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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astral Slide | 45 | 73–75 | 49.3 | 1 |
| Midrange | 33 | 34–72 | 32.1 | 1 |
| Blink | 95 | 240–152 | 61.2 | 10 |
| Orzhov Blink | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Graveyard Value | 29 | 39–40 | 49.4 | 2 |
| Jund | 23 | 18–36 | 33.3 | |
| Naya Midrange | 21 | 51–44 | 53.7 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 15 | 41–23 | 64.1 | 3 |
| Rakdos Midrange | 15 | 29–31 | 48.3 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 13 | 12–31 | 27.9 | |
| Temur Ascendancy | 10 | 21–21 | 50.0 | |
| The Rock | 10 | 10–16 | 38.5 | |
| Big Red | 7 | 8–19 | 29.6 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 6 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |
| Selesnya Value Town | 14 | 32–22 | 59.3 | |
| Temur Energy | 6 | 12–12 | 50.0 | |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 5 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |
| Legends Midrange | 5 | 6–16 | 27.3 | |
| Allies | 4 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |
| Mardu Allies | 47 | 116–60 | 65.9 | 5 |
| BRGW Allies | 5 | 14–8 | 63.6 | 1 |
| Mono White Allies | 4 | 14–6 | 70.0 | 1 |
| Esper Allies | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Death Cloud | 4 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Elementals | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Fake-Rack | 3 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Ordealbreak | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Constellation | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Hellion Whip | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Sultai Emerge | 6 | 18–9 | 66.7 | 1 |
| Treefolk | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Mindcrank | 31 | 85–29 | 74.6 | 6 |
| Jeskai Fake-Twin | 29 | 75–36 | 67.6 | 5 |
| Ramp | 18 | 23–40 | 36.5 | |
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 13 | 14–25 | 35.9 | |
| Domain | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |
| Villainous Wealth | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Cruel Combo-Control | 15 | 23–27 | 46.0 | 1 |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 15 | 42–24 | 63.6 | 1 |
| Curses | 12 | 13–27 | 32.5 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 12 | 19–14 | 57.6 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 11 | 19–23 | 45.2 | |
| Pickles | 11 | 34–15 | 69.4 | 1 |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 10 | 16–23 | 41.0 | 1 |
| Burn | 9 | 11–18 | 37.9 | |
| Control | 8 | 8–22 | 26.7 | |
| Azorius Control | 64 | 125–115 | 52.1 | 5 |
| Ponza | 29 | 56–58 | 49.1 | 3 |
| Jeskai Control | 28 | 33–56 | 37.1 | 1 |
| Guildgate Control | 25 | 44–45 | 49.4 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Control | 20 | 26–58 | 31.0 | |
| Bant Control | 15 | 36–21 | 63.2 | 1 |
| Esper Control | 14 | 14–28 | 33.3 | |
| Five Color Control | 11 | 11–23 | 32.4 | 1 |
| Shrines | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Demonic Rising | 10 | 27–18 | 60.0 | |
| Sultai Control | 10 | 12–21 | 36.4 | |
| Turbo Fog | 9 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |
| Dimir Control | 5 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |
| Mono White Control | 5 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |
| Seasons Past Control | 5 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Grixis Control | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
| Cruel Control | 5 | 4–17 | 19.0 | |
| Izzet Control | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |
| Mono Black Control | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Mill | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Four Color Counter Ghazi | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Galleon Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Stagnant Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Chandra Nalaar | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Dragon Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Dynavolt Tower | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Enchantments Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Mardu Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 8 | 11–15 | 42.3 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 7 | 13–16 | 44.8 | |
| Combo | 7 | 5–16 | 23.8 | |
| Storm | 19 | 32–42 | 43.2 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 22 | 36–46 | 43.9 | 2 |
| Grixis Tendrils | 4 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 1 |
| Dragonstorm | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Simic Storm | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Sultai Tendrils | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Maniac Combo | 17 | 42–24 | 63.6 | 4 |
| Umbral Mantle | 11 | 30–10 | 75.0 | 4 |
| Taking Turns | 6 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 5 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |
| Polymorph | 4 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Turntimber Ranger | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |
| Oops All Lands | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Eggs | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Myr Incubator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Retraction Helix Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Zubera Tribal | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Aggro-Control | 6 | 3–18 | 14.3 | |
| Izzet Spells | 32 | 81–58 | 58.3 | 4 |
| Azorius Skies | 20 | 51–27 | 65.4 | 3 |
| Izzet Tempo | 8 | 12–16 | 42.9 | |
| Simic Flash | 6 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |
| Wizards | 6 | 12–10 | 54.5 | |
| Blue Madness | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Simic Madness | 10 | 16–19 | 45.7 | |
| Grixis Madness | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Temur Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Curious Niv-Mizzet | 6 | 16–8 | 66.7 | |
| Shared Fate | 6 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |
| Burning Vengeance | 5 | 6–14 | 30.0 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 4 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |
| Plasma Swans | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Selesnya Cats | 4 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |
| Aggro | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 61 | 156–92 | 62.9 | 4 |
| Prisoner | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | |||
| Zombies | 60 | 166–87 | 65.6 | 7 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 32 | 79–55 | 59.0 | 2 |
| White Weenie | 29 | 56–64 | 46.7 | |
| Soldiers | 9 | 15–19 | 44.1 | 1 |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Tokens | 19 | 21–38 | 35.6 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 29 | 23–78 | 22.8 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 5 | 10–9 | 52.6 | |
| Brushwaggs | 8 | 13–14 | 48.1 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 6 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |
| Merfolk | 5 | 10–11 | 47.6 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Affinity | 6 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |
| Salvage Titan | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
| Boros Aggro | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Devastating Dreams | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |
| Naya Zoo | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Slivers | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | |
| Madness | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Rakdos Madness | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Minotaurs | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Warriors | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Hexproof | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Selesnya Humans | 3 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |
| Azorius Heroic | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Orzhov Vampires | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Pummeler | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Wild Pair | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Wildfire | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |
| Battle of Wits | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Enchantress | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Hedron Alignment | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Infect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 18 | 35–38 | 47.9 | |
| Mono White Angels | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Mono White Cats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 |