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, 20 hours.
Congratulations to thewatchwander, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 34)
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Leaderboard
Archetypes
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mono White Heroic | 27 | 69–42 | 62.2 | 2 |
| Midrange | 20 | 20–52 | 27.8 | |
| Graveyard Value | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
| Séance | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Prophet Glare | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |
| Mythic Colossification | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Blink | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Wave Blink | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Elementals | 1 | |||
| Hellion Whip | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | |||
| Temur Ascendancy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Prophet Ascendancy | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 17 | 29–42 | 40.8 | |
| Dimir Reanimator | 9 | 9–22 | 29.0 | |
| Swarm Intelligence | 12 | 29–28 | 50.9 | 1 |
| Cruel Control | 10 | 30–18 | 62.5 | 1 |
| Combo | 6 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |
| Cat Wave | 14 | 28–22 | 56.0 | 2 |
| Acid Wave | 4 | 11–6 | 64.7 | 1 |
| Hypergenesis | 6 | 16–12 | 57.1 | |
| Hyperwave | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | |
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| New Perspectives | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Storm | 1 | |||
| Zubera Tribal | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Orzhov Enchantress | 6 | 12–15 | 44.4 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 5 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |
| Orzhov Allies | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Soldiers | 4 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |
| Turbo Myth | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |
| Aggro | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 33 | 93–41 | 69.4 | 4 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 8 | 15–21 | 41.7 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 6 | 21–7 | 75.0 | 1 |
| Zombies | 6 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |
| Goblins | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Warriors | 2 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Madness | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Gruul Madness | 6 | 19–6 | 76.0 | 1 |
| Merfolk | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Tokens | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Burn | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Control | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Galleon Control | 10 | 21–28 | 42.9 | 1 |
| Mono Black Control | 8 | 21–14 | 60.0 | |
| Demonic Rising | 6 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Azorius Control | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |
| Adam's Ale | 7 | 9–12 | 42.9 | 1 |
| Mono White Control | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |
| Bant Control | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Dragon Control | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Grixis Dragons | 8 | 6–21 | 22.2 | |
| Dimir Dragons | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Esper Dragons | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Izzet Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Paradox Haze Lock | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Runeflare | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Stax | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 4 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |
| Lich Aggro-Control | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Aristocrats | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 15 | 42–22 | 65.6 | 1 |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 9 | 30–12 | 71.4 | 2 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 6 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |
| Battle of Wits | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |
| Curses | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Infect | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |
| Pickles | 2 | 7–2 | 77.8 | |
| Ramp | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Devoid Cruelty | 6 | 16–11 | 59.3 | |
| Villainous Wealth | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Affinity | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Astral Slide | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Constellation | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Grozoth | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Hedron Alignment | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Hermit Dredge | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Orcish Aids | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 |
| Sunforger | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 |