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, 2 days.
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Leaderboard
Archetypes
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | 5–0s |
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Oops All Spells | 87 | 202–110 | 64.7 | 9 |
Midrange | 71 | 84–127 | 39.8 | 5 |
Orzhov Midrange | 112 | 266–165 | 61.7 | 14 |
Artifact Midrange | 47 | 47–88 | 34.8 | |
Lifegain Midrange | 45 | 88–75 | 54.0 | 1 |
Martyr's Grace | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |
Blink | 36 | 41–61 | 40.2 | 2 |
Orzhov Blink | 3 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 |
Dimir Midrange | 27 | 24–40 | 37.5 | |
Mono Black Midrange | 22 | 45–35 | 56.3 | |
Mono Black Devotion | 20 | 25–27 | 48.1 | 1 |
Rakdos Midrange | 20 | 28–39 | 41.8 | |
Graveyard Value | 16 | 35–21 | 62.5 | |
Varolz Dreadnought | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
Abzan Midrange | 12 | 19–23 | 45.2 | |
Game Objects | 12 | 3–22 | 12.0 | |
Party | 12 | 28–19 | 59.6 | 1 |
Big Red | 11 | 21–16 | 56.8 | |
The Rock | 10 | 3–24 | 11.1 | |
Enchantments Matter | 7 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |
Selesnya Midrange | 7 | 8–22 | 26.7 | |
Selesnya Value Town | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
Clerics | 6 | 14–11 | 56.0 | |
Mardu Midrange | 6 | 5–18 | 21.7 | |
Prophet Glare | 6 | 11–18 | 37.9 | |
Legends Midrange | 5 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
Orzhov Legends | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
Selesnya Legends | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
Fake-Rack | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
Mutate | 4 | 2–16 | 11.1 | |
Allies | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |
Boros Allies | 10 | 28–14 | 66.7 | 1 |
Azorius Allies | 7 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |
Orzhov Allies | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
Coinflips | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
Jund | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
Death Cloud | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
Sultai Midrange | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
Temur Ascendancy | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
Toughness Matters | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 55 | 113–90 | 55.7 | 3 |
Mono Black Aristocrats | 37 | 55–47 | 53.9 | 2 |
Temur Jokulhaups Control | 29 | 63–39 | 61.8 | 2 |
Combo | 22 | 17–40 | 29.8 | 1 |
Izzet Ascension | 72 | 104–98 | 51.5 | 5 |
Hypergenesis | 64 | 100–89 | 52.9 | 2 |
Restore Balance | 55 | 116–74 | 61.1 | 5 |
Taking Turns | 38 | 64–70 | 47.8 | 2 |
Umbral Mantle | 27 | 36–39 | 48.0 | 2 |
Tibalt's Trickery | 26 | 21–57 | 26.9 | |
Enduring Ideal | 19 | 46–40 | 53.5 | |
Gyruda | 19 | 22–28 | 44.0 | 1 |
Heartless Summoning Combo | 19 | 29–44 | 39.7 | |
Ad Nauseam | 17 | 15–31 | 32.6 | |
Ad Swanseam | 24 | 34–35 | 49.3 | 3 |
Storm | 16 | 7–27 | 20.6 | |
Dragonstorm | 28 | 35–61 | 36.5 | 1 |
Izzet Storm | 7 | 5–18 | 21.7 | |
Citadel Storm | 6 | 1–13 | 7.1 | |
Grixis Tendrils | 5 | 1–12 | 7.7 | |
Hazoret Storm | 5 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |
Simic Storm | 5 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
Dimir Tendrils | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
High Tide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
Metalwork Colossus | 12 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |
Upheaval Colossus | 11 | 15–20 | 42.9 | |
Anvil Colossus | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
Dredge | 11 | 2–19 | 9.5 | |
Maniac Combo | 7 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |
Necrotic Ooze Combo | 7 | 7–15 | 31.8 | |
Quest for Ula's Temple | 5 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |
Storm Herald | 5 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |
Intruder Alarm | 4 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
Ominous Good | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
Oops All Lands | 4 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |
GreenTwin | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |
Dice Factory | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
Myr Incubator | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
Seismic Swans | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
Calibrated Blast | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
Eggs | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
Fake-Twin | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
Naya Fake-Twin | 5 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |
New Perspectives | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
Oriss Genesis | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
Polymorph | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
Warp World | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
Four Color Glimpse | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |
Temur Glimpse | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
Mono White Heroic | 21 | 42–31 | 57.5 | 1 |
Golgari Aristocrats | 16 | 29–27 | 51.8 | 2 |
Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 16 | 17–29 | 37.0 | |
Selesnya Cats | 16 | 24–24 | 50.0 | 1 |
Orzhov Angels | 15 | 29–33 | 46.8 | 1 |
Enigmatic Incarnation | 14 | 30–23 | 56.6 | 1 |
Astral Slide | 13 | 18–18 | 50.0 | |
Orzhov Aristocrats | 13 | 31–20 | 60.8 | |
Rakdos Vampires | 13 | 12–19 | 38.7 | |
WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 13 | 33–19 | 63.5 | 2 |
Aggro | 11 | 12–12 | 50.0 | |
Red Deck Wins | 119 | 292–161 | 64.5 | 14 |
Goblins | 39 | 70–60 | 53.8 | 3 |
Knights | 26 | 52–46 | 53.1 | |
Mono Green Stompy | 25 | 36–44 | 45.0 | |
Elves | 23 | 54–47 | 53.5 | |
Shamans | 23 | 49–33 | 59.8 | |
AggroSlide | 16 | 33–23 | 58.9 | 1 |
Gruul Aggro | 15 | 19–24 | 44.2 | |
Gruul Landfall | 11 | 4–21 | 16.0 | |
Rogues | 15 | 24–29 | 45.3 | |
Merfolk | 11 | 12–24 | 33.3 | |
Rakdos Aggro | 10 | 11–20 | 35.5 | |
Zombies | 10 | 9–22 | 29.0 | |
Selesnya Little Kid | 9 | 9–15 | 37.5 | |
Slivers | 9 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |
White Weenie | 8 | 13–11 | 54.2 | |
Soldiers | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
Odric Keywords | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
Boros Aggro | 6 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 1 |
Mono Black Aggro | 5 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
Tokens | 3 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |
Mono White Tokens | 20 | 31–26 | 54.4 | 1 |
Orzhov Tokens | 5 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |
Selesnya Tokens | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |
Artifact Aggro | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
Affinity | 99 | 150–135 | 52.6 | 8 |
Mono Blue Architect | 30 | 63–38 | 62.4 | 3 |
Tempered Steel | 24 | 43–38 | 53.1 | 1 |
Salvage Titan | 7 | 5–18 | 21.7 | |
Humans | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
Bant Humans | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
Selesnya Humans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
Madness | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |
Gruul Madness | 8 | 17–16 | 51.5 | |
Rakdos Madness | 8 | 9–13 | 40.9 | |
Golgari Madness | 3 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |
Mono Red Swarm | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
8 Whack | 10 | 26–19 | 57.8 | 1 |
Rats | 2 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |
Voltron | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
Hateful Auras | 19 | 39–27 | 59.1 | 1 |
Hexproof | 4 | 1–11 | 8.3 | |
Equipment Aggro | 2 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |
Werewolves | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
Aggro-Control | 11 | 15–15 | 50.0 | |
Izzet Tempo | 144 | 325–206 | 61.2 | 16 |
Mono Blue Tempo | 76 | 169–101 | 62.6 | 10 |
Mono Blue Faeries | 11 | 19–14 | 57.6 | 1 |
Wizards | 60 | 85–88 | 49.1 | 1 |
Ensoul Aggro-Control | 48 | 90–52 | 63.4 | 4 |
Dimir Tempo | 34 | 44–47 | 48.4 | |
Lich Aggro-Control | 19 | 33–30 | 52.4 | 2 |
Izzet Spells | 5 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |
Azorius Skies | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
Ninjas | 4 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
Azorius Tempo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
Blue Madness | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
Simic Madness | 6 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |
Temur Madness | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
Mono Blue Gush | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
Jund Jokulhaups Control | 11 | 26–25 | 51.0 | |
Boros Heroic | 9 | 13–20 | 39.4 | |
Ramp | 8 | 9–16 | 36.0 | |
Rofellos Ramp | 108 | 236–163 | 59.1 | 10 |
Wild Pair | 5 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |
Carth Superfriends | 12 | 5–25 | 16.7 | |
Defenders | 8 | 17–17 | 50.0 | |
Cloudpost Ramp | 5 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |
Greenpost | 51 | 92–80 | 53.5 | 2 |
Simic Post | 7 | 20–12 | 62.5 | 2 |
Eldrazipost | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
Golgari Post | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
Summer Bloom Ramp | 5 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 7 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |
Abzan Aristocrats | 6 | 8–13 | 38.1 | |
Shrines | 6 | 2–12 | 14.3 | |
Traditional Reanimator | 6 | 4–17 | 19.0 | |
Five Color Collected Conjuring | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |
Aggro-Combo | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
Izzet Blitzkrieg | 46 | 81–81 | 50.0 | 1 |
Burn | 11 | 9–23 | 28.1 | |
Infect | 6 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |
Simic Infect | 11 | 17–16 | 51.5 | |
Golgari Infect | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
Trickbind Dreadnought | 6 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |
Mono Blue Dreadnought | 20 | 35–39 | 47.3 | 1 |
Hushnought | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
Liquimetal Fishing | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
Enchantress | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
Grozoth | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
Mono Black Vampires | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
Abzan Wave | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
Azorius Heroic | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
Boros Bombardment | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
Azorius Control | 92 | 158–143 | 52.5 | 7 |
Cawblade | 17 | 28–26 | 51.9 | 1 |
Stax | 59 | 66–136 | 32.7 | |
Bant Control | 55 | 59–96 | 38.1 | 2 |
Ponza | 29 | 46–52 | 46.9 | 1 |
Esper Control | 20 | 37–32 | 53.6 | 4 |
Pox | 19 | 27–26 | 50.9 | 1 |
Mono Black Control | 14 | 9–29 | 23.7 | |
Turbo Fog | 13 | 11–33 | 25.0 | |
Mill | 10 | 9–24 | 27.3 | |
Dimir Control | 9 | 17–16 | 51.5 | |
Grixis Control | 9 | 8–19 | 29.6 | |
Cruel Control | 7 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |
Izzet Control | 8 | 15–21 | 41.7 | |
Mono Blue Control | 6 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
Demonic Rising | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
Jeskai Control | 4 | 10–4 | 71.4 | |
Runeflare | 4 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |
Sultai Control | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
Cloudpost Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 22 | 56–32 | 63.6 | 1 |
Mono White Cloudpost Control | 18 | 31–23 | 57.4 | 1 |
Azorius Cloudpost Control | 6 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |
Izzet Cloudpost Control | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
Cloudy With Sunny Spells | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
Orzhov Control | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
Chandra Nalaar | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
Dragon Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
Four Color Counter Ghazi | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
Mono White Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
Life is Ez | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
Food | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
Rakdos Aristocrats | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |
Combo-Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
Mindcrank | 58 | 126–79 | 61.5 | 9 |
Plasma Swans | 46 | 61–59 | 50.8 | 2 |
Hive Mind | 9 | 11–16 | 40.7 | |
Curses | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
Resurgent Belief | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
Lich's Mastery | 3 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |
Pickles | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
Shared Fate | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |
Battle of Wits | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
Hedron Alignment | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
Solar Flare | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
Dirty Kitty | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
Wildfire | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
Borderpost Wildfire | 20 | 35–46 | 43.2 | 1 |