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 9 weeks, 4 days.
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Leaderboard
Archetypes
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Deck Wins | 114 | 236–140 | 62.8 | 7 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Azorius Control | 86 | 165–139 | 54.3 | 7 |
| Oops All Spells | 68 | 126–116 | 52.1 | 3 |
| Ninjas | 67 | 146–109 | 57.3 | 4 |
| Tempered Steel | 59 | 115–102 | 53.0 | 3 |
| Elves | 39 | 74–69 | 51.7 | 1 |
| White Weenie | 38 | 74–47 | 61.2 | 1 |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 42 | 90–58 | 60.8 | 3 |
| Soldiers | 4 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 1 |
| Kithkin | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Bant Control | 36 | 57–86 | 39.9 | 2 |
| Goblin Persist | 36 | 100–59 | 62.9 | 4 |
| Mill | 32 | 22–62 | 26.2 | |
| Ramp | 29 | 42–40 | 51.2 | 2 |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 6 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Greenpost | 116 | 168–176 | 48.8 | 3 |
| Simic Post | 7 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |
| Carth Superfriends | 5 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 5 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |
| Applejacks | 3 | 9–4 | 69.2 | |
| Affinity | 28 | 28–49 | 36.4 | |
| Midrange | 25 | 28–41 | 40.6 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 97 | 198–166 | 54.4 | 5 |
| Mono Black Devotion | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Fake-Rack | 74 | 144–115 | 55.6 | 4 |
| Blink | 33 | 59–53 | 52.7 | 2 |
| Jund | 32 | 63–63 | 50.0 | |
| The Rock | 25 | 45–47 | 48.9 | 1 |
| Selesnya Midrange | 14 | 36–19 | 65.5 | 2 |
| Artifact Midrange | 13 | 9–15 | 37.5 | 1 |
| Mardu Midrange | 11 | 16–23 | 41.0 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 10 | 11–26 | 29.7 | |
| Toughness Matters | 8 | 13–22 | 37.1 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 7 | 9–14 | 39.1 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 7 | 12–10 | 54.5 | |
| Big Red | 5 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |
| Coinflips | 4 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |
| Illness in the Ranks | 4 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Martyr's Grace | 10 | 20–15 | 57.1 | 2 |
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Séance | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Grenzo | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Allies | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Mardu Allies | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |
| Azorius Allies | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Boros Allies | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |
| Death Cloud | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Mardu Hero | 10 | 12–28 | 30.0 | |
| Naya Hero | 10 | 14–13 | 51.9 | 1 |
| Boros Hero | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |
| Party | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 8 | 10–12 | 45.5 | |
| Rakdos Vampires | 5 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Pox | 24 | 48–43 | 52.7 | |
| Ponza | 22 | 23–41 | 35.9 | |
| AggroSlide | 21 | 36–25 | 59.0 | 1 |
| Esper Control | 20 | 20–40 | 33.3 | |
| Selesnya Cats | 18 | 38–28 | 57.6 | 1 |
| Izzet Spells | 17 | 30–32 | 48.4 | |
| Dimir Control | 15 | 29–31 | 48.3 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 15 | 35–17 | 67.3 | 2 |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 15 | 22–26 | 45.8 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 14 | 20–22 | 47.6 | 1 |
| Combo | 13 | 10–23 | 30.3 | 1 |
| Soulflayer | 16 | 18–21 | 46.2 | |
| Dredge | 15 | 8–23 | 25.8 | |
| Restore Balance | 13 | 17–23 | 42.5 | |
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 12 | 16–29 | 35.6 | |
| Izzet Ascension | 11 | 7–28 | 20.0 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 8 | 4–15 | 21.1 | |
| Hypergenesis | 7 | 13–6 | 68.4 | |
| Storm | 7 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |
| Izzet Storm | 87 | 139–167 | 45.4 | 3 |
| Swath Storm | 18 | 10–28 | 26.3 | 1 |
| Dragonstorm | 6 | 2–22 | 8.3 | |
| Simic Storm | 6 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |
| Grixis Tendrils | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 |
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Sultai Tendrils | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 6 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |
| Dice Factory | 5 | 1–13 | 7.1 | |
| Enduring Ideal | 4 | 3–14 | 17.6 | |
| Taking Turns | 4 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Fake-Twin | 3 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |
| Myr Incubator | 3 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |
| Jokulhaups Combo | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Oops All Lands | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Oriss Genesis | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Polymorph | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Storm Herald | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| GreenTwin | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Intruder Alarm | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Ominous Good | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Seismic Swans | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Warp World | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Four Color Glimpse | 5 | 13–9 | 59.1 | |
| Zubera Tribal | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Prison | 13 | 12–42 | 22.2 | |
| Enchantress | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Salvage Titan | 13 | 15–24 | 38.5 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 12 | 20–22 | 47.6 | 1 |
| Dimir Tempo | 11 | 12–20 | 37.5 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 11 | 19–19 | 50.0 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 10 | 5–17 | 22.7 | |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 10 | 16–14 | 53.3 | 1 |
| Mono White Control | 10 | 16–23 | 41.0 | |
| Life is Ez | 8 | 11–19 | 36.7 | |
| Zombies | 10 | 20–20 | 50.0 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 9 | 9–13 | 40.9 | 1 |
| Stax | 9 | 4–20 | 16.7 | |
| Merfolk | 8 | 19–14 | 57.6 | |
| Wizards | 8 | 15–10 | 60.0 | |
| Pirates | 7 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |
| Runeflare | 7 | 5–20 | 20.0 | |
| Blue Madness | 6 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |
| Simic Madness | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | |
| Boros Bombardment | 6 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |
| Knights | 6 | 10–12 | 45.5 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 6 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |
| Mono Black Control | 6 | 5–14 | 26.3 | |
| Turbo Fog | 6 | 10–11 | 47.6 | 1 |
| Grixis Control | 5 | 2–12 | 14.3 | |
| Cruel Control | 7 | 14–12 | 53.8 | |
| Rakdos Reanimator | 5 | 1–13 | 7.1 | |
| Boros Aggro | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |
| Familiars | 4 | 13–2 | 86.7 | 2 |
| Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 0–11 | 0.0 | |
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 67 | 148–116 | 56.1 | 7 |
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 12 | 27–16 | 62.8 | 2 |
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 11 | 16–16 | 50.0 | |
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 10 | 22–16 | 57.9 | 1 |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |
| Mardu Aristocrats | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |
| Tokens | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 11 | 19–15 | 55.9 | 1 |
| Orzhov Tokens | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Azorius Skies | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Combo-Control | 3 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |
| Solar Flare | 9 | 4–18 | 18.2 | |
| Resurgent Belief | 6 | 8–17 | 32.0 | |
| Curses | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |
| Battle of Wits | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Plasma Swans | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Dimir Reanimator | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Rogues | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Wildfire | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Boros Vehicles | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 7 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Blackpost | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Cycling Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Astral Slide | 9 | 14–12 | 53.8 | |
| Dynavolt Tower | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Goblins | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
| Grozoth | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Hateful Auras | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Burn | 92 | 132–120 | 52.4 | 6 |
| Hushnought | 34 | 79–66 | 54.5 | 3 |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 15 | 31–15 | 67.4 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 143 | 321–188 | 63.1 | 17 |
| Izzet Dreadnought | 10 | 26–14 | 65.0 | 2 |
| Infect | 6 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 34 | 74–53 | 58.3 | 3 |
| Simic Infect | 15 | 24–24 | 50.0 | |
| Liquimetal Fishing | 6 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 4 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Boros Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Brushwaggs | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Dragon Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Five Color Control | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |
| Shrines | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 12 | 26–17 | 60.5 | 1 |
| Mono White Heroic | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Selesnya Heroic | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Hexproof | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |
| Izzet Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Madness | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Rakdos Madness | 12 | 17–19 | 47.2 | |
| Golgari Madness | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |
| Orzhov Angels | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Selesnya Humans | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Wild Pair | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |