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 2 days, 19 hours.
Congratulations to thewatchwander, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 34)
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Leaderboard
Archetypes
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azorius Control | 77 | 130–83 | 61.0 | 8 |
| Cawblade | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 1 |
| Tempered Steel | 65 | 150–100 | 60.0 | 4 |
| Greenpost | 62 | 101–102 | 49.8 | 2 |
| Ponza | 61 | 121–105 | 53.5 | 2 |
| Stax | 49 | 81–89 | 47.6 | 2 |
| Midrange | 40 | 33–78 | 29.7 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 163 | 317–276 | 53.5 | 14 |
| Mono Black Devotion | 9 | 11–19 | 36.7 | |
| Jund | 47 | 72–86 | 45.6 | 1 |
| Blink | 46 | 83–88 | 48.5 | 3 |
| Rakdos Midrange | 34 | 45–58 | 43.7 | 1 |
| Abzan Midrange | 23 | 53–28 | 65.4 | 2 |
| Artifact Midrange | 11 | 10–25 | 28.6 | |
| Allies | 10 | 13–12 | 52.0 | |
| Boros Allies | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |
| Mardu Allies | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |
| Mono White Allies | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 10 | 14–17 | 45.2 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 9 | 19–10 | 65.5 | 1 |
| Vampires | 9 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 31 | 79–44 | 64.2 | 5 |
| Rakdos Vampires | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |
| Orzhov Vampires | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 6 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
| Naya Midrange | 6 | 3–14 | 17.6 | |
| The Rock | 6 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |
| Coinflip Tribal | 5 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |
| Fake-Rack | 5 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |
| Graveyard Value | 5 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |
| Séance | 4 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Varolz Dreadnought | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Big Red | 4 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Naya Hero | 11 | 15–25 | 37.5 | |
| Boros Hero | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Mardu Hero | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| Legends Midrange | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Death Cloud | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Elementals | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |
| Mutate | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Selesnya Value Town | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Clerics | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Martyr's Grace | 29 | 46–46 | 50.0 | 2 |
| Party | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Esper Control | 39 | 62–47 | 56.9 | 3 |
| Pox | 38 | 47–76 | 38.2 | 1 |
| Burn | 26 | 45–47 | 48.9 | 1 |
| Affinity | 25 | 44–35 | 55.7 | 1 |
| Ramp | 24 | 32–55 | 36.8 | |
| Carth Superfriends | 23 | 45–38 | 54.2 | 1 |
| Defenders | 3 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |
| Villainous Wealth | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Applejacks | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 1 | |||
| Historic Bloom | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Dimir Control | 21 | 27–37 | 42.2 | 1 |
| Hateful Auras | 21 | 34–34 | 50.0 | |
| Oops All Spells | 21 | 32–29 | 52.5 | |
| Grixis Control | 20 | 20–28 | 41.7 | |
| Cruel Control | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Liquimetal Fishing | 18 | 24–25 | 49.0 | 1 |
| Mill | 13 | 14–27 | 34.1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 11 | 6–29 | 17.1 | |
| Izzet Spells | 56 | 120–79 | 60.3 | 8 |
| Izzet Tempo | 42 | 93–62 | 60.0 | 7 |
| Ninjas | 12 | 19–24 | 44.2 | |
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
| 12 Pest | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Blue Madness | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |
| Simic Madness | 13 | 19–17 | 52.8 | |
| Dimir Tempo | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Dimir Faeries | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 11 | 9–17 | 34.6 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 11 | 22–19 | 53.7 | 1 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 10 | 12–24 | 33.3 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Rakdos Reanimator | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 10 | 17–17 | 50.0 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 103 | 235–120 | 66.2 | 14 |
| Izzet Dreadnought | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 9 | 17–12 | 58.6 | 1 |
| Mono White Control | 9 | 10–15 | 40.0 | |
| Turbo Fog | 9 | 12–20 | 37.5 | |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 9 | 16–16 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Double Dragon | 7 | 9–18 | 33.3 | |
| Seasons Past Control | 8 | 8–19 | 29.6 | |
| Wild Pair | 8 | 15–15 | 50.0 | |
| Azorius Heroic | 7 | 5–15 | 25.0 | |
| Combo | 6 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 35 | 62–47 | 56.9 | 2 |
| Hypergenesis | 26 | 58–44 | 56.9 | 1 |
| Jokulhaups Combo | 23 | 47–30 | 61.0 | 4 |
| Polymorph | 21 | 23–36 | 39.0 | |
| Restore Balance | 15 | 27–28 | 49.1 | 1 |
| Soulflayer | 11 | 18–16 | 52.9 | 1 |
| Reanim8 Rack | 27 | 47–54 | 46.5 | 2 |
| Myr Incubator | 9 | 15–10 | 60.0 | 2 |
| Possibility Storm | 6 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |
| Taking Turns | 6 | 11–8 | 57.9 | 1 |
| Enduring Ideal | 5 | 12–8 | 60.0 | 1 |
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 5 | 2–13 | 13.3 | |
| Intruder Alarm | 5 | 12–9 | 57.1 | |
| Dice Factory | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |
| Eggs | 4 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |
| Maniac Combo | 4 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 1 |
| Ominous Good | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |
| Mono Green Stormless Storm | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
| Oops All Lands | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Storm | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Izzet Storm | 101 | 198–159 | 55.5 | 10 |
| Grixis Tendrils | 8 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |
| Simic Storm | 7 | 18–17 | 51.4 | |
| Dragonstorm | 4 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Song Storm | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Hazoret Storm | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Sultai Tendrils | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Biovisionary | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Splendid Reclamation Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Warp World | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Four Color Glimpse | 14 | 25–32 | 43.9 | |
| Temur Glimpse | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 6 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 5 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 41 | 59–54 | 52.2 | 3 |
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 30 | 53–35 | 60.2 | 5 |
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 10 | 15–11 | 57.7 | |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 8 | 15–12 | 55.6 | |
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 6 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |
| Salvage Titan | 5 | 13–9 | 59.1 | |
| Blackpost | 4 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |
| Jeskai Control | 4 | 0–12 | 0.0 | |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 4 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |
| Selesnya Cats | 4 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |
| Ad Swanseam | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |
| Astral Slide | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 1 |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |
| Goblin Persist | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |
| Hushnought | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Orzhov Control | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Bant Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Boros Heroic | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Grixis Dragons | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Selesnya Humans | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Sultai Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Aggro | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 63 | 107–107 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Merfolk | 50 | 119–84 | 58.6 | 3 |
| AggroSlide | 40 | 79–63 | 55.6 | 3 |
| Elves | 35 | 60–54 | 52.6 | |
| Zombies | 26 | 47–46 | 50.5 | 2 |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 22 | 52–29 | 64.2 | 4 |
| Knights | 17 | 34–25 | 57.6 | 2 |
| White Weenie | 9 | 12–15 | 44.4 | |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 11 | 21–11 | 65.6 | 2 |
| Chroma White | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 8 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 1 |
| Gruul Landfall | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 8 | 6–16 | 27.3 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 8 | 3–17 | 15.0 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 7 | 12–13 | 48.0 | |
| Tokens | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 9 | 13–9 | 59.1 | 2 |
| Selesnya Tokens | 9 | 12–24 | 33.3 | |
| Devoid Aggro | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Goblins | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Madness | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Rakdos Madness | 8 | 14–10 | 58.3 | |
| Minotaurs | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Naya Zoo | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Rogues | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Shamans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Aristocrats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 21 | 45–30 | 60.0 | 2 |
| Mardu Aristocrats | 4 | 11–7 | 61.1 | |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Boros Bombardment | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Combo-Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Curses | 24 | 38–46 | 45.2 | 1 |
| Battle of Wits | 7 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |
| Plasma Swans | 6 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |
| Lich's Mastery | 5 | 2–13 | 13.3 | |
| Solar Flare | 4 | 10–7 | 58.8 | |
| Hive Mind | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Pickles | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Curious Niv-Mizzet | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Zur's Weirding | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |
| Eldrazipost | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Hexproof | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Infect | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Simic Infect | 5 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Mono Black Infect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Black Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Prison | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Enchantress | 4 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |
| Runeflare | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Upheaval Colossus | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |