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 | 39 | 42–83 | 33.6 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 59 | 123–92 | 57.2 | 2 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 22 | 34–37 | 47.9 | 2 |
| Mono Black Devotion | 27 | 38–38 | 50.0 | 2 |
| Davriel Braids | 13 | 26–22 | 54.2 | 1 |
| Dimir Midrange | 20 | 45–34 | 57.0 | |
| Jund | 19 | 28–42 | 40.0 | |
| Graveyard Value | 17 | 19–29 | 39.6 | 1 |
| Varolz Dreadnought | 48 | 104–72 | 59.1 | 6 |
| Séance | 15 | 25–28 | 47.2 | |
| Death Cloud | 16 | 11–33 | 25.0 | |
| Fake-Rack | 15 | 17–30 | 36.2 | 1 |
| Big Red | 13 | 30–22 | 57.7 | 2 |
| Mutate | 11 | 10–16 | 38.5 | |
| Legends Midrange | 8 | 15–9 | 62.5 | |
| Boros Legends Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 7 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |
| Toughness Matters | 6 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |
| Zur the Enchanter | 6 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 5 | 5–14 | 26.3 | |
| -1/-1 Counters | 4 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |
| Elementals | 4 | 11–8 | 57.9 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Naya Midrange | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Allies | 2 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |
| Boros Allies | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Mono White Allies | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Grenzo | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Selesnya Value Town | 6 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |
| Temur Ascendancy | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |
| Card Advantage White | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Coinflips | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| The Rock | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Orzhov Wave | 25 | 31–31 | 50.0 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 22 | 27–28 | 49.1 | 1 |
| Ramp | 21 | 34–44 | 43.6 | 1 |
| Rofellos Ramp | 25 | 65–38 | 63.1 | 1 |
| Wild Pair | 3 | 11–2 | 84.6 | 1 |
| Reclamation at Wake | 19 | 34–25 | 57.6 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 12 | 17–23 | 42.5 | 1 |
| Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 25 | 63–37 | 63.0 | 3 |
| Simic Post | 11 | 12–14 | 46.2 | |
| Greenpost | 9 | 8–28 | 22.2 | |
| Gruul Post | 6 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 1 |
| Locus Awakening | 5 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Thryx-Wildfire | 19 | 33–35 | 48.5 | 1 |
| Combo | 15 | 18–25 | 41.9 | |
| Izzet Ascension | 37 | 55–76 | 42.0 | 2 |
| Hypergenesis | 36 | 80–50 | 61.5 | 5 |
| Metalwork Colossus | 19 | 32–30 | 51.6 | 1 |
| Upheaval Colossus | 10 | 13–13 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Taking Turns | 19 | 25–27 | 48.1 | 2 |
| Ominous Good | 14 | 17–19 | 47.2 | |
| Fake-Twin | 12 | 7–22 | 24.1 | |
| Jokulhaups Combo | 12 | 12–17 | 41.4 | |
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 11 | 20–16 | 55.6 | 1 |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 11 | 16–15 | 51.6 | |
| Polymorph | 11 | 7–17 | 29.2 | 1 |
| Eggs | 7 | 3–16 | 15.8 | |
| Oops All Lands | 6 | 1–17 | 5.6 | |
| Enduring Ideal | 3 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 |
| Myr Incubator | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |
| Seismic Swans | 3 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |
| Oriss Genesis | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Soulflayer | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Maniac Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Storm | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 91 | 170–154 | 52.5 | 9 |
| Citadel Storm | 26 | 26–57 | 31.3 | 1 |
| Simic Storm | 24 | 38–33 | 53.5 | 2 |
| Turntimber Ranger | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Aggro-Control | 14 | 19–26 | 42.2 | |
| Ninjas | 31 | 59–53 | 52.7 | 2 |
| Izzet Spells | 26 | 33–54 | 37.9 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 16 | 25–31 | 44.6 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 11 | 13–20 | 39.4 | |
| Dimir Tempo | 9 | 11–11 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Azorius Skies | 8 | 19–11 | 63.3 | |
| Simic Flash | 4 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Simic Vat | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 14 | 37–28 | 56.9 | |
| Temur Neoform | 14 | 23–23 | 50.0 | 2 |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 13 | 20–27 | 42.6 | |
| Burn | 12 | 10–16 | 38.5 | |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 10 | 18–14 | 56.3 | 2 |
| Mono White Heroic | 10 | 18–29 | 38.3 | |
| Aggro | 9 | 8–14 | 36.4 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 125 | 252–167 | 60.1 | 13 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |
| Zombies | 64 | 140–90 | 60.9 | 7 |
| Goblins | 62 | 128–71 | 64.3 | 11 |
| AggroSlide | 50 | 104–75 | 58.1 | 4 |
| Elves | 44 | 89–81 | 52.4 | 1 |
| Knights | 43 | 86–58 | 59.7 | 3 |
| White Weenie | 18 | 26–37 | 41.3 | |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 18 | 26–35 | 42.6 | |
| Kithkin | 6 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |
| Soldiers | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 12 | 23–21 | 52.3 | 1 |
| Tokens | 7 | 14–18 | 43.8 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 11 | 6–31 | 16.2 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 8 | 17–15 | 53.1 | |
| Orzhov Tokens | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 6 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Merfolk | 6 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |
| Werewolves | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Slivers | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Boros Aggro | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Shamans | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |
| Tempered Steel | 20 | 12–34 | 26.1 | |
| Salvage Titan | 6 | 8–11 | 42.1 | 1 |
| Affinity | 5 | 4–14 | 22.2 | |
| Humans | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |
| Selesnya Humans | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Madness | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Rakdos Madness | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Jund Madness | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Rogues | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Voltron | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Hexproof | 3 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Hateful Auras | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Azorius Wave | 9 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Simic Madness | 8 | 14–10 | 58.3 | |
| Control | 7 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |
| Azorius Control | 54 | 71–87 | 44.9 | 2 |
| Adam's Ale | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Ponza | 47 | 97–82 | 54.2 | 2 |
| Dimir Control | 46 | 92–76 | 54.8 | |
| Mono White Control | 14 | 21–36 | 36.8 | |
| Life is Ez | 14 | 17–17 | 50.0 | |
| Mono Black Control | 9 | 19–26 | 42.2 | 1 |
| Turbo Fog | 9 | 13–19 | 40.6 | |
| Esper Control | 6 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |
| Orzhov Control | 6 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |
| Runeflare | 6 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |
| Bant Control | 5 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |
| Izzet Control | 5 | 10–9 | 52.6 | |
| Jeskai Control | 5 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |
| Mill | 5 | 1–11 | 8.3 | |
| Demonic Rising | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
| Grixis Control | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Cruel Control | 12 | 22–26 | 45.8 | |
| Guildgate Control | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Temur Reclamation | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |
| Cycling Control | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |
| Astral Slide | 6 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |
| Five Color Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Stax | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Sultai Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 7 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 7 | 21–12 | 63.6 | |
| Esper Wave | 6 | 12–10 | 54.5 | |
| Food | 6 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 5 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 51 | 99–77 | 56.3 | 6 |
| Rakdos Reanimator | 45 | 88–73 | 54.7 | 2 |
| Dimir Reanimator | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |
| Blackpost | 4 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |
| Combo-Control | 4 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| Hive Mind | 38 | 84–50 | 62.7 | 7 |
| Battle of Wits | 23 | 45–33 | 57.7 | 2 |
| Plasma Swans | 11 | 22–17 | 56.4 | 1 |
| Liliana's Contract | 6 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |
| Curses | 3 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |
| Yosei Vat | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Shared Fate | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Swarm Intelligence | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Actual Warp World | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 1 |
| Recurring Nightmare | 3 | 9–2 | 81.8 | |
| Dragon Nightmare | 28 | 47–48 | 49.5 | 2 |
| Azorius Heroic | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Mono White Cats | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 32 | 56–39 | 58.9 | 2 |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Dimir Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Pummeler | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Turbo Myth | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |