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, 5 days.
Decks
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Leaderboard
Archetypes
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midrange | 90 | 105–186 | 36.1 | 1 |
| Temur Ascendancy | 75 | 201–94 | 68.1 | 9 |
| Abzan Midrange | 55 | 118–119 | 49.8 | 1 |
| Blink | 35 | 87–55 | 61.3 | 5 |
| Jund | 24 | 46–43 | 51.7 | 1 |
| -1/-1 Counters | 17 | 21–37 | 36.2 | |
| Graveyard Value | 14 | 27–30 | 47.4 | 1 |
| Séance | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Big Red | 10 | 26–17 | 60.5 | 3 |
| Fake-Rack | 7 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |
| The Rock | 7 | 7–19 | 26.9 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 6 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 6 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Naya Midrange | 5 | 15–10 | 60.0 | 1 |
| Allies | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |
| Boros Allies | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Esper Allies | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Orzhov Allies | 1 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Clerics | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Elementals | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Grenzo | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Illness in the Ranks | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Treefolk | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Combo | 33 | 45–75 | 37.5 | 1 |
| Fake-Twin | 35 | 76–58 | 56.7 | 4 |
| Jeskai Fake-Twin | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Monumental Ignus | 14 | 21–45 | 31.8 | |
| Infinite Infinite Combos | 7 | 12–7 | 63.2 | |
| Storm | 4 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Dragonstorm | 10 | 21–19 | 52.5 | |
| Hazoret Storm | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Grixis Tendrils | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Sultai Tendrils | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Mono Green Stormless Storm | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
| Retraction Helix Combo | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Biovisionary | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Polymorph | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Turntimber Ranger | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Peregrine Drake | 28 | 49–51 | 49.0 | |
| Aggro | 19 | 33–53 | 38.4 | |
| Zombies | 82 | 225–132 | 63.0 | 10 |
| Red Deck Wins | 78 | 211–121 | 63.6 | 9 |
| Proliferate Red | 4 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |
| Mono Red Devotion | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |
| Goblins | 57 | 135–90 | 60.0 | 6 |
| Elves | 19 | 37–27 | 57.8 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 18 | 32–36 | 47.1 | |
| Tokens | 10 | 13–18 | 41.9 | 1 |
| Selesnya Tokens | 21 | 41–49 | 45.6 | |
| Mardu Tokens | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |
| Orzhov Tokens | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 9 | 21–10 | 67.7 | |
| Werewolves | 8 | 11–20 | 35.5 | |
| White Weenie | 8 | 11–9 | 55.0 | 1 |
| Kithkin | 4 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |
| Odric Keywords | 4 | 2–15 | 11.8 | |
| Soldiers | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Devoid Aggro | 6 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |
| Shamans | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |
| Warriors | 3 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |
| Boros Aggro | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |
| Madness | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Gruul Madness | 9 | 23–15 | 60.5 | 1 |
| Golgari Madness | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Rakdos Madness | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Merfolk | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Minotaurs | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Control | 19 | 32–32 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Azorius Control | 71 | 139–134 | 50.9 | 5 |
| Adam's Ale | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Dynavolt Tower | 56 | 98–116 | 45.8 | 2 |
| Dimir Control | 55 | 85–129 | 39.7 | 1 |
| Mono Black Control | 43 | 66–92 | 41.8 | 1 |
| Turbo Fog | 39 | 77–79 | 49.4 | 1 |
| Stax | 36 | 93–79 | 54.1 | 3 |
| Pollute the Planet | 53 | 112–94 | 54.4 | 3 |
| Birthday Stax | 34 | 51–46 | 52.6 | 2 |
| Ponza | 25 | 48–49 | 49.5 | 1 |
| Jeskai Control | 22 | 43–44 | 49.4 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 13 | 24–22 | 52.2 | |
| Sultai Control | 13 | 31–25 | 55.4 | |
| Mill | 12 | 15–32 | 31.9 | |
| Izzet Control | 5 | 14–7 | 66.7 | |
| Dragon Control | 4 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |
| Izzet Dragons | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Galleon Control | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |
| Orzhov Control | 4 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |
| Boros Control | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Grixis Control | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Esper Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Mardu Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Paradox Haze Lock | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Affinity | 13 | 22–26 | 45.8 | |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 13 | 27–21 | 56.3 | |
| Astral Slide | 10 | 22–19 | 53.7 | |
| Azorius Heroic | 8 | 14–11 | 56.0 | |
| Izzet Cloudpost Control | 8 | 5–24 | 17.2 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 8 | 10–9 | 52.6 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 17 | 33–33 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Dimir Reanimator | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 7 | 10–12 | 45.5 | |
| Burn | 8 | 9–11 | 45.0 | 1 |
| Infect | 5 | 7–15 | 31.8 | |
| Aristocrats | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 23 | 56–37 | 60.2 | 4 |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 7 | 21–8 | 72.4 | 1 |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Mardu Aristocrats | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | |
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 13–13 | 50.0 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 38 | 83–90 | 48.0 | 1 |
| Azorius Skies | 10 | 7–16 | 30.4 | |
| Lich Aggro-Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Blue Madness | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Simic Madness | 5 | 11–10 | 52.4 | |
| Temur Madness | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |
| Temur Clues | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 7 | 22–10 | 68.8 | 1 |
| Mono White Heroic | 7 | 11–19 | 36.7 | |
| 8 Goyf | 6 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |
| Hexproof | 6 | 9–15 | 37.5 | |
| Actual Warp World | 5 | 3–16 | 15.8 | |
| Boros Vehicles | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |
| Combo-Control | 4 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Mindcrank | 16 | 32–27 | 54.2 | 4 |
| Dragoncrank | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Battle of Wits | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
| Shared Fate | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |
| Curses | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Swarm Intelligence | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Ramp | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Rofellos Ramp | 64 | 154–127 | 54.8 | 5 |
| Wild Pair | 5 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |
| Villainous Wealth | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Rakdos Vampires | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Salvage Titan | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |
| Wildfire | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Familiars | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | |||
| Orzhov Enchantress | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 |