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 2 days, 19 hours.
Congratulations to thewatchwander, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 34)
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Leaderboard
Archetypes
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midrange | 27 | 28–56 | 33.3 | |
| Temur Ascendancy | 12 | 33–23 | 58.9 | 1 |
| Graveyard Value | 10 | 12–18 | 40.0 | |
| Séance | 4 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |
| Dimir Graves | 1 | |||
| Jund | 8 | 14–9 | 60.9 | |
| Indestructible | 6 | 12–12 | 50.0 | |
| -1/-1 Counters | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Clerics | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Blink | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Acid Trip | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Elementals | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Aggro | 12 | 10–27 | 27.0 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 45 | 113–69 | 62.1 | 3 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 14 | 44–21 | 67.7 | 3 |
| Goblins | 11 | 21–15 | 58.3 | 1 |
| Zombies | 10 | 20–22 | 47.6 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 8 | 24–16 | 60.0 | |
| Elves | 4 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |
| Merfolk | 4 | 1–12 | 7.7 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 4 | 16–4 | 80.0 | 1 |
| Minotaurs | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |
| Warriors | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Slivers | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Tokens | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 17 | 27–42 | 39.1 | |
| White Weenie | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |
| Odric Keywords | 4 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |
| Soldiers | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |
| Kithkin | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Heroic | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 58 | 147–77 | 65.6 | 7 |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 9 | 20–13 | 60.6 | |
| Azorius Heroic | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Naya Zoo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Rogues | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 9 | 26–11 | 70.3 | 2 |
| Dimir Reanimator | 27 | 47–47 | 50.0 | |
| Combo | 6 | 8–13 | 38.1 | |
| Cat Wave | 7 | 13–12 | 52.0 | |
| Acid Wave | 7 | 18–13 | 58.1 | 1 |
| New Perspectives | 7 | 10–16 | 38.5 | |
| Hypergenesis | 6 | 11–11 | 50.0 | |
| Hyperwave | 23 | 63–30 | 67.7 | 3 |
| Splendid Reclamation Combo | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Mardu Life | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Polymorph | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Zubera Tribal | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Constellation | 6 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
| Affinity | 5 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Cruel Control | 5 | 10–9 | 52.6 | |
| Astral Slide | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |
| Orcish Aids | 4 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |
| Orzhov Enchantress | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |
| Wildfire | 4 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |
| Aggro-Control | 3 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 9 | 14–16 | 46.7 | |
| Dimir Tempo | 4 | 12–5 | 70.6 | 1 |
| Temur Clues | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |
| Lich Aggro-Control | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 1 |
| Azorius Skies | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
| Control | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Azorius Control | 15 | 30–30 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Adam's Ale | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |
| Demonic Rising | 11 | 24–23 | 51.1 | 1 |
| Galleon Control | 9 | 15–17 | 46.9 | 1 |
| Ponza | 8 | 18–21 | 46.2 | |
| Mono White Control | 4 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |
| Izzet Control | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Mill | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Mono Black Control | 3 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |
| Stagnant Control | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Turbo Fog | 3 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Dragon Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Grixis Dragons | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |
| Esper Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Orzhov Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Bant Control | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 |
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Five Color Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Runeflare | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Dimir Cycling Reanimator | 3 | 9–3 | 75.0 | |
| Rakdos Vampires | 3 | 1–11 | 8.3 | |
| Ramp | 3 | 0–13 | 0.0 | |
| Devoid Cruelty | 8 | 15–20 | 42.9 | |
| Villainous Wealth | 1 | |||
| Temur Madness | 3 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Burn | 6 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |
| Turbo Myth | 5 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |
| Aristocrats | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 25 | 53–36 | 59.6 | 4 |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 11 | 27–23 | 54.0 | |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 9 | 22–16 | 57.9 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 8 | 12–15 | 44.4 | |
| Infect | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 2 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |
| Hexproof | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Boros Vehicles | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Combo-Control | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Battle of Wits | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Burning Vengeance | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Esper Allies | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Mardu Allies | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Orzhov Allies | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Salvage Titan | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Starlit Graves | 1 | |||
| Wild Pair | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 |