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, 6 days.
Decks
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Leaderboard
Archetypes
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oops All Spells | 108 | 268–132 | 67.0 | 13 |
| Azorius Control | 101 | 216–138 | 61.0 | 10 |
| Cawblade | 13 | 17–17 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Greenpost | 59 | 119–107 | 52.7 | 2 |
| Orzhov Control | 34 | 78–58 | 57.4 | 3 |
| Affinity | 31 | 47–52 | 47.5 | 1 |
| Burn | 25 | 49–46 | 51.6 | 3 |
| Astral Slide | 20 | 23–47 | 32.9 | |
| Esper Control | 19 | 33–38 | 46.5 | 1 |
| Ponza | 19 | 30–40 | 42.9 | 1 |
| Recurring Nightmare | 18 | 25–26 | 49.0 | |
| Dragon Nightmare | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Hushnought | 17 | 39–24 | 61.9 | 2 |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 17 | 36–20 | 64.3 | 4 |
| Aggro-Control | 16 | 26–30 | 46.4 | 1 |
| Izzet Tempo | 66 | 134–110 | 54.9 | 5 |
| Ninjas | 23 | 42–47 | 47.2 | |
| Wizards | 11 | 3–19 | 13.6 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 8 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 1 |
| Izzet Spells | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |
| Azorius Skies | 3 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |
| Dimir Tempo | 3 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |
| Lich Aggro-Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 16 | 14–22 | 38.9 | |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 29 | 49–41 | 54.4 | 1 |
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 28 | 64–53 | 54.7 | 2 |
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 15 | 25–21 | 54.3 | |
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 11 | 16–13 | 55.2 | 1 |
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 15 | 17–39 | 30.4 | 1 |
| Seasons Past Control | 15 | 17–31 | 35.4 | |
| Dimir Control | 13 | 10–26 | 27.8 | |
| Dreadful Inspiration | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Runeflare | 13 | 11–20 | 35.5 | |
| Dirty Kitty | 11 | 25–20 | 55.6 | 1 |
| Mill | 11 | 6–21 | 22.2 | |
| Last Stand Control | 10 | 13–17 | 43.3 | 1 |
| Ramp | 10 | 13–13 | 50.0 | |
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 3 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |
| Carth Superfriends | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Combo | 9 | 3–13 | 18.8 | |
| Hypergenesis | 18 | 27–29 | 48.2 | |
| Ad Nauseam | 17 | 15–32 | 31.9 | |
| Soulflayer | 14 | 20–27 | 42.6 | 1 |
| Storm | 9 | 14–17 | 45.2 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 44 | 58–60 | 49.2 | 3 |
| Dark Tide | 14 | 31–18 | 63.3 | |
| Hazoret Storm | 9 | 10–21 | 32.3 | |
| Izzet Storm | 7 | 14–13 | 51.9 | |
| Dragonstorm | 6 | 15–15 | 50.0 | |
| Simic Storm | 5 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |
| Citadel Storm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Grixis Tendrils | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Belcher | 8 | 21–16 | 56.8 | |
| Restore Balance | 5 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 1 |
| Seismic Swans | 5 | 10–11 | 47.6 | |
| Dredge | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |
| Taking Turns | 4 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |
| Polymorph | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Biovisionary | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Izzet Ascension | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Storm Herald | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Stax | 9 | 14–24 | 36.8 | |
| Midrange | 8 | 8–14 | 36.4 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 33 | 80–47 | 63.0 | 6 |
| Jund | 33 | 53–71 | 42.7 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 30 | 44–47 | 48.4 | 2 |
| Orzhov Capenna | 14 | 35–23 | 60.3 | 2 |
| Fake-Rack | 14 | 11–28 | 28.2 | |
| The Rock | 14 | 25–36 | 41.0 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 12 | 23–24 | 48.9 | 1 |
| Jeskai Midrange | 11 | 19–8 | 70.4 | 1 |
| Dimir Midrange | 10 | 12–20 | 37.5 | |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 9 | 16–22 | 42.1 | |
| Allies | 7 | 12–6 | 66.7 | |
| Orzhov Allies | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Azorius Allies | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Big Red | 7 | 5–14 | 26.3 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 7 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |
| Hellion Whip | 6 | 12–11 | 52.2 | |
| Illness in the Ranks | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |
| Blink | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Orzhov Blink | 4 | 9–7 | 56.3 | |
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Séance | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Legends Midrange | 3 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Coinflips | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Death Cloud | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Five Color Hero | 14 | 31–21 | 59.6 | 2 |
| Mardu Hero | 11 | 25–15 | 62.5 | |
| Orzhov Hero | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Esper Hero | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Naya Hero | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Martyr's Grace | 10 | 13–14 | 48.1 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 8 | 14–13 | 51.9 | |
| Mythic Colossification | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Toughness Matters | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Vampires | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Black Control | 8 | 7–17 | 29.2 | |
| Pox | 8 | 8–16 | 33.3 | |
| Mono White Control | 6 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |
| Familiars | 5 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 1 |
| Grixis Control | 5 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |
| Cruel Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 5 | 8–1 | 88.9 | |
| Tempered Steel | 5 | 11–8 | 57.9 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 5 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 22 | 39–38 | 50.6 | |
| Izzet Dreadnought | 6 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 1 |
| Bant Control | 4 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |
| Combo-Control | 4 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |
| Battle of Wits | 36 | 72–95 | 43.1 | |
| Mindcrank | 32 | 79–26 | 75.2 | 6 |
| Archfiend Alteration | 6 | 16–8 | 66.7 | 2 |
| Curses | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |
| Hive Mind | 4 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |
| Hedron Alignment | 2 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |
| Plasma Swans | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Resurgent Belief | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Shared Fate | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Four Color Glimpse | 4 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |
| Izzet Control | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Mardu Aristocrats | 4 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 4 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 4 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 4 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Boros Bombardment | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Cloudy With Sunny Spells | 3 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |
| Food | 3 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |
| Aggro | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 64 | 137–103 | 57.1 | 6 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 25 | 45–47 | 48.9 | 3 |
| Merfolk | 21 | 24–32 | 42.9 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 15 | 32–21 | 60.4 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 11 | 28–17 | 62.2 | |
| Gruul Landfall | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Werewolves | 11 | 8–28 | 22.2 | |
| Elves | 10 | 13–18 | 41.9 | |
| Goblins | 8 | 16–19 | 45.7 | |
| Knights | 7 | 14–14 | 50.0 | |
| White Weenie | 6 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |
| Chroma White | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Slivers | 5 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 1 |
| Brushwaggs | 4 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Boros Aggro | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 3 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |
| Warriors | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |
| Zombies | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| AggroSlide | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |
| Cats | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Selesnya Cats | 6 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Shamans | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Heroic | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 28 | 56–38 | 59.6 | 4 |
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Rogues | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Anvil Colossus | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Blackpost | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Hexproof | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Infect | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Simic Infect | 37 | 67–63 | 51.5 | 1 |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Liquimetal Fishing | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Orzhov Angels | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Prison | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Enchantress | 5 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |
| Rakdos Madness | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Upheaval Colossus | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Dragon Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Izzet Dragons | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Simic Post | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | |||
| Turbo Myth | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Unctus | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 |