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 1 week.
Decks
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Leaderboard
Archetypes
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hazoret Storm | 61 | 103–119 | 46.4 | 2 |
| Midrange | 56 | 65–114 | 36.3 | |
| Temur Ascendancy | 32 | 80–61 | 56.7 | 1 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 30 | 61–47 | 56.5 | 2 |
| Dimir Midrange | 28 | 27–56 | 32.5 | |
| Dimir Vat | 20 | 46–31 | 59.7 | 3 |
| Graveyard Value | 26 | 32–46 | 41.0 | 1 |
| Jund | 24 | 45–38 | 54.2 | 1 |
| Hellion Whip | 21 | 38–34 | 52.8 | 2 |
| Rakdos Midrange | 16 | 34–28 | 54.8 | 1 |
| Sultai Midrange | 15 | 31–22 | 58.5 | 3 |
| Sultai Emerge | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Legends Midrange | 9 | 13–14 | 48.1 | 1 |
| Orzhov Legends | 6 | 12–12 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Mardu Legends | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 8 | 12–14 | 46.2 | |
| Big Red | 7 | 16–13 | 55.2 | |
| Naya Midrange | 7 | 10–14 | 41.7 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 6 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 6 | 1–11 | 8.3 | |
| Treefolk | 6 | 14–15 | 48.3 | |
| Prophet Glare | 5 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 1 |
| The Rock | 5 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |
| Mythic Colossification | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |
| Vampires | 4 | 10–7 | 58.8 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 24 | 60–30 | 66.7 | 5 |
| Orzhov Vampires | 4 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Allies | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| BRGW Allies | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
| Fake-Rack | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Elementals | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Toughness Matters | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Ramp | 33 | 48–56 | 46.2 | |
| Applejacks | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |
| Domain | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Villainous Wealth | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Grozoth | 27 | 39–35 | 52.7 | 2 |
| Aggro-Control | 25 | 49–45 | 52.1 | 3 |
| Izzet Tempo | 13 | 34–19 | 64.2 | 2 |
| Lich Aggro-Control | 10 | 18–24 | 42.9 | |
| Izzet Spells | 8 | 21–12 | 63.6 | |
| Azorius Skies | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Simic Flash | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Tetsukotog | 3 | 10–4 | 71.4 | 1 |
| Blue Madness | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Temur Madness | 15 | 33–24 | 57.9 | 1 |
| Grixis Madness | 9 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |
| Simic Madness | 8 | 6–17 | 26.1 | |
| Wizards | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 22 | 48–27 | 64.0 | 2 |
| Control | 21 | 14–41 | 25.5 | |
| Jeskai Control | 51 | 101–78 | 56.4 | 5 |
| Mardu Control | 26 | 41–50 | 45.1 | |
| Grixis Control | 20 | 45–33 | 57.7 | 2 |
| Cruel Control | 24 | 45–47 | 48.9 | 1 |
| Esper Control | 19 | 45–26 | 63.4 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Control | 19 | 32–50 | 39.0 | 1 |
| Ponza | 14 | 16–21 | 43.2 | |
| Dimir Control | 12 | 23–19 | 54.8 | |
| Runeflare | 11 | 26–28 | 48.1 | |
| Azorius Control | 8 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |
| Orzhov Control | 8 | 19–12 | 61.3 | 1 |
| Guildgate Control | 6 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |
| Enchantments Control | 5 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |
| Dynavolt Tower | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
| Izzet Control | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |
| Mono White Control | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |
| Sultai Control | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |
| Four Color Counter Ghazi | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Galleon Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Cycling Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Demonic Rising | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Five Color Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Mill | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Mono Black Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Aggro | 19 | 29–29 | 50.0 | 1 |
| White Weenie | 93 | 236–91 | 72.2 | 22 |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 7 | 17–6 | 73.9 | 1 |
| Soldiers | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |
| Odric Keywords | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 65 | 111–107 | 50.9 | 1 |
| Proliferate Red | 5 | 12–7 | 63.2 | |
| Mono Red Devotion | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Tokens | 33 | 37–40 | 48.1 | 2 |
| Selesnya Tokens | 16 | 23–28 | 45.1 | |
| Mardu Tokens | 10 | 19–10 | 65.5 | 1 |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 27 | 64–42 | 60.4 | 3 |
| Elves | 23 | 32–37 | 46.4 | |
| Goblins | 19 | 40–34 | 54.1 | 1 |
| Gruul Aggro | 15 | 15–29 | 34.1 | |
| Gruul Landfall | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 6 | 16–11 | 59.3 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 6 | 19–8 | 70.4 | 1 |
| Merfolk | 5 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |
| Boros Aggro | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Illusions | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Werewolves | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |
| Zombies | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |
| Madness | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Jund Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Naya Zoo | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |
| Rogues | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Shamans | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Voltron | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Hexproof | 13 | 13–33 | 28.3 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 16 | 19–30 | 38.8 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 11 | 20–20 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Combo | 9 | 9–19 | 32.1 | |
| Oriss Genesis | 11 | 17–14 | 54.8 | |
| Taking Turns | 8 | 16–14 | 53.3 | |
| Dice Factory | 7 | 8–15 | 34.8 | |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 6 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 12 | 26–19 | 57.8 | 1 |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 1 |
| Dubious Challenge | 5 | 9–16 | 36.0 | |
| Saffi Combo | 4 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |
| Seismic Swans | 4 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |
| Fake-Twin | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Eggs | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Mardu Life | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Myr Incubator | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Peregrine Drake | 8 | 23–12 | 65.7 | |
| Mono White Angels | 7 | 15–12 | 55.6 | |
| Affinity | 5 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |
| Gruul Humans | 4 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Salvage Titan | 4 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Burn | 27 | 24–45 | 34.8 | |
| Aristocrats | 6 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |
| Infect | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Golgari Infect | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Dragonstorm | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Acid Trip | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Actual Warp World | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Azorius Heroic | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Combo-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Cruel Combo-Control | 29 | 70–50 | 58.3 | 1 |
| Burning Vengeance | 9 | 12–19 | 38.7 | |
| Curious Niv-Mizzet | 5 | 9–11 | 45.0 | 1 |
| Lich's Mastery | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Hedron Alignment | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Selesnya Humans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Sultai Tendrils | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 |