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.
Decks
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Leaderboard
Archetypes
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midrange | 40 | 33–77 | 30.0 | |
| Jund | 22 | 50–30 | 62.5 | 3 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 15 | 31–22 | 58.5 | 1 |
| Mythic Colossification | 13 | 36–20 | 64.3 | 2 |
| Temur Ascendancy | 6 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 5 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |
| Dimir Vat | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Graveyard Value | 5 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Legends Midrange | 5 | 12–9 | 57.1 | |
| -1/-1 Counters | 4 | 11–6 | 64.7 | |
| Naya Midrange | 4 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |
| Hellion Whip | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |
| Elementals | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Fake-Rack | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| Prophet Glare | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Big Red | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Blink | 1 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| The Rock | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Toughness Matters | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Treefolk | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Vampires | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 7 | 10–11 | 47.6 | |
| Orzhov Vampires | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 18 | 46–25 | 64.8 | 2 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 18 | 37–33 | 52.9 | 1 |
| Peregrine Drake | 9 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 1 |
| Wildfire | 9 | 7–21 | 25.0 | |
| Ramp | 8 | 9–18 | 33.3 | |
| Domain | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Villainous Wealth | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Control | 7 | 4–20 | 16.7 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 20 | 50–28 | 64.1 | 3 |
| Jeskai Control | 16 | 28–24 | 53.8 | |
| Azorius Control | 12 | 18–20 | 47.4 | 1 |
| Turbo Fog | 10 | 4–16 | 20.0 | |
| Ponza | 5 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Mardu Control | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |
| Dimir Control | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Esper Control | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Galleon Control | 3 | 12–3 | 80.0 | |
| Grixis Control | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Cruel Control | 6 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |
| Mono White Control | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Boros Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Izzet Control | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |
| Demonic Rising | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Four Color Counter Ghazi | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Mill | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Runeflare | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Aggro | 6 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |
| White Weenie | 40 | 93–64 | 59.2 | 2 |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |
| Soldiers | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 34 | 87–56 | 60.8 | 2 |
| Proliferate Red | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 10 | 28–20 | 58.3 | 1 |
| Boros Aggro | 7 | 4–19 | 17.4 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | |
| Elves | 3 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |
| Goblins | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Minotaurs | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |
| Tokens | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Mardu Tokens | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Madness | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |
| Rakdos Madness | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Shamans | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Warriors | 2 | 6–1 | 85.7 | 1 |
| Merfolk | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Pirates | 1 | |||
| Slivers | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Werewolves | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Grozoth | 6 | 15–5 | 75.0 | 1 |
| Infect | 5 | 4–13 | 23.5 | |
| Golgari Infect | 7 | 16–10 | 61.5 | 1 |
| Affinity | 4 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |
| Combo | 4 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Myr Incubator | 7 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |
| Storm | 4 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Hazoret Storm | 18 | 25–25 | 50.0 | |
| Grixis Tendrils | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Dice Factory | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Taking Turns | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Eye of the Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Mardu Life | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 1 | |||
| Seismic Swans | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Tetsukotog | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |
| Blue Madness | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 |
| Temur Madness | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |
| Simic Madness | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Burning Vengeance | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Shared Fate | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| BRGW Allies | 1 | |||
| Cruel Combo-Control | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Curious Niv-Mizzet | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Gruul Humans | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Hexproof | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Illusions | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Lich Aggro-Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Mardu Allies | 1 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Wizards | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 |