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 2 days, 19 hours.
Congratulations to thewatchwander, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 34)
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Leaderboard
Archetypes
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boros Heroic | 23 | 49–19 | 72.1 | 5 |
| Aggro-Control | 18 | 32–31 | 50.8 | 1 |
| Izzet Spells | 15 | 15–31 | 32.6 | |
| Ninjas | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 3 | 12–3 | 80.0 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Wizards | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 16 | 20–24 | 45.5 | |
| Dimir Control | 14 | 20–25 | 44.4 | |
| Esper Control | 14 | 20–18 | 52.6 | 2 |
| Ramp | 14 | 18–23 | 43.9 | |
| Necro Midrange | 12 | 12–18 | 40.0 | |
| Selesnya Cats | 12 | 25–13 | 65.8 | 4 |
| Affinity | 10 | 12–19 | 38.7 | |
| Boros Humans | 10 | 19–17 | 52.8 | 1 |
| Combo | 10 | 15–19 | 44.1 | |
| Midnight Mass | 39 | 53–55 | 49.1 | 1 |
| Oops All Lands | 22 | 35–24 | 59.3 | 2 |
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 13 | 26–27 | 49.1 | |
| Belcher | 11 | 15–19 | 44.1 | |
| Tibalt's Trickery | 8 | 12–13 | 48.0 | |
| Calibrated Blast | 7 | 10–15 | 40.0 | |
| Izzet Ascension | 5 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |
| Hypergenesis | 4 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 4 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |
| Anvil Colossus | 13 | 24–14 | 63.2 | 2 |
| Eggs | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Gyruda | 3 | 11–3 | 78.6 | |
| Lookout-Buccaneer Combo | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| Necro Combo | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 3 | 11–3 | 78.6 | |
| Possibility Storm | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Seismic Swans | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |
| Soulflayer | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Protean Hulk Combo | 2 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Warp World | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Dice Factory | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Dredge | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Intruder Alarm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Green Stormless Storm | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Polymorph | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Restore Balance | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Storm Herald | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Taking Turns | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Seasons Past Control | 10 | 20–13 | 60.6 | 1 |
| Combo-Control | 9 | 10–9 | 52.6 | 1 |
| Resurgent Belief | 6 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |
| Battle of Wits | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Curses | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |
| Plasma Swans | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Hive Mind | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Lich's Mastery | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Azorius Control | 8 | 20–12 | 62.5 | |
| Ponza | 8 | 5–14 | 26.3 | |
| Unclassified | 8 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 7 | 12–9 | 57.1 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 6 | 13–8 | 61.9 | |
| Midrange | 6 | 3–13 | 18.8 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 23 | 31–39 | 44.3 | 1 |
| Fires of Invention | 21 | 28–30 | 48.3 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 14 | 12–35 | 25.5 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 11 | 18–17 | 51.4 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 7 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |
| Blink | 6 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |
| Orzhov Blink | 100 | 230–108 | 68.0 | 22 |
| Graveyard Value | 6 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |
| Séance | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Legends Midrange | 6 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Orzhov Legends | 6 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |
| Selesnya Legends | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Mardu Legends | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 6 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |
| Death Cloud | 5 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |
| The Rock | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Toughness Matters | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |
| Allies | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Boros Allies | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Big Red | 2 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Party | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |
| Selesnya Value Town | 7 | 16–9 | 64.0 | 1 |
| -1/-1 Counters | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Adventures | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Clerics | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Naya Midrange | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Mill | 6 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Selesnya Humans | 5 | 3–22 | 12.0 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 5 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |
| Dimir Reanimator | 2 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |
| Citadel Storm | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
| Dimir Faeries | 4 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |
| Dragon Control | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |
| Dragonstorm | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 4 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Stax | 4 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |
| Enchantress | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 1 |
| Golgari Madness | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |
| Izzet Control | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |
| Aggro | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Goblins | 14 | 8–19 | 29.6 | |
| Knights | 14 | 20–24 | 45.5 | |
| Mono Red Eldrazi | 8 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 5 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 4 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |
| AggroSlide | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| Elves | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Legends Aggro | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 46 | 93–45 | 67.4 | 8 |
| Selesnya Legends Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Slivers | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Tokens | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| White Weenie | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Soldiers | 30 | 58–45 | 56.3 | 4 |
| Zombies | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Grixis Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Orzhov Angels | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Rakdos Madness | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 5 | 8–17 | 32.0 | |
| Burn | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Necro Burn | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| Aristocrats | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 7 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 6 | 15–8 | 65.2 | |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |
| Astral Slide | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Five Color Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Last Stand Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Salvage Titan | 1 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |