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 | 160 | 380–328–4 | 53.7 | 9 | 90 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 13 | 33–27–1 | 55.0 | 2 | 8 |
| Heroic | 7 | 9–16 | 36.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Mono White Heroic | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Red Deck Wins | 69 | 190–126–3 | 60.1 | 5 | 45 |
| Proliferate Red | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Goblins | 6 | 10–15 | 40.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Tokens | 23 | 57–52 | 52.3 | 0 | 13 |
| Selesnya Tokens | 17 | 49–38 | 56.3 | 0 | 11 |
| Mardu Tokens | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono White Tokens | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | ||
| Mono Green Stompy | 4 | 10–10 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 |
| White Weenie | 12 | 32–21 | 60.4 | 1 | 8 |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 4 | 11–9 | 55.0 | 1 | 3 |
| Kithkin | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Elves | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Warriors | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 2 |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | ||
| Zombies | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Devoid Aggro | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 1 | 1 |
| Madness | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gruul Madness | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Voltron | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | ||
| Hexproof | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | ||
| Slivers | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Humans | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Selesnya Humans | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Combo | 73 | 124–168–3 | 42.5 | 3 | 26 |
| Reanimator | 16 | 27–35 | 43.5 | 1 | 5 |
| Starlit Graves | 7 | 18–14 | 56.3 | 1 | 4 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 9 | 9–21 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | ||
| Necro Combo | 15 | 35–26–2 | 57.4 | 1 | 6 |
| Faith Necro | 11 | 24–18–2 | 57.1 | 0 | 4 |
| Deathmantle Necro | 2 | 9–3 | 75.0 | 1 | 2 |
| Biovisionary | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono Green Stormless Storm | 9 | 18–21–1 | 46.2 | 1 | 4 |
| Dubious Challenge | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | ||
| Maniac Combo | 13 | 22–36 | 37.9 | 0 | 6 |
| Monumental Ignus | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Stuffy Doll | 4 | 8–9 | 47.1 | 0 | 2 |
| Control | 95 | 181–209–1 | 46.4 | 2 | 45 |
| Esper Control | 5 | 9–12 | 42.9 | 0 | 3 |
| Dimir Control | 14 | 20–35 | 36.4 | 0 | 7 |
| Watery Oath | 6 | 14–17 | 45.2 | 0 | 5 |
| Azorius Control | 6 | 14–13 | 51.9 | 1 | 2 |
| Izzet Control | 11 | 28–25 | 52.8 | 0 | 9 |
| Mardu Control | 8 | 16–15 | 51.6 | 0 | 3 |
| Mill | 8 | 4–21 | 16.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Boros Control | 9 | 18–15 | 54.5 | 0 | 3 |
| Grixis Control | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Cruel Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Stax | 16 | 45–31–1 | 59.2 | 1 | 11 |
| Necro Stax | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Pollute the Planet | 13 | 41–22–1 | 65.1 | 1 | 10 |
| Chandra Nalaar | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Stagnant Control | 3 | 5–9 | 35.7 | 0 | 2 |
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Dragon Control | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Esper Dragons | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Runeflare | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Guildgate Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 6 | 3–15 | 16.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Aristocrats | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Infect | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 25 | 44–56 | 44.0 | 1 | 14 |
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Azorius Skies | 5 | 12–12 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Blue Madness | 13 | 21–25 | 45.7 | 1 | 6 |
| Temur Madness | 12 | 20–22 | 47.6 | 1 | 5 |
| Grixis Madness | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Izzet Spells | 4 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Combo-Control | 76 | 197–156–1 | 55.8 | 11 | 44 |
| Burning Vengeance | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | ||
| Cruel Combo-Control | 25 | 86–43 | 66.7 | 7 | 17 |
| Approach Necro | 20 | 55–39–1 | 58.5 | 1 | 13 |
| Shared Fate | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 2 |
| Swarm Intelligence | 10 | 26–25 | 51.0 | 3 | 8 |
| Sunforger | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Hedron Alignment | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Curious Niv-Mizzet | 3 | 2–9 | 18.2 | ||
| Mass Land Destruction | 9 | 15–22 | 40.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Wildfire | 9 | 15–22 | 40.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Midrange | 90 | 195–180–1 | 52.0 | 7 | 44 |
| Abzan Midrange | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 0 | 3 |
| Blink | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Anti-Persecution | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Indestructible | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | ||
| Allies | 17 | 22–37–1 | 37.3 | 0 | 5 |
| Orzhov Allies | 17 | 22–37–1 | 37.3 | 0 | 5 |
| Vampires | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 52 | 150–91 | 62.2 | 7 | 31 |
| Necro Midrange | 50 | 148–88 | 62.7 | 7 | 31 |
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Ramp | 6 | 2–14 | 12.5 | ||
| Rofellos Ramp | 4 | 2–11 | 15.4 |