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 | 154 | 311–321 | 49.2 | 8 | 83 |
| Heroic | 16 | 27–36 | 42.9 | 0 | 11 |
| Mono White Heroic | 5 | 10–11 | 47.6 | 0 | 4 |
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Selesnya Heroic | 10 | 15–23 | 39.5 | 0 | 7 |
| Red Deck Wins | 18 | 24–36 | 40.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 42 | 86–89 | 49.1 | 1 | 22 |
| White Weenie | 42 | 116–85 | 57.7 | 5 | 26 |
| Soldiers | 11 | 27–23 | 54.0 | 1 | 8 |
| Mono White Humans | 31 | 89–62 | 58.9 | 4 | 18 |
| Elves | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Merfolk | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Voltron | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Humans | 5 | 11–11 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Selesnya Humans | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Legends Aggro | 22 | 37–47 | 44.0 | 2 | 9 |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 18 | 27–36 | 42.9 | 1 | 8 |
| Rats | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Combo | 151 | 326–296 | 52.4 | 14 | 87 |
| Storm | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | ||
| Hazoret Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| High Tide | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | ||
| Reanimator | 43 | 112–86 | 56.6 | 3 | 22 |
| Living Death | 31 | 75–64 | 54.0 | 2 | 14 |
| Excruciator Combo | 31 | 75–64 | 54.0 | 2 | 14 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 12 | 37–22 | 62.7 | 1 | 8 |
| Orzhov Reanimator | 12 | 37–22 | 62.7 | 1 | 8 |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 7 | 19–16 | 54.3 | 1 | 4 |
| Hypergenesis | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 2 |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Metalwork Colossus | 9 | 12–18 | 40.0 | 1 | 3 |
| Anvil Colossus | 8 | 10–16 | 38.5 | 1 | 2 |
| Seismic Swans | 4 | 6–10 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Taking Turns | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Soulflayer | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Breakfast | 18 | 57–25 | 69.5 | 3 | 13 |
| Unctus | 18 | 57–25 | 69.5 | 3 | 13 |
| Oops All Lands | 5 | 12–9 | 57.1 | 1 | 4 |
| Storm Herald | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Restore Balance | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Actual Twin | 12 | 26–25 | 51.0 | 2 | 8 |
| Izzet Twin | 12 | 26–25 | 51.0 | 2 | 8 |
| Nadu Combo | 30 | 54–57 | 48.6 | 3 | 19 |
| Amalia Combo | 5 | 2–11 | 15.4 | 0 | 3 |
| Control | 83 | 153–185 | 45.3 | 1 | 41 |
| Esper Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Dimir Control | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Azorius Control | 19 | 40–41 | 49.4 | 0 | 7 |
| Cawblade | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | ||
| Izzet Control | 4 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 0 | 1 |
| Boros Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | ||
| Cloudpost Control | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 2 |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Blackpost | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Grixis Control | 8 | 13–17 | 43.3 | 1 | 3 |
| Cruel Control | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 1 | 1 |
| Stax | 12 | 17–29 | 37.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Jeskai Control | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Ponza | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Mono White Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Bant Control | 1 | 2–4 | 33.3 | ||
| Seasons Past Control | 9 | 17–19 | 47.2 | 0 | 4 |
| Orzhov Control | 9 | 23–20 | 53.5 | 0 | 9 |
| Prison | 4 | 6–10 | 37.5 | 0 | 3 |
| Enchantress | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Aggro-Combo | 12 | 26–29 | 47.3 | 1 | 7 |
| Aristocrats | 4 | 13–9 | 59.1 | 0 | 3 |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 3 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 0 | 3 |
| Burn | 8 | 13–20 | 39.4 | 1 | 4 |
| Aggro-Control | 55 | 94–104 | 47.5 | 3 | 26 |
| Izzet Tempo | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Wizards | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | ||
| Ninjas | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dimir Tempo | 29 | 39–58 | 40.2 | 0 | 14 |
| Azorius Tempo | 19 | 48–33 | 59.3 | 3 | 9 |
| Combo-Control | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | ||
| Midrange | 141 | 302–279 | 52.0 | 14 | 81 |
| The Rock | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Selesnya Midrange | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | ||
| Jund | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Blink | 48 | 125–91 | 57.9 | 8 | 29 |
| Orzhov Blink | 48 | 125–91 | 57.9 | 8 | 29 |
| Enchantments Matter | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | ||
| Allies | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Esper Allies | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Mardu Midrange | 4 | 5–10 | 33.3 | 0 | 3 |
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rakdos Midrange | 8 | 22–13 | 62.9 | 2 | 5 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 5 | 3–11 | 21.4 | ||
| Mono Black Devotion | 4 | 1–9 | 10.0 | ||
| Dimir Midrange | 4 | 10–9 | 52.6 | 0 | 4 |
| Mutate | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 |
| Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 4 | 5–10 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Ordealbreak | 4 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 0 | 4 |
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 4 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 0 | 4 |
| Fires of Invention | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Hero of Precinct One | 5 | 16–8 | 66.7 | 0 | 4 |
| Five Color Hero | 5 | 16–8 | 66.7 | 0 | 4 |
| Nissa Company | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Game Objects | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Laelia Cascade | 10 | 11–23 | 32.4 | 0 | 3 |
| Wight Midrange | 30 | 76–56 | 57.6 | 4 | 22 |
| Golgari Wight | 4 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 0 | 4 |
| Jund Wight | 19 | 49–34 | 59.0 | 4 | 13 |
| Ramp | 4 | 10–9 | 52.6 | 1 | 3 |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 |
| Simic Post | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 |
| Carth Superfriends | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | 1 | 1 |