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 | 41 | 31–76 | 29.0 | |
| Toughness Matters | 29 | 26–50 | 34.2 | 2 |
| Lifegain Midrange | 24 | 51–58 | 46.8 | |
| Graveyard Value | 22 | 18–49 | 26.9 | |
| Séance | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 11 | 12–22 | 35.3 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 9 | 10–15 | 40.0 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 101 | 235–126 | 65.1 | 10 |
| Adventures | 5 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 5 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |
| Fake-Rack | 5 | 4–13 | 23.5 | |
| Elementals | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Neoform | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Temur Neoform | 5 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |
| UBRG Neoform | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |
| Simic Neoform | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Sultai Neoform | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |
| The Rock | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Jund | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Naya Midrange | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Simic Madness | 22 | 42–43 | 49.4 | 2 |
| Aggro-Control | 17 | 14–24 | 36.8 | |
| Izzet Spells | 37 | 51–98 | 34.2 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 37 | 72–48 | 60.0 | 6 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 18 | 21–31 | 40.4 | |
| Azorius Skies | 10 | 24–11 | 68.6 | 1 |
| Dimir Tempo | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Affinity | 13 | 10–28 | 26.3 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 13 | 12–30 | 28.6 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 16 | 33–30 | 52.4 | |
| Grixis Reanimator | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Rakdos Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Astral Slide | 12 | 10–19 | 34.5 | |
| Aggro | 9 | 12–15 | 44.4 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 59 | 122–84 | 59.2 | 3 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 33 | 90–48 | 65.2 | 3 |
| Mono Red Swarm | 13 | 8–28 | 22.2 | |
| Merfolk | 11 | 3–21 | 12.5 | |
| White Weenie | 9 | 18–15 | 54.5 | |
| Soldiers | 9 | 8–15 | 34.8 | |
| Goblins | 7 | 6–14 | 30.0 | |
| Knights | 7 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 5 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Voltron | 5 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |
| Hexproof | 9 | 7–18 | 28.0 | |
| Boros Auras | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |
| Hateful Auras | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 4 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Warriors | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Selesnya Counters | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 23 | 47–38 | 55.3 | 2 |
| Selesnya Tokens | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Azorius Heroic | 6 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |
| Burn | 6 | 4–13 | 23.5 | |
| Aristocrats | 5 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |
| Food | 55 | 102–94 | 52.0 | 1 |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 4 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |
| Mardu Aristocrats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Combo | 5 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |
| Lookout-Buccaneer Combo | 25 | 42–35 | 54.5 | 1 |
| Storm | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Simic Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Reclamation Storm | 11 | 17–22 | 43.6 | |
| Retraction Helix Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Control | 4 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |
| Guildgate Control | 90 | 217–130 | 62.5 | 14 |
| Izzet Control | 63 | 176–75 | 70.1 | 8 |
| Dimir Control | 36 | 57–63 | 47.5 | 3 |
| Sultai Control | 10 | 5–18 | 21.7 | |
| Azorius Control | 9 | 18–16 | 52.9 | |
| Temur Reclamation | 9 | 26–10 | 72.2 | 2 |
| Grixis Control | 6 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |
| Jeskai Control | 5 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Mill | 4 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Turbo Fog | 4 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Stax | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Mono Black Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Ramp | 4 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Applejacks | 14 | 32–26 | 55.2 | 2 |
| Infect | 3 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |
| Temur Madness | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Boros Heroic | 2 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |
| Combo-Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Burning Vengeance | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Boros Allies | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Mono White Cats | 1 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Selesnya Cats | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 |