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 9 weeks, 4 days.
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Leaderboard
Archetypes
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | 5–0s |
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Mono White Heroic | 84 | 156–138 | 53.1 | 5 |
Affinity | 80 | 162–130 | 55.5 | 7 |
Borderpost Wildfire | 62 | 126–95 | 57.0 | 4 |
Goblin Persist | 57 | 129–93 | 58.1 | 5 |
Worldgorger Dragon | 42 | 88–69 | 56.1 | 2 |
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 40 | 79–42 | 65.3 | 6 |
Midrange | 34 | 42–56 | 42.9 | 2 |
Blink | 73 | 103–107 | 49.0 | 2 |
Rakdos Midrange | 32 | 72–56 | 56.3 | 1 |
Dimir Midrange | 31 | 38–68 | 35.8 | 2 |
Abzan Midrange | 27 | 33–46 | 41.8 | 1 |
Big Red | 16 | 34–25 | 57.6 | 2 |
Coinflips | 11 | 5–18 | 21.7 | |
The Rock | 11 | 12–30 | 28.6 | |
Jeskai Midrange | 10 | 25–13 | 65.8 | 1 |
Lifegain Midrange | 10 | 15–13 | 53.6 | |
Hero of Precinct One | 9 | 23–14 | 62.2 | 2 |
Abzan Hero | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |
Five Color Hero | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
Orzhov Hero | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
Graveyard Value | 6 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |
Varolz Dreadnought | 22 | 40–29 | 58.0 | 1 |
Séance | 10 | 22–17 | 56.4 | |
Mythic Colossification | 5 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 1 |
Sultai Midrange | 5 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
Sultai Emerge | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
Clerics | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | |
Fake-Rack | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
Jund | 4 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |
Legends Midrange | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |
Selesnya Legends | 9 | 11–12 | 47.8 | |
Boros Legends Midrange | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
Orzhov Legends | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
Treefolk | 4 | 4–13 | 23.5 | |
Mardu Midrange | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |
Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
Mono Black Devotion | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
Orzhov Midrange | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
Enchantments Matter | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
Toughness Matters | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
-1/-1 Counters | 1 | |||
Allies | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
Esper Allies | 5 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |
Boros Allies | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |
Mardu Allies | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
Orzhov Allies | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
Grenzo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
Illness in the Ranks | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
Mutate | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
Naya Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
Temur Ascendancy | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
Zur the Enchanter | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
Combo | 23 | 23–45 | 33.8 | |
Necrotic Ooze Combo | 68 | 144–79 | 64.6 | 11 |
Eggs | 59 | 96–113 | 45.9 | 1 |
Storm Herald | 32 | 13–55 | 19.1 | |
Dice Factory | 29 | 46–55 | 45.5 | |
Ad Nauseam | 18 | 21–50 | 29.6 | |
Ad Swanseam | 21 | 52–23 | 69.3 | 4 |
Hypergenesis | 17 | 23–25 | 47.9 | |
Jokulhaups Combo | 15 | 17–23 | 42.5 | 1 |
Storm | 14 | 19–25 | 43.2 | 1 |
Izzet Storm | 8 | 14–8 | 63.6 | |
Swath Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
Song Storm | 8 | 1–11 | 8.3 | |
Citadel Storm | 4 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
Dimir Tendrils | 2 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |
Hazoret Storm | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
Stormpost | 2 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |
Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
Simic Storm | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
Maniac Combo | 13 | 14–37 | 27.5 | |
Soulflayer | 13 | 21–24 | 46.7 | |
Heartless Summoning Combo | 10 | 23–15 | 60.5 | |
Dredge | 8 | 10–15 | 40.0 | |
Enduring Ideal | 7 | 10–14 | 41.7 | |
Izzet Ascension | 6 | 12–9 | 57.1 | |
Blazing Shoal Combo | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |
Taking Turns | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |
Biovisionary | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
Combo Post | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
Polymorph | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
Quest for Ula's Temple | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
Dubious Challenge | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
Oops All Lands | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
Oriss Genesis | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
Seismic Swans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
Warp World | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
Actual Warp World | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
Aggro-Control | 16 | 13–26 | 33.3 | |
Izzet Tempo | 108 | 237–174 | 57.7 | 13 |
Dimir Tempo | 31 | 50–40 | 55.6 | 4 |
Dimir Faeries | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
Mono Blue Tempo | 19 | 30–24 | 55.6 | |
Mono Blue Faeries | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |
Wizards | 9 | 13–19 | 40.6 | |
Azorius Skies | 7 | 13–11 | 54.2 | |
Ninjas | 7 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
Izzet Spells | 6 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |
Azorius Tempo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
Gruul Madness | 14 | 27–25 | 51.9 | |
Mono Blue Architect | 11 | 27–17 | 61.4 | 1 |
Mono Blue Dreadnought | 10 | 15–12 | 55.6 | |
Orzhov Aristocrats | 10 | 14–24 | 36.8 | |
Traditional Reanimator | 8 | 8–17 | 32.0 | |
Dimir Reanimator | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
Grixis Reanimator | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
Abzan Aristocrats | 7 | 8–16 | 33.3 | |
Hexproof | 7 | 3–17 | 15.0 | |
Ramp | 7 | 3–17 | 15.0 | |
Rofellos Ramp | 35 | 76–52 | 59.4 | 2 |
Villainous Wealth | 9 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |
Cloudpost Ramp | 5 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |
Greenpost | 83 | 211–128 | 62.2 | 3 |
Simic Post | 13 | 30–24 | 55.6 | 2 |
Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 4 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |
Gruul Post | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
Defenders | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
Summer Bloom Ramp | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
Historic Bloom | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
Applejacks | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
Aggro | 6 | 4–16 | 20.0 | |
Elves | 80 | 113–152 | 42.6 | 1 |
Red Deck Wins | 43 | 92–64 | 59.0 | 3 |
Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
AggroSlide | 36 | 70–57 | 55.1 | 2 |
Gruul Aggro | 16 | 32–30 | 51.6 | 1 |
Gruul Landfall | 5 | 11–10 | 52.4 | |
Mono Black Aggro | 16 | 25–28 | 47.2 | 1 |
Zombies | 9 | 10–14 | 41.7 | |
Selesnya Little Kid | 8 | 11–21 | 34.4 | |
Slivers | 8 | 15–14 | 51.7 | |
Merfolk | 7 | 11–12 | 47.8 | |
Rakdos Aggro | 6 | 13–10 | 56.5 | |
Rakdos Hellbent | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
Rogues | 5 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
Goblins | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
Pirates | 4 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |
Werewolves | 4 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |
Brushwaggs | 3 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
White Weenie | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
Quest for the Holy Relic | 37 | 62–46 | 57.4 | 3 |
Soldiers | 4 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 1 |
Knights | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
Boros Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
Naya Zoo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
Mono White Tokens | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |
Warriors | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
Combo-Control | 6 | 10–11 | 47.6 | |
Plasma Swans | 49 | 83–64 | 56.5 | 4 |
Mindcrank | 40 | 94–61 | 60.6 | 5 |
Dragoncrank | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
Lich's Mastery | 24 | 45–50 | 47.4 | 1 |
Hive Mind | 20 | 37–36 | 50.7 | 1 |
Battle of Wits | 9 | 11–20 | 35.5 | 1 |
Solar Flare | 9 | 21–10 | 67.7 | 2 |
Liliana's Contract | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
Zur's Weirding | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
Curses | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
Pickles | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
Shared Fate | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
Yosei Vat | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
Control | 6 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |
Azorius Control | 60 | 83–115 | 41.9 | 1 |
Cawblade | 51 | 91–79 | 53.5 | 7 |
Esper Control | 57 | 124–87 | 58.8 | 3 |
Stax | 36 | 45–75 | 37.5 | |
Birthday Stax | 5 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
Ponza | 23 | 29–32 | 47.5 | |
Mill | 13 | 13–32 | 28.9 | |
Grixis Control | 12 | 26–20 | 56.5 | 1 |
Cruel Control | 15 | 20–23 | 46.5 | |
Dimir Control | 11 | 14–14 | 50.0 | |
Dynavolt Tower | 11 | 14–16 | 46.7 | |
Mono Black Control | 11 | 21–18 | 53.8 | |
Five Color Control | 8 | 16–17 | 48.5 | |
Shrines | 2 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |
Jeskai Control | 7 | 11–12 | 47.8 | |
Turbo Fog | 6 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |
Demonic Rising | 5 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |
Izzet Control | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |
Runeflare | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
Boros Control | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
Mono White Control | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
Life is Ez | 40 | 71–50 | 58.7 | 4 |
Cloudpost Control | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
Azorius Cloudpost Control | 12 | 28–23 | 54.9 | 1 |
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 12 | 29–21 | 58.0 | 1 |
Mono White Cloudpost Control | 4 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 1 |
Dragon Control | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
Izzet Dragons | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
Mono Blue Control | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
Bant Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
Chandra Nalaar | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
Cycling Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
Astral Slide | 25 | 24–49 | 32.9 | |
Mardu Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
Pox | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
Mono Black Vampires | 6 | 8–19 | 29.6 | |
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 5 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
Simic Madness | 5 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 4 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |
Rakdos Vampires | 4 | 10–7 | 58.8 | |
Thryx-Wildfire | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
Mono Black Aristocrats | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |
Rakdos Madness | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
Salvage Titan | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
Selesnya Cats | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
Enchantress | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
Golgari Madness | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
Izzet Dreadnought | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |
Jund Madness | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
Orzhov Vampires | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
Selesnya Value Town | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
Tempered Steel | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
Aggro-Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
Burn | 33 | 64–69 | 48.1 | 1 |
Liquimetal Fishing | 28 | 48–51 | 48.5 | 1 |
Izzet Blitzkrieg | 24 | 49–41 | 54.4 | 3 |
Hushnought | 18 | 39–31 | 55.7 | 1 |
Infect | 5 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |
Blazing Shoal Infect | 18 | 26–30 | 46.4 | 1 |
Simic Infect | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
Chancellor of the Forge Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
Boros Heroic | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
Dimir Thopter-Sword | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
Enigmatic Incarnation | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
Hateful Auras | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
Naya Fake-Twin | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
Oops All Spells | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
Orzhov Angels | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |