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 12 weeks, 2 days.
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Leaderboard
Archetypes
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oops All Spells | 40 | 53–75 | 41.4 | 1 |
| Mono White Heroic | 31 | 76–38 | 66.7 | 2 |
| Midrange | 30 | 38–61 | 38.4 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 134 | 345–215 | 61.6 | 16 |
| Rakdos Midrange | 75 | 174–111 | 61.1 | 4 |
| Orzhov Midrange | 51 | 107–68 | 61.1 | 6 |
| Sultai Midrange | 26 | 73–43 | 62.9 | 3 |
| Prophet Glare | 25 | 46–48 | 48.9 | 3 |
| Dimir Midrange | 19 | 32–30 | 51.6 | 2 |
| Party | 19 | 29–43 | 40.3 | 1 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 16 | 16–21 | 43.2 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 42 | 65–58 | 52.8 | 3 |
| Heart of Darkness | 5 | 17–5 | 77.3 | 1 |
| Big Red | 15 | 30–24 | 55.6 | 1 |
| Graveyard Value | 14 | 11–19 | 36.7 | |
| Séance | 12 | 36–17 | 67.9 | 2 |
| Varolz Dreadnought | 7 | 15–7 | 68.2 | |
| Fake-Rack | 12 | 15–31 | 32.6 | |
| Toughness Matters | 11 | 5–14 | 26.3 | |
| Treefolk | 9 | 3–15 | 16.7 | |
| Jund | 8 | 17–17 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Blink | 7 | 12–18 | 40.0 | |
| Orzhov Blink | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Death Cloud | 7 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |
| Temur Ascendancy | 6 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |
| Yisan-Prophet | 6 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Adventures | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |
| Jeskai Midrange | 4 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |
| Grenzo | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Legends Midrange | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Mardu Legends | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Neoform | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |
| Simic Neoform | 8 | 12–18 | 40.0 | |
| Temur Neoform | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| Sultai Neoform | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| Clerics | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Mutate | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Selesnya Value Town | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Allies | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Esper Allies | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Orzhov Allies | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Azorius Allies | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Illness in the Ranks | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Temur Energy | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| The Rock | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Selesnya Cats | 30 | 77–55 | 58.3 | 3 |
| Combo | 27 | 21–58 | 26.6 | |
| Izzet Ascension | 57 | 93–95 | 49.5 | 5 |
| Dredge | 49 | 74–83 | 47.1 | 3 |
| Taking Turns | 23 | 34–45 | 43.0 | |
| Storm | 18 | 24–32 | 42.9 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 72 | 121–117 | 50.8 | 4 |
| Grixis Tendrils | 9 | 20–18 | 52.6 | |
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Hazoret Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Simic Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Sultai Tendrils | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Hypergenesis | 16 | 22–29 | 43.1 | |
| Protean Hulk Combo | 15 | 21–29 | 42.0 | 1 |
| Jokulhaups Combo | 14 | 14–30 | 31.8 | |
| Possibility Storm | 13 | 25–25 | 50.0 | |
| Eggs | 12 | 2–23 | 8.0 | |
| Maniac Combo | 9 | 17–17 | 50.0 | |
| Soulflayer | 8 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 6 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |
| Dice Factory | 5 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |
| Oops All Lands | 5 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Oriss Genesis | 5 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |
| Ominous Good | 4 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |
| Combo Post | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |
| Polymorph | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| Seismic Swans | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Myr Incubator | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Reanimator | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 31 | 55–53 | 50.9 | 1 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 6 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 46 | 94–81 | 53.7 | 1 |
| Rakdos Reanimator | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |
| Dimir Reanimator | 2 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |
| Dubious Challenge | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Lookout-Buccaneer Combo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 16 | 16–32 | 33.3 | |
| Aggro | 12 | 13–18 | 41.9 | |
| Elves | 47 | 87–89 | 49.4 | 2 |
| Merfolk | 44 | 98–75 | 56.6 | 3 |
| Red Deck Wins | 43 | 102–61 | 62.6 | 6 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |
| Proliferate Red | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| White Weenie | 34 | 73–53 | 57.9 | 2 |
| Kithkin | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Soldiers | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| AggroSlide | 31 | 75–47 | 61.5 | 2 |
| Zombies | 19 | 31–33 | 48.4 | 1 |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 18 | 23–22 | 51.1 | 2 |
| Selesnya Counters | 7 | 15–15 | 50.0 | |
| Goblins | 16 | 24–31 | 43.6 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 14 | 24–21 | 53.3 | 1 |
| Rakdos Aggro | 13 | 15–17 | 46.9 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 11 | 19–21 | 47.5 | 1 |
| Mono Red Swarm | 8 | 10–14 | 41.7 | |
| Rogues | 7 | 5–13 | 27.8 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 6 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |
| Gruul Landfall | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Tokens | 4 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 10 | 18–23 | 43.9 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 9 | 13–22 | 37.1 | |
| Boros Aggro | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| Madness | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |
| Golgari Madness | 10 | 17–22 | 43.6 | |
| Rakdos Madness | 3 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |
| Slivers | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Affinity | 86 | 183–131 | 58.3 | 6 |
| Mono Blue Architect | 19 | 47–26 | 64.4 | 3 |
| Tempered Steel | 11 | 26–15 | 63.4 | |
| Boros Vehicles | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |
| Salvage Titan | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Devoid Aggro | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Knights | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Naya Zoo | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Rats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Hexproof | 12 | 16–28 | 36.4 | |
| Goblin Persist | 11 | 26–22 | 54.2 | 1 |
| Ramp | 11 | 6–16 | 27.3 | |
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 8 | 12–19 | 38.7 | |
| Historic Bloom | 41 | 77–68 | 53.1 | 3 |
| Applejacks | 4 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |
| Greenpost | 64 | 98–109 | 47.3 | 7 |
| Gruul Post | 3 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |
| Locus Awakening | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Simic Post | 2 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |
| Defenders | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Villainous Wealth | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Dirty Kitty | 10 | 17–24 | 41.5 | |
| Wildfire | 10 | 10–22 | 31.3 | |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Thryx-Wildfire | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Actual Warp World | 9 | 14–18 | 43.8 | 1 |
| Blackpost | 8 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |
| Control | 8 | 11–16 | 40.7 | |
| Ponza | 65 | 121–103 | 54.0 | 3 |
| Azorius Control | 54 | 80–97 | 45.2 | 1 |
| Cawblade | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Pox | 45 | 92–69 | 57.1 | 1 |
| Mill | 44 | 94–82 | 53.4 | 2 |
| Runeflare | 23 | 19–66 | 22.4 | |
| Turbo Fog | 21 | 24–60 | 28.6 | |
| Demonic Rising | 20 | 11–22 | 33.3 | |
| Esper Control | 19 | 40–30 | 57.1 | 1 |
| Dimir Control | 18 | 26–28 | 48.1 | |
| Mono Black Control | 17 | 18–22 | 45.0 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 8 | 14–17 | 45.2 | |
| Jeskai Control | 7 | 3–16 | 15.8 | |
| Sultai Control | 7 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |
| Chandra Nalaar | 6 | 12–4 | 75.0 | 1 |
| Enchantments Control | 5 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Mardu Control | 5 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |
| Mono White Control | 4 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |
| Life is Ez | 29 | 44–50 | 46.8 | 3 |
| Guildgate Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Izzet Control | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
| Boros Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Cycling Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Astral Slide | 22 | 21–47 | 30.9 | |
| Dragon Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Dynavolt Tower | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Five Color Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Shrines | 16 | 18–32 | 36.0 | |
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 6 | 1–16 | 5.9 | |
| Grixis Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Cruel Control | 17 | 29–28 | 50.9 | 2 |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 8 | 15–14 | 51.7 | |
| Hateful Auras | 7 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 6 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 5–18 | 21.7 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 55 | 131–92 | 58.7 | 4 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 52 | 126–77 | 62.1 | 4 |
| Mono Blue Faeries | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |
| Izzet Spells | 18 | 30–18 | 62.5 | 2 |
| Azorius Skies | 11 | 16–21 | 43.2 | |
| Dimir Tempo | 11 | 22–17 | 56.4 | |
| Lich Aggro-Control | 7 | 14–10 | 58.3 | |
| Azorius Tempo | 5 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |
| Ninjas | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Blue Madness | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Temur Madness | 5 | 8–13 | 38.1 | |
| Simic Madness | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| Wizards | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 5 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 4 | 1–12 | 7.7 | |
| Enchantress | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Swath Storm | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Burn | 22 | 29–36 | 44.6 | |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 13 | 31–18 | 63.3 | |
| Chancellor of the Forge Combo | 5 | 12–8 | 60.0 | 1 |
| Hushnought | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Infect | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Simic Infect | 14 | 17–19 | 47.2 | 1 |
| Mono Black Infect | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Aristocrats | 2 | 6–0 | 100.0 | 1 |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 35 | 71–47 | 60.2 | 6 |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 17 | 41–25 | 62.1 | 1 |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 14 | 23–30 | 43.4 | 1 |
| Food | 11 | 6–16 | 27.3 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 6 | 18–4 | 81.8 | 2 |
| Mardu Aristocrats | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Dimir Cloudpost Control | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Rakdos Vampires | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Combo-Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Zur's Weirding | 54 | 125–88 | 58.7 | 5 |
| Mindcrank | 41 | 80–68 | 54.1 | 4 |
| Dragoncrank | 12 | 36–17 | 67.9 | 1 |
| Battle of Wits | 7 | 16–16 | 50.0 | |
| Solar Flare | 5 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |
| Curses | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |
| Displace Loop | 4 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |
| Burning Vengeance | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Cruel Combo-Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Hedron Alignment | 1 | |||
| Pickles | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Yosei Vat | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Mono White Angels | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Wild Pair | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |