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 | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 419 | 798–747–4 | 51.7 | 9 | 90 | 13 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 31 | 64–62–1 | 50.8 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
| Heroic | 15 | 27–31 | 46.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 10 | 23–21 | 52.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 137 | 318–223–3 | 58.8 | 5 | 45 | 5 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Proliferate Red | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Goblins | 12 | 14–22 | 38.9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Tokens | 66 | 129–113 | 53.3 | 0 | 13 | 4 |
| Selesnya Tokens | 46 | 98–78 | 55.7 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
| Mardu Tokens | 2 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 17 | 43–32 | 57.3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| White Weenie | 36 | 75–55 | 57.7 | 1 | 8 | |
| Odric Keywords | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 9 | 14–14 | 50.0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Kithkin | 4 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Elves | 6 | 9–7 | 56.3 | 1 | ||
| Werewolves | 3 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Minotaurs | 7 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |||
| Warriors | 6 | 10–9 | 52.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 4 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Zombies | 7 | 6–16 | 27.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Merfolk | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 17 | 22–38 | 36.7 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Vehicles | 12 | 18–24 | 42.9 | |||
| Salvage Titan | 4 | 2–12 | 14.3 | |||
| Devoid Aggro | 7 | 9–12 | 42.9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Madness | 12 | 22–28 | 44.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gruul Madness | 10 | 22–24 | 47.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Voltron | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Slivers | 5 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Humans | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Humans | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Shamans | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo | 180 | 258–342–3 | 43.0 | 3 | 26 | 1 |
| Storm | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 52 | 76–100 | 43.2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Starlit Graves | 21 | 42–39 | 51.9 | 1 | 4 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 31 | 34–61 | 35.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 11 | 23–24 | 48.9 | |||
| Necro Combo | 40 | 77–58–2 | 57.0 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Faith Necro | 17 | 30–21–2 | 58.8 | 0 | 4 | |
| Deathmantle Necro | 20 | 41–31 | 56.9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Biovisionary | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Green Stormless Storm | 17 | 29–31–1 | 48.3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Dubious Challenge | 11 | 7–15 | 31.8 | |||
| Warp World | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Actual Warp World | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Zubera Tribal | 6 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |||
| Maniac Combo | 14 | 24–39 | 38.1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Hypergenesis | 1 | |||||
| Monumental Ignus | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 1 | |||||
| Stuffy Doll | 8 | 15–12 | 55.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Control | 278 | 489–532–1 | 47.9 | 2 | 45 | 6 |
| Esper Control | 22 | 42–37 | 53.2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Demonic Rising | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | |||||
| Dimir Control | 32 | 42–81 | 34.1 | 0 | 7 | |
| Watery Oath | 8 | 18–22 | 45.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Azorius Control | 8 | 16–16 | 50.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Turbo Fog | 6 | 2–12 | 14.3 | |||
| Izzet Control | 19 | 44–34 | 56.4 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Mardu Control | 33 | 51–54 | 48.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mill | 18 | 6–41 | 12.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Control | 13 | 22–25 | 46.8 | 0 | 3 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 21 | 33–47 | 41.3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Cruel Control | 19 | 29–40 | 42.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Stax | 54 | 144–89–1 | 61.8 | 1 | 11 | 3 |
| Necro Stax | 9 | 24–20 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Pollute the Planet | 40 | 114–60–1 | 65.5 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
| Chandra Nalaar | 9 | 22–19 | 53.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Stagnant Control | 8 | 21–18 | 53.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jeskai Control | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Dragon Control | 8 | 16–15 | 51.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Dragons | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Esper Dragons | 7 | 13–13 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Runeflare | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 6 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |||
| Astral Slide | 6 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |||
| Sultai Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 5 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 23 | 22–37 | 37.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aristocrats | 8 | 6–9 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 4 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Infect | 9 | 11–16 | 40.7 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 79 | 130–141 | 48.0 | 1 | 14 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 10 | 12–23 | 34.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Skies | 10 | 20–16 | 55.6 | 0 | 4 | |
| Blue Madness | 36 | 67–58 | 53.6 | 1 | 6 | |
| Simic Madness | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Temur Madness | 30 | 55–50 | 52.4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Grixis Madness | 4 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Spells | 14 | 28–25 | 52.8 | 0 | 3 | |
| Combo-Control | 145 | 298–258–1 | 53.6 | 11 | 44 | 1 |
| Burning Vengeance | 11 | 6–16 | 27.3 | |||
| Cruel Combo-Control | 43 | 109–66 | 62.3 | 7 | 17 | |
| Battle of Wits | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Approach Necro | 29 | 78–47–1 | 62.4 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| Shared Fate | 4 | 6–12 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Swarm Intelligence | 20 | 42–41 | 50.6 | 3 | 8 | |
| Sunforger | 8 | 11–11 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hedron Alignment | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Curious Niv-Mizzet | 7 | 5–21 | 19.2 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 17 | 33–38 | 46.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wildfire | 17 | 33–38 | 46.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Midrange | 232 | 468–402–1 | 53.8 | 7 | 44 | 18 |
| Temur Ascendancy | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 16 | 39–21 | 65.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Jund | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Anti-Persecution | 7 | 18–12 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Graveyard Value | 8 | 9–15 | 37.5 | |||
| Séance | 3 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Indestructible | 6 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 1 | ||
| Enchantments Matter | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Orzhov Enchantress | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Allies | 28 | 41–54–1 | 43.2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Orzhov Allies | 28 | 41–54–1 | 43.2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Treefolk | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Vampires | 3 | 3–9 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Big Red | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 106 | 296–161 | 64.8 | 7 | 31 | 15 |
| Necro Midrange | 103 | 294–158 | 65.0 | 7 | 31 | 15 |
| Lifegain Midrange | 4 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 3 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 54 | 88–92 | 48.9 | 4 | ||
| Villainous Wealth | 2 | |||||
| Rofellos Ramp | 41 | 79–69 | 53.4 | 4 | ||
| Unclassified | 2 | |||||
| Commander | 1 |