 48.0 | 1 | ||
Nissa Company | 18 | 29–32 | 47.5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Illness in the Ranks | 23 | 40–47 | 46.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Game Objects | 36 | 44–74 | 37.3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Ramp | 365 | 513–696 | 42.4 | 0 | 17 | 8 |
Villainous Wealth | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
Cloudpost Ramp | 10 | 13–25 | 34.2 | |||
Greenpost | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Simic Post | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Temurpost | 8 | 11–21 | 34.4 | |||
Selvala Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Carth Superfriends | 41 | 75–75 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Applejacks | 7 | 7–15 | 31.8 | |||
Field Ramp | 236 | 334–442 | 43.0 | 0 | 15 | 3 |
Superfriends | 11 | 9–16 | 36.0 | |||
Unclassified | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 |