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.
Decks
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Leaderboard
Archetypes
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 41 | 92–42 | 68.7 | 5 |
| Tempered Steel | 28 | 53–26 | 67.1 | 3 |
| Grixis Breakfast | 20 | 35–27 | 56.5 | 1 |
| Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 14 | 38–18 | 67.9 | 2 |
| Midrange | 13 | 10–24 | 29.4 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 18 | 35–35 | 50.0 | |
| Blink | 11 | 18–22 | 45.0 | 1 |
| Acid Trip | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |
| The Rock | 10 | 18–31 | 36.7 | |
| Jund | 6 | 11–6 | 64.7 | |
| Elementals | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |
| Grenzo | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |
| -1/-1 Counters | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Card Advantage White | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Treefolk | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Allies | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Orzhov Allies | 2 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Orzhov Legends | 6 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |
| Boros Legends Midrange | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| White Jund | 1 | |||
| Wildfire | 9 | 6–20 | 23.1 | |
| Pummeler | 7 | 10–9 | 52.6 | |
| Ramp | 7 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |
| Domain | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Azorius Heroic | 6 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 6 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |
| Aggro | 5 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 31 | 63–54 | 53.8 | 4 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 11 | 18–10 | 64.3 | 1 |
| Gruul Aggro | 8 | 20–16 | 55.6 | |
| White Weenie | 8 | 17–14 | 54.8 | |
| Kithkin | 1 | |||
| Odric Keywords | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Merfolk | 5 | 2–12 | 14.3 | |
| Elves | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Goblins | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
| Tokens | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 1 |
| Selesnya Tokens | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Boros Aggro | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |
| Zombies | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | |||
| Illusions | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Rogues | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Slivers | 1 | |||
| Infect | 5 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 5 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 1 |
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 7 | 13–8 | 61.9 | 1 |
| Azorius Skies | 3 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |
| Simic Flash | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Control | 4 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Jeskai Control | 10 | 28–16 | 63.6 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 10 | 12–4 | 75.0 | |
| Sultai Control | 10 | 12–14 | 46.2 | |
| Galleon Control | 8 | 14–9 | 60.9 | 1 |
| Demonic Rising | 7 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |
| Grixis Control | 7 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |
| Mill | 6 | 11–12 | 47.8 | |
| Stax | 6 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
| Cycling Control | 4 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Astral Slide | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Esper Control | 4 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |
| Four Color Counter Ghazi | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |
| Izzet Control | 4 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |
| Dimir Control | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Boros Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Dynavolt Tower | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Mono White Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Life is Ez | 10 | 24–22 | 52.2 | 1 |
| Turbo Fog | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Bant Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Enchantments Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Mardu Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Mono Black Control | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Stagnant Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 3 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Grozoth | 3 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |
| Rakdos Hellbent | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Affinity | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Burn | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 12 | 16–24 | 40.0 | |
| New Perspectives | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Storm | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Combo-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Curses | 26 | 43–25 | 63.2 | 2 |
| Lich's Mastery | 7 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |
| Liliana's Contract | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Hexproof | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Mardu Aristocrats | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 1 |