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 | 418 | 861–819 | 51.3 | 24 | 179 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 7 | 9–17 | 34.6 | 0 | 3 |
| Heroic | 17 | 36–35 | 50.7 | 1 | 6 |
| Mono White Heroic | 13 | 28–26 | 51.9 | 1 | 5 |
| Azorius Heroic | 4 | 8–9 | 47.1 | 0 | 1 |
| Red Deck Wins | 105 | 232–185 | 55.6 | 7 | 56 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Proliferate Red | 5 | 19–7 | 73.1 | 2 | 5 |
| Goblins | 38 | 93–73 | 56.0 | 2 | 17 |
| Tokens | 29 | 49–58 | 45.8 | 1 | 9 |
| Selesnya Tokens | 17 | 34–30 | 53.1 | 1 | 5 |
| Mardu Tokens | 5 | 6–11 | 35.3 | 0 | 3 |
| Orzhov Tokens | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Mono Green Stompy | 8 | 12–14 | 46.2 | 0 | 3 |
| White Weenie | 35 | 47–82 | 36.4 | 0 | 10 |
| Odric Keywords | 12 | 19–30 | 38.8 | 0 | 5 |
| Soldiers | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | ||
| Kithkin | 7 | 7–17 | 29.2 | 0 | 1 |
| Elves | 11 | 18–19 | 48.6 | 0 | 3 |
| Zombies | 99 | 256–182 | 58.4 | 12 | 51 |
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Mono Red Swarm | 9 | 28–17 | 62.2 | 1 | 6 |
| Artifact Aggro | 14 | 13–33 | 28.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Affinity | 9 | 8–20 | 28.6 | ||
| Boros Vehicles | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | ||
| Devoid Aggro | 4 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 0 | 3 |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 13 | 25–28 | 47.2 | 0 | 5 |
| Madness | 11 | 14–25 | 35.9 | 0 | 2 |
| Gruul Madness | 7 | 8–16 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Golgari Madness | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rakdos Madness | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | ||
| Voltron | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Hexproof | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Boros Aggro | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 |
| Pirates | 5 | 7–13 | 35.0 | ||
| Combo | 140 | 274–270 | 50.4 | 7 | 56 |
| Storm | 16 | 22–36 | 37.9 | 1 | 5 |
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Dragonstorm | 8 | 18–18 | 50.0 | 1 | 4 |
| Grixis Tendrils | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Reanimator | 66 | 144–113 | 56.0 | 4 | 32 |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 26 | 60–48 | 55.6 | 0 | 15 |
| 8 Goyf | 14 | 26–26 | 50.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 26 | 58–39 | 59.8 | 4 | 10 |
| Dimir Reanimator | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | ||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Monumental Ignus | 15 | 23–33 | 41.1 | 0 | 2 |
| Mardu Life | 10 | 26–19 | 57.8 | 1 | 5 |
| Umbral Mantle | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Fake-Twin | 6 | 3–12 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeskai Fake-Twin | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Infinite Infinite Combos | 14 | 43–28 | 60.6 | 1 | 10 |
| Polymorph | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Control | 359 | 640–704 | 47.6 | 10 | 130 |
| Mono Black Control | 32 | 55–72 | 43.3 | 1 | 8 |
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Mono Blue Control | 6 | 1–10 | 9.1 | ||
| Dimir Control | 45 | 58–96 | 37.7 | 0 | 12 |
| Azorius Control | 61 | 126–108 | 53.8 | 4 | 28 |
| Turbo Fog | 27 | 49–55 | 47.1 | 1 | 7 |
| Izzet Control | 6 | 10–15 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Mardu Control | 6 | 9–12 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 |
| Mill | 6 | 5–13 | 27.8 | ||
| Boros Control | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | ||
| Cloudpost Control | 6 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 0 | 2 |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Izzet Cloudpost Control | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Grixis Control | 5 | 1–11 | 8.3 | ||
| Stax | 70 | 145–133 | 52.2 | 3 | 30 |
| Pollute the Planet | 39 | 90–69 | 56.6 | 3 | 20 |
| Birthday Stax | 16 | 30–32 | 48.4 | 0 | 8 |
| Jeskai Control | 24 | 59–48 | 55.1 | 0 | 15 |
| Dragon Control | 6 | 19–11 | 63.3 | 0 | 5 |
| Galleon Control | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Ponza | 11 | 22–20 | 52.4 | 1 | 5 |
| Dynavolt Tower | 10 | 14–19 | 42.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Cycling Control | 15 | 33–33 | 50.0 | 0 | 8 |
| Astral Slide | 11 | 31–21 | 59.6 | 0 | 8 |
| Sultai Control | 10 | 12–15 | 44.4 | 0 | 3 |
| Orzhov Control | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 52 | 115–106 | 52.0 | 2 | 21 |
| Aristocrats | 34 | 81–68 | 54.4 | 1 | 15 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | ||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 19 | 60–35 | 63.2 | 1 | 12 |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 10 | 16–21 | 43.2 | 0 | 2 |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Burn | 12 | 25–26 | 49.0 | 1 | 4 |
| Infect | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | 0 | 1 |
| Aggro-Control | 30 | 37–64 | 36.6 | 0 | 9 |
| Izzet Tempo | 15 | 15–34 | 30.6 | 0 | 4 |
| Azorius Skies | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Blue Madness | 7 | 16–14 | 53.3 | 0 | 4 |
| Simic Madness | 5 | 14–10 | 58.3 | 0 | 4 |
| Grixis Madness | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Temur Clues | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | ||
| Combo-Control | 56 | 97–115 | 45.8 | 3 | 16 |
| Curses | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | ||
| Battle of Wits | 6 | 10–13 | 43.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Shared Fate | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Swarm Intelligence | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | ||
| Mindcrank | 26 | 47–51 | 48.0 | 2 | 9 |
| Displace Loop | 10 | 21–20 | 51.2 | 1 | 2 |
| Peregrine Drake | 10 | 21–20 | 51.2 | 1 | 2 |
| Midrange | 304 | 668–576 | 53.7 | 25 | 136 |
| Temur Ascendancy | 68 | 137–119 | 53.5 | 4 | 30 |
| Grenzo | 12 | 21–22 | 48.8 | 2 | 7 |
| Abzan Midrange | 9 | 12–21 | 36.4 | 0 | 2 |
| Jund | 18 | 22–34 | 39.3 | 1 | 3 |
| Blink | 55 | 195–92 | 67.9 | 12 | 39 |
| Graveyard Value | 24 | 39–50 | 43.8 | 0 | 6 |
| Enchantments Matter | 11 | 25–23 | 52.1 | 1 | 5 |
| Constellation | 9 | 21–19 | 52.5 | 1 | 4 |
| Allies | 12 | 20–24 | 45.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Orzhov Allies | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | ||
| Boros Allies | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Esper Allies | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Treefolk | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| -1/-1 Counters | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Fake-Rack | 12 | 19–27 | 41.3 | 0 | 5 |
| Selvala Morningstar | 18 | 63–34 | 64.9 | 2 | 14 |
| Vampires | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Elementals | 4 | 13–6 | 68.4 | 0 | 3 |
| Naya Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Lifegain Midrange | 9 | 22–19 | 53.7 | 1 | 3 |
| Sultai Midrange | 4 | 14–8 | 63.6 | 1 | 3 |
| Orzhov Midrange | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | ||
| Illness in the Ranks | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | ||
| Ramp | 40 | 57–94 | 37.7 | 0 | 17 |
| Rofellos Ramp | 26 | 49–56 | 46.7 | 0 | 14 |
| Wild Pair | 10 | 23–22 | 51.1 | 0 | 5 |
| Unclassified | 6 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 1 | 3 |