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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mono Black Reanimator | 105 | 257–173 | 59.8 | 9 |
| Aggro-Control | 42 | 41–72 | 36.3 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 96 | 234–149 | 61.1 | 5 |
| Dimir Tempo | 41 | 66–80 | 45.2 | 1 |
| Dimir Faeries | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 41 | 98–61 | 61.6 | 6 |
| Mono Blue Faeries | 6 | 10–11 | 47.6 | |
| Sultai Tempo | 27 | 67–44 | 60.4 | 2 |
| Izzet Spells | 16 | 32–32 | 50.0 | |
| Wizards | 13 | 19–34 | 35.8 | |
| Azorius Skies | 11 | 24–19 | 55.8 | 1 |
| Ninjas | 10 | 14–17 | 45.2 | |
| Lich Aggro-Control | 7 | 10–14 | 41.7 | 1 |
| Blue Madness | 3 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |
| Simic Madness | 12 | 15–22 | 40.5 | |
| Midrange | 38 | 36–76 | 32.1 | 1 |
| Abzan Midrange | 116 | 241–193 | 55.5 | 6 |
| Fires of Invention | 96 | 125–208 | 37.5 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 77 | 146–144 | 50.3 | 6 |
| Fake-Rack | 70 | 120–101 | 54.3 | 4 |
| Sultai Midrange | 52 | 78–89 | 46.7 | |
| Sultai Emerge | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| The Rock | 48 | 63–103 | 38.0 | 1 |
| Golgari Citadel | 8 | 11–16 | 40.7 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 43 | 78–72 | 52.0 | 1 |
| Graveyard Value | 40 | 80–80 | 50.0 | 2 |
| Varolz Dreadnought | 12 | 18–29 | 38.3 | |
| Séance | 7 | 21–11 | 65.6 | 1 |
| Orzhov Midrange | 31 | 54–64 | 45.8 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 25 | 48–46 | 51.1 | 1 |
| Mono Black Devotion | 21 | 51–40 | 56.0 | 1 |
| Gruul Obosh | 24 | 54–37 | 59.3 | 1 |
| Jund | 23 | 44–34 | 56.4 | 1 |
| Big Red | 20 | 34–43 | 44.2 | |
| Prophet Glare | 19 | 24–26 | 48.0 | 2 |
| Clerics | 14 | 23–28 | 45.1 | |
| Death Cloud | 10 | 26–18 | 59.1 | |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 8 | 4–18 | 18.2 | |
| Toughness Matters | 8 | 6–21 | 22.2 | |
| Elementals | 7 | 12–19 | 38.7 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 6 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |
| Constellation | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Grenzo | 6 | 19–11 | 63.3 | |
| Legends Midrange | 6 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |
| Selesnya Legends | 35 | 63–56 | 52.9 | 3 |
| Blink | 5 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |
| Wave Blink | 9 | 16–9 | 64.0 | |
| Azorius Wave | 36 | 58–53 | 52.3 | 4 |
| Abzan Wave | 17 | 32–31 | 50.8 | 2 |
| Bant Wave | 10 | 19–20 | 48.7 | 1 |
| Esper Wave | 5 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Orzhov Wave | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Acid Trip | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 5 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |
| Orzhov Hero | 41 | 65–71 | 47.8 | 2 |
| Abzan Hero | 12 | 24–18 | 57.1 | 2 |
| Five Color Hero | 6 | 16–10 | 61.5 | 1 |
| Mardu Hero | 6 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |
| Esper Hero | 5 | 11–8 | 57.9 | |
| Boros Hero | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 5 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |
| Allies | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |
| Boros Allies | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |
| Mono White Allies | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |
| Card Advantage White | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Coinflips | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Naya Midrange | 3 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Treefolk | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Jeskai Midrange | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Party | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Anti-Persecution | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Hellion Whip | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Illness in the Ranks | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Mutate | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Temur Ascendancy | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Ramp | 36 | 28–76 | 26.9 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 25 | 40–54 | 42.6 | 1 |
| Greenpost | 112 | 183–202 | 47.5 | 4 |
| Gruul Post | 13 | 26–22 | 54.2 | |
| Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Golgari Post | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Simic Post | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Domain | 6 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |
| Defenders | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Villainous Wealth | 3 | 0–11 | 0.0 | |
| Izzet Dragons | 26 | 46–70 | 39.7 | |
| Combo | 23 | 15–42 | 26.3 | |
| Izzet Ascension | 36 | 55–66 | 45.5 | 1 |
| Eggs | 33 | 25–69 | 26.6 | |
| Jokulhaups Combo | 24 | 39–38 | 50.6 | |
| Breakfast | 21 | 28–21 | 57.1 | 1 |
| Neoform Hermit | 97 | 209–140 | 59.9 | 13 |
| Oops All Spells | 29 | 55–41 | 57.3 | 3 |
| Hypergenesis | 16 | 10–32 | 23.8 | |
| Dredge | 15 | 16–35 | 31.4 | |
| Oriss Genesis | 15 | 23–17 | 57.5 | 1 |
| Storm | 15 | 7–33 | 17.5 | |
| Dragonstorm | 33 | 61–63 | 49.2 | 1 |
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 25 | 27–51 | 34.6 | |
| Hazoret Storm | 6 | 0–10 | 0.0 | |
| Izzet Storm | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Swath Storm | 25 | 54–51 | 51.4 | 2 |
| Citadel Storm | 2 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |
| Simic Storm | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Song Storm | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Stormpost | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Enduring Ideal | 12 | 25–21 | 54.3 | |
| Soulflayer | 10 | 11–15 | 42.3 | 1 |
| Reanim8 Rack | 16 | 26–34 | 43.3 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 9 | 12–16 | 42.9 | |
| Anvil Colossus | 53 | 96–94 | 50.5 | 5 |
| Upheaval Colossus | 17 | 23–36 | 39.0 | 1 |
| Polymorph | 8 | 17–22 | 43.6 | |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 7 | 1–13 | 7.1 | |
| Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 50 | 114–50 | 69.5 | 10 |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 47 | 72–80 | 47.4 | 2 |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 5 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 1 |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 7 | 8–10 | 44.4 | 1 |
| Storm Herald | 6 | 16–10 | 61.5 | |
| Dice Factory | 5 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |
| Fake-Twin | 4 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |
| Naya Fake-Twin | 18 | 27–33 | 45.0 | |
| Jeskai Fake-Twin | 7 | 10–14 | 41.7 | |
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Stuffy Doll | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |
| Zubera Tribal | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Ominous Good | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Taking Turns | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Dubious Challenge | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Seismic Swans | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 22 | 28–44 | 38.9 | |
| Selesnya Cats | 21 | 26–30 | 46.4 | |
| Aggro | 16 | 25–26 | 49.0 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 187 | 478–236 | 66.9 | 33 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Elves | 68 | 130–103 | 55.8 | 4 |
| AggroSlide | 67 | 163–91 | 64.2 | 8 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 32 | 79–55 | 59.0 | 1 |
| Zombies | 32 | 64–58 | 52.5 | 3 |
| White Weenie | 26 | 49–39 | 55.7 | 2 |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 54 | 131–76 | 63.3 | 9 |
| Soldiers | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |
| Chroma White | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Odric Keywords | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Slivers | 22 | 30–47 | 39.0 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 18 | 43–28 | 60.6 | |
| Goblins | 17 | 21–37 | 36.2 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 17 | 27–31 | 46.6 | 1 |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 12 | 17–25 | 40.5 | |
| Selesnya Counters | 9 | 25–14 | 64.1 | 1 |
| Knights | 11 | 24–21 | 53.3 | |
| Tokens | 9 | 16–13 | 55.2 | 1 |
| Mono White Tokens | 14 | 29–23 | 55.8 | 1 |
| Selesnya Tokens | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |
| Orzhov Tokens | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Rogues | 8 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 7 | 16–15 | 51.6 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 5 | 11–11 | 50.0 | |
| Tempered Steel | 36 | 54–69 | 43.9 | 2 |
| Affinity | 22 | 26–41 | 38.8 | |
| Salvage Titan | 7 | 5–14 | 26.3 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Boros Vehicles | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Merfolk | 5 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 5 | 4–13 | 23.5 | |
| Naya Zoo | 5 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |
| Werewolves | 5 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |
| Voltron | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 5 | 5–17 | 22.7 | |
| Hateful Auras | 4 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Hexproof | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Warriors | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |
| Heroic | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 15 | 38–29 | 56.7 | 1 |
| Boros Heroic | 13 | 14–23 | 37.8 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| 8 Whack | 46 | 95–84 | 53.1 | 4 |
| Shamans | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Devastating Dreams | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Devoid Aggro | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Minotaurs | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Pirates | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Goblin Persist | 13 | 27–24 | 52.9 | |
| Control | 10 | 5–17 | 22.7 | |
| Azorius Control | 124 | 300–202 | 59.8 | 8 |
| Cawblade | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Esper Control | 85 | 186–157 | 54.2 | 8 |
| Ponza | 75 | 130–161 | 44.7 | 3 |
| Pox | 68 | 120–128 | 48.4 | 2 |
| Dimir Control | 46 | 89–68 | 56.7 | 3 |
| Grixis Control | 30 | 28–73 | 27.7 | 1 |
| Cruel Control | 5 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Bant Control | 21 | 44–41 | 51.8 | 1 |
| Guildgate Control | 21 | 27–47 | 36.5 | 1 |
| Stax | 21 | 32–44 | 42.1 | |
| Turbo Fog | 19 | 26–29 | 47.3 | |
| Mill | 17 | 15–41 | 26.8 | |
| Jeskai Control | 15 | 11–31 | 26.2 | |
| Mardu Control | 12 | 17–31 | 35.4 | |
| Mono White Control | 10 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |
| Life is Ez | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Izzet Control | 7 | 8–14 | 36.4 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 7 | 8–13 | 38.1 | |
| Runeflare | 7 | 10–16 | 38.5 | |
| Demonic Rising | 6 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |
| Mono Black Control | 6 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
| Five Color Control | 5 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 11 | 9–22 | 29.0 | |
| Shrines | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Last Stand Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Cycling Control | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |
| Astral Slide | 5 | 3–15 | 16.7 | |
| Galleon Control | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Orzhov Control | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |
| Sultai Control | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Sultai Ultimatum | 44 | 79–93 | 45.9 | 2 |
| Boros Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 28 | 33–37 | 47.1 | 1 |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 21 | 41–37 | 52.6 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 21 | 44–36 | 55.0 | 1 |
| Cloudy With Sunny Spells | 18 | 49–21 | 70.0 | 2 |
| Blackpost | 4 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |
| Dynavolt Tower | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Wildfire | 6 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 14 | 26–23 | 53.1 | |
| Thryx-Wildfire | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Dimir Reanimator | 5 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 4 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 1 |
| Rakdos Reanimator | 4 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |
| Sultai Neoform | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |
| Combo-Control | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Battle of Wits | 11 | 13–24 | 35.1 | |
| Burning Vengeance | 8 | 3–16 | 15.8 | |
| Lich's Mastery | 7 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Curses | 6 | 3–14 | 17.6 | |
| Hedron Alignment | 5 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |
| Zur's Weirding | 4 | 13–5 | 72.2 | |
| Yosei Vat | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Cruel Combo-Control | 2 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |
| Pickles | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Solar Flare | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Displace Loop | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Hive Mind | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Liliana's Contract | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Shared Fate | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Enchantress | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Mono White Cats | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Rakdos Vampires | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Temur Neoform | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Hushnought | 58 | 147–91 | 61.8 | 8 |
| Burn | 32 | 67–66 | 50.4 | |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 11 | 16–18 | 47.1 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 10 | 14–14 | 50.0 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 29 | 57–40 | 58.8 | 3 |
| Pummeler | 4 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |
| Aristocrats | 2 | 6–1 | 85.7 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 33 | 44–50 | 46.8 | 2 |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 15 | 27–31 | 46.6 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 7 | 17–13 | 56.7 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 6 | 12–9 | 57.1 | |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Infect | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Simic Infect | 30 | 54–60 | 47.4 | 1 |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 16 | 25–27 | 48.1 | |
| Golgari Infect | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Gruul Humans | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Historic Bloom | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Jund Madness | 1 | |||
| Orzhov Vampires | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Rakdos Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Simic Neoform | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Wild Pair | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 |