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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Midrange | 41958 | 68794–73889–34 | 48.2 | 359 | 3128 | 1606 |
Temur Ascendancy | 872 | 1827–1492–4 | 55.0 | 8 | 71 | 50 |
Prophet Ascendancy | 28 | 58–49 | 54.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
The Rock | 1318 | 2020–2481 | 44.9 | 2 | 74 | 29 |
Golgari Citadel | 121 | 138–237 | 36.8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Angels and Taxes | 21 | 32–38–1 | 45.7 | 0 | 6 | |
Grenzo | 198 | 328–358–3 | 47.8 | 3 | 26 | 1 |
Abzan Midrange | 1521 | 2548–2762–2 | 48.0 | 6 | 74 | 52 |
Knights of Windgrace | 14 | 26–23 | 53.1 | 1 | ||
Selesnya Midrange | 410 | 641–729–2 | 46.8 | 0 | 21 | 12 |
Selesnya Value Town | 160 | 298–260 | 53.4 | 0 | 12 | 9 |
Jund | 1895 | 2922–3522–1 | 45.3 | 4 | 106 | 44 |
Blink | 4652 | 9416–7177 | 56.7 | 123 | 569 | 340 |
Wave Blink | 1763 | 3798–2608 | 59.3 | 54 | 243 | 140 |
Cloudpost Wave Blink | 141 | 312–194 | 61.7 | 1 | 21 | 14 |
Esper Wave | 81 | 150–121 | 55.4 | 2 | 10 | 3 |
Azorius Wave | 809 | 1841–1206 | 60.4 | 37 | 131 | 66 |
Orzhov Wave | 404 | 840–579 | 59.2 | 11 | 63 | 29 |
Abzan Wave | 154 | 325–240 | 57.5 | 2 | 8 | 17 |
Bant Wave | 93 | 198–152 | 56.6 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
Acid Trip | 73 | 91–156 | 36.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Orzhov Blink | 976 | 2149–1423 | 60.2 | 43 | 206 | 85 |
Anti-Persecution | 87 | 118–170 | 41.0 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
Graveyard Value | 1816 | 2790–3182–1 | 46.7 | 4 | 48 | 67 |
Séance | 257 | 522–432 | 54.7 | 1 | 3 | 20 |
Dimir Graves | 13 | 19–28 | 40.4 | 0 | 1 | |
Varolz Dreadnought | 441 | 864–679 | 56.0 | 2 | 21 | 28 |
Indestructible | 21 | 46–35 | 56.8 | 2 | ||
Enchantments Matter | 366 | 460–672 | 40.6 | 2 | 19 | 3 |
Orzhov Enchantress | 60 | 63–114 | 35.6 | |||
Constellation | 55 | 99–100 | 49.7 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Allies | 1154 | 2014–1965–2 | 50.6 | 15 | 140 | 40 |
Orzhov Allies | 186 | 228–328–2 | 41.0 | 0 | 17 | 2 |
Mardu Allies | 222 | 508–371 | 57.8 | 8 | 47 | 10 |
Boros Allies | 126 | 222–212 | 51.2 | 2 | 8 | 5 |
Mono White Allies | 88 | 219–130 | 62.8 | 2 | 16 | 8 |
Esper Allies | 94 | 165–184 | 47.3 | 2 | 20 | 2 |
BRGW Allies | 41 | 78–64 | 54.9 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
Azorius Allies | 122 | 195–165 | 54.2 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
Treefolk | 253 | 394–486 | 44.8 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
-1/-1 Counters | 165 | 197–354 | 35.8 | 0 | 5 | |
Fake-Rack | 923 | 1247–1754 | 41.6 | 1 | 32 | 22 |
Selvala Morningstar | 33 | 86–56 | 60.6 | 2 | 14 | |
Mardu Midrange | 750 | 1364–1297 | 51.3 | 2 | 49 | 35 |
Leave // Chance Midrange | 17 | 24–30 | 44.4 | |||
Yisan-Prophet | 56 | 102–97 | 51.3 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
White Jund | 103 | 202–196 | 50.8 | 0 | 8 | 7 |
Vampires | 1113 | 1770–1929–7 | 47.9 | 10 | 94 | 41 |
Mono Black Vampires | 681 | 1224–1165–7 | 51.2 | 10 | 73 | 37 |
Rakdos Vampires | 236 | 284–398 | 41.6 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
Orzhov Vampires | 120 | 166–236 | 41.3 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Legends Midrange | 764 | 1198–1299 | 48.0 | 3 | 51 | 36 |
Boros Legends Midrange | 82 | 147–130 | 53.1 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
Mardu Legends | 67 | 95–120 | 44.2 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
Orzhov Legends | 231 | 396–366 | 52.0 | 1 | 17 | 17 |
Selesnya Legends | 127 | 230–226 | 50.4 | 1 | 10 | 6 |
Elementals | 215 | 267–407 | 39.6 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Rakdos Midrange | 1988 | 3438–3535 | 49.3 | 12 | 148 | 71 |
Naya Midrange | 258 | 337–534 | 38.7 | 0 | 14 | 4 |
Stoic Midrange | 5 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Card Advantage White | 33 | 68–63 | 51.9 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Big Red | 729 | 1194–1336 | 47.2 | 5 | 37 | 26 |
Mono Black Midrange | 3981 | 7224–6711–6 | 51.8 | 41 | 403 | 181 |
Necro Midrange | 235 | 526–331–1 | 61.4 | 14 | 65 | 21 |
Mono Black Devotion | 1639 | 2923–2718 | 51.8 | 11 | 152 | 62 |
Davriel Braids | 66 | 117–105 | 52.7 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Heart of Darkness | 133 | 318–183 | 63.5 | 2 | 12 | 14 |
Verdant Succession | 7 | 16–11 | 59.3 | 1 | ||
Hellion Whip | 132 | 236–233 | 50.3 | 1 | 11 | 7 |
Dimir Midrange | 1121 | 1765–1997 | 46.9 | 8 | 83 | 44 |
Dimir Vat | 52 | 97–73 | 57.1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Temur Energy | 58 | 115–96 | 54.5 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
Angels | 327 | 594–619 | 49.0 | 9 | 81 | 7 |
Mono White Angels | 132 | 271–228 | 54.3 | 6 | 22 | 4 |
Azorius Angels | 28 | 54–53 | 50.5 | 1 | 6 | |
Orzhov Angels | 133 | 220–265 | 45.4 | 2 | 47 | 2 |
Toughness Matters | 553 | 563–981 | 36.5 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Lifegain Midrange | 935 | 1575–1670–1 | 48.5 | 14 | 84 | 31 |
Martyr's Grace | 395 | 809–609–1 | 57.1 | 13 | 63 | 22 |
Adventures | 56 | 54–115 | 32.0 | |||
Mutate | 111 | 138–213 | 39.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Sultai Midrange | 826 | 1344–1513 | 47.0 | 6 | 39 | 26 |
Sultai Emerge | 211 | 448–356 | 55.7 | 2 | 17 | 13 |
Sultai Energy | 29 | 40–68 | 37.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Fight Rigging | 65 | 112–125 | 47.3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Orzhov Midrange | 2106 | 4020–3423 | 54.0 | 28 | 195 | 113 |
Orzhov Capenna | 54 | 116–77 | 60.1 | 2 | 8 | 8 |
Jeskai Midrange | 248 | 370–395 | 48.4 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
Prophet Glare | 85 | 157–151 | 51.0 | 0 | 7 | 6 |
Heartless Summoning Stompy | 447 | 692–818 | 45.8 | 4 | 49 | 9 |
Zur the Enchanter | 62 | 75–119 | 38.7 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Ordealbreak | 226 | 293–423 | 40.9 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
Enigmatic Incarnation | 198 | 257–372 | 40.9 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
Mythic Colossification | 104 | 187–154 | 54.8 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
Neoform | 222 | 320–406 | 44.1 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
Temur Neoform | 62 | 69–106 | 39.4 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Sultai Neoform | 71 | 146–130 | 52.9 | 4 | ||
Simic Neoform | 32 | 38–55 | 40.9 | |||
UBRG Neoform | 12 | 20–21 | 48.8 | |||
Party | 117 | 154–234 | 39.7 | 3 | ||
Fires of Invention | 858 | 1362–1633 | 45.5 | 5 | 45 | 27 |
Hero of Precinct One | 1383 | 2406–2381–1 | 50.3 | 9 | 95 | 59 |
Abzan Hero | 77 | 149–131 | 53.2 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
Mardu Hero | 210 | 380–344 | 52.5 | 1 | 13 | 7 |
Esper Hero | 78 | 113–150 | 43.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Orzhov Hero | 208 | 414–355 | 53.8 | 3 | 18 | 10 |
Five Color Hero | 436 | 742–744 | 49.9 | 0 | 35 | 25 |
Naya Hero | 118 | 194–215 | 47.4 | 3 | 13 | 4 |
Boros Hero | 52 | 86–95 | 47.5 | |||
Jeskai Hero | 28 | 40–53 | 43.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Gruul Obosh | 68 | 141–125 | 53.0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
Clerics | 294 | 483–547 | 46.9 | 3 | 33 | 7 |
Simic Snow | 436 | 970–721 | 57.4 | 14 | 55 | 38 |
Artifact Midrange | 843 | 1210–1504 | 44.6 | 5 | 86 | 32 |
Boros Engineers | 22 | 51–33 | 60.7 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Coinflips | 194 | 126–397 | 24.1 | 0 | 5 | |
Death Cloud | 446 | 605–856 | 41.4 | 0 | 11 | 7 |
Nissa Company | 49 | 82–81 | 50.3 | 1 | 10 | 4 |
Illness in the Ranks | 86 | 113–178 | 38.8 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Game Objects | 202 | 232–389 | 37.4 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Laelia Cascade | 61 | 114–98 | 53.8 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Wight Midrange | 129 | 286–204 | 58.4 | 4 | 22 | 9 |
Golgari Wight | 33 | 60–49 | 55.0 | 0 | 4 | |
Jund Wight | 73 | 176–113 | 60.9 | 4 | 13 | 9 |