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 Red Blitzkrieg | 96 | 209–131 | 61.5 | 11 |
| Recurring Nightmare | 52 | 79–69 | 53.4 | 4 |
| Dragon Nightmare | 64 | 122–109 | 52.8 | 2 |
| Jund Nightmare | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Aggro-Control | 36 | 40–60 | 40.0 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 110 | 190–162 | 54.0 | 11 |
| Mono Blue Faeries | 11 | 16–14 | 53.3 | 1 |
| Izzet Tempo | 78 | 156–134 | 53.8 | 3 |
| Izzet Spells | 33 | 82–43 | 65.6 | 6 |
| Dimir Tempo | 22 | 26–40 | 39.4 | |
| Dimir Faeries | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 12 | 28–22 | 56.0 | |
| Ninjas | 10 | 17–18 | 48.6 | |
| Azorius Skies | 7 | 10–10 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Azorius Tempo | 5 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 1 |
| Sultai Tempo | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |
| Lich Aggro-Control | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Wizards | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Tempered Steel | 32 | 68–48 | 58.6 | 1 |
| Midrange | 24 | 27–42 | 39.1 | |
| Simic Snow | 66 | 140–112 | 55.6 | 7 |
| Rakdos Midrange | 65 | 123–112 | 52.3 | 3 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 42 | 53–71 | 42.7 | 1 |
| Mono Black Devotion | 25 | 21–37 | 36.2 | |
| The Rock | 34 | 59–59 | 50.0 | 2 |
| Golgari Citadel | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 32 | 57–51 | 52.8 | 1 |
| Five Color Hero | 55 | 108–89 | 54.8 | 5 |
| Jeskai Hero | 22 | 35–40 | 46.7 | |
| Mardu Hero | 6 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Fake-Rack | 28 | 32–50 | 39.0 | |
| Jund | 20 | 32–37 | 46.4 | |
| Anti-Persecution | 13 | 2–21 | 8.7 | |
| Fires of Invention | 12 | 18–20 | 47.4 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 12 | 5–22 | 18.5 | |
| Martyr's Grace | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Game Objects | 11 | 7–28 | 20.0 | |
| Toughness Matters | 10 | 4–20 | 16.7 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 9 | 10–21 | 32.3 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 8 | 6–20 | 23.1 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 7 | 7–16 | 30.4 | |
| Death Cloud | 7 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |
| Allies | 6 | 12–15 | 44.4 | 1 |
| Azorius Allies | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |
| Esper Allies | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |
| Mardu Allies | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Jeskai Midrange | 5 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |
| Zur the Enchanter | 5 | 2–12 | 14.3 | |
| Big Red | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Graveyard Value | 4 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Varolz Dreadnought | 8 | 9–16 | 36.0 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |
| Coinflips | 3 | 0–11 | 0.0 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Treefolk | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Blink | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Acid Trip | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Party | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Angels | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Mono White Angels | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Gruul Obosh | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Mutate | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Mythic Colossification | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Vampires | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Rakdos Vampires | 3 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Orzhov Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Simic Madness | 24 | 34–33 | 50.7 | 3 |
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 18 | 29–53 | 35.4 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 18 | 36–30 | 54.5 | 1 |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 18 | 33–29 | 53.2 | 1 |
| Affinity | 16 | 25–31 | 44.6 | |
| Combo | 16 | 12–21 | 36.4 | |
| Breakfast | 25 | 34–50 | 40.5 | 1 |
| Oops All Spells | 8 | 11–14 | 44.0 | |
| Hermit Gond | 5 | 13–7 | 65.0 | |
| Restore Balance | 21 | 14–42 | 25.0 | |
| Enduring Ideal | 12 | 10–18 | 35.7 | |
| Hypergenesis | 12 | 20–19 | 51.3 | 1 |
| GreenTwin | 8 | 11–17 | 39.3 | |
| Protean Hulk Combo | 8 | 15–15 | 50.0 | |
| Taking Turns | 5 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |
| Dice Factory | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Dubious Challenge | 4 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Polymorph | 4 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |
| Ad Nauseam | 3 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |
| Ad Swanseam | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Oriss Genesis | 3 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |
| Calibrated Blast | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Eggs | 2 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |
| Ominous Good | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Seismic Swans | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Soulflayer | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Reanim8 Rack | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Storm | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| High Tide | 238 | 408–348 | 54.0 | 26 |
| Channel Storm | 148 | 355–184 | 65.9 | 22 |
| Dragonstorm | 7 | 13–15 | 46.4 | |
| Citadel Storm | 4 | 1–13 | 7.1 | |
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Grixis Tendrils | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Song Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Stuffy Doll | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Intruder Alarm | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Maniac Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Warp World | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Four Color Glimpse | 15 | 23–29 | 44.2 | |
| Temur Glimpse | 5 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |
| Goblin Persist | 15 | 16–19 | 45.7 | |
| Enchantress | 14 | 16–32 | 33.3 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 12 | 27–19 | 58.7 | 1 |
| Ramp | 11 | 23–23 | 50.0 | |
| Carth Superfriends | 5 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |
| Applejacks | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Greenpost | 41 | 63–76 | 45.3 | |
| Gruul Post | 10 | 15–23 | 39.5 | 1 |
| Golgari Post | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Domain | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Defenders | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Salvage Titan | 11 | 10–16 | 38.5 | |
| Zur's Weirding | 11 | 21–23 | 47.7 | 1 |
| Solar Flare | 9 | 10–15 | 40.0 | 1 |
| Hive Mind | 7 | 11–10 | 52.4 | 1 |
| Illusions | 7 | 12–15 | 44.4 | |
| Hexproof | 6 | 14–10 | 58.3 | |
| Izzet Dragons | 6 | 11–14 | 44.0 | 1 |
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |
| Burn | 59 | 102–88 | 53.7 | 2 |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 9 | 18–21 | 46.2 | 1 |
| Infect | 7 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 14 | 20–27 | 42.6 | |
| Simic Infect | 8 | 13–11 | 54.2 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 5 | 10–7 | 58.8 | |
| Aristocrats | 3 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 9 | 12–17 | 41.4 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 5 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 3 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 3 | 1–13 | 7.1 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |
| Mardu Aristocrats | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Hermit Humans | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Curses | 5 | 4–14 | 22.2 | |
| Dirty Kitty | 5 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |
| Resurgent Belief | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |
| Aggro | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |
| Elves | 78 | 155–127 | 55.0 | 5 |
| Red Deck Wins | 76 | 175–98 | 64.1 | 10 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| White Weenie | 35 | 81–44 | 64.8 | 2 |
| Kithkin | 4 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |
| Merfolk | 22 | 38–40 | 48.7 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 21 | 40–38 | 51.3 | 1 |
| Knights | 18 | 39–26 | 60.0 | 1 |
| Zombies | 14 | 15–26 | 36.6 | |
| Humans | 13 | 20–17 | 54.1 | 1 |
| Bant Humans | 37 | 77–47 | 62.1 | 4 |
| Jeskai Humans | 15 | 32–26 | 55.2 | 2 |
| Boros Humans | 7 | 10–15 | 40.0 | |
| Selesnya Humans | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 9 | 11–16 | 40.7 | 1 |
| Slivers | 8 | 5–14 | 26.3 | |
| AggroSlide | 7 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |
| Boros Aggro | 7 | 14–15 | 48.3 | |
| Naya Zoo | 7 | 13–19 | 40.6 | |
| Goblins | 6 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 4 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Rogues | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Shamans | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Rakdos Madness | 15 | 17–24 | 41.5 | |
| Azorius Heroic | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Pickles | 3 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| Dimir Reanimator | 16 | 20–32 | 38.5 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 9 | 11–20 | 35.5 | |
| Battle of Wits | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Azorius Control | 121 | 261–181 | 59.0 | 14 |
| Cawblade | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |
| Esper Control | 97 | 205–156 | 56.8 | 11 |
| Pox | 40 | 52–81 | 39.1 | |
| Mono Black Control | 30 | 49–57 | 46.2 | |
| Dimir Control | 29 | 31–57 | 35.2 | 1 |
| Ponza | 27 | 41–52 | 44.1 | |
| Guildgate Control | 26 | 33–65 | 33.7 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 24 | 29–42 | 40.8 | 1 |
| Izzet Control | 16 | 30–24 | 55.6 | 1 |
| Mill | 14 | 16–25 | 39.0 | 1 |
| Stax | 12 | 16–25 | 39.0 | |
| Boros Control | 11 | 20–16 | 55.6 | 2 |
| Jeskai Control | 11 | 16–17 | 48.5 | |
| Seasons Past Control | 11 | 14–28 | 33.3 | |
| Orzhov Control | 7 | 15–14 | 51.7 | |
| Runeflare | 6 | 8–18 | 30.8 | |
| Bant Control | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Turbo Fog | 4 | 4–13 | 23.5 | |
| Grixis Control | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| Cruel Control | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Mono White Control | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Life is Ez | 16 | 34–20 | 63.0 | 1 |
| Cycling Control | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Astral Slide | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 41 | 66–76 | 46.5 | 2 |
| Blackpost | 8 | 13–17 | 43.3 | |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Four Color Counter Ghazi | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Sultai Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 7 | 14–11 | 56.0 | |
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Last Stand Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Wildfire | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 9 | 24–15 | 61.5 | 1 |
| Burning Vengeance | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Cruel Combo-Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Dimir Cycling Reanimator | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Mardu Legends | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Shrines | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |