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, 2 days.
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 142 | 290–264–24 | 52.3 | 13 | 79 |
| Heroic | 85 | 217–150–20 | 59.1 | 11 | 59 |
| Mono White Heroic | 77 | 197–135–20 | 59.3 | 10 | 54 |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 8 | 20–15 | 57.1 | 1 | 5 |
| Red Deck Wins | 20 | 42–33–3 | 56.0 | 2 | 10 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Tokens | 13 | 9–30–1 | 23.1 | 0 | 3 |
| Selesnya Tokens | 13 | 9–30–1 | 23.1 | 0 | 3 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| White Weenie | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Werewolves | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Minotaurs | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Zombies | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 3 |
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | ||
| Boros Vehicles | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Salvage Titan | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Boros Aggro | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | ||
| Humans | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Selesnya Humans | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Combo | 31 | 49–68–3 | 41.9 | 0 | 14 |
| Storm | 11 | 21–22–2 | 48.8 | 0 | 6 |
| Sultai Tendrils | 6 | 13–12–1 | 52.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Dimir Tendrils | 3 | 8–6–1 | 57.1 | 0 | 3 |
| Reanimator | 10 | 15–22 | 40.5 | 0 | 3 |
| Recurring Nightmare | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 8 | 9–18 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 |
| Breakfast | 5 | 5–11–1 | 31.3 | 0 | 2 |
| Cephalid Breakfast | 5 | 5–11–1 | 31.3 | 0 | 2 |
| Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 5 | 5–11–1 | 31.3 | 0 | 2 |
| Control | 106 | 191–211–19 | 47.5 | 5 | 51 |
| Mono Black Control | 17 | 40–32–4 | 55.6 | 2 | 8 |
| Esper Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Demonic Rising | 13 | 25–27–1 | 48.1 | 1 | 7 |
| Paradox Haze Lock | 4 | 7–7–1 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Mono Blue Control | 4 | 2–9 | 18.2 | 0 | 1 |
| Dimir Control | 21 | 45–39–8 | 53.6 | 1 | 12 |
| Dreadful Inspiration | 10 | 24–17–3 | 58.5 | 1 | 6 |
| Azorius Control | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Cawblade | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | ||
| Turbo Fog | 4 | 3–6–1 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Izzet Control | 12 | 22–21–2 | 51.2 | 1 | 5 |
| Mill | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | ||
| Boros Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Grixis Control | 13 | 30–26–2 | 53.6 | 0 | 9 |
| Cruel Control | 13 | 30–26–2 | 53.6 | 0 | 9 |
| Dragon Control | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | 0 | 1 |
| Dimir Dragons | 1 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono White Control | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Cycling Control | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | ||
| Astral Slide | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | ||
| Sultai Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 40 | 109–66–2 | 62.3 | 5 | 24 |
| Aristocrats | 30 | 98–48–2 | 67.1 | 5 | 23 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 17 | 64–22–1 | 74.4 | 5 | 16 |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 4 | 9–7 | 56.3 | 0 | 2 |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 3 | 11–6–1 | 64.7 | 0 | 3 |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 6 | 14–13 | 51.9 | 0 | 2 |
| Burn | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | ||
| Infect | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | ||
| Hermit Humans | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Aggro-Control | 8 | 9–18–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 |
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 5–3–1 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Blue Madness | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | ||
| Simic Madness | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | ||
| Combo-Control | 40 | 89–84–9 | 51.4 | 1 | 25 |
| Curses | 4 | 9–9–1 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Oketra's Monument | 4 | 4–10 | 28.6 | 0 | 3 |
| Azorius Oketra's Monument | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono White Oketra's Monument | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 2 |
| Burning Vengeance | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | ||
| Cruel Combo-Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | ||
| Displace Loop | 9 | 20–19–2 | 51.3 | 0 | 7 |
| Peregrine Drake | 9 | 20–19–2 | 51.3 | 0 | 7 |
| Mass Land Destruction | 13 | 39–25–5 | 60.9 | 1 | 11 |
| Wildfire | 13 | 39–25–5 | 60.9 | 1 | 11 |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 12 | 38–23–5 | 62.3 | 1 | 10 |
| Midrange | 86 | 161–177–11 | 47.6 | 6 | 42 |
| Temur Ascendancy | 28 | 62–60–4 | 50.8 | 3 | 20 |
| The Rock | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | 0 | 1 |
| Abzan Midrange | 3 | 6–4–1 | 60.0 | ||
| Jund | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Blink | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | ||
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Séance | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Orzhov Enchantress | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Allies | 9 | 12–23 | 34.3 | 0 | 2 |
| Orzhov Allies | 9 | 12–23 | 34.3 | 0 | 2 |
| Treefolk | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | ||
| -1/-1 Counters | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Vampires | 20 | 51–35–4 | 59.3 | 3 | 13 |
| Mono Black Vampires | 20 | 51–35–4 | 59.3 | 3 | 13 |
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Ramp | 11 | 14–24 | 36.8 | 0 | 2 |
| Villainous Wealth | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 1 |