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 2 days, 19 hours.
Congratulations to thewatchwander, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 34)
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Leaderboard
Archetypes
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro-Control | 56 | 88–91 | 49.2 | 1 |
| Dimir Tempo | 77 | 151–119 | 55.9 | 5 |
| Dimir Faeries | 11 | 12–15 | 44.4 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 44 | 101–67 | 60.1 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 22 | 45–47 | 48.9 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Faeries | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Azorius Skies | 14 | 33–21 | 61.1 | |
| Ninjas | 14 | 16–29 | 35.6 | |
| Wizards | 11 | 22–21 | 51.2 | |
| Izzet Spells | 9 | 21–21 | 50.0 | |
| Simic Flash | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Simic Vat | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 55 | 97–71 | 57.7 | 4 |
| Aggro | 42 | 88–68 | 56.4 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 75 | 143–112 | 56.1 | 4 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 4 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |
| Elves | 46 | 69–67 | 50.7 | 2 |
| Rakdos Aggro | 46 | 96–76 | 55.8 | 3 |
| Goblins | 37 | 66–52 | 55.9 | 1 |
| AggroSlide | 32 | 61–51 | 54.5 | 2 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 31 | 67–47 | 58.8 | 2 |
| White Weenie | 31 | 53–54 | 49.5 | 2 |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 10 | 10–22 | 31.3 | |
| Soldiers | 7 | 15–10 | 60.0 | |
| Kithkin | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 25 | 55–59 | 48.2 | |
| Rogues | 24 | 41–48 | 46.1 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 24 | 58–34 | 63.0 | 2 |
| Selesnya Counters | 5 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |
| Knights | 22 | 40–36 | 52.6 | 3 |
| Zombies | 21 | 52–35 | 59.8 | 2 |
| Merfolk | 14 | 10–23 | 30.3 | |
| Devastating Dreams | 10 | 18–23 | 43.9 | 1 |
| Artifact Aggro | 9 | 17–16 | 51.5 | |
| Affinity | 25 | 44–50 | 46.8 | |
| Tempered Steel | 17 | 36–25 | 59.0 | |
| Salvage Titan | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 9 | 17–20 | 45.9 | |
| Gruul Landfall | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Tokens | 9 | 16–22 | 42.1 | |
| Orzhov Tokens | 27 | 66–40 | 62.3 | 2 |
| Selesnya Tokens | 8 | 17–20 | 45.9 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Naya Zoo | 8 | 14–24 | 36.8 | |
| Werewolves | 4 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 3 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| 8 Whack | 65 | 155–97 | 61.5 | 8 |
| Heroic | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Boros Heroic | 30 | 50–66 | 43.1 | 1 |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 8 | 14–18 | 43.8 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 8 | 11–15 | 42.3 | |
| Selesnya Heroic | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Pirates | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Warriors | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Midrange | 37 | 46–76 | 37.7 | |
| Fires of Invention | 133 | 236–239 | 49.7 | 7 |
| Abzan Midrange | 111 | 190–186 | 50.5 | 7 |
| The Rock | 64 | 129–103 | 55.6 | 5 |
| Golgari Citadel | 7 | 7–15 | 31.8 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 54 | 105–105 | 50.0 | 3 |
| Orzhov Midrange | 37 | 71–48 | 59.7 | 1 |
| Dimir Midrange | 32 | 51–41 | 55.4 | 2 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 31 | 49–54 | 47.6 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 26 | 56–38 | 59.6 | 2 |
| Big Red | 24 | 40–51 | 44.0 | 1 |
| Gruul Obosh | 23 | 43–48 | 47.3 | 2 |
| Jeskai Midrange | 18 | 20–29 | 40.8 | |
| Jund | 17 | 30–33 | 47.6 | 1 |
| Sultai Midrange | 16 | 21–30 | 41.2 | 1 |
| Sultai Emerge | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Toughness Matters | 13 | 30–24 | 55.6 | 1 |
| Allies | 12 | 11–22 | 33.3 | |
| Mono White Allies | 12 | 23–14 | 62.2 | 2 |
| Mardu Allies | 5 | 14–8 | 63.6 | |
| Orzhov Allies | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Boros Allies | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Graveyard Value | 11 | 27–22 | 55.1 | |
| Varolz Dreadnought | 18 | 42–28 | 60.0 | |
| Séance | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Hellion Whip | 11 | 24–20 | 54.5 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 10 | 14–14 | 50.0 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 9 | 18–16 | 52.9 | 1 |
| Orzhov Hero | 40 | 80–63 | 55.9 | 4 |
| Abzan Hero | 35 | 65–52 | 55.6 | 2 |
| Esper Hero | 29 | 50–64 | 43.9 | |
| Mardu Hero | 25 | 49–41 | 54.4 | 2 |
| Boros Hero | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Legends Midrange | 9 | 15–15 | 50.0 | |
| Selesnya Legends | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 1 |
| Party | 9 | 7–22 | 24.1 | |
| Fake-Rack | 8 | 11–13 | 45.8 | |
| Zur the Enchanter | 7 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |
| Clerics | 6 | 12–16 | 42.9 | |
| Blink | 5 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
| Wave Blink | 12 | 34–21 | 61.8 | 1 |
| Azorius Wave | 51 | 114–70 | 62.0 | 6 |
| Abzan Wave | 15 | 41–25 | 62.1 | 2 |
| Esper Wave | 12 | 13–15 | 46.4 | |
| Orzhov Wave | 7 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |
| Bant Wave | 5 | 11–6 | 64.7 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Constellation | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 4 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| -1/-1 Counters | 3 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |
| Naya Midrange | 3 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |
| Temur Ascendancy | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |
| Neoform | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Sultai Neoform | 4 | 15–5 | 75.0 | |
| Simic Neoform | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Temur Neoform | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | |
| Angels | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Card Advantage White | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Death Cloud | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Illness in the Ranks | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Mutate | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Mythic Colossification | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Selvala Morningstar | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Treefolk | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 32 | 58–50 | 53.7 | 2 |
| Combo | 30 | 30–64 | 31.9 | |
| Eggs | 39 | 30–59 | 33.7 | 1 |
| Enduring Ideal | 34 | 34–81 | 29.6 | 1 |
| Izzet Ascension | 32 | 57–59 | 49.1 | 4 |
| Soulflayer | 27 | 33–45 | 42.3 | |
| Oriss Genesis | 15 | 35–22 | 61.4 | 2 |
| Stuffy Doll | 15 | 33–24 | 57.9 | 2 |
| Hypergenesis | 13 | 13–31 | 29.5 | |
| Jokulhaups Combo | 13 | 15–27 | 35.7 | |
| Storm | 12 | 5–30 | 14.3 | |
| Dragonstorm | 28 | 21–67 | 23.9 | |
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 26 | 26–64 | 28.9 | |
| Song Storm | 9 | 1–19 | 5.0 | |
| Hazoret Storm | 4 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |
| Izzet Storm | 4 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Swath Storm | 8 | 14–18 | 43.8 | 1 |
| Stormpost | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Citadel Storm | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 11 | 11–26 | 29.7 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 11 | 18–23 | 43.9 | |
| Anvil Colossus | 81 | 207–125 | 62.3 | 9 |
| Upheaval Colossus | 50 | 87–87 | 50.0 | 2 |
| Dredge | 10 | 2–27 | 6.9 | |
| Breakfast | 8 | 12–9 | 57.1 | |
| Neoform Hermit | 92 | 187–94 | 66.5 | 15 |
| Oops All Spells | 56 | 143–84 | 63.0 | 5 |
| Hermit Gond | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Hermit Dredge | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Storm Herald | 7 | 9–15 | 37.5 | |
| Dice Factory | 5 | 8–15 | 34.8 | |
| Maniac Combo | 5 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |
| Seismic Swans | 5 | 13–9 | 59.1 | |
| Ominous Good | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |
| "Twin" | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Jeskai "Twin" | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 2 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |
| Cruel Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Dubious Challenge | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Polymorph | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Possibility Storm | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Ramp | 28 | 29–53 | 35.4 | |
| Domain | 20 | 22–43 | 33.8 | |
| Defenders | 6 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |
| Villainous Wealth | 4 | 3–14 | 17.6 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Greenpost | 36 | 69–65 | 51.5 | 1 |
| Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 13 | 11–26 | 29.7 | |
| Golgari Post | 8 | 7–17 | 29.2 | |
| Simic Post | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 15 | 20–14 | 58.8 | 1 |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 14 | 33–19 | 63.5 | |
| Hexproof | 14 | 15–19 | 44.1 | |
| Control | 13 | 19–28 | 40.4 | |
| Azorius Control | 92 | 186–156 | 54.4 | 6 |
| Pox | 67 | 157–111 | 58.6 | 6 |
| Esper Control | 59 | 96–110 | 46.6 | 3 |
| Dimir Control | 54 | 72–74 | 49.3 | 4 |
| Grixis Control | 45 | 84–88 | 48.8 | 2 |
| Cruel Control | 4 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |
| Ponza | 41 | 62–69 | 47.3 | 2 |
| Mill | 17 | 14–32 | 30.4 | |
| Stax | 16 | 24–21 | 53.3 | |
| Jeskai Control | 14 | 19–32 | 37.3 | |
| Jeskai Approach | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Bant Control | 12 | 13–19 | 40.6 | |
| Demonic Rising | 11 | 24–18 | 57.1 | |
| Mardu Control | 10 | 16–25 | 39.0 | |
| Guildgate Control | 9 | 15–21 | 41.7 | |
| Turbo Fog | 9 | 21–13 | 61.8 | |
| Four Color Counter Ghazi | 6 | 4–15 | 21.1 | |
| Mono Black Control | 5 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Izzet Control | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |
| Runeflare | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Boros Control | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Five Color Control | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Last Stand Control | 10 | 12–22 | 35.3 | |
| Shrines | 9 | 6–27 | 18.2 | |
| Orzhov Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 24 | 45–36 | 55.6 | |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 15 | 26–36 | 41.9 | |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Dimir Cloudpost Control | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Blackpost | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Cycling Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Astral Slide | 7 | 11–17 | 39.3 | |
| Dragon Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Izzet Dragons | 30 | 40–57 | 41.2 | 1 |
| Mono White Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Life is Ez | 6 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 1 |
| Sultai Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Sultai Ultimatum | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Goblin Persist | 13 | 29–24 | 54.7 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 11 | 28–18 | 60.9 | |
| Combo-Control | 10 | 10–23 | 30.3 | |
| Battle of Wits | 15 | 17–39 | 30.4 | |
| Cruel Combo-Control | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Hive Mind | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Pickles | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Zur's Weirding | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Displace Loop | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Lich's Mastery | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Shared Fate | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Curses | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Liliana's Contract | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Sunforger | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Wildfire | 10 | 26–17 | 60.5 | |
| Thryx-Wildfire | 16 | 32–32 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 13 | 13–14 | 48.1 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 8 | 20–20 | 50.0 | |
| Selesnya Cats | 7 | 17–7 | 70.8 | 1 |
| Simic Madness | 7 | 15–11 | 57.7 | 1 |
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 6 | 14–9 | 60.9 | |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Jund Madness | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 16 | 22–33 | 40.0 | |
| Dimir Reanimator | 7 | 16–17 | 48.5 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Burn | 39 | 46–65 | 41.4 | 1 |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 18 | 32–38 | 45.7 | |
| Hushnought | 15 | 32–22 | 59.3 | 2 |
| Chancellor of the Forge Combo | 12 | 22–26 | 45.8 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 12 | 19–18 | 51.4 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 24 | 45–28 | 61.6 | 4 |
| Infect | 6 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 57 | 85–86 | 49.7 | 2 |
| Simic Infect | 6 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |
| Golgari Infect | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |
| Hermit Humans | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Dirty Kitty | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Golgari Madness | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Mardu Aristocrats | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Wild Pair | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 |