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, 3 days.
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Leaderboard
Archetypes
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affinity | 99 | 108–202 | 34.8 | 3 |
| Tempered Steel | 46 | 99–61 | 61.9 | 4 |
| Battle of Wits | 39 | 63–111 | 36.2 | 2 |
| Midrange | 35 | 39–62 | 38.6 | 1 |
| Orzhov Midrange | 29 | 51–42 | 54.8 | 1 |
| Abzan Midrange | 27 | 41–52 | 44.1 | 3 |
| Rakdos Midrange | 26 | 47–49 | 49.0 | 1 |
| Clerics | 23 | 35–44 | 44.3 | 1 |
| Game Objects | 23 | 19–41 | 31.7 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 22 | 42–34 | 55.3 | 2 |
| Mono Black Devotion | 5 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 9 | 6–18 | 25.0 | |
| Blink | 7 | 14–16 | 46.7 | |
| Orzhov Blink | 9 | 15–12 | 55.6 | |
| Fake-Rack | 7 | 6–22 | 21.4 | |
| Jund | 7 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 6 | 9–19 | 32.1 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 5 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |
| Treefolk | 4 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 3 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |
| Toughness Matters | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Big Red | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Varolz Dreadnought | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |
| Séance | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Party | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Temur Ascendancy | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| The Rock | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| -1/-1 Counters | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Five Color Hero | 63 | 117–82 | 58.8 | 5 |
| Mardu Hero | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 1 |
| Jeskai Hero | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Naya Hero | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Martyr's Grace | 16 | 34–24 | 58.6 | 1 |
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Mythic Colossification | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Naya Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Mindcrank | 34 | 51–50 | 50.5 | 2 |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 26 | 22–39 | 36.1 | |
| Ramp | 22 | 45–43 | 51.1 | 1 |
| Carth Superfriends | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
| Domain | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Greenpost | 83 | 206–162 | 56.0 | 6 |
| Simic Post | 12 | 27–19 | 58.7 | 1 |
| Gruul Post | 7 | 12–16 | 42.9 | |
| Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |
| Defenders | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 19 | 49–32 | 60.5 | 3 |
| Combo | 17 | 8–35 | 18.6 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 60 | 123–46 | 72.8 | 10 |
| Hypergenesis | 42 | 89–68 | 56.7 | 2 |
| Dredge | 21 | 11–30 | 26.8 | |
| Belcher | 17 | 29–28 | 50.9 | |
| Endless Belch | 16 | 24–17 | 58.5 | 1 |
| Eggs | 16 | 15–25 | 37.5 | 1 |
| GreenTwin | 14 | 16–30 | 34.8 | |
| Jokulhaups Combo | 8 | 12–13 | 48.0 | |
| Restore Balance | 5 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |
| Taking Turns | 5 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |
| Ad Nauseam | 4 | 1–13 | 7.1 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Anvil Colossus | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| Possibility Storm | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| Storm | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Hazoret Storm | 84 | 139–136 | 50.5 | 4 |
| Izzet Storm | 11 | 16–13 | 55.2 | 1 |
| Sultai Tendrils | 6 | 8–19 | 29.6 | |
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 5 | 0–13 | 0.0 | |
| Biovisionary | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Fake-Twin | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Naya Fake-Twin | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Lookout-Buccaneer Combo | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Ominous Good | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Polymorph | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Reanimator | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 18 | 37–24 | 60.7 | 3 |
| Recurring Nightmare | 4 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |
| Dragon Nightmare | 11 | 15–15 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Starlit Graves | 2 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 119 | 240–168 | 58.8 | 12 |
| Dimir Reanimator | 7 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 1 |
| Rakdos Reanimator | 7 | 11–14 | 44.0 | |
| Grixis Reanimator | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Resurgent Belief | 14 | 23–25 | 47.9 | 1 |
| Oops All Spells | 12 | 24–15 | 61.5 | 1 |
| Orzhov Legends | 10 | 22–9 | 71.0 | 2 |
| Temur Glimpse | 10 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 9 | 11–21 | 34.4 | |
| Dirty Kitty | 8 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |
| Hateful Auras | 8 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 5–14 | 26.3 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 39 | 56–56 | 50.0 | 3 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 15 | 20–22 | 47.6 | |
| Mono Blue Faeries | 5 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 |
| Ninjas | 13 | 28–20 | 58.3 | |
| Izzet Spells | 11 | 15–18 | 45.5 | |
| Wizards | 10 | 14–12 | 53.8 | 1 |
| Dimir Tempo | 5 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 4 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |
| Azorius Skies | 3 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |
| Four Color Glimpse | 7 | 13–15 | 46.4 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 6 | 11–7 | 61.1 | |
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 61 | 134–72 | 65.0 | 6 |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 27 | 35–38 | 47.9 | 1 |
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 12 | 22–15 | 59.5 | |
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 9 | 17–15 | 53.1 | 1 |
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 9 | 16–13 | 55.2 | 1 |
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Salvage Titan | 6 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |
| Solar Flare | 6 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Goblin Persist | 5 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Control | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |
| Azorius Control | 83 | 149–106 | 58.4 | 7 |
| Cawblade | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Esper Control | 67 | 122–92 | 57.0 | 5 |
| Dimir Control | 41 | 66–57 | 53.7 | 5 |
| Mono White Control | 22 | 35–35 | 50.0 | 3 |
| Life is Ez | 10 | 18–12 | 60.0 | 1 |
| Ponza | 15 | 18–31 | 36.7 | |
| Pox | 11 | 16–20 | 44.4 | |
| Stax | 10 | 20–21 | 48.8 | 1 |
| Mill | 9 | 2–18 | 10.0 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 7 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 9 | 7–25 | 21.9 | |
| Blackpost | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Five Color Control | 7 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Last Stand Control | 24 | 45–49 | 47.9 | 2 |
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Boros Control | 5 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 5 | 12–5 | 70.6 | 1 |
| Sultai Control | 5 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |
| Turbo Fog | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Bant Control | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Demonic Rising | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |
| Runeflare | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| Izzet Control | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Mono Black Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Cycling Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Astral Slide | 8 | 13–12 | 52.0 | 2 |
| Dragon Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Dimir Dragons | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Dynavolt Tower | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Grixis Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Cruel Control | 4 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |
| Mardu Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Curses | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |
| Hexproof | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |
| Simic Madness | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |
| Wildfire | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |
| Aggro | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 131 | 264–197 | 57.3 | 7 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Elves | 56 | 109–93 | 54.0 | 3 |
| Goblins | 43 | 47–74 | 38.8 | |
| White Weenie | 23 | 33–37 | 47.1 | 2 |
| Soldiers | 19 | 37–26 | 58.7 | 1 |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 5 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| Kithkin | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Merfolk | 14 | 23–22 | 51.1 | 2 |
| Rakdos Aggro | 14 | 17–38 | 30.9 | |
| Knights | 13 | 25–21 | 54.3 | 1 |
| Gruul Aggro | 11 | 26–20 | 56.5 | 1 |
| AggroSlide | 10 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |
| Boros Aggro | 10 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 10 | 16–23 | 41.0 | |
| Zombies | 8 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |
| Humans | 6 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |
| Azorius Humans | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Boros Humans | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 6 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
| Madness | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Golgari Madness | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |
| Rakdos Madness | 3 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 1 |
| Tokens | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Warriors | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Brushwaggs | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Heroic | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 34 | 59–49 | 54.6 | 3 |
| Boros Heroic | 7 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 6 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |
| Rogues | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Slivers | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Werewolves | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Enchantress | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 3 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |
| Mono White Allies | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |
| Cruel Combo-Control | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Lich's Mastery | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |
| Orzhov Vampires | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Pickles | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Plasma Swans | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |
| Zur's Weirding | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Hushnought | 41 | 78–80 | 49.4 | 3 |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 40 | 48–74 | 39.3 | 2 |
| Burn | 25 | 52–38 | 57.8 | 1 |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 11 | 7–18 | 28.0 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 95 | 206–136 | 60.2 | 9 |
| Liquimetal Fishing | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |
| Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Boros Bombardment | 22 | 45–35 | 56.3 | 3 |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 15 | 13–24 | 35.1 | |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Mardu Aristocrats | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Food | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Azorius Allies | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Familiars | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Fight Rigging | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Hedron Alignment | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Hive Mind | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Orzhov Allies | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Orzhov Angels | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Shared Fate | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Unclassified | 1 |