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 9 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
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Leaderboard
Archetypes
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midrange | 50 | 80–87 | 47.9 | |
| Blink | 52 | 128–85 | 60.1 | 6 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 26 | 40–68 | 37.0 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 14 | 27–27 | 50.0 | |
| Graveyard Value | 12 | 16–22 | 42.1 | |
| Séance | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 12 | 11–23 | 32.4 | |
| Jund | 9 | 9–16 | 36.0 | |
| Allies | 8 | 12–13 | 48.0 | |
| Mardu Allies | 11 | 38–15 | 71.7 | 3 |
| Mono White Allies | 5 | 17–8 | 68.0 | 1 |
| Esper Allies | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |
| Orzhov Allies | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| The Rock | 7 | 11–12 | 47.8 | |
| Anti-Persecution | 6 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |
| Fake-Rack | 6 | 8–16 | 33.3 | |
| Temur Ascendancy | 6 | 16–11 | 59.3 | |
| Big Red | 5 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 5 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |
| Toughness Matters | 5 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |
| Treefolk | 5 | 11–10 | 52.4 | |
| Death Cloud | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Orzhov Enchantress | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 1 |
| Selesnya Value Town | 32 | 71–44 | 61.7 | 6 |
| Elementals | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Legends Midrange | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Naya Midrange | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Yisan-Prophet | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Hellion Whip | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Illness in the Ranks | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Temur Energy | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Hexproof | 35 | 37–58 | 38.9 | 1 |
| Combo | 30 | 44–53 | 45.4 | |
| Storm | 22 | 36–43 | 45.6 | 1 |
| Grixis Tendrils | 17 | 32–28 | 53.3 | 1 |
| Dimir Tendrils | 16 | 26–29 | 47.3 | |
| Simic Storm | 6 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |
| Sultai Tendrils | 6 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |
| Dragonstorm | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Taking Turns | 16 | 36–29 | 55.4 | 1 |
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 12 | 16–24 | 40.0 | 1 |
| Umbral Mantle | 8 | 18–16 | 52.9 | 1 |
| Eggs | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |
| Zubera Tribal | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 15 | 33–22 | 60.0 | 1 |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 14 | 33–24 | 57.9 | 2 |
| Myr Incubator | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| Infinite Infinite Combos | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Polymorph | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Ramp | 25 | 18–46 | 28.1 | |
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 38 | 71–66 | 51.8 | 3 |
| Domain | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Control | 18 | 24–31 | 43.6 | 1 |
| Azorius Control | 55 | 108–102 | 51.4 | 6 |
| Jeskai Control | 50 | 94–78 | 54.7 | 3 |
| Sultai Control | 28 | 59–59 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Ponza | 22 | 26–45 | 36.6 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 19 | 18–23 | 43.9 | |
| Dimir Control | 17 | 23–45 | 33.8 | |
| Esper Control | 16 | 20–33 | 37.7 | |
| Demonic Rising | 8 | 17–12 | 58.6 | |
| Bant Control | 7 | 21–9 | 70.0 | 1 |
| Grixis Control | 7 | 10–17 | 37.0 | |
| Mill | 7 | 1–25 | 3.8 | |
| Mono Black Control | 6 | 11–10 | 52.4 | |
| Four Color Counter Ghazi | 5 | 11–3 | 78.6 | |
| Mono White Control | 5 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 1 |
| Galleon Control | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |
| Guildgate Control | 4 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |
| Runeflare | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Mardu Control | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Stax | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
| Turbo Fog | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Cycling Control | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Astral Slide | 61 | 123–93 | 56.9 | 8 |
| Dynavolt Tower | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Izzet Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Five Color Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Seasons Past Control | 1 | 3–0 | 100.0 | |
| Wildfire | 14 | 18–30 | 37.5 | |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 12 | 18–28 | 39.1 | |
| Simic Madness | 10 | 18–14 | 56.3 | 2 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 10 | 19–18 | 51.4 | 1 |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Enchantress | 9 | 19–17 | 52.8 | |
| Grozoth | 9 | 18–15 | 54.5 | |
| Temur Madness | 9 | 22–15 | 59.5 | |
| Mono White Cats | 8 | 18–11 | 62.1 | 2 |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 8 | 18–12 | 60.0 | 1 |
| Azorius Heroic | 6 | 11–16 | 40.7 | 1 |
| Mono Black Vampires | 6 | 11–11 | 50.0 | |
| Dimir Vat | 5 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |
| Jeskai Fake-Twin | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |
| Aggro | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 94 | 228–148 | 60.6 | 15 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |
| Proliferate Red | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Prisoner | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| White Weenie | 40 | 79–69 | 53.4 | 3 |
| Soldiers | 6 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |
| Kithkin | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Zombies | 36 | 90–52 | 63.4 | 6 |
| Artifact Aggro | 19 | 46–28 | 62.2 | 2 |
| Affinity | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 14 | 20–39 | 33.9 | 1 |
| Goblins | 11 | 13–26 | 33.3 | 1 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 8 | 20–11 | 64.5 | |
| Merfolk | 7 | 17–11 | 60.7 | 1 |
| Rogues | 7 | 18–13 | 58.1 | |
| Devastating Dreams | 6 | 21–8 | 72.4 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 5 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 4 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |
| Naya Zoo | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Tokens | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 4 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |
| Elves | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Humans | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Selesnya Humans | 8 | 14–22 | 38.9 | |
| Rats | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Werewolves | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Brushwaggs | 1 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Madness | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Illusions | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Warriors | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Aggro-Control | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 33 | 72–68 | 51.4 | 3 |
| Izzet Spells | 16 | 30–25 | 54.5 | 1 |
| Azorius Skies | 9 | 23–18 | 56.1 | 1 |
| Ninjas | 7 | 10–10 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Wizards | 7 | 19–12 | 61.3 | |
| Azorius Tempo | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Azorius Spirits | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 3 | 9–3 | 75.0 | |
| Selesnya Cats | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Combo-Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Curses | 24 | 43–47 | 47.8 | 1 |
| Mindcrank | 19 | 49–26 | 65.3 | 3 |
| Plasma Swans | 14 | 38–24 | 61.3 | 1 |
| Battle of Wits | 9 | 11–19 | 36.7 | |
| Cruel Combo-Control | 7 | 11–15 | 42.3 | |
| Burning Vengeance | 6 | 12–12 | 50.0 | |
| Pickles | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Curious Niv-Mizzet | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Hedron Alignment | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Actual Warp World | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Infect | 9 | 15–11 | 57.7 | |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 14 | 37–25 | 59.7 | |
| Golgari Infect | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Burn | 6 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |
| Pummeler | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Orzhov Vampires | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |