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 3 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
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Leaderboard
Archetypes
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enchantress | 44 | 97–63 | 60.6 | 5 |
| Izzet Twin | 43 | 82–45 | 64.6 | 4 |
| Azorius Control | 38 | 77–49 | 61.1 | 3 |
| Cawblade | 12 | 14–23 | 37.8 | 1 |
| Dimir Control | 34 | 52–55 | 48.6 | |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 26 | 59–23 | 72.0 | 1 |
| Zombies | 17 | 41–30 | 57.7 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Architect | 16 | 19–23 | 45.2 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 14 | 34–18 | 65.4 | 1 |
| Affinity | 12 | 22–19 | 53.7 | 1 |
| Goblins | 12 | 18–17 | 51.4 | 2 |
| Greenpost | 12 | 17–21 | 44.7 | |
| Orzhov Control | 11 | 18–16 | 52.9 | |
| Five Color Hero | 10 | 16–21 | 43.2 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 9 | 9–18 | 33.3 | |
| Golgari Madness | 9 | 20–22 | 47.6 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 9 | 9–21 | 30.0 | |
| Ramp | 9 | 8–17 | 32.0 | |
| Applejacks | 6 | 13–8 | 61.9 | 1 |
| Carth Superfriends | 5 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |
| Rofellos Ramp | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| AggroSlide | 8 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |
| Merfolk | 8 | 13–8 | 61.9 | 2 |
| Combo | 7 | 3–13 | 18.8 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 16 | 35–22 | 61.4 | 2 |
| Phoenix Altar | 15 | 22–16 | 57.9 | 1 |
| Soulflayer | 12 | 26–31 | 45.6 | |
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 9 | 8–15 | 34.8 | |
| Dredge | 6 | 9–16 | 36.0 | |
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 5 | 14–7 | 66.7 | |
| Hypergenesis | 4 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |
| Midnight Mass | 4 | 10–7 | 58.8 | |
| Taking Turns | 4 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Maniac Combo | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Storm | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Simic Storm | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |
| Hazoret Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Intruder Alarm | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Restore Balance | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Ad Nauseam | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Calibrated Blast | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Seismic Swans | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Warp World | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Boros Glimpse | 19 | 32–30 | 51.6 | |
| Midrange | 7 | 8–17 | 32.0 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 14 | 30–23 | 56.6 | 1 |
| Fires of Invention | 11 | 15–24 | 38.5 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 10 | 18–14 | 56.3 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 7 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |
| Jund | 7 | 10–11 | 47.6 | |
| Illness in the Ranks | 6 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 6 | 15–9 | 62.5 | |
| Clerics | 5 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 1 |
| Blink | 4 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |
| Orzhov Blink | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |
| Death Cloud | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |
| Allies | 3 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 3 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |
| Elementals | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Jeskai Midrange | 3 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Séance | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Naya Midrange | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| The Rock | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |
| Big Red | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Game Objects | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Boros Legends Midrange | 6 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Temur Ascendancy | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Toughness Matters | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Black Infect | 7 | 15–15 | 50.0 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 7 | 5–16 | 23.8 | |
| Simic Post | 7 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 6 | 12–8 | 60.0 | 1 |
| Esper Control | 5 | 10–6 | 62.5 | |
| Naya Hero | 5 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 4 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 15 | 34–23 | 59.6 | 1 |
| Dimir Cloudpost Control | 5 | 8–9 | 47.1 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Selesnya Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Elves | 4 | 1–11 | 8.3 | |
| Knights | 4 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |
| Mono Red Devotion | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Boros Twin | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |
| Cloudpost Wave Blink | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |
| Legends Aggro | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Bard Class | 8 | 18–9 | 66.7 | |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |
| Mardu Control | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 3 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |
| Pox | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |
| Runeflare | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Stax | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Liquimetal Fishing | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Azorius Tempo | 14 | 20–18 | 52.6 | 1 |
| Izzet Spells | 6 | 12–9 | 57.1 | |
| Dimir Tempo | 4 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 1 |
| Blue Madness | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Wizards | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Ninjas | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Simic Flash | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Boros Hero | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |
| Grixis Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Cruel Control | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Jeskai Control | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Jund Madness | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Mardu Hero | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |
| Mill | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Black Control | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Wildfire | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Astral Slide | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Azorius Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Combo-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Solar Flare | 17 | 38–26 | 59.4 | 2 |
| Battle of Wits | 7 | 14–13 | 51.9 | |
| Hive Mind | 4 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |
| Liliana's Contract | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Coveted Falcon Combo | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Curses | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |
| Zur's Weirding | 1 | |||
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Grozoth | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Gruul Post | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Hateful Auras | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Humans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Boros Humans | 6 | 12–5 | 70.6 | |
| Izzet Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Mono White Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Life is Ez | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Rogues | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Slivers | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Temurpost | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| White Weenie | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Soldiers | 25 | 49–37 | 57.0 | 1 |
| Mono White Humans | 4 | 6–10 | 37.5 |