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, 2 days.
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 260 | 416–405–24 | 50.7 | 13 | 79 | 5 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 6 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Heroic | 102 | 257–172–20 | 59.9 | 11 | 59 | 2 |
| Mono White Heroic | 92 | 236–152–20 | 60.8 | 10 | 54 | 2 |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 9 | 20–18 | 52.6 | 1 | 5 | |
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 36 | 79–50–3 | 61.2 | 2 | 10 | 3 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Goblins | 4 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Tokens | 24 | 20–47–1 | 29.9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 23 | 20–44–1 | 31.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 8 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 5 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Elves | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Werewolves | 7 | 7–11 | 38.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Minotaurs | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Warriors | 1 | |||||
| Rogues | 1 | |||||
| Zombies | 6 | 8–9 | 47.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Merfolk | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 16 | 11–27 | 28.9 | |||
| Affinity | 9 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |||
| Boros Vehicles | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Salvage Titan | 5 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Devoid Aggro | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Voltron | 2 | |||||
| Hexproof | 1 | |||||
| Slivers | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Naya Zoo | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Humans | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Humans | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo | 83 | 105–113–3 | 48.2 | 0 | 14 | 3 |
| Storm | 29 | 52–43–2 | 54.7 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Sultai Tendrils | 10 | 23–17–1 | 57.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Dimir Tendrils | 12 | 27–14–1 | 65.9 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 26 | 37–38 | 49.3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Recurring Nightmare | 8 | 13–15 | 46.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Starlit Graves | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 16 | 19–22 | 46.3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | |||||
| Maniac Combo | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Eye of the Storm | 1 | |||||
| Breakfast | 7 | 5–12–1 | 29.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Cephalid Breakfast | 7 | 5–12–1 | 29.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 7 | 5–12–1 | 29.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Control | 217 | 314–344–19 | 47.7 | 5 | 51 | 4 |
| Mono Black Control | 31 | 54–46–4 | 54.0 | 2 | 8 | |
| Esper Control | 9 | 14–13 | 51.9 | 1 | ||
| Demonic Rising | 22 | 38–30–1 | 55.9 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| Paradox Haze Lock | 11 | 19–25–1 | 43.2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 12 | 11–20 | 35.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Turbo Xerox | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Dimir Control | 36 | 51–47–8 | 52.0 | 1 | 12 | |
| Dreadful Inspiration | 16 | 26–21–3 | 55.3 | 1 | 6 | |
| Azorius Control | 10 | 11–19 | 36.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cawblade | 5 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 9 | 6–11–1 | 35.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Control | 18 | 29–28–2 | 50.9 | 1 | 5 | |
| Mardu Control | 1 | |||||
| Mill | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 23 | 53–41–2 | 56.4 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Cruel Control | 20 | 45–34–2 | 57.0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Dragon Control | 7 | 6–14 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Dragons | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Dragons | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ponza | 1 | |||||
| Mono White Control | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Cycling Control | 10 | 9–15 | 37.5 | |||
| Astral Slide | 9 | 9–15 | 37.5 | |||
| Sultai Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 68 | 170–92–2 | 64.9 | 5 | 24 | 3 |
| Aristocrats | 48 | 145–62–2 | 70.0 | 5 | 23 | 3 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 22 | 83–28–1 | 74.8 | 5 | 16 | 1 |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 12 | 25–12 | 67.6 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 5 | 15–7–1 | 68.2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 7 | 18–14 | 56.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mardu Aristocrats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Burn | 5 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Infect | 7 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |||
| Hermit Humans | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 26 | 25–38–2 | 39.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 8 | 10–17–1 | 37.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Skies | 2 | |||||
| Blue Madness | 5 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Simic Madness | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Grixis Madness | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 89 | 171–149–9 | 53.4 | 1 | 25 | 1 |
| Curses | 7 | 15–18–1 | 45.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Oketra's Monument | 20 | 28–36 | 43.8 | 0 | 3 | |
| Azorius Oketra's Monument | 11 | 25–22 | 53.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Oketra's Monument | 9 | 3–14 | 17.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Burning Vengeance | 6 | 13–8 | 61.9 | 1 | ||
| Cruel Combo-Control | 5 | 10–6 | 62.5 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Shared Fate | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Sunforger | 1 | |||||
| Displace Loop | 18 | 38–26–2 | 59.4 | 0 | 7 | |
| Peregrine Drake | 18 | 38–26–2 | 59.4 | 0 | 7 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 20 | 49–36–5 | 57.6 | 1 | 11 | |
| Wildfire | 20 | 49–36–5 | 57.6 | 1 | 11 | |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 16 | 41–31–5 | 56.9 | 1 | 10 | |
| Midrange | 165 | 241–285–11 | 45.8 | 6 | 42 | 2 |
| Temur Ascendancy | 40 | 88–76–4 | 53.7 | 3 | 20 | 1 |
| The Rock | 8 | 8–20 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 3 | 6–4–1 | 60.0 | |||
| Jund | 6 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blink | 7 | 6–16 | 27.3 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 7 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Séance | 3 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 5 | 0–10 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Enchantress | 5 | 0–10 | 0.0 | |||
| Allies | 17 | 22–37 | 37.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Orzhov Allies | 17 | 22–37 | 37.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Treefolk | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| -1/-1 Counters | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Vampires | 32 | 64–44–4 | 59.3 | 3 | 13 | 1 |
| Mono Black Vampires | 31 | 64–44–4 | 59.3 | 3 | 13 | 1 |
| Rakdos Vampires | 1 | |||||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Elementals | 1 | |||||
| Rakdos Midrange | 3 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 26 | 24–40 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Villainous Wealth | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Unclassified | 3 | |||||
| Commander | 26 |