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, 6 days.
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Leaderboard
Archetypes
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wildfire | 45 | 102–75 | 57.6 | 4 |
| Midrange | 43 | 66–82 | 44.6 | 1 |
| Temur Ascendancy | 19 | 36–35 | 50.7 | 1 |
| Abzan Midrange | 9 | 11–16 | 40.7 | |
| Allies | 8 | 7–15 | 31.8 | |
| Esper Allies | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |
| Mardu Allies | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |
| Orzhov Allies | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| -1/-1 Counters | 5 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |
| Jund | 5 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |
| Big Red | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |
| Temur Energy | 4 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 1 |
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Hellion Whip | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Blink | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Wave Blink | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Azorius Wave | 17 | 26–35 | 42.6 | |
| Cloudpost Wave Blink | 10 | 25–13 | 65.8 | 1 |
| Acid Trip | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Sultai Emerge | 20 | 40–43 | 48.2 | |
| Vampires | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 31 | 72–45 | 61.5 | 3 |
| Rakdos Vampires | 6 | 10–12 | 45.5 | |
| Orzhov Vampires | 5 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |
| Combo | 27 | 24–62 | 27.9 | |
| New Perspectives | 17 | 30–33 | 47.6 | |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 16 | 42–21 | 66.7 | 3 |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 5 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
| Fake-Twin | 5 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |
| Eggs | 4 | 0–13 | 0.0 | |
| Turntimber Ranger | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Oops All Lands | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Stuffy Doll | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| Umbral Mantle | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Retraction Helix Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Saffi Combo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Storm | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Living Death | 27 | 71–52 | 57.7 | 1 |
| Recurring Nightmare | 22 | 42–43 | 49.4 | 1 |
| Dragon Nightmare | 47 | 89–60 | 59.7 | 4 |
| Four Color Powerful Magic | 19 | 49–32 | 60.5 | |
| Jund Nightmare | 18 | 40–39 | 50.6 | 1 |
| Aggro | 14 | 13–22 | 37.1 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 118 | 301–161 | 65.2 | 21 |
| Prisoner | 27 | 76–43 | 63.9 | 2 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 17 | 34–37 | 47.9 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 14 | 33–22 | 60.0 | 2 |
| Tokens | 12 | 13–22 | 37.1 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 7 | 14–10 | 58.3 | 1 |
| Rogues | 7 | 12–19 | 38.7 | |
| Werewolves | 7 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |
| Voltron | 5 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |
| Hexproof | 8 | 13–13 | 50.0 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 3 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |
| Boros Auras | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Elves | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |
| Madness | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
| Gruul Madness | 5 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |
| Rakdos Madness | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Merfolk | 4 | 0–9 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |
| Zombies | 4 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |
| Heroic | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Azorius Heroic | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Boros Heroic | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Minotaurs | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |
| White Weenie | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |
| Odric Keywords | 9 | 19–15 | 55.9 | |
| Soldiers | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Affinity | 6 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |
| Salvage Titan | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Devoid Aggro | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| Goblins | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Naya Zoo | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 6–15 | 28.6 | |
| 12 Pest | 23 | 61–36 | 62.9 | 3 |
| Izzet Tempo | 15 | 25–28 | 47.2 | |
| Tetsukotog | 10 | 9–26 | 25.7 | |
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Simic Flash | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Simic Vat | 11 | 30–17 | 63.8 | 1 |
| Wizards | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Control | 7 | 9–19 | 32.1 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 22 | 16–39 | 29.1 | |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 28 | 62–34 | 64.6 | 1 |
| Blackpost | 28 | 68–53 | 56.2 | 3 |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 19 | 36–30 | 54.5 | 1 |
| Izzet Cloudpost Control | 13 | 22–29 | 43.1 | |
| Cloudy With Sunny Spells | 12 | 37–21 | 63.8 | 2 |
| Dimir Cloudpost Control | 9 | 13–20 | 39.4 | |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Four Color Counter Ghazi | 22 | 25–41 | 37.9 | |
| Azorius Control | 21 | 45–28 | 61.6 | 1 |
| Adam's Ale | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Jeskai Control | 19 | 48–37 | 56.5 | 1 |
| Jeskai Approach | 21 | 46–33 | 58.2 | 2 |
| Five Color Control | 16 | 33–33 | 50.0 | |
| Ponza | 12 | 4–19 | 17.4 | |
| Cycling Control | 7 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |
| Astral Slide | 10 | 5–20 | 20.0 | |
| Esper Control | 6 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |
| Enchantments Control | 5 | 1–14 | 6.7 | |
| Mardu Control | 5 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 5 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Orzhov Control | 5 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |
| Mill | 4 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |
| Mono Black Control | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |
| Dimir Control | 3 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |
| Turbo Fog | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |
| Grixis Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Izzet Control | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Ramp | 7 | 4–16 | 20.0 | |
| Rofellos Ramp | 36 | 88–67 | 56.8 | 2 |
| Wild Pair | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 23 | 27–45 | 37.5 | |
| Eldrazipost | 15 | 27–33 | 45.0 | 1 |
| Locus Awakening | 9 | 21–19 | 52.5 | |
| Greenpost | 7 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |
| Simic Post | 4 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |
| Golgari Post | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Gruul Post | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Domain | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Villainous Wealth | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Temur Bombardment | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Actual Warp World | 6 | 9–15 | 37.5 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 6 | 15–12 | 55.6 | |
| Pummeler | 25 | 56–38 | 59.6 | 3 |
| Burn | 18 | 13–24 | 35.1 | 1 |
| Infect | 6 | 6–17 | 26.1 | |
| Aristocrats | 4 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 29 | 69–48 | 59.0 | 5 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 13 | 38–25 | 60.3 | 2 |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 11 | 20–13 | 60.6 | |
| Mardu Aristocrats | 4 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 6 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |
| Grixis Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Selesnya Humans | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 1 |
| Combo-Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Displace Loop | 25 | 44–46 | 48.9 | 2 |
| Battle of Wits | 13 | 21–33 | 38.9 | |
| Curses | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |
| Burning Vengeance | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Curious Niv-Mizzet | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Hedron Alignment | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Pickles | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 |