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.
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Leaderboard
Archetypes
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mono Black Reanimator | 127 | 252–214 | 54.1 | 8 |
| Greenpost | 114 | 229–224 | 50.6 | 7 |
| Combo | 33 | 22–66 | 25.0 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 48 | 83–91 | 47.7 | 1 |
| Izzet Ascension | 47 | 62–53 | 53.9 | 4 |
| Belcher | 31 | 77–43 | 64.2 | 3 |
| Endless Belch | 4 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 1 |
| Taking Turns | 21 | 27–31 | 46.6 | |
| Hypergenesis | 18 | 28–32 | 46.7 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 16 | 8–21 | 27.6 | |
| Anvil Colossus | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Dredge | 9 | 18–11 | 62.1 | |
| Intruder Alarm | 9 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |
| Ad Nauseam | 8 | 13–14 | 48.1 | 1 |
| GreenTwin | 8 | 13–16 | 44.8 | |
| Restore Balance | 8 | 13–11 | 54.2 | |
| Storm | 8 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |
| Hazoret Storm | 46 | 67–75 | 47.2 | 3 |
| Izzet Storm | 6 | 7–15 | 31.8 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Dragonstorm | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Simic Storm | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Polymorph | 5 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |
| Jokulhaups Combo | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
| Eggs | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
| Soulflayer | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Reanim8 Rack | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Dubious Challenge | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| New Perspectives | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Ominous Good | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Oriss Genesis | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Protean Hulk Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Retraction Helix Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Seismic Swans | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 33 | 40–56 | 41.7 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 86 | 197–114 | 63.3 | 11 |
| Izzet Dreadnought | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |
| Ramp | 21 | 36–34 | 51.4 | 1 |
| Carth Superfriends | 13 | 23–16 | 59.0 | |
| Defenders | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Domain | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Hushnought | 19 | 31–31 | 50.0 | |
| Temur Glimpse | 17 | 37–27 | 57.8 | 1 |
| Four Color Glimpse | 13 | 11–28 | 28.2 | |
| Oops All Spells | 13 | 27–28 | 49.1 | |
| Dirty Kitty | 12 | 16–33 | 32.7 | |
| Mindcrank | 12 | 11–14 | 44.0 | |
| Astral Slide | 11 | 11–16 | 40.7 | |
| Battle of Wits | 11 | 11–31 | 26.2 | |
| Dimir Reanimator | 11 | 19–13 | 59.4 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 11 | 12–18 | 40.0 | |
| Midrange | 10 | 16–25 | 39.0 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 49 | 108–56 | 65.9 | 5 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 31 | 35–37 | 48.6 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 25 | 46–46 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Clerics | 20 | 30–37 | 44.8 | |
| Blink | 19 | 35–33 | 51.5 | |
| Orzhov Blink | 11 | 27–15 | 64.3 | 1 |
| Jund | 15 | 17–26 | 39.5 | |
| Coinflips | 14 | 12–22 | 35.3 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 11 | 15–21 | 41.7 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 9 | 11–19 | 36.7 | |
| Graveyard Value | 8 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |
| Fake-Rack | 6 | 7–18 | 28.0 | |
| Mutate | 6 | 4–16 | 20.0 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 5 | 2–12 | 14.3 | |
| Game Objects | 5 | 11–12 | 47.8 | |
| Temur Ascendancy | 5 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |
| The Rock | 5 | 8–8 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Big Red | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |
| Grenzo | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Five Color Hero | 55 | 105–82 | 56.1 | 6 |
| Mardu Hero | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Naya Hero | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Toughness Matters | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |
| Allies | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Azorius Allies | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Naya Midrange | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Illness in the Ranks | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Orzhov Legends | 11 | 14–16 | 46.7 | |
| Selesnya Legends | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Boros Legends Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Martyr's Grace | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Party | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| White Jund | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Burn | 8 | 9–15 | 37.5 | |
| Aristocrats | 7 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |
| Boros Bombardment | 17 | 33–22 | 60.0 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 12 | 11–18 | 37.9 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 5 | 13–6 | 68.4 | 1 |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Hive Mind | 7 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 1 |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 7 | 5–15 | 25.0 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 6 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |
| Simic Post | 6 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |
| Curses | 5 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |
| Resurgent Belief | 5 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |
| Aggro | 4 | 1–14 | 6.7 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 117 | 229–161 | 58.7 | 7 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Elves | 81 | 151–122 | 55.3 | 6 |
| White Weenie | 12 | 19–20 | 48.7 | |
| Soldiers | 14 | 21–23 | 47.7 | |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Chroma White | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Goblins | 10 | 13–15 | 46.4 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 9 | 17–13 | 56.7 | 1 |
| Gruul Aggro | 8 | 9–15 | 37.5 | |
| Gruul Landfall | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 6 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 6 | 14–14 | 50.0 | |
| Humans | 5 | 12–11 | 52.2 | |
| Jeskai Humans | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Selesnya Humans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 5 | 10–6 | 62.5 | |
| Knights | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| AggroSlide | 3 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |
| Boros Aggro | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Merfolk | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |
| Minotaurs | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 3 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |
| Naya Zoo | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Affinity | 30 | 32–50 | 39.0 | |
| Tempered Steel | 21 | 37–38 | 49.3 | |
| Salvage Titan | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Rogues | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Golgari Madness | 4 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |
| Rakdos Madness | 4 | 5–13 | 27.8 | |
| Jund Madness | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Slivers | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Zombies | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 25 | 50–32 | 61.0 | 4 |
| Ninjas | 21 | 27–35 | 43.5 | 1 |
| Izzet Spells | 14 | 30–17 | 63.8 | 2 |
| Wizards | 12 | 11–15 | 42.3 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 8 | 6–17 | 26.1 | |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 16 | 33–14 | 70.2 | 1 |
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 7 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |
| Dimir Tempo | 6 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Blue Madness | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Temur Madness | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |
| Goblin Persist | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |
| Selesnya Cats | 4 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 |
| Solar Flare | 4 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |
| Actual Warp World | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Lich's Mastery | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Azorius Control | 138 | 256–145 | 63.8 | 21 |
| Cawblade | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Ponza | 26 | 54–43 | 55.7 | 1 |
| Esper Control | 24 | 39–25 | 60.9 | 1 |
| Orzhov Control | 24 | 41–43 | 48.8 | |
| Pox | 21 | 35–41 | 46.1 | |
| Stax | 16 | 27–26 | 50.9 | |
| Dimir Control | 14 | 4–16 | 20.0 | |
| Mono White Control | 10 | 16–15 | 51.6 | |
| Life is Ez | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Mill | 9 | 13–28 | 31.7 | |
| Izzet Control | 8 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Control | 6 | 8–13 | 38.1 | |
| Guildgate Control | 5 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |
| Turbo Fog | 4 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Runeflare | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Grixis Control | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Sultai Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 7 | 10–10 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Demonic Rising | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Five Color Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Last Stand Control | 17 | 25–34 | 42.4 | 1 |
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Black Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Prison | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Enchantress | 10 | 29–16 | 64.4 | 3 |
| Hexproof | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 39 | 72–60 | 54.5 | 3 |
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 30 | 46–58 | 44.2 | 1 |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 13 | 18–20 | 47.4 | 1 |
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 5 | 12–11 | 52.2 | 1 |
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Orzhov Angels | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Orzhov Vampires | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Rakdos Reanimator | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Recurring Nightmare | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Dragon Nightmare | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| Jund Nightmare | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Azorius Heroic | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Hateful Auras | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Hedron Alignment | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Infect | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 21 | 35–38 | 47.9 | 1 |
| Simic Infect | 15 | 16–26 | 38.1 | |
| Izzet Dragons | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Zur's Weirding | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 |