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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affinity | 58 | 68–97 | 41.2 | |
| Midrange | 52 | 58–98 | 37.2 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 147 | 320–206 | 60.8 | 17 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 44 | 86–79 | 52.1 | 3 |
| Mono Black Devotion | 30 | 65–55 | 54.2 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 30 | 17–53 | 24.3 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 25 | 30–37 | 44.8 | |
| Graveyard Value | 25 | 38–45 | 45.8 | 1 |
| Séance | 11 | 17–26 | 39.5 | |
| Varolz Dreadnought | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| The Rock | 21 | 32–31 | 50.8 | 1 |
| Coinflips | 17 | 25–36 | 41.0 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 13 | 12–21 | 36.4 | |
| Allies | 12 | 18–14 | 56.3 | 2 |
| Azorius Allies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Esper Allies | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Jund | 8 | 12–22 | 35.3 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 8 | 15–17 | 46.9 | |
| Fight Rigging | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Big Red | 6 | 2–14 | 12.5 | |
| Blink | 5 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |
| Orzhov Blink | 31 | 68–41 | 62.4 | 5 |
| Acid Trip | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Clerics | 5 | 10–12 | 45.5 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 5 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |
| Orzhov Hero | 4 | 9–4 | 69.2 | |
| Abzan Hero | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Mardu Hero | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Fake-Rack | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |
| Grenzo | 4 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Martyr's Grace | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Naya Midrange | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Selesnya Value Town | 8 | 9–7 | 56.3 | |
| -1/-1 Counters | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Adventures | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Ordealbreak | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Party | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Tempered Steel | 50 | 93–77 | 54.7 | 2 |
| Unctus | 34 | 59–34 | 63.4 | 4 |
| Infect | 31 | 36–76 | 32.1 | |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 7 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |
| Golgari Infect | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |
| Mono Black Infect | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 30 | 40–48 | 45.5 | 1 |
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 9 | 18–16 | 52.9 | |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 7 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 5 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |
| Aggro-Control | 27 | 44–41 | 51.8 | 2 |
| Izzet Tempo | 52 | 89–79 | 53.0 | 4 |
| Dimir Tempo | 38 | 77–60 | 56.2 | 2 |
| Wizards | 25 | 43–35 | 55.1 | 1 |
| Azorius Tempo | 22 | 46–39 | 54.1 | 2 |
| Izzet Spells | 8 | 18–8 | 69.2 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 8 | 14–18 | 43.8 | 1 |
| Simic Flash | 5 | 10–7 | 58.8 | |
| Azorius Skies | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Blue Madness | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |
| Simic Madness | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Ninjas | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Lich Aggro-Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Hushnought | 24 | 35–44 | 44.3 | 1 |
| Ramp | 22 | 25–61 | 29.1 | |
| Carth Superfriends | 11 | 13–23 | 36.1 | |
| Jund Carth | 7 | 13–8 | 61.9 | |
| Defenders | 4 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Domain | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Greenpost | 39 | 73–82 | 47.1 | |
| Gruul Post | 15 | 32–35 | 47.8 | |
| Simic Post | 5 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |
| Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |
| Eldrazipost | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Locus Awakening | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Burn | 21 | 40–31 | 56.3 | 2 |
| Oops All Spells | 17 | 38–24 | 61.3 | 3 |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 15 | 31–24 | 56.4 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 69 | 148–91 | 61.9 | 8 |
| Izzet Dreadnought | 16 | 48–17 | 73.8 | 3 |
| Astral Slide | 13 | 20–20 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Combo | 13 | 13–36 | 26.5 | |
| Dredge | 159 | 266–247 | 51.9 | 9 |
| Belcher | 67 | 123–112 | 52.3 | 5 |
| Endless Belch | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 40 | 66–59 | 52.8 | 2 |
| Hypergenesis | 24 | 33–39 | 45.8 | |
| Polymorph | 20 | 28–24 | 53.8 | 1 |
| Izzet Ascension | 17 | 34–27 | 55.7 | 1 |
| Oriss Genesis | 13 | 19–22 | 46.3 | 1 |
| Ad Nauseam | 9 | 3–17 | 15.0 | |
| Calibrated Blast | 8 | 14–17 | 45.2 | |
| Gyruda | 6 | 6–15 | 28.6 | |
| Storm | 5 | 0–12 | 0.0 | |
| High Tide | 261 | 480–392 | 55.0 | 24 |
| Dragonstorm | 19 | 25–39 | 39.1 | |
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 7 | 3–16 | 15.8 | |
| Citadel Storm | 5 | 2–12 | 14.3 | |
| Izzet Storm | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Sultai Tendrils | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Intruder Alarm | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |
| Restore Balance | 4 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |
| Enduring Ideal | 3 | 0–10 | 0.0 | |
| Maniac Combo | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Storm Herald | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Eggs | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| GreenTwin | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| Soulflayer | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Dice Factory | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Possibility Storm | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Retraction Helix Combo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Seismic Swans | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Taking Turns | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Turntimber Ranger | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 12 | 23–17 | 57.5 | 2 |
| Hexproof | 11 | 12–23 | 34.3 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 9 | 5–16 | 23.8 | |
| Hateful Auras | 8 | 18–13 | 58.1 | |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 8 | 13–14 | 48.1 | |
| Liquimetal Fishing | 8 | 6–15 | 28.6 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 8 | 3–30 | 9.1 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 7 | 11–15 | 42.3 | |
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 7 | 9–16 | 36.0 | |
| Rakdos Madness | 7 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |
| Mardu Aristocrats | 6 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |
| Illusions | 5 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 1 |
| Four Color Glimpse | 4 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Combo-Control | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Battle of Wits | 21 | 36–64 | 36.0 | |
| Liliana's Contract | 11 | 11–39 | 22.0 | |
| Resurgent Belief | 8 | 3–14 | 17.6 | |
| Thopter-Sword | 8 | 17–16 | 51.5 | 1 |
| Azorius Thopter-Sword | 64 | 122–81 | 60.1 | 7 |
| Dimir Thopter-Sword | 55 | 80–70 | 53.3 | 5 |
| Esper Thopter-Sword | 34 | 59–50 | 54.1 | 6 |
| Curses | 5 | 11–8 | 57.9 | |
| Solar Flare | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Hive Mind | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Shared Fate | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Burning Vengeance | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Cruel Combo-Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Hedron Alignment | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Golgari Madness | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |
| Orzhov Legends | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Wildfire | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |
| Boros Bombardment | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Control | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Azorius Control | 32 | 32–55 | 36.8 | |
| Pox | 31 | 30–56 | 34.9 | |
| Orzhov Control | 28 | 50–45 | 52.6 | 1 |
| Enchantments Control | 22 | 47–20 | 70.1 | 4 |
| Dimir Control | 18 | 23–30 | 43.4 | |
| Mill | 18 | 13–36 | 26.5 | |
| Stax | 18 | 32–31 | 50.8 | |
| Esper Control | 15 | 17–20 | 45.9 | |
| Ponza | 15 | 15–37 | 28.8 | |
| Bant Control | 11 | 11–25 | 30.6 | |
| Izzet Control | 11 | 25–12 | 67.6 | |
| Mono White Control | 10 | 12–11 | 52.2 | |
| Life is Ez | 12 | 14–12 | 53.8 | 1 |
| Demonic Rising | 8 | 8–18 | 30.8 | |
| Grixis Control | 8 | 12–18 | 40.0 | |
| Cruel Control | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 8 | 10–12 | 45.5 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 7 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 48 | 95–65 | 59.4 | 6 |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Prison | 6 | 16–8 | 66.7 | |
| Enchantress | 34 | 60–42 | 58.8 | 3 |
| Turbo Fog | 6 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |
| Dragon Control | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |
| Mardu Control | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |
| Mono Black Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Runeflare | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Boros Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Dirty Kitty | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | |
| Familiars | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Salvage Titan | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| White Weenie | 96 | 184–140 | 56.8 | 8 |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 7 | 15–6 | 71.4 | 1 |
| Soldiers | 5 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Elves | 68 | 112–101 | 52.6 | 3 |
| Red Deck Wins | 65 | 157–88 | 64.1 | 10 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 44 | 96–72 | 57.1 | 3 |
| Boros Aggro | 21 | 32–34 | 48.5 | 2 |
| Rats | 21 | 14–38 | 26.9 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 15 | 20–20 | 50.0 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 13 | 22–16 | 57.9 | 1 |
| Gruul Aggro | 10 | 4–24 | 14.3 | |
| Gruul Landfall | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Zombies | 10 | 15–15 | 50.0 | |
| Goblins | 8 | 9–14 | 39.1 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 6 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |
| Knights | 5 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |
| Rogues | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Tokens | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 11 | 23–16 | 59.0 | 2 |
| Orzhov Tokens | 6 | 19–11 | 63.3 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Humans | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |
| Boros Humans | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Selesnya Humans | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Merfolk | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |
| Naya Zoo | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| AggroSlide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Heroic | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Boros Heroic | 29 | 55–54 | 50.5 | 3 |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 9 | 17–6 | 73.9 | 2 |
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Slivers | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Warriors | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Orzhov Vampires | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Shrines | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Temur Glimpse | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Orzhov Reanimator | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |