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 | 334 | 714–645–1 | 52.5 | 30 | 171 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 14 | 27–25–1 | 51.9 | 2 | 5 |
| Heroic | 9 | 13–18 | 41.9 | 0 | 4 |
| Mono White Heroic | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Azorius Heroic | 4 | 8–9 | 47.1 | 0 | 2 |
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Red Deck Wins | 104 | 274–189 | 59.2 | 16 | 61 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 23 | 54–44 | 55.1 | 2 | 9 |
| Goblins | 31 | 92–56 | 62.2 | 8 | 23 |
| Tokens | 35 | 63–77 | 45.0 | 0 | 16 |
| Selesnya Tokens | 30 | 56–65 | 46.3 | 0 | 13 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 6 | 13–15 | 46.4 | 0 | 4 |
| White Weenie | 22 | 34–42 | 44.7 | 1 | 7 |
| Odric Keywords | 10 | 17–22 | 43.6 | 1 | 4 |
| Soldiers | 2 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Kithkin | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | ||
| Minotaurs | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rogues | 4 | 11–9 | 55.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Zombies | 19 | 39–30 | 56.5 | 1 | 10 |
| Gruul Aggro | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | 0 | 3 |
| Merfolk | 9 | 14–18 | 43.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Artifact Aggro | 19 | 19–38 | 33.3 | 0 | 5 |
| Affinity | 4 | 2–10 | 16.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Boros Vehicles | 4 | 2–10 | 16.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvage Titan | 8 | 7–12 | 36.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 5 | 6–12 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 |
| Devastating Dreams | 21 | 61–36 | 62.9 | 2 | 16 |
| Madness | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Gruul Madness | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Voltron | 15 | 21–32 | 39.6 | 0 | 5 |
| Boros Auras | 8 | 12–17 | 41.4 | 0 | 2 |
| Equipment Aggro | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 |
| Humans | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Selesnya Humans | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Combo | 61 | 84–122 | 40.8 | 3 | 17 |
| Storm | 20 | 21–45 | 31.8 | 1 | 2 |
| Sultai Tendrils | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | ||
| Dimir Tendrils | 9 | 12–16 | 42.9 | 1 | 1 |
| Dragonstorm | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | ||
| Reanimator | 18 | 42–31 | 57.5 | 2 | 11 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 18 | 42–31 | 57.5 | 2 | 11 |
| Warp World | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Actual Warp World | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Maniac Combo | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| New Perspectives | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 9 | 5–19 | 20.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | ||
| Myr Incubator | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Control | 137 | 260–257–1 | 50.3 | 11 | 68 |
| Mono Black Control | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 2 |
| Esper Control | 13 | 38–25 | 60.3 | 2 | 7 |
| Demonic Rising | 53 | 109–85–1 | 56.2 | 4 | 29 |
| Mono Blue Control | 3 | 0–10 | 0.0 | ||
| Dimir Control | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | ||
| Azorius Control | 15 | 35–30 | 53.8 | 1 | 8 |
| Izzet Control | 7 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Mardu Control | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 1 | 2 |
| Mill | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grixis Control | 15 | 18–31 | 36.7 | 1 | 5 |
| Cruel Control | 9 | 8–18 | 30.8 | 1 | 2 |
| Galleon Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Dynavolt Tower | 6 | 18–10 | 64.3 | 1 | 5 |
| Cycling Control | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | 0 | 1 |
| Astral Slide | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | 0 | 1 |
| Sultai Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Bant Control | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 1 | 3 |
| Enchantments Control | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 2 |
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 38 | 67–75 | 47.2 | 2 | 13 |
| Aristocrats | 15 | 36–25 | 59.0 | 1 | 6 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 11 | 30–15 | 66.7 | 1 | 6 |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | ||
| Burn | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Infect | 8 | 1–18 | 5.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Pummeler | 9 | 17–19 | 47.2 | 1 | 3 |
| Aggro-Control | 36 | 63–81 | 43.8 | 0 | 15 |
| Simic Flash | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 |
| Izzet Tempo | 11 | 19–28 | 40.4 | 0 | 5 |
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Blue Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Simic Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | ||
| Lich Aggro-Control | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Wizards | 7 | 8–16 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 |
| Tetsukotog | 5 | 14–10 | 58.3 | 0 | 2 |
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Combo-Control | 66 | 144–124 | 53.7 | 2 | 33 |
| Curses | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cruel Combo-Control | 41 | 115–71 | 61.8 | 2 | 27 |
| Battle of Wits | 9 | 9–20 | 31.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Shared Fate | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | ||
| Lich's Mastery | 4 | 6–10 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Curious Niv-Mizzet | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | ||
| Mass Land Destruction | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | ||
| Wildfire | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | ||
| Midrange | 194 | 373–385 | 49.2 | 6 | 97 |
| Temur Ascendancy | 23 | 35–48 | 42.2 | 0 | 6 |
| Prophet Ascendancy | 7 | 9–13 | 40.9 | 0 | 1 |
| The Rock | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Grenzo | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Abzan Midrange | 9 | 15–15 | 50.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Jund | 57 | 139–105 | 57.0 | 3 | 36 |
| Blink | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | ||
| Enchantments Matter | 4 | 1–8 | 11.1 | ||
| Orzhov Enchantress | 4 | 1–8 | 11.1 | ||
| Allies | 9 | 11–19 | 36.7 | 0 | 3 |
| Orzhov Allies | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | ||
| Esper Allies | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 |
| -1/-1 Counters | 4 | 6–10 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Yisan-Prophet | 11 | 25–20 | 55.6 | 1 | 8 |
| White Jund | 4 | 5–11 | 31.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Vampires | 16 | 23–30 | 43.4 | 0 | 5 |
| Mono Black Vampires | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | ||
| Rakdos Vampires | 12 | 19–21 | 47.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Legends Midrange | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Boros Legends Midrange | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Big Red | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | ||
| Sultai Midrange | 16 | 44–34 | 56.4 | 2 | 12 |
| Sultai Emerge | 15 | 42–32 | 56.8 | 2 | 12 |
| Orzhov Midrange | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Prophet Glare | 6 | 16–12 | 57.1 | 0 | 4 |
| Ramp | 53 | 94–110 | 46.1 | 1 | 26 |
| Villainous Wealth | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 6 | 6–15 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Eldrazipost | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | ||
| Gruul Post | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Domain | 8 | 26–14 | 65.0 | 1 | 7 |
| Temur Bombardment | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | ||
| Unclassified | 1 |