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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simic Infect | 120 | 288–181 | 61.4 | 14 |
| Dirty Kitty | 97 | 240–150 | 61.5 | 10 |
| Midrange | 62 | 60–101 | 37.3 | 1 |
| Orzhov Midrange | 46 | 82–74 | 52.6 | 2 |
| Abzan Midrange | 45 | 75–102 | 42.4 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 44 | 47–79 | 37.3 | 1 |
| Graveyard Value | 20 | 11–49 | 18.3 | |
| Séance | 6 | 17–9 | 65.4 | 1 |
| Varolz Dreadnought | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 17 | 12–43 | 21.8 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 15 | 24–29 | 45.3 | 1 |
| Martyr's Grace | 26 | 45–30 | 60.0 | 2 |
| Big Red | 12 | 12–32 | 27.3 | |
| Clerics | 12 | 23–22 | 51.1 | 1 |
| The Rock | 12 | 12–26 | 31.6 | |
| Golgari Citadel | 7 | 6–15 | 28.6 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 9 | 15–13 | 53.6 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 9 | 19–15 | 55.9 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 8 | 6–14 | 30.0 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 8 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 7 | 6–14 | 30.0 | |
| Jund | 7 | 9–15 | 37.5 | |
| Death Cloud | 6 | 10–17 | 37.0 | |
| Toughness Matters | 6 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |
| Fake-Rack | 5 | 1–14 | 6.7 | |
| Coinflips | 4 | 0–10 | 0.0 | |
| Legends Midrange | 4 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |
| Naya Midrange | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |
| Allies | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |
| Azorius Allies | 15 | 29–14 | 67.4 | 1 |
| Jeskai Midrange | 3 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |
| Elementals | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Mutate | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Anti-Persecution | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Hellion Whip | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Illness in the Ranks | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Selesnya Value Town | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Vampires | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 10 | 19–18 | 51.4 | 1 |
| Rakdos Vampires | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Recurring Nightmare | 57 | 106–88 | 54.6 | 4 |
| Dragon Nightmare | 22 | 24–35 | 40.7 | |
| Jund Nightmare | 8 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 41 | 94–45 | 67.6 | 8 |
| Combo | 24 | 15–62 | 19.5 | |
| Dredge | 55 | 40–120 | 25.0 | |
| Enduring Ideal | 33 | 62–77 | 44.6 | 2 |
| Izzet Ascension | 28 | 26–60 | 30.2 | |
| Taking Turns | 23 | 29–42 | 40.8 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 20 | 39–14 | 73.6 | 4 |
| Ad Nauseam | 15 | 14–29 | 32.6 | |
| Ad Swanseam | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Gyruda | 15 | 29–36 | 44.6 | |
| Storm | 13 | 7–38 | 15.6 | |
| Izzet Storm | 26 | 19–40 | 32.2 | |
| Swath Storm | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |
| Dragonstorm | 23 | 26–43 | 37.7 | 1 |
| Citadel Storm | 21 | 25–53 | 32.1 | |
| Grixis Tendrils | 15 | 4–39 | 9.3 | |
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Hazoret Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Simic Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Calibrated Blast | 11 | 17–18 | 48.6 | 2 |
| Tibalt's Trickery | 11 | 5–24 | 17.2 | |
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 9 | 10–15 | 40.0 | |
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 9 | 8–19 | 29.6 | |
| Protean Hulk Combo | 7 | 13–12 | 52.0 | 1 |
| Restore Balance | 7 | 3–13 | 18.8 | |
| Stuffy Doll | 7 | 15–13 | 53.6 | |
| Polymorph | 5 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |
| Eggs | 4 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |
| Fake-Twin | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |
| Jeskai Fake-Twin | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| GreenTwin | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |
| Maniac Combo | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |
| Possibility Storm | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| Storm Herald | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
| Breakfast | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Oops All Spells | 145 | 347–207 | 62.6 | 20 |
| Hermit Dredge | 5 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |
| Hypergenesis | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Intruder Alarm | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Warp World | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Zubera Tribal | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Oriss Genesis | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 21 | 25–36 | 41.0 | |
| Ramp | 17 | 22–41 | 34.9 | |
| Rofellos Ramp | 217 | 472–299 | 61.2 | 19 |
| Carth Superfriends | 18 | 37–38 | 49.3 | |
| Jund Carth | 7 | 10–14 | 41.7 | 1 |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 15 | 25–35 | 41.7 | |
| Greenpost | 81 | 136–152 | 47.2 | 3 |
| Simic Post | 5 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |
| Eldrazipost | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Golgari Post | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 7 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |
| Defenders | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Villainous Wealth | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Wave Blink | 13 | 17–17 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Orzhov Wave | 119 | 256–154 | 62.4 | 17 |
| Abzan Wave | 28 | 50–40 | 55.6 | 3 |
| Azorius Wave | 17 | 24–22 | 52.2 | 1 |
| Bant Wave | 7 | 8–20 | 28.6 | |
| Esper Wave | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Control | 12 | 2–16 | 11.1 | |
| Dimir Control | 75 | 106–82 | 56.4 | 6 |
| Azorius Control | 73 | 111–101 | 52.4 | 9 |
| Cawblade | 5 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |
| Stax | 57 | 100–93 | 51.8 | 1 |
| Pox | 54 | 82–99 | 45.3 | 1 |
| Esper Control | 33 | 39–45 | 46.4 | 1 |
| Mono White Control | 31 | 57–29 | 66.3 | 7 |
| Life is Ez | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Grixis Control | 28 | 52–46 | 53.1 | 1 |
| Cruel Control | 5 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |
| Izzet Control | 20 | 32–42 | 43.2 | 1 |
| Runeflare | 17 | 27–36 | 42.9 | |
| Bant Control | 15 | 26–44 | 37.1 | |
| Guildgate Control | 15 | 11–22 | 33.3 | |
| Orzhov Control | 13 | 22–23 | 48.9 | 1 |
| Ponza | 13 | 16–23 | 41.0 | |
| Mill | 11 | 9–21 | 30.0 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 7 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |
| Sultai Control | 7 | 11–17 | 39.3 | |
| Dragon Control | 6 | 6–19 | 24.0 | |
| Esper Dragons | 4 | 11–6 | 64.7 | |
| Izzet Dragons | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Grixis Dragons | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Mardu Control | 6 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |
| Five Color Control | 5 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 5 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |
| Prison | 5 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Enchantress | 45 | 61–76 | 44.5 | 2 |
| Cycling Control | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |
| Astral Slide | 14 | 20–20 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Turbo Fog | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Chandra Nalaar | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |
| Demonic Rising | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |
| Seasons Past Control | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Boros Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 11 | 16–19 | 45.7 | 1 |
| Mono Black Control | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Aggro-Control | 9 | 15–10 | 60.0 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 62 | 106–83 | 56.1 | 6 |
| Izzet Spells | 45 | 77–44 | 63.6 | 4 |
| Dimir Tempo | 27 | 37–41 | 47.4 | 2 |
| Dimir Librarians | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 26 | 55–43 | 56.1 | |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 50 | 94–68 | 58.0 | 7 |
| Mono Blue Faeries | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Blue Madness | 7 | 12–13 | 48.0 | |
| Simic Madness | 15 | 23–20 | 53.5 | |
| Ninjas | 6 | 14–11 | 56.0 | |
| Wizards | 6 | 13–9 | 59.1 | 1 |
| Azorius Skies | 5 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |
| Azorius Tempo | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Simic Flash | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Hexproof | 6 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |
| Selesnya Cats | 6 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |
| Goblin Persist | 5 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 1 |
| Combo-Control | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Battle of Wits | 64 | 106–158 | 40.2 | 1 |
| Plasma Swans | 25 | 26–34 | 43.3 | 1 |
| Hive Mind | 13 | 20–23 | 46.5 | |
| Sunforger | 9 | 12–14 | 46.2 | |
| Curses | 8 | 6–20 | 23.1 | |
| Shared Fate | 6 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 1 |
| Solar Flare | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Burning Vengeance | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Hedron Alignment | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Resurgent Belief | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Golgari Infect | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Wildfire | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Acid Trip | 3 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Burn | 37 | 51–79 | 39.2 | |
| Liquimetal Fishing | 27 | 26–46 | 36.1 | |
| Hushnought | 14 | 18–20 | 47.4 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 14 | 19–15 | 55.9 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 106 | 241–123 | 66.2 | 13 |
| Izzet Dreadnought | 30 | 83–45 | 64.8 | 6 |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 5 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |
| Aristocrats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 14 | 38–20 | 65.5 | 2 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 13 | 19–23 | 45.2 | 1 |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 9 | 13–18 | 41.9 | |
| Boros Bombardment | 4 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Food | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 40 | 85–63 | 57.4 | 4 |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 33 | 62–62 | 50.0 | 2 |
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 15 | 26–19 | 57.8 | 2 |
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 13 | 17–22 | 43.6 | 1 |
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Orzhov Blink | 3 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Familiars | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 115 | 253–149 | 62.9 | 14 |
| Elves | 44 | 67–69 | 49.3 | 4 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 44 | 93–84 | 52.5 | 2 |
| Gruul Aggro | 27 | 34–44 | 43.6 | |
| Gruul Landfall | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 24 | 47–38 | 55.3 | |
| Zombies | 22 | 42–41 | 50.6 | |
| AggroSlide | 18 | 29–34 | 46.0 | |
| White Weenie | 16 | 37–21 | 63.8 | 2 |
| Soldiers | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Shamans | 12 | 35–22 | 61.4 | 1 |
| Boros Aggro | 11 | 11–21 | 34.4 | |
| Rogues | 9 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 1 |
| Rakdos Aggro | 8 | 6–20 | 23.1 | |
| Knights | 7 | 10–11 | 47.6 | |
| Merfolk | 5 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 5 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Slivers | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |
| Tokens | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 10 | 13–17 | 43.3 | |
| Orzhov Tokens | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Devoid Aggro | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Madness | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Rakdos Madness | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Golgari Madness | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Gruul Madness | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| Tempered Steel | 55 | 109–74 | 59.6 | 6 |
| Affinity | 17 | 16–31 | 34.0 | |
| Salvage Titan | 12 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 10 | 19–12 | 61.3 | 1 |
| Boros Vehicles | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Minotaurs | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Rats | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Heroic | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Boros Heroic | 19 | 26–30 | 46.4 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 11 | 12–12 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Mono White Heroic | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Selesnya Heroic | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Pirates | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Werewolves | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Black Infect | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Orzhov Angels | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Selesnya Humans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |