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 | 42 | 48–83 | 36.6 | |
| Jund | 80 | 99–148 | 40.1 | 1 |
| Rakdos Midrange | 62 | 124–93 | 57.1 | 3 |
| Big Red | 32 | 70–49 | 58.8 | 1 |
| Jeskai Midrange | 28 | 55–46 | 54.5 | 2 |
| Graveyard Value | 25 | 30–43 | 41.1 | |
| Varolz Dreadnought | 15 | 25–20 | 55.6 | 1 |
| Séance | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Blink | 23 | 23–44 | 34.3 | 1 |
| Wave Blink | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Azorius Wave | 19 | 35–17 | 67.3 | 1 |
| Orzhov Wave | 19 | 20–25 | 44.4 | |
| Esper Wave | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Bant Wave | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 20 | 41–40 | 50.6 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 17 | 35–31 | 53.0 | 2 |
| Mono Black Devotion | 32 | 68–54 | 55.7 | 1 |
| Davriel Braids | 7 | 13–12 | 52.0 | |
| Mythic Colossification | 15 | 35–23 | 60.3 | 1 |
| Fake-Rack | 14 | 13–31 | 29.5 | |
| Temur Ascendancy | 13 | 24–28 | 46.2 | 1 |
| Sultai Midrange | 12 | 16–24 | 40.0 | |
| Sultai Emerge | 5 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |
| Toughness Matters | 11 | 11–16 | 40.7 | |
| Treefolk | 10 | 19–21 | 47.5 | |
| Death Cloud | 9 | 10–16 | 38.5 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 7 | 7–16 | 30.4 | |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 6 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 6 | 9–13 | 40.9 | |
| Legends Midrange | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |
| Mardu Legends | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Mutate | 3 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |
| Coinflips | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Dimir Vat | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Elementals | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Naya Midrange | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| -1/-1 Counters | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Adventures | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Card Advantage White | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| The Rock | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Golgari Citadel | 20 | 28–34 | 45.2 | |
| Vampires | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 7 | 17–13 | 56.7 | |
| Rakdos Vampires | 6 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |
| Yisan-Prophet | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Zur the Enchanter | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Combo | 41 | 47–77 | 37.9 | |
| Taking Turns | 70 | 85–127 | 40.1 | 2 |
| Ominous Good | 55 | 93–98 | 48.7 | 2 |
| Izzet Ascension | 25 | 31–52 | 37.3 | 1 |
| Jokulhaups Combo | 23 | 58–36 | 61.7 | |
| Stuffy Doll | 23 | 46–32 | 59.0 | 1 |
| Soulflayer | 22 | 44–38 | 53.7 | 1 |
| Eggs | 21 | 20–51 | 28.2 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 21 | 26–39 | 40.0 | |
| Breakfast | 16 | 43–26 | 62.3 | 2 |
| Neoform Hermit | 49 | 107–87 | 55.2 | 2 |
| Hermit Dredge | 27 | 51–52 | 49.5 | 2 |
| Hermit Gond | 7 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |
| Polymorph | 15 | 11–39 | 22.0 | |
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 13 | 29–24 | 54.7 | 1 |
| Fake-Twin | 10 | 13–18 | 41.9 | |
| Jeskai Fake-Twin | 15 | 19–25 | 43.2 | |
| Naya Fake-Twin | 6 | 12–10 | 54.5 | |
| Protean Hulk Combo | 8 | 12–18 | 40.0 | 1 |
| Combo Post | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |
| Reanimator | 5 | 11–11 | 50.0 | |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 46 | 101–90 | 52.9 | 2 |
| Double Dragon | 54 | 128–86 | 59.8 | 4 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 9 | 7–17 | 29.2 | |
| Dimir Reanimator | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |
| Rakdos Reanimator | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Myr Incubator | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Oops All Lands | 3 | 2–13 | 13.3 | |
| Oriss Genesis | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |
| Retraction Helix Combo | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Storm | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| High Tide | 251 | 422–381 | 52.6 | 15 |
| Dragonstorm | 26 | 35–46 | 43.2 | |
| Citadel Storm | 18 | 22–41 | 34.9 | |
| Hazoret Storm | 6 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |
| Grixis Tendrils | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Simic Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Storm Herald | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Biovisionary | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Dredge | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Seismic Swans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 30 | 64–40 | 61.5 | 4 |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 27 | 35–47 | 42.7 | 1 |
| Aggro | 24 | 43–53 | 44.8 | |
| Zombies | 106 | 231–154 | 60.0 | 10 |
| Knights | 93 | 213–134 | 61.4 | 11 |
| Red Deck Wins | 85 | 191–123 | 60.8 | 6 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |
| Elves | 70 | 122–124 | 49.6 | 2 |
| White Weenie | 47 | 111–63 | 63.8 | 4 |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 23 | 28–31 | 47.5 | 1 |
| Soldiers | 8 | 11–20 | 35.5 | |
| AggroSlide | 35 | 56–58 | 49.1 | 2 |
| Goblins | 31 | 46–52 | 46.9 | 3 |
| Gruul Aggro | 26 | 45–47 | 48.9 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 15 | 38–24 | 61.3 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 10 | 19–20 | 48.7 | |
| Tokens | 6 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 32 | 58–56 | 50.9 | 3 |
| Selesnya Tokens | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Orzhov Tokens | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Humans | 5 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |
| Selesnya Humans | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Cats | 4 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |
| Mono White Cats | 6 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 4 | 9–7 | 56.3 | |
| Selesnya Counters | 14 | 24–29 | 45.3 | |
| Boros Aggro | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Madness | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Golgari Madness | 3 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |
| Merfolk | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Minotaurs | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Naya Zoo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Werewolves | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Simic Madness | 24 | 43–36 | 54.4 | 2 |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 18 | 28–40 | 41.2 | |
| Tempered Steel | 17 | 41–18 | 69.5 | 2 |
| Control | 15 | 14–22 | 38.9 | |
| Ponza | 118 | 190–218 | 46.6 | 8 |
| Sultai Control | 83 | 152–142 | 51.7 | 4 |
| Stax | 77 | 126–151 | 45.5 | 1 |
| Runeflare | 45 | 73–126 | 36.7 | 2 |
| Esper Control | 30 | 52–50 | 51.0 | |
| Azorius Control | 29 | 42–53 | 44.2 | 1 |
| Grixis Control | 28 | 43–56 | 43.4 | |
| Cruel Control | 38 | 65–73 | 47.1 | 2 |
| Jeskai Control | 25 | 44–40 | 52.4 | 2 |
| Dimir Control | 21 | 39–36 | 52.0 | 2 |
| Guildgate Control | 18 | 30–31 | 49.2 | |
| Enchantments Control | 15 | 7–24 | 22.6 | |
| Mill | 15 | 19–33 | 36.5 | |
| Turbo Fog | 15 | 24–27 | 47.1 | |
| Temur Reclamation | 11 | 13–19 | 40.6 | |
| Five Color Control | 10 | 15–19 | 44.1 | 1 |
| Shrines | 11 | 5–20 | 20.0 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 9 | 14–13 | 51.9 | 1 |
| Mono Black Control | 8 | 23–11 | 67.6 | 2 |
| Mardu Control | 5 | 9–7 | 56.3 | 1 |
| Orzhov Control | 5 | 13–4 | 76.5 | |
| Bant Control | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |
| Galleon Control | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Mono White Control | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| Life is Ez | 10 | 21–21 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 9 | 10–20 | 33.3 | |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Demonic Rising | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Izzet Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Dynavolt Tower | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 15 | 38–16 | 70.4 | 3 |
| Ramp | 15 | 16–36 | 30.8 | |
| Eureka! | 48 | 111–93 | 54.4 | 3 |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 14 | 15–25 | 37.5 | |
| Greenpost | 90 | 196–157 | 55.5 | 4 |
| Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 12 | 22–31 | 41.5 | |
| Simic Post | 8 | 15–16 | 48.4 | |
| Golgari Post | 7 | 14–11 | 56.0 | |
| Locus Awakening | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Domain | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Reclamation at Wake | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| Aggro-Control | 14 | 19–26 | 42.2 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 88 | 209–117 | 64.1 | 9 |
| Izzet Tempo | 54 | 120–94 | 56.1 | 2 |
| Azorius Skies | 27 | 45–36 | 55.6 | 3 |
| Dimir Tempo | 18 | 38–31 | 55.1 | 1 |
| Izzet Spells | 16 | 23–20 | 53.5 | 1 |
| Wizards | 7 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 1 |
| Ninjas | 5 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |
| Simic Flash | 2 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |
| Combo-Control | 12 | 7–20 | 25.9 | |
| Cruel Combo-Control | 8 | 8–20 | 28.6 | |
| Sunforger | 8 | 8–15 | 34.8 | 1 |
| Plasma Swans | 7 | 16–13 | 55.2 | 1 |
| Pickles | 6 | 14–12 | 53.8 | |
| Liliana's Contract | 5 | 5–14 | 26.3 | |
| Battle of Wits | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |
| Curses | 4 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |
| Zur's Weirding | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |
| Burning Vengeance | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Solar Flare | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Curious Niv-Mizzet | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 10 | 25–14 | 64.1 | 1 |
| Wildfire | 7 | 10–21 | 32.3 | |
| Thryx-Wildfire | 71 | 150–129 | 53.8 | 3 |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 9 | 19–18 | 51.4 | |
| Affinity | 6 | 3–14 | 17.6 | |
| Izzet Dreadnought | 6 | 13–7 | 65.0 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 4 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |
| Burn | 39 | 67–76 | 46.9 | 1 |
| Hermit Humans | 6 | 16–10 | 61.5 | |
| Aristocrats | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 21 | 47–38 | 55.3 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 16 | 42–23 | 64.6 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 11 | 28–20 | 58.3 | |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Food | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |
| Mardu Aristocrats | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Pummeler | 2 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Hateful Auras | 4 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |
| Grixis Madness | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |
| Hexproof | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Temur Neoform | 3 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| Salvage Titan | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Azorius Heroic | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Constellation | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Esper Allies | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Goblin Persist | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Selesnya Value Town | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Wild Pair | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 |