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.
Decks
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Leaderboard
Archetypes
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Necro Midrange | 34 | 94–40 | 70.1 | 9 |
| Cruel Combo-Control | 15 | 21–18 | 53.8 | |
| Midrange | 13 | 12–35 | 25.5 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 8 | 24–10 | 70.6 | 1 |
| Lifegain Midrange | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Anti-Persecution | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Big Red | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Séance | 3 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Boros Vehicles | 9 | 16–21 | 43.2 | |
| Dimir Control | 8 | 10–30 | 25.0 | |
| Watery Oath | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Starlit Graves | 8 | 12–15 | 44.4 | |
| Burning Vengeance | 7 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |
| Esper Control | 7 | 11–6 | 64.7 | 1 |
| Approach Necro | 6 | 15–8 | 65.2 | |
| Chandra Nalaar | 6 | 18–12 | 60.0 | |
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 6 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |
| Azorius Skies | 3 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |
| Izzet Spells | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Combo | 5 | 2–21 | 8.7 | |
| Zubera Tribal | 5 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |
| Dubious Challenge | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |
| Mono Green Stormless Storm | 2 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |
| Stuffy Doll | 2 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Necro Combo | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Deathmantle Necro | 9 | 13–15 | 46.4 | |
| Faith Necro | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Ramp | 5 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |
| Rofellos Ramp | 9 | 21–11 | 65.6 | 2 |
| Sunforger | 5 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |
| Swarm Intelligence | 5 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |
| Temur Madness | 5 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |
| Wildfire | 5 | 12–11 | 52.2 | |
| Aggro | 4 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 26 | 42–44 | 48.8 | 3 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| White Weenie | 10 | 29–16 | 64.4 | |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Odric Keywords | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 9 | 15–24 | 38.5 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 9 | 29–14 | 67.4 | 1 |
| Tokens | 9 | 18–16 | 52.9 | 1 |
| Selesnya Tokens | 18 | 38–24 | 61.3 | 3 |
| Elves | 4 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 1 |
| Minotaurs | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Warriors | 3 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |
| Zombies | 3 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |
| Shamans | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Devoid Aggro | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Goblins | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Gruul Madness | 8 | 18–17 | 51.4 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Slivers | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Izzet Control | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 1 |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 4 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |
| Orzhov Control | 4 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |
| Turbo Fog | 4 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Curious Niv-Mizzet | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Esper Dragons | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |
| Mill | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
| Salvage Titan | 3 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |
| Stagnant Control | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 4 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |
| Astral Slide | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Mardu Control | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Orzhov Allies | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Shared Fate | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Actual Warp World | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Affinity | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Infect | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |
| Burn | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Battle of Wits | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Grixis Control | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Cruel Control | 14 | 22–33 | 40.0 | 1 |
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Orzhov Enchantress | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Selesnya Humans | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |
| Simic Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Stax | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Pollute the Planet | 21 | 60–30 | 66.7 | 2 |
| Necro Stax | 6 | 20–10 | 66.7 | 1 |
| Sultai Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |