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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Tide | 130 | 235–212 | 52.6 | 8 |
| Ramp | 43 | 58–83 | 41.1 | 1 |
| Carth Superfriends | 31 | 45–64 | 41.3 | |
| Jund Carth | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |
| Domain | 5 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |
| Simic Post | 33 | 80–52 | 60.6 | 5 |
| Gruul Post | 32 | 78–48 | 61.9 | 3 |
| Greenpost | 27 | 29–54 | 34.9 | 1 |
| Eldrazipost | 10 | 18–21 | 46.2 | |
| Golgari Post | 4 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |
| Selesnya Heroic | 31 | 65–50 | 56.5 | 4 |
| Midrange | 28 | 40–46 | 46.5 | 4 |
| Fires of Invention | 95 | 160–175 | 47.8 | 3 |
| Jund | 63 | 83–109 | 43.2 | 4 |
| Graveyard Value | 41 | 48–61 | 44.0 | 1 |
| Séance | 5 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 36 | 58–60 | 49.2 | 1 |
| The Rock | 26 | 37–56 | 39.8 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 23 | 21–46 | 31.3 | |
| Big Red | 23 | 38–33 | 53.5 | 1 |
| Legends Midrange | 20 | 28–37 | 43.1 | |
| Orzhov Legends | 47 | 88–73 | 54.7 | 7 |
| Mardu Legends | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
| Boros Legends Midrange | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 20 | 36–33 | 52.2 | |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 17 | 28–44 | 38.9 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 14 | 17–23 | 42.5 | |
| Clerics | 13 | 20–18 | 52.6 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 12 | 26–20 | 56.5 | |
| Elementals | 11 | 14–21 | 40.0 | |
| Blink | 10 | 19–15 | 55.9 | |
| Acid Trip | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |
| Wave Blink | 3 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Azorius Wave | 88 | 192–107 | 64.2 | 16 |
| Orzhov Wave | 40 | 95–47 | 66.9 | 6 |
| Cloudpost Wave Blink | 21 | 49–15 | 76.6 | 3 |
| Abzan Wave | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Bant Wave | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Naya Midrange | 8 | 11–21 | 34.4 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 7 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 20 | 26–35 | 42.6 | 1 |
| Hero of Precinct One | 5 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |
| Five Color Hero | 11 | 13–18 | 41.9 | |
| Orzhov Hero | 11 | 30–18 | 62.5 | |
| Mardu Hero | 8 | 10–9 | 52.6 | |
| Boros Hero | 5 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |
| Naya Hero | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 5 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |
| Temur Ascendancy | 5 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Grenzo | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Illness in the Ranks | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Toughness Matters | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Allies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Orzhov Allies | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Anti-Persecution | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Coinflips | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Mutate | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Treefolk | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Burn | 20 | 19–36 | 34.5 | |
| Last Stand Control | 20 | 25–34 | 42.4 | |
| Dragonstorm | 19 | 38–35 | 52.1 | 1 |
| Hazoret Storm | 18 | 24–45 | 34.8 | 1 |
| Combo | 17 | 12–39 | 23.5 | |
| Tameshi Bloom | 74 | 140–82 | 63.1 | 7 |
| Gyruda | 50 | 82–76 | 51.9 | 3 |
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 38 | 68–42 | 61.8 | 3 |
| Intruder Alarm | 21 | 31–43 | 41.9 | |
| Enduring Ideal | 16 | 33–32 | 50.8 | 1 |
| Oriss Genesis | 16 | 25–18 | 58.1 | 1 |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 13 | 23–13 | 63.9 | 1 |
| Possibility Storm | 13 | 31–23 | 57.4 | |
| Eggs | 12 | 10–22 | 31.3 | |
| Storm Herald | 12 | 14–30 | 31.8 | |
| Taking Turns | 12 | 11–25 | 30.6 | |
| Soulflayer | 10 | 10–16 | 38.5 | |
| Reanim8 Rack | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Dredge | 6 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |
| Calibrated Blast | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |
| Lookout-Buccaneer Combo | 5 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 4 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |
| Hypergenesis | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |
| Maniac Combo | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Belcher | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| Endless Belch | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Chain of Acid | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| Izzet Ascension | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Myr Incubator | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |
| Polymorph | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Restore Balance | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Seismic Swans | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Dice Factory | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Upheaval Colossus | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Retraction Helix Combo | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Stuffy Doll | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Umbral Mantle | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Warp World | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 17 | 32–33 | 49.2 | |
| Aggro-Control | 15 | 34–25 | 57.6 | 3 |
| Izzet Tempo | 23 | 45–39 | 53.6 | 2 |
| Izzet Spells | 16 | 19–30 | 38.8 | 1 |
| Wizards | 15 | 23–28 | 45.1 | |
| Simic Flash | 9 | 13–16 | 44.8 | 1 |
| Dimir Tempo | 6 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |
| Dimir Faeries | 36 | 55–58 | 48.7 | 1 |
| Azorius Skies | 3 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Ninjas | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 11 | 8–18 | 30.8 | |
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 9 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 9 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |
| Orzhov Reanimator | 61 | 91–87 | 51.1 | 3 |
| Dimir Reanimator | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Boros Heroic | 8 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |
| Selesnya Cats | 8 | 19–14 | 57.6 | 1 |
| Golgari Madness | 7 | 20–13 | 60.6 | 1 |
| Simic Madness | 7 | 12–11 | 52.2 | 1 |
| Goblin Persist | 6 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 1 |
| Starlit Graves | 6 | 12–15 | 44.4 | 1 |
| Hexproof | 5 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |
| Wildfire | 5 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 6 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |
| Control | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Esper Control | 89 | 170–114 | 59.9 | 15 |
| Azorius Control | 80 | 127–128 | 49.8 | 4 |
| Ponza | 58 | 77–86 | 47.2 | |
| Dimir Control | 53 | 67–59 | 53.2 | 2 |
| Seasons Past Control | 43 | 103–86 | 54.5 | 2 |
| Stax | 36 | 41–52 | 44.1 | |
| Bant Control | 26 | 23–32 | 41.8 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 20 | 36–34 | 51.4 | 1 |
| Selesnya Cloudpost Control | 44 | 92–61 | 60.1 | 5 |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 33 | 63–52 | 54.8 | 2 |
| Izzet Cloudpost Control | 15 | 14–32 | 30.4 | |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 15 | 11–27 | 28.9 | |
| Blackpost | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Dimir Cloudpost Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Orzhov Control | 20 | 43–27 | 61.4 | 1 |
| Jeskai Control | 14 | 18–26 | 40.9 | |
| Prison | 12 | 11–21 | 34.4 | |
| Enchantress | 39 | 52–70 | 42.6 | 2 |
| Pox | 10 | 21–18 | 53.8 | |
| Grixis Control | 7 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |
| Cruel Control | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Izzet Control | 7 | 11–11 | 50.0 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 6 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |
| Mono Black Control | 5 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |
| Mono White Control | 5 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |
| Dragon Control | 4 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |
| Izzet Dragons | 11 | 21–16 | 56.8 | |
| Esper Dragons | 10 | 16–14 | 53.3 | |
| Mill | 4 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |
| Cycling Control | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Astral Slide | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Boros Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Mardu Control | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Demonic Rising | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Guildgate Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 4 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Aggro | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 1 |
| Red Deck Wins | 103 | 176–161 | 52.2 | 6 |
| Goblins | 70 | 115–121 | 48.7 | 2 |
| Gruul Aggro | 57 | 112–91 | 55.2 | 7 |
| Elves | 55 | 100–97 | 50.8 | 3 |
| Legends Aggro | 23 | 28–36 | 43.8 | 1 |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 98 | 237–112 | 67.9 | 13 |
| Selesnya Legends Aggro | 13 | 21–26 | 44.7 | 1 |
| Knights | 21 | 24–39 | 38.1 | 1 |
| White Weenie | 20 | 33–34 | 49.3 | |
| Chroma White | 7 | 8–16 | 33.3 | |
| Kithkin | 4 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 4 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |
| Soldiers | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Boros Aggro | 19 | 15–27 | 35.7 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 17 | 11–33 | 25.0 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 14 | 22–19 | 53.7 | 2 |
| AggroSlide | 10 | 18–10 | 64.3 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 7 | 6–16 | 27.3 | |
| Humans | 6 | 0–9 | 0.0 | |
| Merfolk | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Selesnya Counters | 14 | 22–30 | 42.3 | |
| Tokens | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Orzhov Tokens | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Zombies | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Affinity | 23 | 37–39 | 48.7 | |
| Tempered Steel | 17 | 24–25 | 49.0 | |
| Naya Zoo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Warriors | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Oops All Spells | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Aristocrats | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 11 | 14–12 | 53.8 | |
| Food | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Mardu Aristocrats | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Familiars | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | |
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Infect | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Golgari Infect | 38 | 99–59 | 62.7 | 3 |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 12 | 24–19 | 55.8 | |
| Azorius Heroic | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Combo-Control | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Battle of Wits | 41 | 88–97 | 47.6 | 1 |
| Solar Flare | 33 | 46–46 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Hive Mind | 27 | 51–37 | 58.0 | 1 |
| Yosei Vat | 17 | 38–30 | 55.9 | 2 |
| Zur's Weirding | 15 | 23–13 | 63.9 | 1 |
| Pickles | 9 | 15–16 | 48.4 | |
| Cruel Combo-Control | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Resurgent Belief | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Shared Fate | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Grixis Tendrils | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Jund Madness | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Liquimetal Fishing | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 |