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 12 weeks, 6 days.
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Leaderboard
Archetypes
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oops All Spells | 87 | 202–110 | 64.7 | 9 |
| Midrange | 71 | 84–127 | 39.8 | 5 |
| Orzhov Midrange | 112 | 266–165 | 61.7 | 14 |
| Artifact Midrange | 47 | 47–88 | 34.8 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 45 | 88–75 | 54.0 | 1 |
| Martyr's Grace | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |
| Blink | 36 | 41–61 | 40.2 | 2 |
| Orzhov Blink | 3 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 |
| Dimir Midrange | 27 | 24–40 | 37.5 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 22 | 45–35 | 56.3 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 20 | 25–27 | 48.1 | 1 |
| Rakdos Midrange | 20 | 28–39 | 41.8 | |
| Graveyard Value | 16 | 35–21 | 62.5 | |
| Varolz Dreadnought | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 12 | 19–23 | 45.2 | |
| Game Objects | 12 | 3–22 | 12.0 | |
| Party | 12 | 28–19 | 59.6 | 1 |
| Big Red | 11 | 21–16 | 56.8 | |
| The Rock | 10 | 3–24 | 11.1 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 7 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 7 | 8–22 | 26.7 | |
| Selesnya Value Town | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Clerics | 6 | 14–11 | 56.0 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 6 | 5–18 | 21.7 | |
| Prophet Glare | 6 | 11–18 | 37.9 | |
| Legends Midrange | 5 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Selesnya Legends | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Fake-Rack | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Mutate | 4 | 2–16 | 11.1 | |
| Allies | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |
| Boros Allies | 10 | 28–14 | 66.7 | 1 |
| Azorius Allies | 7 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |
| Orzhov Allies | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Coinflips | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Jund | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
| Death Cloud | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Temur Ascendancy | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Toughness Matters | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 55 | 113–90 | 55.7 | 3 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 37 | 55–47 | 53.9 | 2 |
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 29 | 63–39 | 61.8 | 2 |
| Combo | 22 | 17–40 | 29.8 | 1 |
| Izzet Ascension | 72 | 104–98 | 51.5 | 5 |
| Hypergenesis | 64 | 100–89 | 52.9 | 2 |
| Restore Balance | 55 | 116–74 | 61.1 | 5 |
| Taking Turns | 38 | 64–70 | 47.8 | 2 |
| Umbral Mantle | 27 | 36–39 | 48.0 | 2 |
| Tibalt's Trickery | 26 | 21–57 | 26.9 | |
| Enduring Ideal | 19 | 46–40 | 53.5 | |
| Gyruda | 19 | 22–28 | 44.0 | 1 |
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 19 | 29–44 | 39.7 | |
| Ad Nauseam | 17 | 15–31 | 32.6 | |
| Ad Swanseam | 24 | 34–35 | 49.3 | 3 |
| Storm | 16 | 7–27 | 20.6 | |
| Dragonstorm | 28 | 35–61 | 36.5 | 1 |
| Izzet Storm | 7 | 5–18 | 21.7 | |
| Citadel Storm | 6 | 1–13 | 7.1 | |
| Grixis Tendrils | 5 | 1–12 | 7.7 | |
| Hazoret Storm | 5 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |
| Simic Storm | 5 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| High Tide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 12 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |
| Upheaval Colossus | 11 | 15–20 | 42.9 | |
| Anvil Colossus | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Dredge | 11 | 2–19 | 9.5 | |
| Maniac Combo | 7 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 7 | 7–15 | 31.8 | |
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 5 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |
| Storm Herald | 5 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |
| Intruder Alarm | 4 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Ominous Good | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Oops All Lands | 4 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |
| GreenTwin | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Dice Factory | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Myr Incubator | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Seismic Swans | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
| Calibrated Blast | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Eggs | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Fake-Twin | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Naya Fake-Twin | 5 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |
| New Perspectives | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Oriss Genesis | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Polymorph | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Warp World | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Four Color Glimpse | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |
| Temur Glimpse | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 21 | 42–31 | 57.5 | 1 |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 16 | 29–27 | 51.8 | 2 |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 16 | 17–29 | 37.0 | |
| Selesnya Cats | 16 | 24–24 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Orzhov Angels | 15 | 29–33 | 46.8 | 1 |
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 14 | 30–23 | 56.6 | 1 |
| Astral Slide | 13 | 18–18 | 50.0 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 13 | 31–20 | 60.8 | |
| Rakdos Vampires | 13 | 12–19 | 38.7 | |
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 13 | 33–19 | 63.5 | 2 |
| Aggro | 11 | 12–12 | 50.0 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 119 | 292–161 | 64.5 | 14 |
| Goblins | 39 | 70–60 | 53.8 | 3 |
| Knights | 26 | 52–46 | 53.1 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 25 | 36–44 | 45.0 | |
| Elves | 23 | 54–47 | 53.5 | |
| Shamans | 23 | 49–33 | 59.8 | |
| AggroSlide | 16 | 33–23 | 58.9 | 1 |
| Gruul Aggro | 15 | 19–24 | 44.2 | |
| Gruul Landfall | 11 | 4–21 | 16.0 | |
| Rogues | 15 | 24–29 | 45.3 | |
| Merfolk | 11 | 12–24 | 33.3 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 10 | 11–20 | 35.5 | |
| Zombies | 10 | 9–22 | 29.0 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 9 | 9–15 | 37.5 | |
| Slivers | 9 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |
| White Weenie | 8 | 13–11 | 54.2 | |
| Soldiers | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Odric Keywords | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Boros Aggro | 6 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 5 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
| Tokens | 3 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 20 | 31–26 | 54.4 | 1 |
| Orzhov Tokens | 5 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Affinity | 99 | 150–135 | 52.6 | 8 |
| Mono Blue Architect | 30 | 63–38 | 62.4 | 3 |
| Tempered Steel | 24 | 43–38 | 53.1 | 1 |
| Salvage Titan | 7 | 5–18 | 21.7 | |
| Humans | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Bant Humans | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| Selesnya Humans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Madness | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |
| Gruul Madness | 8 | 17–16 | 51.5 | |
| Rakdos Madness | 8 | 9–13 | 40.9 | |
| Golgari Madness | 3 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| 8 Whack | 10 | 26–19 | 57.8 | 1 |
| Rats | 2 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |
| Voltron | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Hateful Auras | 19 | 39–27 | 59.1 | 1 |
| Hexproof | 4 | 1–11 | 8.3 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 2 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |
| Werewolves | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Aggro-Control | 11 | 15–15 | 50.0 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 144 | 325–206 | 61.2 | 16 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 76 | 169–101 | 62.6 | 10 |
| Mono Blue Faeries | 11 | 19–14 | 57.6 | 1 |
| Wizards | 60 | 85–88 | 49.1 | 1 |
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 48 | 90–52 | 63.4 | 4 |
| Dimir Tempo | 34 | 44–47 | 48.4 | |
| Lich Aggro-Control | 19 | 33–30 | 52.4 | 2 |
| Izzet Spells | 5 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |
| Azorius Skies | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
| Ninjas | 4 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Blue Madness | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Simic Madness | 6 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |
| Temur Madness | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Mono Blue Gush | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 11 | 26–25 | 51.0 | |
| Boros Heroic | 9 | 13–20 | 39.4 | |
| Ramp | 8 | 9–16 | 36.0 | |
| Rofellos Ramp | 108 | 236–163 | 59.1 | 10 |
| Wild Pair | 5 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |
| Carth Superfriends | 12 | 5–25 | 16.7 | |
| Defenders | 8 | 17–17 | 50.0 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 5 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |
| Greenpost | 51 | 92–80 | 53.5 | 2 |
| Simic Post | 7 | 20–12 | 62.5 | 2 |
| Eldrazipost | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Golgari Post | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 5 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 7 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 6 | 8–13 | 38.1 | |
| Shrines | 6 | 2–12 | 14.3 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 6 | 4–17 | 19.0 | |
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 46 | 81–81 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Burn | 11 | 9–23 | 28.1 | |
| Infect | 6 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |
| Simic Infect | 11 | 17–16 | 51.5 | |
| Golgari Infect | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 6 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 20 | 35–39 | 47.3 | 1 |
| Hushnought | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Liquimetal Fishing | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Enchantress | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Grozoth | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Abzan Wave | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Azorius Heroic | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Boros Bombardment | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Azorius Control | 92 | 158–143 | 52.5 | 7 |
| Cawblade | 17 | 28–26 | 51.9 | 1 |
| Stax | 59 | 66–136 | 32.7 | |
| Bant Control | 55 | 59–96 | 38.1 | 2 |
| Ponza | 29 | 46–52 | 46.9 | 1 |
| Esper Control | 20 | 37–32 | 53.6 | 4 |
| Pox | 19 | 27–26 | 50.9 | 1 |
| Mono Black Control | 14 | 9–29 | 23.7 | |
| Turbo Fog | 13 | 11–33 | 25.0 | |
| Mill | 10 | 9–24 | 27.3 | |
| Dimir Control | 9 | 17–16 | 51.5 | |
| Grixis Control | 9 | 8–19 | 29.6 | |
| Cruel Control | 7 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |
| Izzet Control | 8 | 15–21 | 41.7 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 6 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Demonic Rising | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Jeskai Control | 4 | 10–4 | 71.4 | |
| Runeflare | 4 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |
| Sultai Control | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 22 | 56–32 | 63.6 | 1 |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 18 | 31–23 | 57.4 | 1 |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 6 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |
| Izzet Cloudpost Control | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Cloudy With Sunny Spells | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Orzhov Control | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Chandra Nalaar | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Dragon Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Four Color Counter Ghazi | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Mono White Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Life is Ez | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Food | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |
| Combo-Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Mindcrank | 58 | 126–79 | 61.5 | 9 |
| Plasma Swans | 46 | 61–59 | 50.8 | 2 |
| Hive Mind | 9 | 11–16 | 40.7 | |
| Curses | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Resurgent Belief | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Lich's Mastery | 3 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |
| Pickles | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Shared Fate | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |
| Battle of Wits | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Hedron Alignment | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Solar Flare | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Dirty Kitty | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 20 | 35–46 | 43.2 | 1 |