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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mono White Heroic | 33 | 115–39 | 74.7 | 9 |
| Midrange | 30 | 55–61 | 47.4 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 7 | 17–16 | 51.5 | |
| Elementals | 6 | 5–17 | 22.7 | |
| Indestructible | 5 | 15–10 | 60.0 | 1 |
| Rakdos Midrange | 4 | 4–14 | 22.2 | |
| -1/-1 Counters | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Clerics | 3 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 3 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Temur Ascendancy | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Dimir Graves | 8 | 17–22 | 43.6 | |
| Jund | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Prophet Glare | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Aggro | 19 | 33–45 | 42.3 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 23 | 61–40 | 60.4 | 1 |
| Gruul Aggro | 9 | 21–11 | 65.6 | |
| Zombies | 8 | 15–17 | 46.9 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 7 | 26–9 | 74.3 | 2 |
| Goblins | 5 | 14–8 | 63.6 | |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |
| Tokens | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 6 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |
| Werewolves | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |
| Merfolk | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| Slivers | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Warriors | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| White Weenie | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |
| Odric Keywords | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Soldiers | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Devoid Aggro | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Minotaurs | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Demonic Rising | 16 | 27–33 | 45.0 | 1 |
| Galleon Control | 15 | 42–29 | 59.2 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 11 | 34–17 | 66.7 | 1 |
| Runeflare | 11 | 10–38 | 20.8 | |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 10 | 15–17 | 46.9 | |
| Azorius Control | 8 | 17–15 | 53.1 | 1 |
| Adam's Ale | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |
| Izzet Control | 6 | 7–16 | 30.4 | |
| Ramp | 6 | 3–17 | 15.0 | |
| Devoid Cruelty | 15 | 22–28 | 44.0 | |
| Villainous Wealth | 3 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 5 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 5 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |
| Dimir Reanimator | 20 | 52–27 | 65.8 | 2 |
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 9 | 10–16 | 38.5 | |
| Lich Aggro-Control | 6 | 13–14 | 48.1 | |
| Temur Clues | 5 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |
| Azorius Skies | 4 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |
| Orzhov Enchantress | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |
| Wildfire | 4 | 6–14 | 30.0 | |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
| Turbo Myth | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |
| Burn | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 |
| Infect | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Combo | 3 | 11–2 | 84.6 | 1 |
| Cat Wave | 7 | 14–12 | 53.8 | |
| Acid Wave | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 6 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |
| Hypergenesis | 4 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |
| Hyperwave | 9 | 24–11 | 68.6 | 1 |
| Biovisionary | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Zubera Tribal | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Myr Incubator | 1 | |||
| New Perspectives | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Splendid Reclamation Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Storm | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Dimir Control | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |
| Mill | 3 | 2–13 | 13.3 | |
| Orcish Aids | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |
| Starlit Graves | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |
| Actual Warp World | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Azorius Heroic | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Battle of Wits | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |
| Constellation | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |
| Esper Allies | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |
| Esper Control | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |
| Grixis Control | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Cruel Control | 5 | 10–11 | 47.6 | |
| Hexproof | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |
| Mono Black Control | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Paradox Haze Lock | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Pickles | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Ponza | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Stagnant Control | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Turbo Fog | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Affinity | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Astral Slide | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Boros Vehicles | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Dimir Cycling Reanimator | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Dragon Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| WUBR Dragons | 4 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |
| Grixis Dragons | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
| Esper Dragons | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| UBRG Dragons | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Familiars | 1 | |||
| Five Color Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Mardu Aristocrats | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Orzhov Allies | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Sultai Emerge | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 |