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 8 weeks, 3 days.
Decks
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Leaderboard
Archetypes
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midrange | 31 | 27–81 | 25.0 | 1 |
| Temur Ascendancy | 67 | 160–106 | 60.2 | 5 |
| Blink | 36 | 80–59 | 57.6 | 1 |
| Jund | 23 | 36–47 | 43.4 | 1 |
| Graveyard Value | 16 | 35–31 | 53.0 | 2 |
| The Rock | 15 | 26–31 | 45.6 | 1 |
| Lifegain Midrange | 12 | 30–20 | 60.0 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 7 | 7–25 | 21.9 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 7 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 7 | 14–11 | 56.0 | 1 |
| -1/-1 Counters | 5 | 5–16 | 23.8 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 4 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |
| Fake-Rack | 4 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |
| Selvala Morningstar | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Treefolk | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Elementals | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Illness in the Ranks | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Mythic Colossification | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Allies | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Boros Allies | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Constellation | 19 | 45–32 | 58.4 | 1 |
| Orzhov Enchantress | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Grenzo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Indestructible | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Aggro | 16 | 20–46 | 30.3 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 90 | 229–107 | 68.2 | 14 |
| Proliferate Red | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Zombies | 86 | 237–128 | 64.9 | 14 |
| Mono Red Swarm | 21 | 54–29 | 65.1 | 3 |
| Goblins | 20 | 27–37 | 42.2 | 1 |
| Artifact Aggro | 19 | 40–42 | 48.8 | 1 |
| Boros Vehicles | 7 | 13–13 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Affinity | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 18 | 43–25 | 63.2 | |
| Elves | 13 | 13–32 | 28.9 | |
| Tokens | 11 | 14–19 | 42.4 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 17 | 29–40 | 42.0 | |
| Mardu Tokens | 14 | 41–24 | 63.1 | 2 |
| White Weenie | 10 | 17–18 | 48.6 | |
| Kithkin | 6 | 22–6 | 78.6 | |
| Soldiers | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | |
| Odric Keywords | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 9 | 12–23 | 34.3 | |
| Devoid Aggro | 7 | 18–14 | 56.3 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 6 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |
| Merfolk | 4 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |
| Werewolves | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |
| Warriors | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Boros Aggro | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Golgari Madness | 8 | 23–13 | 63.9 | 1 |
| Gruul Madness | 5 | 12–10 | 54.5 | |
| Rakdos Madness | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 15 | 33–27 | 55.0 | 2 |
| 8 Goyf | 13 | 23–37 | 38.3 | |
| Peregrine Drake | 13 | 20–23 | 46.5 | 2 |
| Ramp | 13 | 7–30 | 18.9 | |
| Rofellos Ramp | 22 | 42–42 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Wild Pair | 6 | 12–16 | 42.9 | |
| Astral Slide | 12 | 30–27 | 52.6 | 1 |
| Combo | 12 | 14–24 | 36.8 | |
| Fake-Twin | 7 | 13–9 | 59.1 | |
| Infinite Infinite Combos | 7 | 13–17 | 43.3 | |
| Mardu Life | 4 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |
| Storm | 4 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Dragonstorm | 10 | 11–17 | 39.3 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 5 | 1–15 | 6.3 | |
| Hazoret Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Biovisionary | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |
| New Perspectives | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Retraction Helix Combo | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Turntimber Ranger | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |
| Orzhov Vampires | 12 | 13–25 | 34.2 | |
| Control | 10 | 10–28 | 26.3 | |
| Dimir Control | 52 | 105–93 | 53.0 | 4 |
| Azorius Control | 44 | 83–80 | 50.9 | 4 |
| Jeskai Control | 36 | 98–58 | 62.8 | 5 |
| Mono Black Control | 18 | 28–30 | 48.3 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Control | 16 | 21–36 | 36.8 | |
| Turbo Fog | 14 | 19–28 | 40.4 | |
| Dynavolt Tower | 13 | 25–23 | 52.1 | |
| Ponza | 12 | 23–25 | 47.9 | |
| Mill | 11 | 12–31 | 27.9 | |
| Mardu Control | 7 | 12–11 | 52.2 | |
| Izzet Control | 6 | 8–14 | 36.4 | |
| Paradox Haze Lock | 6 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |
| Stax | 6 | 8–18 | 30.8 | |
| Birthday Stax | 29 | 39–39 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Pollute the Planet | 25 | 40–42 | 48.8 | 1 |
| Cloudpost Control | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 1 |
| Izzet Cloudpost Control | 2 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |
| Orzhov Control | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Grixis Control | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Sultai Control | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Boros Control | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Dragon Control | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 |
| Galleon Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Azorius Heroic | 7 | 13–18 | 41.9 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 6 | 10–12 | 45.5 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Combo-Control | 5 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |
| Mindcrank | 13 | 24–27 | 47.1 | |
| Battle of Wits | 3 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |
| Curses | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |
| Swarm Intelligence | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |
| Sunforger | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Zur's Weirding | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Actual Warp World | 4 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |
| Hexproof | 4 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Rakdos Vampires | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |
| Aggro-Control | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 70 | 179–148 | 54.7 | 3 |
| Azorius Skies | 7 | 8–16 | 33.3 | 1 |
| Blue Madness | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Simic Madness | 5 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |
| Temur Clues | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Burn | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Hermit Humans | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Commander | 1 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Shrines | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 |