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 1 week.
Decks
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Leaderboard
Archetypes
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midrange | 69 | 87–144 | 37.7 | 3 |
| Jund | 36 | 64–86 | 42.7 | 1 |
| Rakdos Midrange | 36 | 78–66 | 54.2 | 3 |
| Treefolk | 29 | 57–57 | 50.0 | 1 |
| White Jund | 20 | 42–42 | 50.0 | 2 |
| -1/-1 Counters | 13 | 20–23 | 46.5 | |
| Graveyard Value | 13 | 9–27 | 25.0 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 11 | 11–27 | 28.9 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 10 | 20–13 | 60.6 | |
| Blink | 9 | 17–18 | 48.6 | 1 |
| Acid Trip | 20 | 48–36 | 57.1 | 1 |
| Elementals | 9 | 17–18 | 48.6 | |
| Temur Ascendancy | 9 | 16–20 | 44.4 | 1 |
| Prophet Ascendancy | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 8 | 6–26 | 18.8 | |
| The Rock | 8 | 8–18 | 30.8 | |
| Card Advantage White | 7 | 20–11 | 64.5 | 1 |
| Legends Midrange | 7 | 14–8 | 63.6 | |
| Mardu Legends | 24 | 31–38 | 44.9 | 1 |
| Orzhov Legends | 19 | 53–34 | 60.9 | 2 |
| Allies | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |
| Orzhov Allies | 6 | 13–11 | 54.2 | |
| Boros Allies | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Mardu Allies | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Mono White Allies | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | |
| Clerics | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Sultai Emerge | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Big Red | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Grenzo | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Naya Midrange | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Anti-Persecution | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Vampires | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 30 | 80–42 | 65.6 | 5 |
| Rakdos Vampires | 7 | 13–10 | 56.5 | |
| Wildfire | 47 | 58–89 | 39.5 | 1 |
| Rakdos Hellbent | 36 | 105–68 | 60.7 | 4 |
| Ramp | 28 | 22–49 | 31.0 | 1 |
| Domain | 5 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |
| Combo | 25 | 10–51 | 16.4 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 106 | 243–169 | 59.0 | 12 |
| Metalwork Colossus | 59 | 86–132 | 39.4 | 1 |
| New Perspectives | 58 | 106–114 | 48.2 | 3 |
| Storm | 19 | 16–39 | 29.1 | 1 |
| Maniac Combo | 4 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |
| Mardu Life | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Biovisionary | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Eye of the Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Aggro-Control | 22 | 25–53 | 32.1 | |
| Azorius Skies | 14 | 18–29 | 38.3 | |
| Blue Madness | 13 | 15–23 | 39.5 | |
| Simic Madness | 8 | 16–16 | 50.0 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 11 | 15–20 | 42.9 | |
| Azorius Tempo | 5 | 14–11 | 56.0 | |
| Simic Flash | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |
| Aggro | 15 | 20–37 | 35.1 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 53 | 114–91 | 55.6 | 3 |
| Red Deck Wins | 50 | 98–99 | 49.7 | 5 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Goblins | 25 | 45–52 | 46.4 | 2 |
| White Weenie | 24 | 63–42 | 60.0 | 1 |
| Chroma White | 42 | 87–78 | 52.7 | 1 |
| Soldiers | 9 | 22–14 | 61.1 | |
| Odric Keywords | 5 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |
| Kithkin | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 14 | 21–22 | 48.8 | 1 |
| Gruul Aggro | 13 | 36–22 | 62.1 | 4 |
| Zombies | 12 | 20–22 | 47.6 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 8 | 10–20 | 33.3 | |
| Merfolk | 5 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |
| Devoid Aggro | 4 | 1–14 | 6.7 | |
| Elves | 4 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Illusions | 11 | 13–20 | 39.4 | 1 |
| Shamans | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |
| Tokens | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 13 | 20–22 | 47.6 | 1 |
| Voltron | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 1 |
| Equipment Aggro | 42 | 96–76 | 55.8 | 6 |
| Werewolves | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Naya Zoo | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |
| Slivers | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Tempered Steel | 166 | 453–226 | 66.7 | 23 |
| Salvage Titan | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Affinity | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Golgari Madness | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |
| Azorius Heroic | 13 | 26–35 | 42.6 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 12 | 19–22 | 46.3 | |
| Control | 11 | 17–21 | 44.7 | 1 |
| Sultai Control | 83 | 166–161 | 50.8 | 5 |
| Grixis Control | 47 | 73–99 | 42.4 | |
| Demonic Rising | 35 | 81–55 | 59.6 | 3 |
| Stax | 34 | 41–63 | 39.4 | |
| Birthday Stax | 16 | 11–30 | 26.8 | |
| Runeflare | 33 | 71–73 | 49.3 | 1 |
| Dimir Control | 29 | 71–55 | 56.3 | 2 |
| Azorius Control | 27 | 32–44 | 42.1 | |
| Cawblade | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Mono Black Control | 23 | 30–49 | 38.0 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 19 | 39–37 | 51.3 | |
| Mardu Control | 17 | 41–27 | 60.3 | 3 |
| Four Color Counter Ghazi | 15 | 14–24 | 36.8 | |
| Jeskai Control | 15 | 30–27 | 52.6 | 1 |
| Esper Control | 11 | 19–20 | 48.7 | |
| Stagnant Control | 10 | 8–17 | 32.0 | |
| Orzhov Control | 8 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |
| Dynavolt Tower | 7 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |
| Galleon Control | 7 | 12–15 | 44.4 | |
| Izzet Control | 6 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |
| Mill | 4 | 4–13 | 23.5 | |
| Cycling Control | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Astral Slide | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |
| Dragon Control | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Grixis Dragons | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Five Color Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Paradox Haze Lock | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |
| Ponza | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Turbo Fog | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Bant Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Guildgate Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Mono White Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Cephalid Breakfast | 6 | 16–11 | 59.3 | 1 |
| Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 14 | 34–26 | 56.7 | |
| Boros Heroic | 5 | 3–14 | 17.6 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Infect | 15 | 20–36 | 35.7 | |
| Mono Black Infect | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Aristocrats | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 24 | 54–43 | 55.7 | 2 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 20 | 65–24 | 73.0 | 4 |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Mardu Aristocrats | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Burn | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Pummeler | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Combo-Control | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Curses | 42 | 116–69 | 62.7 | 5 |
| Pickles | 8 | 24–11 | 68.6 | 1 |
| Battle of Wits | 6 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 1 |
| Liliana's Contract | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Burning Vengeance | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Shared Fate | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Actual Warp World | 1 | |||
| Familiars | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | |||
| Unclassified | 1 |