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.
Decks
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Leaderboard
Archetypes
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azorius Control | 72 | 128–80 | 61.5 | 8 |
| Cawblade | 7 | 17–12 | 58.6 | |
| Azorius Tempo | 57 | 119–73 | 62.0 | 8 |
| Dimir Tempo | 35 | 49–49 | 50.0 | 4 |
| Unctus | 32 | 62–31 | 66.7 | 4 |
| Izzet Control | 28 | 57–36 | 61.3 | 4 |
| Orzhov Control | 27 | 49–48 | 50.5 | 1 |
| Ramp | 26 | 25–50 | 33.3 | 1 |
| Villainous Wealth | 6 | 10–16 | 38.5 | |
| Applejacks | 5 | 10–6 | 62.5 | |
| Carth Superfriends | 5 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |
| Domain | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Simic Post | 24 | 42–41 | 50.6 | |
| Greenpost | 8 | 10–18 | 35.7 | |
| Eldrazipost | 6 | 5–15 | 25.0 | |
| Midrange | 25 | 24–51 | 32.0 | |
| Laelia Cascade | 42 | 90–60 | 60.0 | 2 |
| Rakdos Midrange | 29 | 31–53 | 36.9 | |
| Fake-Rack | 16 | 16–33 | 32.7 | 1 |
| Orzhov Midrange | 16 | 24–32 | 42.9 | 1 |
| Jund | 14 | 17–28 | 37.8 | |
| Blink | 12 | 20–16 | 55.6 | |
| Orzhov Blink | 83 | 182–114 | 61.5 | 14 |
| Acid Trip | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |
| Fires of Invention | 11 | 13–17 | 43.3 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 9 | 5–17 | 22.7 | |
| Illness in the Ranks | 8 | 8–19 | 29.6 | 1 |
| Graveyard Value | 7 | 12–12 | 50.0 | |
| Séance | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 7 | 12–13 | 48.0 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 14 | 26–17 | 60.5 | |
| Toughness Matters | 7 | 13–14 | 48.1 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 6 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 6 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |
| Selesnya Value Town | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 5 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |
| Coinflips | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 4 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| The Rock | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |
| Death Cloud | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Elementals | 3 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |
| Wight Midrange | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
| Jund Wight | 33 | 88–45 | 66.2 | 7 |
| Golgari Wight | 22 | 36–33 | 52.2 | |
| Game Objects | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Legends Midrange | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Orzhov Legends | 6 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |
| Boros Legends Midrange | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Big Red | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Grenzo | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Hellion Whip | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Nissa Company | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Party | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Vampires | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |
| Orzhov Vampires | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Combo | 24 | 18–45 | 28.6 | |
| Nadu Combo | 89 | 168–110 | 60.4 | 8 |
| Amalia Combo | 27 | 36–46 | 43.9 | |
| Oops All Lands | 25 | 30–50 | 37.5 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 22 | 54–23 | 70.1 | 3 |
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 12 | 23–20 | 53.5 | 1 |
| Hypergenesis | 11 | 9–13 | 40.9 | |
| Eggs | 9 | 0–16 | 0.0 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 8 | 9–19 | 32.1 | |
| Anvil Colossus | 35 | 74–50 | 59.7 | 2 |
| Upheaval Colossus | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Storm Herald | 8 | 10–11 | 47.6 | 1 |
| Dredge | 6 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |
| Calibrated Blast | 4 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |
| Primal Prayers Combo | 4 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |
| Restore Balance | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Soulflayer | 3 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |
| Taking Turns | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Actual Twin | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| Izzet Twin | 2 | 6–0 | 100.0 | 1 |
| Boros Twin | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Enduring Ideal | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Oriss Genesis | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Seismic Swans | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| Chain of Acid | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Dice Factory | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Maniac Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Phoenix Altar | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Polymorph | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Storm | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| High Tide | 26 | 42–49 | 46.2 | 1 |
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 3 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |
| Zubera Tribal | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Dimir Control | 24 | 29–30 | 49.2 | 1 |
| Stax | 23 | 22–51 | 30.1 | |
| Living Death | 17 | 35–22 | 61.4 | 2 |
| Excruciator Combo | 72 | 161–84 | 65.7 | 11 |
| Five Color Hero | 15 | 31–28 | 52.5 | 1 |
| Izzet Tempo | 15 | 29–21 | 58.0 | 1 |
| Mono White Control | 14 | 26–18 | 59.1 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Control | 13 | 10–21 | 32.3 | |
| Ponza | 13 | 12–25 | 32.4 | |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 11 | 11–32 | 25.6 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 11 | 15–13 | 53.6 | |
| Blackpost | 10 | 10–22 | 31.3 | |
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 9 | 9–13 | 40.9 | |
| Jeskai Control | 9 | 9–14 | 39.1 | |
| Mill | 9 | 8–19 | 29.6 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 9 | 8–13 | 38.1 | |
| Orzhov Reanimator | 23 | 45–36 | 55.6 | 1 |
| Esper Control | 7 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |
| Mardu Control | 7 | 11–11 | 50.0 | |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 7 | 12–13 | 48.0 | |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 6 | 5–18 | 21.7 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 6 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Grixis Control | 6 | 10–10 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Cruel Control | 16 | 30–28 | 51.7 | 1 |
| Izzet Spells | 6 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |
| Aggro | 5 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 81 | 152–136 | 52.8 | 5 |
| Elves | 27 | 47–55 | 46.1 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 26 | 46–28 | 62.2 | 1 |
| Prisoner | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Boros Aggro | 9 | 5–13 | 27.8 | |
| Devastating Dreams | 7 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 7 | 2–21 | 8.7 | |
| Rats | 6 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
| Goblins | 5 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |
| Merfolk | 5 | 10–12 | 45.5 | |
| Permanent Vacation | 5 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 5 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Werewolves | 5 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |
| Knights | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 4 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Zombies | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Voltron | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Hexproof | 4 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Affinity | 7 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Gruul Landfall | 3 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |
| White Weenie | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Mono White Humans | 17 | 42–16 | 72.4 | 3 |
| Soldiers | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |
| Humans | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Selesnya Humans | 10 | 25–12 | 67.6 | 2 |
| Orzhov Humans | 8 | 11–23 | 32.4 | |
| Boros Humans | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Legends Aggro | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 35 | 77–33 | 70.0 | 7 |
| Selesnya Legends Aggro | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Bard Class | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Pirates | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Rogues | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Azorius Spirits | 5 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 5 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 4 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Seasons Past Control | 5 | 6–14 | 30.0 | |
| Selesnya Heroic | 5 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 1 |
| Aggro-Combo | 4 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Burn | 8 | 7–22 | 24.1 | |
| Liquimetal Fishing | 5 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 6 | 11–14 | 44.0 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 6 | 10–6 | 62.5 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Bant Control | 4 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |
| Boros Control | 4 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Boros Heroic | 4 | 11–6 | 64.7 | |
| Combo-Control | 4 | 11–7 | 61.1 | |
| Solar Flare | 7 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |
| Pickles | 5 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Battle of Wits | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
| Zur's Weirding | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Hive Mind | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Lich's Mastery | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Shared Fate | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Dimir Cloudpost Control | 4 | 10–2 | 83.3 | 1 |
| Simic Flash | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Turbo Fog | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Wizards | 4 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Enchantments Control | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Prison | 3 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |
| Enchantress | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |
| Sultai Control | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Unclassified | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Wildfire | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Azorius Allies | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Four Color Glimpse | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Jeskai Hero | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Naya Hero | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Blue Madness | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Simic Madness | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Dragon Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Esper Dragons | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Dynavolt Tower | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Guildgate Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Last Stand Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Black Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Mono Blue Spirits | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Selesnya Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 |