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 | 55 | 52–114 | 31.3 | |
| Death Cloud | 55 | 75–93 | 44.6 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 46 | 74–71 | 51.0 | 4 |
| Mutate | 43 | 81–86 | 48.5 | 1 |
| Jund | 36 | 54–71 | 43.2 | 2 |
| Toughness Matters | 35 | 26–56 | 31.7 | |
| Graveyard Value | 30 | 42–68 | 38.2 | 1 |
| Séance | 25 | 72–41 | 63.7 | 5 |
| Varolz Dreadnought | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |
| Fake-Rack | 24 | 30–53 | 36.1 | 1 |
| Legends Midrange | 22 | 26–40 | 39.4 | |
| Orzhov Legends | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |
| Boros Legends Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 21 | 53–42 | 55.8 | 2 |
| Mono Black Devotion | 65 | 124–116 | 51.7 | 4 |
| Davriel Braids | 25 | 43–40 | 51.8 | 2 |
| Dimir Midrange | 20 | 35–38 | 47.9 | 2 |
| Dimir Vat | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 19 | 25–38 | 39.7 | |
| Treefolk | 19 | 33–35 | 48.5 | |
| Zur the Enchanter | 18 | 36–31 | 53.7 | 2 |
| Big Red | 16 | 43–27 | 61.4 | 1 |
| Mardu Midrange | 16 | 24–26 | 48.0 | |
| Leave // Chance Midrange | 6 | 10–7 | 58.8 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 14 | 6–28 | 17.6 | |
| The Rock | 14 | 29–29 | 50.0 | |
| Golgari Citadel | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 13 | 12–24 | 33.3 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 13 | 30–31 | 49.2 | |
| Selesnya Value Town | 21 | 36–28 | 56.3 | 2 |
| Mythic Colossification | 11 | 25–14 | 64.1 | 2 |
| Grenzo | 8 | 16–17 | 48.5 | |
| Coinflips | 7 | 2–14 | 12.5 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 6 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 6 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 5 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |
| Elementals | 5 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |
| Naya Midrange | 5 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |
| Temur Ascendancy | 5 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |
| -1/-1 Counters | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Illness in the Ranks | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| Card Advantage White | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 |
| Neoform | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Temur Neoform | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Hellion Whip | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Tempered Steel | 52 | 99–85 | 53.8 | |
| Combo | 33 | 39–68 | 36.4 | |
| Jokulhaups Combo | 49 | 71–86 | 45.2 | 2 |
| Izzet Ascension | 39 | 66–73 | 47.5 | 2 |
| Metalwork Colossus | 33 | 61–55 | 52.6 | 2 |
| Upheaval Colossus | 12 | 14–23 | 37.8 | |
| Hypergenesis | 31 | 48–69 | 41.0 | |
| Ominous Good | 30 | 35–53 | 39.8 | |
| Storm | 26 | 14–50 | 21.9 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 141 | 214–258 | 45.3 | 3 |
| Simic Storm | 30 | 46–54 | 46.0 | 1 |
| Citadel Storm | 18 | 24–43 | 35.8 | 1 |
| Sultai Tendrils | 13 | 21–27 | 43.8 | |
| Grixis Tendrils | 10 | 6–16 | 27.3 | |
| Stormpost | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Hazoret Storm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Eggs | 20 | 18–34 | 34.6 | |
| Polymorph | 17 | 28–24 | 53.8 | 1 |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 14 | 38–19 | 66.7 | 1 |
| Seismic Swans | 13 | 13–22 | 37.1 | |
| Soulflayer | 13 | 22–33 | 40.0 | |
| Enduring Ideal | 12 | 12–16 | 42.9 | |
| Dubious Challenge | 10 | 13–24 | 35.1 | |
| Myr Incubator | 10 | 19–17 | 52.8 | 1 |
| Oops All Lands | 9 | 13–25 | 34.2 | |
| Taking Turns | 9 | 6–18 | 25.0 | |
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 5 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |
| Fake-Twin | 5 | 13–8 | 61.9 | 1 |
| Naya Fake-Twin | 8 | 12–15 | 44.4 | |
| New Perspectives | 5 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Combo Post | 4 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |
| Biovisionary | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Turntimber Ranger | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |
| Zubera Tribal | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Cruel Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Maniac Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Retraction Helix Combo | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Combo-Control | 26 | 29–53 | 35.4 | |
| Hive Mind | 15 | 29–25 | 53.7 | 1 |
| Battle of Wits | 11 | 15–22 | 40.5 | |
| Cruel Combo-Control | 5 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |
| Plasma Swans | 5 | 9–13 | 40.9 | |
| Lich's Mastery | 4 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |
| Liliana's Contract | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |
| Swarm Intelligence | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Yosei Vat | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Curses | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Zur's Weirding | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Curious Niv-Mizzet | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Affinity | 25 | 15–53 | 22.1 | |
| Ramp | 23 | 22–41 | 34.9 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 46 | 79–84 | 48.5 | 1 |
| Greenpost | 38 | 60–83 | 42.0 | 1 |
| Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 28 | 63–46 | 57.8 | 2 |
| Simic Post | 20 | 26–41 | 38.8 | |
| Golgari Post | 14 | 21–23 | 47.7 | |
| Eldrazipost | 12 | 2–17 | 10.5 | |
| Gruul Post | 4 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |
| Locus Awakening | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Rofellos Ramp | 43 | 87–79 | 52.4 | 2 |
| Wild Pair | 5 | 11–8 | 57.9 | 1 |
| Reclamation at Wake | 41 | 75–55 | 57.7 | 4 |
| Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp | 19 | 31–25 | 55.4 | 2 |
| Applejacks | 4 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |
| Domain | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 22 | 41–47 | 46.6 | |
| Aggro | 20 | 34–34 | 50.0 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 215 | 494–306 | 61.8 | 24 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 16 | 42–21 | 66.7 | 3 |
| Prisoner | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| AggroSlide | 182 | 386–204 | 65.4 | 27 |
| Elves | 96 | 194–165 | 54.0 | 4 |
| Zombies | 96 | 233–157 | 59.7 | 11 |
| Goblins | 84 | 206–131 | 61.1 | 12 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 49 | 97–83 | 53.9 | 4 |
| Merfolk | 32 | 58–52 | 52.7 | 5 |
| Gruul Aggro | 26 | 37–64 | 36.6 | 1 |
| Knights | 22 | 52–41 | 55.9 | 3 |
| Tokens | 14 | 12–32 | 27.3 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 46 | 115–68 | 62.8 | 3 |
| Selesnya Tokens | 22 | 41–42 | 49.4 | 2 |
| Orzhov Tokens | 7 | 10–25 | 28.6 | |
| White Weenie | 14 | 32–25 | 56.1 | 1 |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 43 | 60–60 | 50.0 | 3 |
| Soldiers | 10 | 13–17 | 43.3 | |
| Kithkin | 7 | 22–7 | 75.9 | 3 |
| Chroma White | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Odric Keywords | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Cats | 12 | 24–28 | 46.2 | 1 |
| Mono White Cats | 6 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |
| Selesnya Cats | 5 | 13–11 | 54.2 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 12 | 13–24 | 35.1 | |
| Selesnya Counters | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 10 | 15–15 | 50.0 | |
| Slivers | 7 | 3–13 | 18.8 | |
| Boros Aggro | 5 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 1 |
| Mono Red Swarm | 5 | 9–7 | 56.3 | |
| Rats | 5 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Humans | 2 | 7–2 | 77.8 | |
| Selesnya Humans | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Minotaurs | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Naya Zoo | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Brushwaggs | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Heroic | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 8 | 14–20 | 41.2 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 7 | 10–15 | 40.0 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Rakdos Hellbent | 3 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |
| Rogues | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Shamans | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Voltron | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Hateful Auras | 6 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 1 |
| Hexproof | 5 | 4–14 | 22.2 | |
| Warriors | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Wildfire | 20 | 26–34 | 43.3 | |
| Thryx-Wildfire | 56 | 132–95 | 58.1 | 6 |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 7 | 11–12 | 47.8 | |
| Recurring Nightmare | 18 | 28–38 | 42.4 | |
| Dragon Nightmare | 107 | 259–128 | 66.9 | 16 |
| Aggro-Control | 17 | 18–30 | 37.5 | |
| Izzet Spells | 55 | 104–85 | 55.0 | 6 |
| Simic Flash | 27 | 45–46 | 49.5 | 2 |
| Dimir Tempo | 19 | 53–27 | 66.3 | 2 |
| Izzet Tempo | 19 | 22–33 | 40.0 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 16 | 33–21 | 61.1 | 1 |
| Ninjas | 9 | 12–22 | 35.3 | |
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Wizards | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 12 | 14–25 | 35.9 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 83 | 162–136 | 54.4 | 3 |
| Rakdos Reanimator | 31 | 70–45 | 60.9 | 2 |
| Dimir Reanimator | 23 | 36–61 | 37.1 | |
| Control | 7 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |
| Azorius Control | 136 | 238–234 | 50.4 | 8 |
| Ponza | 109 | 168–182 | 48.0 | 3 |
| Dimir Control | 64 | 111–108 | 50.7 | 3 |
| Demonic Rising | 35 | 58–70 | 45.3 | |
| Orzhov Control | 25 | 18–70 | 20.5 | |
| Turbo Fog | 21 | 39–35 | 52.7 | |
| Esper Control | 20 | 47–31 | 60.3 | |
| Mill | 19 | 17–49 | 25.8 | |
| Mono Black Control | 14 | 9–25 | 26.5 | |
| Runeflare | 14 | 22–25 | 46.8 | |
| Grixis Control | 13 | 23–28 | 45.1 | |
| Cruel Control | 36 | 60–61 | 49.6 | |
| Sultai Control | 13 | 16–23 | 41.0 | |
| Bant Control | 12 | 20–18 | 52.6 | 1 |
| Guildgate Control | 10 | 10–14 | 41.7 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 9 | 8–19 | 29.6 | |
| Mono White Control | 8 | 9–13 | 40.9 | |
| Temur Reclamation | 7 | 6–17 | 26.1 | |
| Mardu Control | 6 | 10–14 | 41.7 | |
| Izzet Control | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Jeskai Control | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Boros Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 25 | 53–32 | 62.4 | 1 |
| Blackpost | 9 | 12–17 | 41.4 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 9 | 12–13 | 48.0 | |
| Cloudy With Sunny Spells | 5 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Cycling Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Astral Slide | 29 | 22–50 | 30.6 | |
| Goblin Persist | 7 | 19–11 | 63.3 | |
| Salvage Titan | 7 | 2–15 | 11.8 | |
| Simic Madness | 5 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |
| Oops All Spells | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |
| Actual Warp World | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Burn | 14 | 14–29 | 32.6 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 4 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |
| Infect | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Aristocrats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 56 | 143–76 | 65.3 | 9 |
| Food | 10 | 8–21 | 27.6 | |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 7 | 18–8 | 69.2 | 1 |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 7 | 13–12 | 52.0 | 1 |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |
| Pummeler | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Turbo Myth | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Swath Storm | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Orzhov Vampires | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Rakdos Madness | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Wave Blink | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Azorius Wave | 29 | 58–31 | 65.2 | 5 |
| Esper Wave | 21 | 45–28 | 61.6 | 2 |
| Orzhov Wave | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 |