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 5 days, 8 hours.
Decks
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Leaderboard
Archetypes
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Izzet Twin | 149 | 338–168 | 66.8 | 19 |
| Azorius Control | 84 | 139–105 | 57.0 | 4 |
| Cawblade | 29 | 46–40 | 53.5 | 1 |
| Orzhov Control | 63 | 124–89 | 58.2 | 5 |
| Esper Control | 59 | 87–112 | 43.7 | 3 |
| Dimir Control | 45 | 84–53 | 61.3 | 3 |
| Hive Mind | 34 | 65–40 | 61.9 | 4 |
| Battle of Wits | 32 | 61–65 | 48.4 | 1 |
| Equipment Aggro | 31 | 35–45 | 43.8 | |
| Mono White Control | 28 | 38–45 | 45.8 | 1 |
| Pox | 28 | 40–53 | 43.0 | |
| Midrange | 24 | 14–43 | 24.6 | |
| Jund | 57 | 78–81 | 49.1 | 2 |
| Fires of Invention | 50 | 97–77 | 55.7 | 6 |
| Orzhov Midrange | 35 | 62–50 | 55.4 | 1 |
| Death Cloud | 28 | 37–53 | 41.1 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 27 | 19–48 | 28.4 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 27 | 46–42 | 52.3 | 1 |
| Lifegain Midrange | 20 | 30–28 | 51.7 | |
| The Rock | 16 | 9–25 | 26.5 | |
| Graveyard Value | 14 | 16–22 | 42.1 | |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 14 | 26–28 | 48.1 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 14 | 19–25 | 43.2 | |
| Toughness Matters | 11 | 20–14 | 58.8 | |
| White Jund | 11 | 22–16 | 57.9 | 1 |
| Blink | 10 | 13–20 | 39.4 | |
| Orzhov Blink | 20 | 34–30 | 53.1 | |
| Game Objects | 9 | 8–20 | 28.6 | |
| Legends Midrange | 9 | 14–21 | 40.0 | |
| Boros Legends Midrange | 5 | 15–8 | 65.2 | |
| Selesnya Legends | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Mardu Legends | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Orzhov Legends | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 8 | 6–16 | 27.3 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 8 | 5–14 | 26.3 | |
| Fight Rigging | 22 | 38–40 | 48.7 | 1 |
| Big Red | 7 | 4–14 | 22.2 | |
| Jeskai Midrange | 7 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 7 | 10–9 | 52.6 | |
| Allies | 6 | 8–13 | 38.1 | |
| Esper Allies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 6 | 6–15 | 28.6 | |
| Fake-Rack | 6 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |
| Grenzo | 5 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 5 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Hellion Whip | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
| Naya Midrange | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Adventures | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
| Elementals | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Vampires | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Clerics | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Coinflips | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Temur Ascendancy | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 23 | 33–38 | 46.5 | 1 |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 47 | 88–60 | 59.5 | 6 |
| Selesnya Cloudpost Control | 28 | 51–39 | 56.7 | |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 16 | 26–22 | 54.2 | 2 |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 7 | 8–20 | 28.6 | |
| Blackpost | 5 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |
| Dimir Cloudpost Control | 3 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |
| Grixis Control | 23 | 36–36 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Cruel Control | 9 | 18–15 | 54.5 | |
| Combo | 22 | 22–45 | 32.8 | |
| Phoenix Altar | 64 | 132–86 | 60.6 | 6 |
| Hypergenesis | 45 | 46–72 | 39.0 | |
| Warp World | 40 | 78–61 | 56.1 | 2 |
| Boros Glimpse | 73 | 170–82 | 67.5 | 8 |
| Midnight Mass | 32 | 65–36 | 64.4 | 5 |
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 26 | 22–34 | 39.3 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 26 | 42–35 | 54.5 | 1 |
| Soulflayer | 24 | 43–36 | 54.4 | 1 |
| Ad Nauseam | 20 | 38–37 | 50.7 | |
| Dredge | 17 | 21–38 | 35.6 | |
| Intruder Alarm | 14 | 24–27 | 47.1 | |
| Restore Balance | 14 | 25–31 | 44.6 | |
| Enduring Ideal | 13 | 19–18 | 51.4 | |
| Seismic Swans | 13 | 22–22 | 50.0 | |
| Storm Herald | 11 | 20–23 | 46.5 | |
| Eggs | 8 | 3–20 | 13.0 | |
| Calibrated Blast | 7 | 19–11 | 63.3 | |
| Gyruda | 7 | 14–10 | 58.3 | |
| Taking Turns | 7 | 5–14 | 26.3 | |
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 5 | 12–7 | 63.2 | |
| Polymorph | 4 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Storm | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Dragonstorm | 16 | 26–32 | 44.8 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Hazoret Storm | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Belcher | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 1 |
| Dubious Challenge | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Possibility Storm | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| Reanimator | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 7 | 7–16 | 30.4 | |
| Fake-Twin | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Lookout-Buccaneer Combo | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Maniac Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Anvil Colossus | 5 | 13–9 | 59.1 | 1 |
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Protean Hulk Combo | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Boros Twin | 19 | 37–21 | 63.8 | |
| Five Color Hero | 17 | 22–33 | 40.0 | |
| Mill | 17 | 12–33 | 26.7 | |
| Solar Flare | 14 | 20–26 | 43.5 | 1 |
| Wildfire | 14 | 15–22 | 40.5 | 1 |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 9 | 20–18 | 52.6 | |
| Aggro | 13 | 18–16 | 52.9 | 2 |
| Gruul Aggro | 53 | 103–79 | 56.6 | 5 |
| AggroSlide | 40 | 63–54 | 53.8 | 3 |
| Mono Red Swarm | 39 | 53–60 | 46.9 | 3 |
| Elves | 35 | 40–74 | 35.1 | 1 |
| Humans | 22 | 33–40 | 45.2 | |
| Jeskai Humans | 11 | 25–16 | 61.0 | 1 |
| Boros Humans | 9 | 18–16 | 52.9 | |
| Orzhov Humans | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Selesnya Humans | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Merfolk | 17 | 22–24 | 47.8 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 16 | 20–27 | 42.6 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 16 | 11–23 | 32.4 | |
| Mono Red Devotion | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 12 | 10–30 | 25.0 | |
| Zombies | 12 | 15–17 | 46.9 | |
| Knights | 8 | 15–14 | 51.7 | |
| Legends Aggro | 8 | 17–10 | 63.0 | |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 32 | 50–43 | 53.8 | 1 |
| Bard Class | 17 | 37–27 | 57.8 | |
| Selesnya Legends Aggro | 4 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 8 | 13–14 | 48.1 | |
| Illusions | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 7 | 13–13 | 50.0 | |
| White Weenie | 7 | 11–14 | 44.0 | |
| Soldiers | 73 | 137–96 | 58.8 | 1 |
| Mono White Humans | 68 | 112–101 | 52.6 | 5 |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 6 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 30 | 37–34 | 52.1 | 3 |
| Affinity | 11 | 15–20 | 42.9 | 1 |
| Tempered Steel | 5 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Goblins | 6 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |
| Tokens | 5 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 11 | 12–21 | 36.4 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 4 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |
| Orzhov Tokens | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Naya Zoo | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |
| Shamans | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Werewolves | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Azorius Heroic | 7 | 11–8 | 57.9 | |
| Boros Heroic | 6 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 1 |
| Mono White Heroic | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Madness | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Golgari Madness | 20 | 44–41 | 51.8 | 1 |
| Jund Madness | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Gruul Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Rakdos Madness | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Pirates | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Rats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Slivers | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Aggro-Control | 13 | 17–28 | 37.8 | 1 |
| Izzet Spells | 40 | 68–50 | 57.6 | 6 |
| Azorius Tempo | 37 | 74–54 | 57.8 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 28 | 42–38 | 52.5 | 3 |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 4 | 10–1 | 90.9 | 1 |
| Wizards | 21 | 23–27 | 46.0 | |
| Ninjas | 20 | 7–35 | 16.7 | |
| Dimir Tempo | 19 | 19–26 | 42.2 | 1 |
| Dimir Faeries | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Dimir Librarians | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |
| Simic Flash | 12 | 9–15 | 37.5 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 7 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |
| Dragon Control | 10 | 13–23 | 36.1 | |
| Esper Dragons | 4 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Sultai Control | 10 | 15–11 | 57.7 | |
| Five Color Control | 9 | 7–18 | 28.0 | |
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Last Stand Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Izzet Control | 9 | 10–11 | 47.6 | |
| Jeskai Control | 7 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |
| Ramp | 7 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |
| Rofellos Ramp | 57 | 79–110 | 41.8 | |
| Applejacks | 18 | 33–36 | 47.8 | 2 |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 10 | 14–17 | 45.2 | |
| Greenpost | 53 | 91–95 | 48.9 | 2 |
| Simic Post | 36 | 57–50 | 53.3 | 1 |
| Gruul Post | 24 | 38–37 | 50.7 | 1 |
| Temurpost | 16 | 38–31 | 55.1 | 2 |
| Eldrazipost | 15 | 28–31 | 47.5 | |
| Carth Superfriends | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |
| Resurgent Belief | 7 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |
| Stax | 7 | 9–7 | 56.3 | |
| Unclassified | 7 | 0–11 | 0.0 | |
| Hateful Auras | 6 | 15–12 | 55.6 | 1 |
| Mardu Control | 6 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 6 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |
| Curses | 5 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 5 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |
| Sunforger | 5 | 2–12 | 14.3 | |
| Zur's Weirding | 5 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 4 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Burn | 5 | 11–7 | 61.1 | |
| Aristocrats | 4 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 37 | 78–55 | 58.6 | 3 |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Boros Bombardment | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Food | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Infect | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 27 | 34–55 | 38.2 | |
| Mono Black Infect | 11 | 19–22 | 46.3 | 1 |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Liquimetal Fishing | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Astral Slide | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Prison | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Enchantress | 62 | 137–98 | 58.3 | 5 |
| Runeflare | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Boros Control | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Abzan Hero | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Grixis Madness | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |
| Lich's Mastery | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Pickles | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Seasons Past Control | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Bant Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Boros Hero | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Cruel Combo-Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Hedron Alignment | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Hexproof | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Mardu Hero | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Mono Black Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Shared Fate | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 |