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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azorius Control | 62 | 128–88 | 59.3 | 3 |
| Esper Control | 58 | 80–92 | 46.5 | 2 |
| Hushnought | 52 | 103–80 | 56.3 | 1 |
| Neoform Hermit | 33 | 60–47 | 56.1 | 1 |
| Pox | 27 | 36–59 | 37.9 | |
| Ponza | 26 | 22–48 | 31.4 | |
| Aggro | 21 | 44–36 | 55.0 | 1 |
| Red Deck Wins | 58 | 117–94 | 55.5 | 4 |
| Elves | 44 | 70–80 | 46.7 | 2 |
| AggroSlide | 33 | 48–55 | 46.6 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 30 | 50–55 | 47.6 | 3 |
| White Weenie | 25 | 37–38 | 49.3 | 1 |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 16 | 32–23 | 58.2 | 1 |
| Chroma White | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Soldiers | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Knights | 15 | 32–25 | 56.1 | |
| Zombies | 12 | 21–19 | 52.5 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 10 | 11–14 | 44.0 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 8 | 10–19 | 34.5 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 7 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |
| Shamans | 7 | 16–15 | 51.6 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 6 | 10–12 | 45.5 | |
| Selesnya Counters | 29 | 58–43 | 57.4 | 2 |
| Devastating Dreams | 5 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |
| Humans | 5 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |
| Slivers | 4 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |
| Tokens | 4 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Goblins | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Naya Zoo | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Werewolves | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Rogues | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Tempered Steel | 21 | 46–37 | 55.4 | |
| Affinity | 4 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Salvage Titan | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Boros Heroic | 12 | 25–20 | 55.6 | 2 |
| Azorius Heroic | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| 8 Whack | 8 | 16–9 | 64.0 | 1 |
| Dimir Control | 18 | 29–34 | 46.0 | 1 |
| Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 18 | 32–19 | 62.7 | 2 |
| Selesnya Cats | 16 | 20–29 | 40.8 | |
| Wildfire | 13 | 17–25 | 40.5 | |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 8 | 12–18 | 40.0 | |
| Thryx-Wildfire | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Mardu Control | 11 | 13–20 | 39.4 | |
| Midrange | 11 | 12–23 | 34.3 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 63 | 110–107 | 50.7 | 6 |
| Fires of Invention | 32 | 37–63 | 37.0 | 1 |
| Abzan Midrange | 29 | 45–47 | 48.9 | 1 |
| Orzhov Midrange | 28 | 47–39 | 54.7 | |
| Death Cloud | 20 | 29–39 | 42.6 | 1 |
| Fake-Rack | 18 | 40–26 | 60.6 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 11 | 28–14 | 66.7 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 10 | 13–15 | 46.4 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 7 | 14–10 | 58.3 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 9 | 9–16 | 36.0 | |
| Big Red | 8 | 15–14 | 51.7 | |
| Gruul Obosh | 7 | 19–11 | 63.3 | 2 |
| Jund | 7 | 16–11 | 59.3 | |
| The Rock | 6 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |
| Golgari Citadel | 4 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |
| Allies | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |
| Mono White Allies | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |
| Graveyard Value | 5 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |
| Varolz Dreadnought | 7 | 14–10 | 58.3 | |
| Séance | 4 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |
| Temur Ascendancy | 5 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Toughness Matters | 5 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |
| Legends Midrange | 4 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |
| Selesnya Legends | 7 | 6–14 | 30.0 | |
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 4 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Clerics | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| Naya Midrange | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Prophet Glare | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Anti-Persecution | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Elementals | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Five Color Hero | 3 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |
| Abzan Hero | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |
| Orzhov Hero | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Esper Hero | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Mutate | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Mythic Colossification | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Neoform | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Party | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 4 | 9–7 | 56.3 | |
| Goblin Persist | 10 | 19–21 | 47.5 | |
| Mono White Control | 10 | 18–17 | 51.4 | |
| Life is Ez | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 9 | 10–4 | 71.4 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 8 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |
| Stax | 8 | 12–16 | 42.9 | |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 7 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |
| Burn | 7 | 10–14 | 41.7 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 7 | 14–13 | 51.9 | |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 28 | 60–48 | 55.6 | 2 |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 9 | 23–15 | 60.5 | |
| Cloudy With Sunny Spells | 9 | 15–17 | 46.9 | |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Dimir Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Grixis Control | 7 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |
| Cruel Control | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Bant Control | 6 | 13–8 | 61.9 | 1 |
| Battle of Wits | 6 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |
| Acid Trip | 4 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 44 | 77–72 | 51.7 | 2 |
| Dimir Tempo | 29 | 43–47 | 47.8 | 1 |
| Dimir Faeries | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 22 | 42–36 | 53.8 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Faeries | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Wizards | 14 | 30–19 | 61.2 | 1 |
| Azorius Skies | 6 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |
| Ninjas | 6 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |
| Sultai Tempo | 4 | 4–14 | 22.2 | |
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Lich Aggro-Control | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |
| Boros Control | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Ramp | 4 | 0–11 | 0.0 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 13 | 9–33 | 21.4 | |
| Greenpost | 36 | 54–61 | 47.0 | 1 |
| Golgari Post | 8 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |
| Gruul Post | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Domain | 3 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |
| Runeflare | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |
| Astral Slide | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Combo | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Oriss Genesis | 41 | 99–35 | 73.9 | 8 |
| Storm | 19 | 20–30 | 40.0 | 1 |
| Dragonstorm | 42 | 87–75 | 53.7 | 3 |
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 12 | 7–26 | 21.2 | |
| Izzet Storm | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Swath Storm | 11 | 21–29 | 42.0 | |
| Simic Storm | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Izzet Ascension | 12 | 22–18 | 55.0 | |
| Hypergenesis | 7 | 11–10 | 52.4 | |
| Soulflayer | 7 | 19–9 | 67.9 | 1 |
| Reanim8 Rack | 5 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |
| Dredge | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Dubious Challenge | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Enduring Ideal | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| Ominous Good | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Eggs | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Anvil Colossus | 24 | 62–29 | 68.1 | 5 |
| Upheaval Colossus | 7 | 14–10 | 58.3 | |
| Stuffy Doll | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Jokulhaups Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Seismic Swans | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Zubera Tribal | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Cruel Combo-Control | 3 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |
| Enchantress | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |
| Guildgate Control | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |
| Hateful Auras | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Hexproof | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Black Control | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Simic Madness | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Turbo Fog | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Chandra Nalaar | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Curses | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Hive Mind | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Mill | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Naya Fake-Twin | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Shared Fate | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Simic Infect | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Wave Blink | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Abzan Wave | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |
| Azorius Wave | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Bant Wave | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Esper Wave | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Actual Warp World | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 41 | 60–53 | 53.1 | 5 |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 11 | 27–17 | 61.4 | 1 |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 5 | 11–6 | 64.7 | 1 |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | |||
| Burning Vengeance | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Demonic Rising | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Dragon Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Izzet Dragons | 10 | 16–33 | 32.7 | |
| Five Color Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |
| Last Stand Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Jeskai Fake-Twin | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Orzhov Angels | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Sultai Control | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |
| Sultai Ultimatum | 12 | 20–22 | 47.6 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 154 | 336–215 | 61.0 | 16 |
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Rakdos Reanimator | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 |