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 8 weeks, 3 days.
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Leaderboard
Archetypes
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enchantress | 21 | 34–35 | 49.3 | |
| Midrange | 20 | 33–45 | 42.3 | |
| Jund | 17 | 20–41 | 32.8 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 16 | 28–28 | 50.0 | |
| Game Objects | 16 | 13–26 | 33.3 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 16 | 10–47 | 17.5 | |
| Fires of Invention | 14 | 15–20 | 42.9 | |
| Toughness Matters | 13 | 18–31 | 36.7 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 11 | 20–16 | 55.6 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 9 | 19–23 | 45.2 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 9 | 8–18 | 30.8 | |
| Nissa Company | 9 | 13–13 | 50.0 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 7 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 1 |
| Death Cloud | 5 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |
| The Rock | 5 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |
| Big Red | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Elementals | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |
| Graveyard Value | 4 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |
| Séance | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Grenzo | 4 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 4 | 3–15 | 16.7 | |
| Anti-Persecution | 3 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Fake-Rack | 3 | 0–10 | 0.0 | |
| Angels | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Mono White Angels | 28 | 60–43 | 58.3 | 3 |
| Azorius Angels | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Blink | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Acid Trip | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| Orzhov Blink | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |
| Naya Midrange | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Fight Rigging | 5 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |
| Clerics | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Mutate | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Selesnya Value Town | 1 | 4–0 | 100.0 | |
| Combo | 19 | 15–39 | 27.8 | |
| Hypergenesis | 49 | 100–67 | 59.9 | 2 |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 20 | 32–25 | 56.1 | |
| Enduring Ideal | 16 | 37–31 | 54.4 | 1 |
| Oops All Lands | 15 | 34–30 | 53.1 | |
| Polymorph | 14 | 26–16 | 61.9 | 1 |
| Dredge | 8 | 7–15 | 31.8 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 6 | 14–10 | 58.3 | |
| Belcher | 5 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Phoenix Altar | 5 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |
| Taking Turns | 5 | 9–11 | 45.0 | 1 |
| Eggs | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Gyruda | 4 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |
| Primal Prayers Combo | 4 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |
| Breakfast | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |
| Unctus | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Restore Balance | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Ad Nauseam | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Calibrated Blast | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |
| Dice Factory | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Soulflayer | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Reanim8 Rack | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |
| Warp World | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Four Color Glimpse | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |
| Actual Twin | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Izzet Twin | 38 | 76–51 | 59.8 | 4 |
| Boros Twin | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |
| Possibility Storm | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Seismic Swans | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Citadel Storm | 36 | 85–59 | 59.0 | 4 |
| Dimir Tendrils | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Storm Herald | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Tibalt's Trickery | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Ramp | 16 | 14–36 | 28.0 | |
| Rofellos Ramp | 31 | 44–51 | 46.3 | 2 |
| Carth Superfriends | 9 | 18–14 | 56.3 | |
| Applejacks | 7 | 6–20 | 23.1 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |
| Greenpost | 11 | 17–18 | 48.6 | |
| Domain | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Eureka! | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Villainous Wealth | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Combo-Control | 11 | 12–16 | 42.9 | 1 |
| Archfiend Alteration | 29 | 64–38 | 62.7 | 3 |
| Solar Flare | 15 | 22–16 | 57.9 | 1 |
| Battle of Wits | 7 | 9–18 | 33.3 | |
| Resurgent Belief | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Lich's Mastery | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Liliana's Contract | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 9 | 10–14 | 41.7 | |
| Unclassified | 7 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |
| Control | 4 | 11–6 | 64.7 | |
| Orzhov Control | 66 | 117–103 | 53.2 | 4 |
| Azorius Control | 62 | 125–81 | 60.7 | 5 |
| Dimir Control | 50 | 121–61 | 66.5 | 8 |
| Mono Black Control | 14 | 30–25 | 54.5 | |
| Stax | 14 | 19–31 | 38.0 | |
| Mill | 8 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 7 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 52 | 103–90 | 53.4 | 6 |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 19 | 37–31 | 54.4 | 1 |
| Blackpost | 7 | 12–12 | 50.0 | |
| Selesnya Cloudpost Control | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Esper Control | 7 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |
| Boros Control | 6 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Guildgate Control | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Jeskai Control | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |
| Pox | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Runeflare | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
| Grixis Control | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Izzet Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Dragon Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Five Color Control | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Ponza | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Sultai Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Golgari Madness | 4 | 13–7 | 65.0 | 1 |
| Affinity | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 38 | 69–52 | 57.0 | 1 |
| Azorius Allies | 3 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
| Life is Ez | 3 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |
| Orzhov Humans | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| Orzhov Tokens | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Aggro | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 91 | 216–107 | 66.9 | 11 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 23 | 39–52 | 42.9 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 18 | 25–31 | 44.6 | 1 |
| AggroSlide | 14 | 24–26 | 48.0 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 12 | 16–25 | 39.0 | 1 |
| Gruul Landfall | 3 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 10 | 9–20 | 31.0 | |
| White Weenie | 9 | 13–15 | 46.4 | |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 6 | 6–21 | 22.2 | |
| Knights | 8 | 7–20 | 25.9 | |
| Naya Zoo | 7 | 12–14 | 46.2 | |
| Rats | 5 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Heroic | 4 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |
| Boros Heroic | 15 | 39–17 | 69.6 | 3 |
| Elves | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Zombies | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |
| Goblins | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Permanent Vacation | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Rogues | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Werewolves | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Five Color Hero | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Hateful Auras | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Burn | 16 | 26–35 | 42.6 | 1 |
| Aristocrats | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 23 | 52–27 | 65.8 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 7 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 3 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |
| Food | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Dwarf Combo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Hushnought | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Ninjas | 10 | 26–16 | 61.9 | |
| Dimir Tempo | 8 | 9–10 | 47.4 | 1 |
| Dimir Faeries | 4 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Dimir Librarians | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Izzet Spells | 8 | 2–20 | 9.1 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 5 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 5 | 11–5 | 68.8 | |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 22 | 54–26 | 67.5 | 4 |
| Azorius Tempo | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Simic Flash | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |
| Wizards | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Bard Class | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Esper Greasefang | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Orzhov Allies | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |
| Orzhov Greasefang | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Orzhov Hero | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Orzhov Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |