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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 58 | 125–70 | 64.1 | 9 |
| Oops All Spells | 56 | 116–71 | 62.0 | 8 |
| Dirty Kitty | 27 | 46–45 | 50.5 | |
| Midrange | 26 | 32–47 | 40.5 | 2 |
| Clerics | 10 | 15–17 | 46.9 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 8 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 1 |
| Big Red | 7 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Graveyard Value | 6 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 6 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |
| The Rock | 6 | 11–12 | 47.8 | |
| Blink | 5 | 11–6 | 64.7 | |
| Wave Blink | 9 | 13–10 | 56.5 | 1 |
| Orzhov Wave | 21 | 38–32 | 54.3 | 3 |
| Azorius Wave | 11 | 17–16 | 51.5 | |
| Abzan Wave | 6 | 18–4 | 81.8 | 2 |
| Orzhov Blink | 8 | 27–13 | 67.5 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 5 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |
| Fake-Rack | 4 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Jund | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |
| Legends Midrange | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Coinflips | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Martyr's Grace | 14 | 36–21 | 63.2 | 3 |
| Tempered Steel | 14 | 32–15 | 68.1 | 1 |
| Combo | 13 | 11–32 | 25.6 | |
| Izzet Ascension | 22 | 38–34 | 52.8 | 3 |
| Tibalt's Trickery | 10 | 5–27 | 15.6 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 7 | 14–11 | 56.0 | 1 |
| Taking Turns | 5 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |
| Dredge | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |
| Enduring Ideal | 4 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |
| Oops All Lands | 4 | 1–13 | 7.1 | |
| Ad Nauseam | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Calibrated Blast | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Gyruda | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Lookout-Buccaneer Combo | 2 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |
| Ominous Good | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Oriss Genesis | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Possibility Storm | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |
| Storm Herald | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Protean Hulk Combo | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Storm | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Dragonstorm | 25 | 45–46 | 49.5 | 1 |
| Citadel Storm | 4 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Izzet Storm | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | |||
| Grixis Tendrils | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Simic Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Zubera Tribal | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Aristocrats | 12 | 18–25 | 41.9 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 15 | 36–17 | 67.9 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 5 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 12 | 15–25 | 37.5 | |
| Burn | 10 | 18–22 | 45.0 | |
| Displace Loop | 10 | 12–7 | 63.2 | |
| Familiars | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 10 | 28–12 | 70.0 | 2 |
| Recurring Nightmare | 10 | 16–16 | 50.0 | |
| Dragon Nightmare | 9 | 21–19 | 52.5 | |
| Resurgent Belief | 10 | 8–11 | 42.1 | 1 |
| Affinity | 9 | 7–15 | 31.8 | |
| Ramp | 9 | 21–20 | 51.2 | |
| Rofellos Ramp | 42 | 78–70 | 52.7 | 1 |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 9 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |
| Greenpost | 21 | 35–45 | 43.8 | 1 |
| Simic Post | 4 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |
| Carth Superfriends | 8 | 16–20 | 44.4 | |
| Jund Carth | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Domain | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Battle of Wits | 8 | 13–20 | 39.4 | |
| Wildfire | 8 | 14–19 | 42.4 | |
| Azorius Allies | 7 | 20–6 | 76.9 | 1 |
| Hushnought | 7 | 18–11 | 62.1 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 6 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |
| Liquimetal Fishing | 5 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |
| Goblin Persist | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |
| Plasma Swans | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 4 | 4–16 | 20.0 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 75 | 193–89 | 68.4 | 13 |
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 9–2 | 81.8 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Rakdos Madness | 3 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Astral Slide | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |
| Enchantress | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Esper Dragons | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Hexproof | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |
| Hive Mind | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Naya Fake-Twin | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Orzhov Vampires | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Salvage Titan | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 60 | 118–98 | 54.6 | 4 |
| Rakdos Aggro | 15 | 24–27 | 47.1 | 1 |
| Elves | 13 | 20–21 | 48.8 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 11 | 11–15 | 42.3 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 6 | 11–12 | 47.8 | |
| Rogues | 6 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |
| Zombies | 5 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |
| AggroSlide | 4 | 9–4 | 69.2 | |
| Goblins | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |
| Knights | 4 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 1 |
| Gruul Aggro | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Humans | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Tokens | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Werewolves | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| White Weenie | 1 | |||
| Kithkin | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Soldiers | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 52 | 101–68 | 59.8 | 6 |
| Dimir Tempo | 14 | 11–25 | 30.6 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 9 | 21–7 | 75.0 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Izzet Spells | 6 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |
| Ninjas | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |
| Wizards | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| Azorius Skies | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |
| Blue Madness | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Simic Madness | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Lich Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Azorius Control | 38 | 49–61 | 44.5 | |
| Cawblade | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Mill | 15 | 24–29 | 45.3 | 1 |
| Dimir Control | 14 | 18–19 | 48.6 | |
| Mono Black Control | 13 | 24–38 | 38.7 | |
| Mono White Control | 12 | 16–19 | 45.7 | |
| Life is Ez | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Stax | 11 | 12–24 | 33.3 | |
| Pox | 9 | 9–13 | 40.9 | |
| Seasons Past Control | 8 | 10–11 | 47.6 | |
| Grixis Control | 6 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |
| Cruel Control | 6 | 9–15 | 37.5 | |
| Esper Control | 5 | 7–16 | 30.4 | |
| Boros Control | 3 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |
| Guildgate Control | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Izzet Control | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |
| Orzhov Control | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Turbo Fog | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Curses | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Golgari Madness | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Infect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Simic Infect | 35 | 51–68 | 42.9 | |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 5 | 14–5 | 73.7 | |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Last Stand Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Selesnya Cats | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Solar Flare | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |