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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rakdos Reanimator | 100 | 221–146 | 60.2 | 11 |
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 65 | 104–82 | 55.9 | 3 |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 56 | 110–69 | 61.5 | 8 |
| Mono White Heroic | 55 | 132–86 | 60.6 | 6 |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 33 | 59–42 | 58.4 | 1 |
| Aggro-Control | 30 | 41–31 | 56.9 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 45 | 98–66 | 59.8 | 3 |
| Mono Blue Faeries | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 40 | 55–78 | 41.4 | 1 |
| Dimir Tempo | 36 | 41–40 | 50.6 | |
| Lich Aggro-Control | 19 | 45–28 | 61.6 | 1 |
| Azorius Skies | 12 | 18–24 | 42.9 | 1 |
| Simic Flash | 3 | 12–3 | 80.0 | |
| Azorius Tempo | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Ninjas | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Wizards | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Oops All Spells | 30 | 56–40 | 58.3 | 2 |
| Combo | 24 | 14–67 | 17.3 | |
| Dredge | 25 | 27–45 | 37.5 | |
| Chain of Acid | 22 | 33–27 | 55.0 | |
| Izzet Ascension | 9 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |
| Soulflayer | 9 | 10–16 | 38.5 | |
| Reanim8 Rack | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Oriss Genesis | 7 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 1 |
| Taking Turns | 7 | 10–14 | 41.7 | 1 |
| Calibrated Blast | 5 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |
| Dice Factory | 5 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |
| Tibalt's Trickery | 5 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |
| Enduring Ideal | 4 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Jokulhaups Combo | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |
| Storm Herald | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
| GreenTwin | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Hypergenesis | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Eggs | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |
| Maniac Combo | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |
| Polymorph | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Reanimator | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 5 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Double Dragon | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Dimir Cycling Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Storm | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 77 | 123–130 | 48.6 | 1 |
| Izzet Storm | 17 | 30–32 | 48.4 | |
| Swath Storm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Simic Storm | 11 | 16–19 | 45.7 | |
| Dragonstorm | 10 | 19–19 | 50.0 | |
| Citadel Storm | 5 | 4–16 | 20.0 | |
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 4 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |
| Grixis Tendrils | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Lookout-Buccaneer Combo | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 24 | 47–45 | 51.1 | 1 |
| Midrange | 24 | 22–50 | 30.6 | |
| Simic Snow | 62 | 119–95 | 55.6 | 6 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 45 | 115–69 | 62.5 | 6 |
| Mono Black Devotion | 56 | 73–85 | 46.2 | |
| Jund | 43 | 62–67 | 48.1 | 2 |
| Dimir Midrange | 26 | 37–49 | 43.0 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 17 | 30–35 | 46.2 | 1 |
| Fires of Invention | 14 | 11–25 | 30.6 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 13 | 17–18 | 48.6 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 13 | 31–16 | 66.0 | 2 |
| The Rock | 13 | 10–25 | 28.6 | |
| Golgari Citadel | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 11 | 24–19 | 55.8 | 1 |
| Graveyard Value | 9 | 8–15 | 34.8 | |
| Varolz Dreadnought | 23 | 37–33 | 52.9 | 2 |
| Lifegain Midrange | 9 | 9–19 | 32.1 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 7 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |
| Allies | 6 | 15–10 | 60.0 | 1 |
| Orzhov Allies | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Death Cloud | 6 | 12–13 | 48.0 | |
| Clerics | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |
| Fake-Rack | 4 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |
| Big Red | 2 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |
| Angels | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Grenzo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Naya Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Zur the Enchanter | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 20 | 27–30 | 47.4 | |
| Wildfire | 19 | 46–32 | 59.0 | 1 |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Thryx-Wildfire | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Blackpost | 13 | 17–26 | 39.5 | |
| Astral Slide | 10 | 10–17 | 37.0 | |
| Ramp | 8 | 12–15 | 44.4 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 10 | 15–12 | 55.6 | |
| Greenpost | 30 | 51–62 | 45.1 | |
| Gruul Post | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Simic Post | 2 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |
| Carth Superfriends | 5 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Jund Carth | 10 | 17–19 | 47.2 | |
| Defenders | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Applejacks | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Selesnya Cats | 7 | 4–13 | 23.5 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 6 | 2–15 | 11.8 | |
| Orzhov Vampires | 6 | 2–13 | 13.3 | |
| Actual Warp World | 5 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |
| Control | 5 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |
| Dimir Control | 42 | 54–75 | 41.9 | 1 |
| Azorius Control | 37 | 63–59 | 51.6 | 1 |
| Cawblade | 8 | 11–10 | 52.4 | |
| Seasons Past Control | 31 | 43–57 | 43.0 | |
| Stax | 28 | 30–54 | 35.7 | |
| Grixis Control | 26 | 46–52 | 46.9 | 2 |
| Esper Control | 22 | 32–43 | 42.7 | |
| Izzet Control | 17 | 31–24 | 56.4 | 2 |
| Prison | 15 | 13–22 | 37.1 | |
| Turbo Fog | 15 | 24–30 | 44.4 | |
| Guildgate Control | 10 | 17–23 | 42.5 | |
| Pox | 10 | 16–19 | 45.7 | |
| Mill | 8 | 14–20 | 41.2 | 1 |
| Bant Control | 7 | 2–17 | 10.5 | |
| Mono White Control | 7 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |
| Life is Ez | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |
| Jeskai Control | 6 | 12–11 | 52.2 | |
| Demonic Rising | 4 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |
| Boros Control | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Dragon Control | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |
| Runeflare | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Mono Black Control | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Orzhov Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Sultai Control | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 5 | 12–13 | 48.0 | |
| Selesnya Heroic | 5 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |
| Simic Madness | 5 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |
| Aggro | 4 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 65 | 126–83 | 60.3 | 6 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| White Weenie | 34 | 49–37 | 57.0 | 2 |
| Soldiers | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Goblins | 28 | 46–34 | 57.5 | 3 |
| Gruul Aggro | 24 | 48–32 | 60.0 | 4 |
| Gruul Landfall | 6 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Zombies | 22 | 39–40 | 49.4 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 21 | 55–30 | 64.7 | 1 |
| Elves | 19 | 27–35 | 43.5 | 1 |
| Knights | 19 | 37–28 | 56.9 | 1 |
| Madness | 17 | 35–27 | 56.5 | 2 |
| Rakdos Madness | 24 | 44–45 | 49.4 | 1 |
| Jund Madness | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Golgari Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Merfolk | 15 | 17–32 | 34.7 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 9 | 15–15 | 50.0 | |
| AggroSlide | 6 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |
| Boros Aggro | 5 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |
| Rogues | 4 | 1–11 | 8.3 | |
| Slivers | 4 | 0–9 | 0.0 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Tempered Steel | 43 | 106–65 | 62.0 | 4 |
| Mono Blue Architect | 26 | 60–35 | 63.2 | 2 |
| Salvage Titan | 18 | 21–28 | 42.9 | |
| Affinity | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Rats | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |
| Voltron | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |
| Hexproof | 15 | 5–19 | 20.8 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 3 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Illusions | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Naya Zoo | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Tokens | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 8 | 16–8 | 66.7 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 6 | 10–9 | 52.6 | |
| Orzhov Tokens | 5 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Combo-Control | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Curses | 8 | 12–17 | 41.4 | |
| Battle of Wits | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |
| Hive Mind | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |
| Plasma Swans | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Resurgent Belief | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Burning Vengeance | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Hedron Alignment | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Liliana's Contract | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Zur's Weirding | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Rakdos Vampires | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Shrines | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Dimir Reanimator | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Hushnought | 17 | 18–29 | 38.3 | 1 |
| Aristocrats | 13 | 21–20 | 51.2 | 1 |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 10 | 26–16 | 61.9 | 2 |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 5 | 12–6 | 66.7 | |
| Boros Bombardment | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 4 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Food | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Burn | 13 | 11–24 | 31.4 | |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 4 | 10–4 | 71.4 | |
| Infect | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 1 |
| Simic Infect | 41 | 104–58 | 64.2 | 8 |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 11 | 23–11 | 67.6 | |
| Combo Goblins | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Goblin Persist | 12 | 25–12 | 67.6 | 1 |
| Dirty Kitty | 7 | 11–10 | 52.4 | |
| Liquimetal Fishing | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 6 | 8–8 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Turbo Myth | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Grixis Madness | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Grixis Reanimator | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Naya Fake-Twin | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Unclassified | 1 | |||
| Wave Blink | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Abzan Wave | 43 | 93–69 | 57.4 | 6 |
| Azorius Wave | 23 | 38–34 | 52.8 | 1 |
| Bant Wave | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |
| Esper Wave | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 |
| Orzhov Wave | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |