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 12 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
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Leaderboard
Archetypes
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Deck Wins | 43 | 109–49 | 69.0 | 7 |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 41 | 82–61 | 57.3 | 2 |
| Enchantments Control | 21 | 37–17 | 68.5 | 1 |
| White Weenie | 20 | 41–24 | 63.1 | 2 |
| Azorius Thopter-Sword | 19 | 45–18 | 71.4 | 4 |
| Elves | 14 | 19–23 | 45.2 | |
| Pox | 14 | 17–26 | 39.5 | 1 |
| Orzhov Control | 12 | 14–18 | 43.8 | |
| Azorius Control | 11 | 16–15 | 51.6 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 11 | 28–13 | 68.3 | 2 |
| Runeflare | 11 | 6–18 | 25.0 | |
| Battle of Wits | 10 | 18–30 | 37.5 | |
| Midrange | 9 | 12–20 | 37.5 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 28 | 38–57 | 40.0 | 1 |
| Mono Black Devotion | 8 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 18 | 36–29 | 55.4 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 9 | 20–11 | 64.5 | |
| The Rock | 8 | 13–15 | 46.4 | |
| Golgari Citadel | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Allies | 5 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |
| Jeskai Midrange | 5 | 5–16 | 23.8 | |
| Blink | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |
| Orzhov Blink | 7 | 17–4 | 81.0 | 1 |
| Fake-Rack | 4 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |
| Jund | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Séance | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Selesnya Value Town | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Big Red | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Fight Rigging | 6 | 13–11 | 54.2 | |
| Coinflips | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Elementals | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Orzhov Hero | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Martyr's Grace | 20 | 23–26 | 46.9 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 9 | 15–10 | 60.0 | |
| Dimir Thopter-Sword | 8 | 13–8 | 61.9 | 1 |
| Goblins | 7 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |
| Ramp | 7 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |
| Defenders | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Simic Post | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Greenpost | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Gruul Post | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Eldrazipost | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Carth Superfriends | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Jund Carth | 5 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 1 |
| Zombies | 7 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |
| Ponza | 6 | 11–8 | 57.9 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 5 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 5 | 14–7 | 66.7 | |
| Naya Zoo | 5 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 36 | 73–64 | 53.3 | 1 |
| Dimir Tempo | 6 | 6–15 | 28.6 | |
| Wizards | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Simic Flash | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Azorius Skies | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Blue Madness | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Combo | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |
| Dredge | 56 | 102–80 | 56.0 | 8 |
| Restore Balance | 12 | 9–17 | 34.6 | |
| Polymorph | 10 | 15–21 | 41.7 | |
| Hypergenesis | 9 | 6–16 | 27.3 | |
| Belcher | 7 | 14–15 | 48.3 | 1 |
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 5 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Izzet Ascension | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |
| Calibrated Blast | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |
| Oriss Genesis | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Storm | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| High Tide | 45 | 81–59 | 57.9 | 3 |
| Dragonstorm | 8 | 16–11 | 59.3 | |
| Izzet Storm | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Ad Nauseam | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Biovisionary | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Gyruda | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Reanimator | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Seismic Swans | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Soulflayer | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Life is Ez | 4 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 1 |
| Mill | 4 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Oops All Spells | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |
| Slivers | 4 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| AggroSlide | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| Blackpost | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Dragon Control | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Hexproof | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Knights | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 1 |
| Shamans | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |
| Curses | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Dimir Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Dimir Reanimator | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Humans | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Izzet Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Izzet Dreadnought | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Prison | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Enchantress | 7 | 5–14 | 26.3 | |
| Rakdos Vampires | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Stax | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Unctus | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 1 |
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Hushnought | 9 | 13–12 | 52.0 | 1 |
| Burn | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |
| Infect | 3 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Aristocrats | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Affinity | 23 | 43–39 | 52.4 | 1 |
| Tempered Steel | 17 | 39–30 | 56.5 | |
| Astral Slide | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Boros Heroic | 1 | |||
| Dirty Kitty | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Four Color Glimpse | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Hive Mind | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Merfolk | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Orzhov Vampires | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Pickles | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Sultai Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |