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 8 weeks, 3 days.
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 403 | 787–799 | 49.6 | 24 | 233 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Heroic | 13 | 25–18 | 58.1 | 2 | 7 |
| Boros Heroic | 13 | 25–18 | 58.1 | 2 | 7 |
| Red Deck Wins | 94 | 161–196 | 45.1 | 2 | 55 |
| Goblins | 4 | 6–10 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Tokens | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Orzhov Tokens | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | 0 | 2 |
| White Weenie | 71 | 164–138 | 54.3 | 8 | 42 |
| Soldiers | 50 | 131–98 | 57.2 | 6 | 33 |
| Mono White Humans | 19 | 28–38 | 42.4 | 1 | 7 |
| Gruul Aggro | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 54 | 109–108 | 50.2 | 4 | 33 |
| Affinity | 48 | 95–96 | 49.7 | 4 | 28 |
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 47 | 92–93 | 49.7 | 4 | 28 |
| Tempered Steel | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Architect | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 0 | 3 |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Illusions | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Madness | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | ||
| Rakdos Madness | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | ||
| Voltron | 10 | 20–20 | 50.0 | 1 | 7 |
| Hateful Auras | 10 | 20–20 | 50.0 | 1 | 7 |
| AggroSlide | 23 | 40–42 | 48.8 | 1 | 13 |
| Cats | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Selesnya Cats | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Rakdos Aggro | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | ||
| Humans | 70 | 156–134 | 53.8 | 5 | 43 |
| Selesnya Humans | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | ||
| Boros Humans | 40 | 99–69 | 58.9 | 4 | 30 |
| Orzhov Humans | 27 | 53–60 | 46.9 | 1 | 13 |
| Legends Aggro | 14 | 25–25 | 50.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Bard Class | 10 | 20–17 | 54.1 | 0 | 6 |
| Permanent Vacation | 7 | 15–17 | 46.9 | 0 | 3 |
| Pirates | 16 | 36–33 | 52.2 | 1 | 11 |
| Rats | 11 | 14–24 | 36.8 | 0 | 6 |
| Combo | 207 | 364–401 | 47.6 | 15 | 111 |
| Storm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Citadel Storm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 5 | 13–7 | 65.0 | 1 | 3 |
| Warp World | 105 | 214–195 | 52.3 | 10 | 69 |
| Temur Glimpse | 22 | 39–42 | 48.1 | 2 | 16 |
| Boros Glimpse | 83 | 175–153 | 53.4 | 8 | 53 |
| Hypergenesis | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Metalwork Colossus | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Anvil Colossus | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Seismic Swans | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 5 | 6–11 | 35.3 | 0 | 2 |
| Breakfast | 17 | 18–35 | 34.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Oops All Spells | 17 | 18–35 | 34.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Oops All Lands | 13 | 26–25 | 51.0 | 1 | 6 |
| Dredge | 25 | 33–52 | 38.8 | 1 | 9 |
| Insidious Roots Dredge | 24 | 33–49 | 40.2 | 1 | 9 |
| Storm Herald | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Tibalt's Trickery | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Intruder Alarm | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Calibrated Blast | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | ||
| Restore Balance | 14 | 23–27 | 46.0 | 1 | 7 |
| Gyruda | 2 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 2 |
| Control | 159 | 335–295 | 53.2 | 17 | 96 |
| Esper Control | 9 | 22–20 | 52.4 | 1 | 6 |
| Demonic Rising | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Dimir Control | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Azorius Control | 90 | 222–157 | 58.6 | 14 | 62 |
| Turbo Fog | 8 | 10–14 | 41.7 | 0 | 2 |
| Izzet Control | 6 | 15–12 | 55.6 | 1 | 5 |
| Mill | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Boros Control | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grixis Control | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 0 | 2 |
| Cruel Control | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Stax | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Chandra Nalaar | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeskai Control | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dragon Control | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | 0 | 2 |
| Runeflare | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono White Control | 10 | 17–20 | 45.9 | 0 | 3 |
| Five Color Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Last Stand Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Seasons Past Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Orzhov Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Prison | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 3 |
| Aggro-Combo | 75 | 124–149 | 45.4 | 6 | 40 |
| Aristocrats | 67 | 114–132 | 46.3 | 5 | 36 |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | ||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 66 | 114–128 | 47.1 | 5 | 36 |
| Burn | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Dwarf Combo | 5 | 6–9 | 40.0 | 1 | 3 |
| Aggro-Control | 56 | 119–110 | 52.0 | 3 | 33 |
| Simic Flash | 3 | 1–9 | 10.0 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 13 | 23–23 | 50.0 | 0 | 8 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 21 | 42–44 | 48.8 | 2 | 9 |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 17 | 31–33 | 48.4 | 1 | 8 |
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Azorius Tempo | 18 | 51–32 | 61.4 | 1 | 16 |
| Combo-Control | 47 | 108–92 | 54.0 | 4 | 28 |
| Battle of Wits | 7 | 14–16 | 46.7 | 0 | 5 |
| Sunforger | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | ||
| Solar Flare | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mass Land Destruction | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | 0 | 1 |
| Wildfire | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | 0 | 1 |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Greasefang | 29 | 67–55 | 54.9 | 2 | 17 |
| Esper Greasefang | 6 | 18–12 | 60.0 | 1 | 3 |
| Orzhov Greasefang | 22 | 47–41 | 53.4 | 1 | 14 |
| Coveted Falcon Combo | 6 | 19–9 | 67.9 | 2 | 4 |
| Midrange | 239 | 508–476 | 51.6 | 21 | 150 |
| The Rock | 23 | 49–47 | 51.0 | 1 | 15 |
| Grenzo | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Abzan Midrange | 6 | 7–15 | 31.8 | 0 | 2 |
| Selesnya Midrange | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | ||
| Jund | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 2 |
| Blink | 90 | 232–174 | 57.1 | 13 | 59 |
| Orzhov Blink | 79 | 214–151 | 58.6 | 12 | 55 |
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Fake-Rack | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | ||
| Vampires | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Orzhov Vampires | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Legends Midrange | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Orzhov Legends | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Rakdos Midrange | 4 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 1 | 3 |
| Big Red | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 3 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 |
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Angels | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | 0 | 3 |
| Mono White Angels | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Orzhov Angels | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 2 |
| Toughness Matters | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Sultai Midrange | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fight Rigging | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Orzhov Midrange | 7 | 16–14 | 53.3 | 1 | 4 |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 50 | 109–97 | 52.9 | 3 | 41 |
| Ordealbreak | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fires of Invention | 3 | 1–10 | 9.1 | ||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | ||
| Clerics | 4 | 14–7 | 66.7 | 1 | 3 |
| Artifact Midrange | 12 | 13–21 | 38.2 | 0 | 5 |
| Death Cloud | 2 | 6–5 | 54.5 | ||
| Nissa Company | 1 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | 1 |
| Illness in the Ranks | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Game Objects | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Ramp | 33 | 50–73 | 40.7 | 0 | 17 |
| Carth Superfriends | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Field Ramp | 30 | 44–67 | 39.6 | 0 | 15 |