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 | 53 | 42–112 | 27.3 | |
| Jund | 74 | 121–156 | 43.7 | 2 |
| Dimir Midrange | 43 | 90–83 | 52.0 | 3 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 39 | 66–62 | 51.6 | 3 |
| Mono Black Devotion | 50 | 105–72 | 59.3 | 2 |
| Fake-Rack | 35 | 24–50 | 32.4 | |
| Blink | 32 | 44–69 | 38.9 | 1 |
| Wave Blink | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Orzhov Wave | 45 | 90–79 | 53.3 | 1 |
| Azorius Wave | 40 | 77–51 | 60.2 | 6 |
| Bant Wave | 17 | 35–25 | 58.3 | 1 |
| Esper Wave | 5 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 30 | 48–48 | 50.0 | 2 |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 22 | 37–39 | 48.7 | 2 |
| Treefolk | 21 | 51–50 | 50.5 | |
| Jeskai Midrange | 17 | 21–22 | 48.8 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 12 | 28–23 | 54.9 | 2 |
| Sultai Midrange | 11 | 11–17 | 39.3 | |
| Sultai Emerge | 6 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |
| Graveyard Value | 10 | 3–22 | 12.0 | |
| Varolz Dreadnought | 17 | 28–29 | 49.1 | 1 |
| The Rock | 10 | 6–21 | 22.2 | |
| Golgari Citadel | 20 | 12–42 | 22.2 | |
| Big Red | 9 | 15–17 | 46.9 | |
| Death Cloud | 8 | 12–17 | 41.4 | |
| Mythic Colossification | 7 | 12–6 | 66.7 | |
| Naya Midrange | 7 | 12–16 | 42.9 | |
| Toughness Matters | 6 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 5 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |
| Mutate | 5 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |
| Temur Ascendancy | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Adventures | 3 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |
| Neoform | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |
| Sultai Neoform | 16 | 40–29 | 58.0 | |
| Temur Neoform | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |
| Selesnya Value Town | 11 | 30–21 | 58.8 | |
| Elementals | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Zur the Enchanter | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Allies | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Anti-Persecution | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Grenzo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Illness in the Ranks | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Vampires | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Rakdos Vampires | 8 | 9–15 | 37.5 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 5 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |
| Orzhov Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Combo | 23 | 14–56 | 20.0 | |
| Ominous Good | 59 | 114–100 | 53.3 | 2 |
| Jokulhaups Combo | 57 | 86–91 | 48.6 | 2 |
| Taking Turns | 53 | 69–121 | 36.3 | 2 |
| Eggs | 36 | 67–82 | 45.0 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 31 | 46–55 | 45.5 | 2 |
| Soulflayer | 26 | 35–52 | 40.2 | |
| Dubious Challenge | 22 | 32–31 | 50.8 | 2 |
| Oriss Genesis | 15 | 26–33 | 44.1 | 1 |
| Breakfast | 14 | 23–18 | 56.1 | 1 |
| Neoform Hermit | 20 | 45–23 | 66.2 | 1 |
| Hermit Gond | 18 | 52–23 | 69.3 | 3 |
| Hermit Dredge | 13 | 23–23 | 50.0 | |
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 11 | 17–21 | 44.7 | |
| Stuffy Doll | 11 | 4–20 | 16.7 | |
| Izzet Ascension | 10 | 12–19 | 38.7 | |
| Seismic Swans | 10 | 21–20 | 51.2 | |
| Storm | 8 | 6–19 | 24.0 | |
| High Tide | 246 | 546–338 | 61.8 | 32 |
| Citadel Storm | 8 | 5–20 | 20.0 | |
| Dragonstorm | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |
| Hazoret Storm | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Simic Storm | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| New Perspectives | 6 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Polymorph | 4 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |
| Myr Incubator | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Oops All Lands | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Storm Herald | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Biovisionary | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Fake-Twin | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Naya Fake-Twin | 16 | 39–26 | 60.0 | 1 |
| Jeskai Fake-Twin | 9 | 12–22 | 35.3 | |
| Combo Post | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Dredge | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 14 | 30–26 | 53.6 | 2 |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 16 | 28–27 | 50.9 | |
| Double Dragon | 68 | 147–126 | 53.8 | 6 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |
| Grixis Reanimator | 8 | 17–15 | 53.1 | 1 |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 7 | 17–11 | 60.7 | |
| Rakdos Reanimator | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Saffi Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Simic Madness | 22 | 37–35 | 51.4 | 1 |
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 18 | 23–42 | 35.4 | |
| Control | 16 | 26–33 | 44.1 | |
| Ponza | 85 | 151–150 | 50.2 | 4 |
| Azorius Control | 82 | 154–133 | 53.7 | 5 |
| Adam's Ale | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Sultai Control | 75 | 125–121 | 50.8 | 5 |
| Guildgate Control | 65 | 98–132 | 42.6 | 1 |
| Stax | 52 | 70–109 | 39.1 | |
| Mardu Control | 45 | 63–72 | 46.7 | 4 |
| Esper Control | 42 | 88–77 | 53.3 | 2 |
| Dimir Control | 34 | 73–57 | 56.2 | 2 |
| Grixis Control | 32 | 58–58 | 50.0 | |
| Cruel Control | 24 | 39–46 | 45.9 | |
| Mill | 30 | 35–66 | 34.7 | |
| Cycling Control | 29 | 56–42 | 57.1 | 3 |
| Astral Slide | 12 | 8–15 | 34.8 | |
| Jeskai Control | 25 | 35–48 | 42.2 | |
| Temur Reclamation | 17 | 13–31 | 29.5 | 1 |
| Mono Black Control | 15 | 32–25 | 56.1 | |
| Turbo Fog | 12 | 9–23 | 28.1 | |
| Bant Control | 11 | 19–22 | 46.3 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 9 | 12–16 | 42.9 | |
| Runeflare | 8 | 11–20 | 35.5 | |
| Chandra Nalaar | 5 | 6–19 | 24.0 | |
| Enchantments Control | 5 | 9–7 | 56.3 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 4 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Izzet Control | 4 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |
| Mono White Control | 4 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Life is Ez | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Five Color Control | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |
| Boros Control | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Demonic Rising | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Dragon Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Dynavolt Tower | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Ramp | 14 | 18–21 | 46.2 | |
| Eureka! | 28 | 46–56 | 45.1 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 4 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Greenpost | 81 | 173–155 | 52.7 | 3 |
| Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 21 | 36–49 | 42.4 | |
| Golgari Post | 13 | 16–26 | 38.1 | |
| Simic Post | 6 | 12–14 | 46.2 | |
| Domain | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Villainous Wealth | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Applejacks | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Actual Warp World | 13 | 21–28 | 42.9 | |
| Aggro | 12 | 16–28 | 36.4 | 1 |
| Red Deck Wins | 132 | 300–172 | 63.6 | 14 |
| Zombies | 106 | 218–164 | 57.1 | 10 |
| Elves | 64 | 114–104 | 52.3 | 3 |
| Knights | 53 | 131–69 | 65.5 | 5 |
| Goblins | 46 | 71–83 | 46.1 | 1 |
| White Weenie | 46 | 81–54 | 60.0 | 4 |
| Soldiers | 12 | 14–14 | 50.0 | |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 10 | 15–13 | 53.6 | |
| Chroma White | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| AggroSlide | 43 | 84–50 | 62.7 | 3 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 39 | 70–65 | 51.9 | 1 |
| Mono Red Swarm | 32 | 38–45 | 45.8 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 17 | 30–34 | 46.9 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 17 | 21–20 | 51.2 | |
| Merfolk | 8 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 8 | 8–13 | 38.1 | |
| Selesnya Counters | 25 | 41–45 | 47.7 | 1 |
| Boros Aggro | 5 | 12–10 | 54.5 | |
| Tokens | 5 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 13 | 29–16 | 64.4 | 1 |
| Selesnya Tokens | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Voltron | 5 | 5–14 | 26.3 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 7 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |
| Hexproof | 5 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |
| Hateful Auras | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Tempered Steel | 60 | 126–103 | 55.0 | 3 |
| Salvage Titan | 8 | 5–25 | 16.7 | |
| Affinity | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Pirates | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| Rats | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Cats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Mono White Cats | 5 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Selesnya Cats | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |
| Heroic | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 65 | 144–93 | 60.8 | 10 |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 32 | 62–37 | 62.6 | 3 |
| Azorius Heroic | 8 | 9–11 | 45.0 | 1 |
| Boros Heroic | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Rakdos Madness | 5 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Golgari Madness | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |
| Gruul Madness | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Naya Zoo | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Slivers | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Werewolves | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Combo-Control | 11 | 16–15 | 51.6 | |
| Solar Flare | 22 | 28–37 | 43.1 | |
| Plasma Swans | 15 | 35–27 | 56.5 | |
| Pickles | 9 | 18–19 | 48.6 | |
| Curses | 8 | 11–13 | 45.8 | |
| Zur's Weirding | 8 | 16–20 | 44.4 | |
| Sunforger | 4 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |
| Battle of Wits | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |
| Cruel Combo-Control | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Lich's Mastery | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
| Hedron Alignment | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Wildfire | 6 | 9–15 | 37.5 | |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 66 | 133–100 | 57.1 | 5 |
| Thryx-Wildfire | 47 | 81–95 | 46.0 | 2 |
| Aggro-Control | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Izzet Spells | 81 | 142–110 | 56.3 | 6 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 63 | 129–103 | 55.6 | 6 |
| Izzet Tempo | 53 | 125–84 | 59.8 | 4 |
| Ninjas | 20 | 43–38 | 53.1 | |
| Dimir Tempo | 15 | 25–28 | 47.2 | |
| Azorius Skies | 14 | 32–25 | 56.1 | |
| Lich Aggro-Control | 5 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |
| Wizards | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Simic Flash | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Simic Vat | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Burn | 26 | 41–51 | 44.6 | |
| Aristocrats | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 11 | 18–22 | 45.0 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 10 | 15–16 | 48.4 | |
| Food | 8 | 10–14 | 41.7 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 7 | 3–13 | 18.8 | |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Mardu Aristocrats | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Hermit Humans | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 9 | 14–17 | 45.2 | |
| Izzet Dreadnought | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Hushnought | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Infect | 1 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 15 | 12–36 | 25.0 | |
| Mono Black Infect | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Pummeler | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Constellation | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Goblin Persist | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Grixis Madness | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 |