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 1 week.
Decks
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Leaderboard
Archetypes
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midrange | 47 | 57–86 | 39.9 | 1 |
| Abzan Midrange | 58 | 128–92 | 58.2 | 5 |
| The Rock | 18 | 37–32 | 53.6 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 11 | 12–22 | 35.3 | |
| Graveyard Value | 9 | 8–17 | 32.0 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 8 | 10–14 | 41.7 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 6 | 7–18 | 28.0 | |
| Toughness Matters | 5 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |
| Allies | 4 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |
| Mono White Allies | 22 | 66–22 | 75.0 | 4 |
| Mardu Allies | 6 | 10–7 | 58.8 | |
| Boros Allies | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Orzhov Allies | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 4 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |
| Temur Energy | 4 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Temur Ascendancy | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Treefolk | 3 | 0–9 | 0.0 | |
| -1/-1 Counters | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Big Red | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Fake-Rack | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Neoform | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Prophet Glare | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Sultai Energy | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Zur the Enchanter | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Blink | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Grenzo | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Mythic Colossification | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Vampires | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Orzhov Vampires | 16 | 46–25 | 64.8 | 1 |
| Rakdos Vampires | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Cloudpost Wave Blink | 25 | 69–29 | 70.4 | 3 |
| Wildfire | 24 | 47–48 | 49.5 | 2 |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 9 | 10–18 | 35.7 | |
| Azorius Wave | 20 | 52–33 | 61.2 | 3 |
| Combo | 18 | 13–51 | 20.3 | |
| Eggs | 21 | 44–44 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Combo Post | 15 | 38–19 | 66.7 | 3 |
| Saffi Combo | 13 | 19–23 | 45.2 | 1 |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 12 | 30–16 | 65.2 | 1 |
| Maniac Combo | 8 | 15–17 | 46.9 | 1 |
| Metalwork Colossus | 8 | 4–13 | 23.5 | |
| Upheaval Colossus | 75 | 167–97 | 63.3 | 12 |
| Fake-Twin | 4 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |
| Naya Fake-Twin | 6 | 21–9 | 70.0 | 1 |
| Biovisionary | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Oops All Lands | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Myr Incubator | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| New Perspectives | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Storm | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Simic Storm | 14 | 15–28 | 34.9 | |
| Mono Green Stormless Storm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Polymorph | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Blue Post Desire | 18 | 32–38 | 45.7 | 1 |
| Mono White Heroic | 16 | 21–28 | 42.9 | |
| Selesnya Humans | 13 | 35–29 | 54.7 | 1 |
| Hermit Gond | 12 | 35–19 | 64.8 | 2 |
| Aggro | 10 | 9–28 | 24.3 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 36 | 78–55 | 58.6 | 3 |
| Proliferate Red | 2 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Elves | 26 | 67–37 | 64.4 | 5 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 19 | 42–30 | 58.3 | 1 |
| Rogues | 19 | 25–28 | 47.2 | |
| Goblins | 14 | 24–26 | 48.0 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 13 | 20–23 | 46.5 | |
| White Weenie | 13 | 36–27 | 57.1 | 1 |
| Kithkin | 4 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |
| Soldiers | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 8 | 15–13 | 53.6 | 1 |
| Boros Aggro | 7 | 10–21 | 32.3 | |
| Merfolk | 5 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 5 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |
| Illusions | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Slivers | 4 | 0–9 | 0.0 | |
| Pirates | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Madness | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 1 |
| Golgari Madness | 2 | 7–2 | 77.8 | |
| Gruul Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Naya Zoo | 2 | 0–9 | 0.0 | |
| Werewolves | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Affinity | 7 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |
| Salvage Titan | 6 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |
| Boros Vehicles | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Tokens | 1 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Voltron | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Hexproof | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Zombies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 10 | 18–16 | 52.9 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 10 | 18–18 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 6 | 14–11 | 56.0 | |
| Battle of Wits | 9 | 11–25 | 30.6 | |
| Displace Loop | 9 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |
| Familiars | 4 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 1 |
| Neoform Hermit | 8 | 11–17 | 39.3 | |
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 8–14 | 36.4 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |
| Lich Aggro-Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Wizards | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 6 | 14–15 | 48.3 | |
| Pickles | 6 | 15–8 | 65.2 | |
| Control | 5 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Azorius Control | 53 | 112–76 | 59.6 | 6 |
| Ponza | 42 | 89–62 | 58.9 | 4 |
| Pox | 32 | 57–60 | 48.7 | 2 |
| Demonic Rising | 18 | 44–27 | 62.0 | 3 |
| Jeskai Control | 16 | 33–25 | 56.9 | 1 |
| Esper Control | 14 | 30–30 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Dynavolt Tower | 13 | 19–33 | 36.5 | 1 |
| Dimir Control | 12 | 20–16 | 55.6 | 1 |
| Mono Black Control | 9 | 4–22 | 15.4 | |
| Turbo Fog | 9 | 7–20 | 25.9 | |
| Dragon Control | 6 | 9–17 | 34.6 | |
| Izzet Control | 5 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |
| Mill | 5 | 0–15 | 0.0 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 7 | 10–12 | 45.5 | |
| Dimir Cloudpost Control | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| Izzet Cloudpost Control | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Galleon Control | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| Cycling Control | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Astral Slide | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |
| Mardu Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 2 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |
| Enchantments Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Runeflare | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Stagnant Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Cruel Control | 5 | 9–14 | 39.1 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 5 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |
| Orzhov Wave | 5 | 14–9 | 60.9 | |
| Mono Blue Faeries | 4 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 1 |
| Abzan Wave | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |
| Dimir Faeries | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Ramp | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 7 | 5–15 | 25.0 | |
| Golgari Post | 20 | 63–30 | 67.7 | 3 |
| Gruul Post | 2 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |
| Locus Awakening | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Simic Post | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Eldrazipost | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Defenders | 5 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Wild Pair | 5 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Infect | 11 | 23–19 | 54.8 | 1 |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 7 | 15–16 | 48.4 | |
| Hermit Humans | 5 | 10–7 | 58.8 | |
| Burn | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Pummeler | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Actual Warp World | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Bant Wave | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Boros Legends Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Hermit Dredge | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Mono White Angels | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Unclassified | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |