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 8 weeks, 3 days.
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Combo | 5807 | 12225–11273–18 | 52.0 | 433 | 2821 | |
Storm | 1125 | 2346–2150–4 | 52.2 | 96 | 490 | |
Sultai Tendrils | 13 | 20–25–1 | 44.4 | 0 | 3 | |
Dimir Tendrils | 293 | 680–550–3 | 55.3 | 33 | 128 | |
Dark Tide | 6 | 15–11 | 57.7 | 2 | 4 | |
Dragonstorm | 116 | 223–245 | 47.6 | 6 | 43 | |
Hazoret Storm | 55 | 70–110 | 38.9 | 1 | 22 | |
Simic Storm | 31 | 46–63 | 42.2 | 0 | 11 | |
Reclamation Storm | 10 | 17–23 | 42.5 | 0 | 5 | |
Citadel Storm | 26 | 40–62 | 39.2 | 1 | 10 | |
High Tide | 264 | 623–462 | 57.4 | 30 | 120 | |
Grixis Tendrils | 28 | 33–59 | 35.9 | 0 | 9 | |
Stormpost | 7 | 7–15 | 31.8 | 0 | 2 | |
Mono Blue Post Desire | 6 | 7–13 | 35.0 | 0 | 2 | |
Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 5 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
Izzet Storm | 139 | 296–269 | 52.4 | 11 | 80 | |
Swath Storm | 8 | 14–15 | 48.3 | 0 | 2 | |
Song Storm | 4 | 6–11 | 35.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Channel Storm | 87 | 253–144 | 63.7 | 14 | 51 | |
Reanimator | 1013 | 2252–1949–4 | 53.6 | 58 | 469 | |
Recurring Nightmare | 199 | 424–379 | 52.8 | 8 | 86 | |
Dragon Nightmare | 143 | 342–261 | 56.7 | 8 | 65 | |
Jund Nightmare | 7 | 11–14 | 44.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Four Color Powerful Magic | 6 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 0 | 3 | |
Worldgorger Dragon | 139 | 373–266 | 58.4 | 10 | 77 | |
Double Dragon | 23 | 67–46 | 59.3 | 1 | 11 | |
Starlit Graves | 12 | 29–26 | 52.7 | 1 | 6 | |
Dimir Cycling Reanimator | 7 | 13–13 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
8 Goyf | 15 | 28–28 | 50.0 | 0 | 7 | |
Living Death | 56 | 139–109 | 56.0 | 5 | 27 | |
Excruciator Combo | 31 | 75–64 | 54.0 | 2 | 14 | |
Grozoth | 10 | 27–12 | 69.2 | 2 | 8 | |
Traditional Reanimator | 573 | 1215–1112–4 | 52.2 | 32 | 256 | |
Rakdos Reanimator | 84 | 171–170 | 50.1 | 2 | 35 | |
Dimir Reanimator | 36 | 98–61 | 61.6 | 2 | 20 | |
Mono Black Reanimator | 283 | 600–558–1 | 51.8 | 15 | 130 | |
Grixis Reanimator | 5 | 9–12 | 42.9 | 1 | 1 | |
Orzhov Reanimator | 23 | 59–42 | 58.4 | 2 | 15 | |
Oriss Genesis | 15 | 21–28–2 | 42.9 | 0 | 6 | |
Necro Combo | 28 | 72–48–2 | 60.0 | 4 | 15 | |
Faith Necro | 11 | 24–18–2 | 57.1 | 0 | 4 | |
Deathmantle Necro | 2 | 9–3 | 75.0 | 1 | 2 | |
Biovisionary | 4 | 2–9 | 18.2 | 0 | 1 | |
Necrotic Ooze Combo | 170 | 425–319–1 | 57.1 | 18 | 101 | |
Mono Green Stormless Storm | 9 | 18–21–1 | 46.2 | 1 | 4 | |
Dubious Challenge | 25 | 37–50 | 42.5 | 1 | 6 | |
Warp World | 171 | 358–320 | 52.8 | 16 | 104 | |
Temur Glimpse | 25 | 45–49 | 47.9 | 2 | 17 | |
Boros Glimpse | 126 | 289–229 | 55.8 | 13 | 82 | |
Actual Warp World | 6 | 6–16 | 27.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Four Color Glimpse | 11 | 15–20 | 42.9 | 1 | 3 | |
Maniac Combo | 33 | 51–78 | 39.5 | 2 | 11 | |
Hypergenesis | 213 | 454–426–1 | 51.6 | 15 | 113 | |
Hyperwave | 28 | 87–50–1 | 63.5 | 5 | 16 | |
New Perspectives | 56 | 102–114–1 | 47.2 | 3 | 25 | |
Cat Wave | 22 | 57–37 | 60.6 | 4 | 13 | |
Acid Wave | 6 | 18–12 | 60.0 | 2 | 5 | |
Splendid Reclamation Combo | 6 | 6–12 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 | |
Monumental Ignus | 16 | 23–35 | 39.7 | 0 | 2 | |
Mardu Life | 12 | 28–22 | 56.0 | 1 | 5 | |
Jeskai Ascendancy | 271 | 643–491 | 56.7 | 33 | 143 | |
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 139 | 317–261 | 54.8 | 13 | 66 | |
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 111 | 298–189 | 61.2 | 19 | 72 | |
Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 10 | 20–17 | 54.1 | 1 | 2 | |
Myr Incubator | 16 | 27–34 | 44.3 | 0 | 7 | |
Umbral Mantle | 25 | 56–45 | 55.4 | 2 | 11 | |
Fake-Twin | 56 | 89–121 | 42.4 | 3 | 24 | |
Murderous Mastery | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Jeskai Fake-Twin | 19 | 28–39 | 41.8 | 1 | 10 | |
Naya Fake-Twin | 17 | 39–34 | 53.4 | 2 | 7 | |
Combo Post | 11 | 28–23 | 54.9 | 1 | 8 | |
Metalwork Colossus | 154 | 320–313 | 50.6 | 10 | 69 | |
Anvil Colossus | 86 | 200–163 | 55.1 | 9 | 41 | |
Upheaval Colossus | 26 | 53–56 | 48.6 | 0 | 13 | |
Infinite Infinite Combos | 15 | 46–29 | 61.3 | 1 | 11 | |
Seismic Swans | 31 | 47–67 | 41.2 | 2 | 10 | |
Eye of the Storm | 5 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 2 | |
Eggs | 126 | 287–235 | 55.0 | 8 | 68 | |
Saffi Combo | 10 | 16–17 | 48.5 | 0 | 6 | |
Turntimber Ranger | 5 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 0 | 3 | |
Heartless Summoning Combo | 21 | 29–41 | 41.4 | 1 | 10 | |
Lookout-Buccaneer Combo | 7 | 14–15 | 48.3 | 0 | 4 | |
Blazing Shoal Combo | 99 | 122–190 | 39.1 | 3 | 37 | |
Retraction Helix Combo | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Taking Turns | 71 | 113–149 | 43.1 | 0 | 17 | |
Quest for Ula's Temple | 22 | 21–57 | 26.9 | 0 | 6 | |
Izzet Ascension | 97 | 190–203 | 48.3 | 1 | 45 | |
Ominous Good | 38 | 71–82 | 46.4 | 2 | 10 | |
Jokulhaups Combo | 31 | 52–69 | 43.0 | 1 | 6 | |
Soulflayer | 82 | 193–174 | 52.6 | 4 | 40 | |
Reanim8 Rack | 33 | 103–64 | 61.7 | 3 | 25 | |
Breakfast | 741 | 1851–1331–1 | 58.2 | 87 | 461 | |
Cephalid Breakfast | 129 | 316–232–1 | 57.7 | 17 | 99 | |
Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 81 | 191–159–1 | 54.6 | 7 | 58 | |
Grixis Breakfast | 40 | 104–61 | 63.0 | 8 | 35 | |
Hermit Gond | 19 | 54–34 | 61.4 | 3 | 11 | |
Hermit Dredge | 7 | 14–12 | 53.8 | 1 | 2 | |
Oops All Spells | 471 | 1158–843 | 57.9 | 55 | 294 | |
Neoform Hermit | 79 | 222–147 | 60.2 | 8 | 35 | |
Unctus | 27 | 74–44 | 62.7 | 3 | 17 | |
Oops All Lands | 46 | 91–89 | 50.6 | 3 | 26 | |
Dredge | 124 | 229–259 | 46.9 | 5 | 53 | |
Insidious Roots Dredge | 24 | 33–49 | 40.2 | 1 | 9 | |
Polymorph | 13 | 19–26 | 42.2 | 1 | 7 | |
Protean Hulk Combo | 10 | 10–25 | 28.6 | 0 | 4 | |
Dice Factory | 13 | 22–27 | 44.9 | 0 | 3 | |
Storm Herald | 26 | 37–59 | 38.5 | 0 | 6 | |
Enduring Ideal | 42 | 71–89 | 44.4 | 1 | 19 | |
Ad Nauseam | 44 | 71–85 | 45.5 | 2 | 18 | |
Ad Swanseam | 14 | 28–27 | 50.9 | 1 | 7 | |
Chain of Acid | 15 | 23–26 | 46.9 | 1 | 3 | |
GreenTwin | 12 | 21–25 | 45.7 | 0 | 7 | |
Tibalt's Trickery | 11 | 14–25 | 35.9 | 0 | 3 | |
Intruder Alarm | 17 | 24–36 | 40.0 | 0 | 8 | |
Calibrated Blast | 9 | 13–18 | 41.9 | 0 | 2 | |
Restore Balance | 85 | 166–169 | 49.6 | 2 | 53 | |
Gyruda | 29 | 59–55 | 51.8 | 3 | 19 | |
Stuffy Doll | 17 | 36–37 | 49.3 | 0 | 7 | |
Belcher | 29 | 60–56 | 51.7 | 0 | 15 | |
Endless Belch | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Tameshi Bloom | 26 | 69–46 | 60.0 | 6 | 18 | |
Possibility Storm | 12 | 20–19 | 51.3 | 1 | 7 | |
Midnight Mass | 25 | 57–45 | 55.9 | 5 | 18 | |
Phoenix Altar | 50 | 143–99 | 59.1 | 4 | 32 | |
Actual Twin | 116 | 278–223 | 55.5 | 15 | 69 | |
Izzet Twin | 103 | 247–198 | 55.5 | 13 | 61 | |
Boros Twin | 13 | 31–25 | 55.4 | 2 | 8 | |
Nadu Combo | 30 | 54–57 | 48.6 | 3 | 19 | |
Amalia Combo | 5 | 2–11 | 15.4 | 0 | 3 | |
Primal Prayers Combo | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 |