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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Tide | 169 | 329–211 | 60.9 | 19 |
| Burn | 41 | 87–77 | 53.0 | 3 |
| Midrange | 39 | 58–75 | 43.6 | 2 |
| Rakdos Midrange | 57 | 97–81 | 54.5 | 3 |
| Toughness Matters | 48 | 34–68 | 33.3 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 26 | 44–48 | 47.8 | 1 |
| Mono Black Devotion | 44 | 57–74 | 43.5 | |
| Davriel Braids | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 25 | 58–54 | 51.8 | 2 |
| Dimir Vat | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 23 | 28–27 | 50.9 | 1 |
| Big Red | 22 | 43–41 | 51.2 | 2 |
| Fake-Rack | 22 | 31–46 | 40.3 | 1 |
| Blink | 20 | 26–33 | 44.1 | 1 |
| Wave Blink | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |
| Azorius Wave | 25 | 74–26 | 74.0 | 6 |
| Orzhov Wave | 14 | 25–25 | 50.0 | |
| Bant Wave | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Esper Wave | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Jund | 12 | 19–20 | 48.7 | |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 10 | 3–29 | 9.4 | |
| Grenzo | 6 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |
| Jeskai Midrange | 6 | 9–17 | 34.6 | |
| Treefolk | 6 | 12–9 | 57.1 | |
| Coinflips | 5 | 0–11 | 0.0 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 4 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |
| Graveyard Value | 4 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |
| Varolz Dreadnought | 5 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 1 |
| Anti-Persecution | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 1 |
| Naya Midrange | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |
| Death Cloud | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Mythic Colossification | 2 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Selesnya Value Town | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Elementals | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Mutate | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Zur the Enchanter | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Tempered Steel | 15 | 16–19 | 45.7 | |
| Combo | 13 | 7–23 | 23.3 | |
| Dubious Challenge | 38 | 52–63 | 45.2 | |
| Reanimator | 26 | 37–50 | 42.5 | 2 |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 7 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Double Dragon | 23 | 42–41 | 50.6 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Grixis Reanimator | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Ominous Good | 25 | 22–59 | 27.2 | 1 |
| Taking Turns | 22 | 26–50 | 34.2 | |
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 15 | 30–28 | 51.7 | 1 |
| Stuffy Doll | 12 | 30–20 | 60.0 | 1 |
| Oops All Lands | 10 | 13–21 | 38.2 | |
| Soulflayer | 10 | 17–19 | 47.2 | |
| Jokulhaups Combo | 9 | 8–26 | 23.5 | |
| Eggs | 8 | 11–22 | 33.3 | |
| Izzet Ascension | 6 | 9–13 | 40.9 | |
| Oriss Genesis | 5 | 15–4 | 78.9 | 1 |
| Metalwork Colossus | 4 | 8–10 | 44.4 | 1 |
| Polymorph | 4 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |
| Fake-Twin | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Naya Fake-Twin | 9 | 18–14 | 56.3 | 1 |
| Lookout-Buccaneer Combo | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
| Saffi Combo | 2 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |
| Breakfast | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Hermit Dredge | 26 | 45–28 | 61.6 | 3 |
| Hermit Gond | 24 | 41–37 | 52.6 | 1 |
| Neoform Hermit | 5 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |
| Combo Post | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Eye of the Storm | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Seismic Swans | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Aggro | 12 | 12–27 | 30.8 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 99 | 219–135 | 61.9 | 5 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |
| AggroSlide | 69 | 160–83 | 65.8 | 7 |
| Elves | 46 | 79–91 | 46.5 | 1 |
| Goblins | 45 | 59–82 | 41.8 | 3 |
| White Weenie | 38 | 91–50 | 64.5 | 5 |
| Soldiers | 12 | 15–31 | 32.6 | |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 4 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Zombies | 38 | 74–62 | 54.4 | 1 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 25 | 60–35 | 63.2 | 2 |
| Heroic | 9 | 8–19 | 29.6 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 74 | 167–120 | 58.2 | 5 |
| Azorius Heroic | 14 | 33–34 | 49.3 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 8 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |
| Boros Heroic | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Selesnya Heroic | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Rogues | 7 | 10–18 | 35.7 | |
| Knights | 6 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 6 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 5 | 4–13 | 23.5 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 5 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Slivers | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| Tokens | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 11 | 23–16 | 59.0 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 2 | 0–10 | 0.0 | |
| Selesnya Counters | 6 | 16–10 | 61.5 | |
| Madness | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Golgari Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Jund Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Rakdos Madness | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Voltron | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Hexproof | 5 | 13–12 | 52.0 | |
| Boros Auras | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Temur Neoform | 10 | 11–16 | 40.7 | 1 |
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 18–9 | 66.7 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 35 | 76–60 | 55.9 | 1 |
| Izzet Tempo | 26 | 74–34 | 68.5 | 5 |
| Izzet Spells | 25 | 59–46 | 56.2 | 1 |
| Azorius Skies | 16 | 30–21 | 58.8 | 1 |
| Wizards | 12 | 35–19 | 64.8 | |
| Ninjas | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Dimir Tempo | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |
| Simic Flash | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Dragonstorm | 7 | 11–13 | 45.8 | |
| Ramp | 7 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 23 | 41–32 | 56.2 | |
| Greenpost | 47 | 91–88 | 50.8 | 2 |
| Golgari Post | 9 | 20–14 | 58.8 | 1 |
| Simic Post | 8 | 17–16 | 51.5 | 1 |
| Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |
| Gruul Post | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Eureka! | 7 | 11–17 | 39.3 | 1 |
| Domain | 5 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Applejacks | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Villainous Wealth | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Sultai Neoform | 7 | 25–10 | 71.4 | 1 |
| Goblin Persist | 6 | 4–16 | 20.0 | |
| Grixis Madness | 6 | 9–11 | 45.0 | 1 |
| Simic Madness | 6 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |
| Control | 5 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |
| Ponza | 49 | 78–90 | 46.4 | |
| Mono Black Control | 46 | 39–61 | 39.0 | |
| Stax | 37 | 55–78 | 41.4 | |
| Azorius Control | 36 | 48–63 | 43.2 | |
| Esper Control | 35 | 98–58 | 62.8 | 3 |
| Runeflare | 17 | 14–29 | 32.6 | |
| Dimir Control | 16 | 33–33 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Sultai Control | 16 | 25–31 | 44.6 | |
| Guildgate Control | 14 | 16–27 | 37.2 | |
| Turbo Fog | 12 | 15–25 | 37.5 | 1 |
| Cycling Control | 9 | 10–14 | 41.7 | |
| Astral Slide | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Mono White Control | 9 | 11–12 | 47.8 | |
| Grixis Control | 8 | 11–16 | 40.7 | |
| Cruel Control | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Bant Control | 7 | 4–15 | 21.1 | |
| Mill | 7 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |
| Mardu Control | 6 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |
| Five Color Control | 5 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |
| Temur Reclamation | 5 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Jeskai Control | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |
| Jeskai Approach | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Boros Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Demonic Rising | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Dragon Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Dynavolt Tower | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Izzet Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 5 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 4 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 1 |
| Temur Madness | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 4 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Chancellor of the Forge Combo | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |
| Citadel Storm | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Combo-Control | 3 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |
| Zur's Weirding | 28 | 54–57 | 48.6 | 1 |
| Battle of Wits | 12 | 20–26 | 43.5 | |
| Curses | 8 | 18–16 | 52.9 | |
| Solar Flare | 7 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |
| Burning Vengeance | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Cruel Combo-Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Lich's Mastery | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Plasma Swans | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Pickles | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Sunforger | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |
| Golgari Citadel | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Hermit Humans | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Infect | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Mono Black Infect | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Wildfire | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 132 | 258–203 | 56.0 | 12 |
| Thryx-Wildfire | 10 | 13–21 | 38.2 | |
| Affinity | 1 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 33 | 61–45 | 57.5 | 2 |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 18 | 27–37 | 42.2 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |
| Food | 2 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Pummeler | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Simic Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |