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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midrange | 62 | 94–115 | 45.0 | 3 |
| Jund | 44 | 101–70 | 59.1 | 5 |
| Temur Ascendancy | 29 | 73–47 | 60.8 | 3 |
| Prophet Ascendancy | 4 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 1 |
| Orzhov Midrange | 21 | 41–41 | 50.0 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 19 | 50–25 | 66.7 | 2 |
| Knights of Windgrace | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |
| Yisan-Prophet | 13 | 29–26 | 52.7 | 1 |
| Blink | 9 | 17–20 | 45.9 | |
| White Jund | 8 | 15–11 | 57.7 | 1 |
| -1/-1 Counters | 6 | 9–15 | 37.5 | |
| Grenzo | 6 | 10–12 | 45.5 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 6 | 13–10 | 56.5 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 4 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |
| Sultai Emerge | 29 | 64–50 | 56.1 | 1 |
| Allies | 3 | 10–2 | 83.3 | 1 |
| Esper Allies | 6 | 19–7 | 73.1 | 1 |
| Boros Allies | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |
| Orzhov Allies | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Big Red | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |
| Clerics | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Elementals | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Temur Energy | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| The Rock | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Verdant Succession | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Ramp | 42 | 66–83 | 44.3 | 3 |
| Domain | 15 | 29–27 | 51.8 | 1 |
| Temur Bombardment | 7 | 16–7 | 69.6 | 1 |
| Villainous Wealth | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |
| Control | 23 | 41–43 | 48.8 | |
| Demonic Rising | 40 | 71–72 | 49.7 | |
| Izzet Control | 40 | 70–67 | 51.1 | 1 |
| Azorius Control | 39 | 92–70 | 56.8 | 3 |
| Grixis Control | 38 | 103–51 | 66.9 | 6 |
| Cruel Control | 21 | 44–41 | 51.8 | 2 |
| Mardu Control | 30 | 53–59 | 47.3 | 3 |
| Dynavolt Tower | 25 | 45–36 | 55.6 | 3 |
| Bant Control | 18 | 49–32 | 60.5 | 1 |
| Esper Control | 8 | 4–20 | 16.7 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 8 | 6–21 | 22.2 | |
| Sultai Control | 7 | 22–8 | 73.3 | 1 |
| Mill | 6 | 2–13 | 13.3 | |
| Mono Black Control | 5 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |
| Orzhov Control | 5 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
| Dimir Control | 4 | 4–13 | 23.5 | |
| Jeskai Control | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Turbo Fog | 3 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |
| Enchantments Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Five Color Control | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Mono White Control | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Boros Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Cycling Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Astral Slide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Guildgate Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Ponza | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Aggro | 18 | 15–46 | 24.6 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 65 | 187–78 | 70.6 | 13 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 4 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |
| Goblins | 21 | 41–40 | 50.6 | 1 |
| Merfolk | 20 | 28–44 | 38.9 | |
| White Weenie | 20 | 47–36 | 56.6 | |
| Odric Keywords | 4 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Soldiers | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Kithkin | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 13 | 31–18 | 63.3 | |
| Devastating Dreams | 10 | 30–16 | 65.2 | |
| Madness | 9 | 22–16 | 57.9 | |
| Gruul Madness | 5 | 12–10 | 54.5 | |
| Rakdos Madness | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| Golgari Madness | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Jund Madness | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Elves | 8 | 18–22 | 45.0 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 8 | 9–13 | 40.9 | |
| Tokens | 8 | 15–17 | 46.9 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 17 | 21–29 | 42.0 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 7 | 5–13 | 27.8 | |
| Gruul Landfall | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Voltron | 6 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |
| Boros Auras | 4 | 3–16 | 15.8 | |
| Zombies | 6 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 5 | 8–9 | 47.1 | 1 |
| Rogues | 4 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |
| Salvage Titan | 9 | 20–20 | 50.0 | |
| Affinity | 5 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |
| Boros Vehicles | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Devoid Aggro | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Heroic | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 4 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |
| Azorius Heroic | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Boros Heroic | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Slivers | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Warriors | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Aggro-Control | 17 | 17–43 | 28.3 | |
| Wizards | 16 | 24–41 | 36.9 | 1 |
| Izzet Tempo | 11 | 19–24 | 44.2 | |
| Tetsukotog | 8 | 17–18 | 48.6 | |
| Blue Madness | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Grixis Madness | 7 | 14–12 | 53.8 | |
| Simic Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Boros Legends Midrange | 12 | 33–17 | 66.0 | 2 |
| Combo | 12 | 11–34 | 24.4 | |
| Myr Incubator | 27 | 47–34 | 58.0 | 2 |
| Storm | 11 | 14–25 | 35.9 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 17 | 30–40 | 42.9 | |
| Sultai Tendrils | 8 | 12–11 | 52.2 | |
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Hazoret Storm | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 5 | 22–3 | 88.0 | 3 |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |
| New Perspectives | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Dubious Challenge | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Biovisionary | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Retraction Helix Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Rakdos Vampires | 8 | 12–15 | 44.4 | |
| Combo-Control | 6 | 12–12 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Battle of Wits | 16 | 22–45 | 32.8 | 1 |
| Pickles | 8 | 15–18 | 45.5 | 1 |
| Cruel Combo-Control | 6 | 6–20 | 23.1 | |
| Sunforger | 5 | 6–14 | 30.0 | |
| Curses | 4 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |
| Burning Vengeance | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Hedron Alignment | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Zur's Weirding | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 6 | 12–16 | 42.9 | |
| Grixis Reanimator | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Pummeler | 9 | 17–17 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Infect | 8 | 9–22 | 29.0 | |
| Burn | 5 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |
| Aristocrats | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 1 |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 17 | 48–25 | 65.8 | 2 |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 11 | 19–17 | 52.8 | 1 |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Rakdos Hellbent | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |
| Wildfire | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |
| Orzhov Enchantress | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
| Mardu Legends | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Selesnya Humans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |