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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 27 | 74–27 | 73.3 | 6 |
| Midrange | 19 | 19–39 | 32.8 | |
| Simic Snow | 56 | 106–86 | 55.2 | 4 |
| Fires of Invention | 35 | 46–67 | 40.7 | |
| Fake-Rack | 26 | 41–49 | 45.6 | 1 |
| Big Red | 24 | 33–33 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 17 | 24–29 | 45.3 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 11 | 10–11 | 47.6 | |
| The Rock | 11 | 16–22 | 42.1 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 10 | 6–15 | 28.6 | |
| Jund | 8 | 14–17 | 45.2 | |
| Party | 8 | 15–17 | 46.9 | 1 |
| Orzhov Midrange | 7 | 15–14 | 51.7 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 7 | 3–18 | 14.3 | |
| Coinflips | 5 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 4 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |
| Game Objects | 4 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 4 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Five Color Hero | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 3 | 0–10 | 0.0 | |
| Toughness Matters | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |
| Allies | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |
| Blink | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Mutate | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Death Cloud | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Varolz Dreadnought | 6 | 17–10 | 63.0 | 1 |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 19 | 36–33 | 52.2 | |
| Combo | 16 | 16–28 | 36.4 | 1 |
| Eggs | 19 | 11–33 | 25.0 | |
| Restore Balance | 10 | 16–18 | 47.1 | |
| Dice Factory | 8 | 7–22 | 24.1 | |
| Ad Nauseam | 4 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 4 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Breakfast | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Oops All Spells | 20 | 32–29 | 52.5 | 1 |
| Oriss Genesis | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Dredge | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Dubious Challenge | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Reanimator | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 3 | 9–3 | 75.0 | 1 |
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |
| Dragon Nightmare | 24 | 47–33 | 58.8 | 3 |
| Soulflayer | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Storm | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 |
| High Tide | 82 | 147–166 | 47.0 | 6 |
| Hazoret Storm | 25 | 34–47 | 42.0 | 1 |
| Channel Storm | 20 | 37–28 | 56.9 | 1 |
| Izzet Storm | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Stormpost | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Zubera Tribal | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Fake-Twin | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| GreenTwin | 1 | 3–0 | 100.0 | |
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| New Perspectives | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Taking Turns | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Greenpost | 16 | 22–41 | 34.9 | 1 |
| Wild Pair | 15 | 16–17 | 48.5 | 1 |
| Aggro | 14 | 18–20 | 47.4 | 1 |
| White Weenie | 72 | 157–85 | 64.9 | 11 |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 11 | 22–17 | 56.4 | 1 |
| Kithkin | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 38 | 60–61 | 49.6 | 4 |
| Elves | 17 | 36–31 | 53.7 | |
| Slivers | 11 | 17–19 | 47.2 | |
| Merfolk | 9 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |
| Knights | 8 | 7–18 | 28.0 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 7 | 5–18 | 21.7 | |
| Zombies | 7 | 6–14 | 30.0 | |
| Goblins | 6 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 6 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 1 |
| Rogues | 6 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |
| AggroSlide | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 1 |
| Affinity | 26 | 24–38 | 38.7 | |
| Tempered Steel | 23 | 58–29 | 66.7 | 3 |
| Salvage Titan | 12 | 35–20 | 63.6 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Architect | 6 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |
| Boros Vehicles | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Boros Aggro | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Brushwaggs | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Shamans | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 13 | 13–20 | 39.4 | |
| Burn | 12 | 18–21 | 46.2 | 1 |
| Four Color Glimpse | 8 | 15–11 | 57.7 | |
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 9–14 | 39.1 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 52 | 114–76 | 60.0 | 6 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 51 | 105–59 | 64.0 | 4 |
| Izzet Spells | 17 | 38–24 | 61.3 | 1 |
| Dimir Tempo | 13 | 10–24 | 29.4 | |
| Azorius Skies | 6 | 13–11 | 54.2 | |
| Azorius Tempo | 5 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 5 | 12–6 | 66.7 | |
| Ninjas | 4 | 9–4 | 69.2 | |
| Sultai Tempo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Infect | 7 | 7–16 | 30.4 | |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 13 | 16–28 | 36.4 | |
| Simic Infect | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 7 | 16–14 | 53.3 | |
| Control | 6 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |
| Azorius Control | 68 | 167–72 | 69.9 | 15 |
| Esper Control | 22 | 36–29 | 55.4 | 1 |
| Grixis Control | 20 | 30–36 | 45.5 | |
| Seasons Past Control | 19 | 25–33 | 43.1 | 1 |
| Ponza | 10 | 16–19 | 45.7 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 9 | 10–9 | 52.6 | 1 |
| Five Color Control | 8 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |
| Shrines | 2 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Guildgate Control | 7 | 13–11 | 54.2 | |
| Mono White Control | 7 | 14–11 | 56.0 | 1 |
| Life is Ez | 20 | 44–19 | 69.8 | 4 |
| Pox | 7 | 10–14 | 41.7 | |
| Stax | 6 | 9–14 | 39.1 | |
| Sultai Control | 6 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |
| Dimir Control | 5 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |
| Jeskai Control | 5 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |
| Mill | 5 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Demonic Rising | 4 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |
| Runeflare | 4 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| Izzet Control | 3 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |
| Boros Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Mono Black Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Prison | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Enchantress | 6 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Martyr's Grace | 6 | 21–4 | 84.0 | 2 |
| Curses | 5 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 5 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |
| Rakdos Madness | 5 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |
| Zur's Weirding | 5 | 0–10 | 0.0 | |
| Dirty Kitty | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Gruul Post | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |
| Hive Mind | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |
| Jeskai Humans | 4 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |
| Anvil Colossus | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |
| Aristocrats | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Boros Bombardment | 8 | 20–8 | 71.4 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 6 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 5 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 1 |
| Food | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
| Goblin Persist | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
| Izzet Dreadnought | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Upheaval Colossus | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |
| Boros Heroic | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Gruul Landfall | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Unclassified | 2 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |
| Astral Slide | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Bant Humans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Battle of Wits | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Blackpost | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Hexproof | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Liquimetal Fishing | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Plasma Swans | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Pummeler | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Ramp | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Applejacks | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| Defenders | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Solar Flare | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 |