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 | 41 | 28–93 | 23.1 | |
| The Rock | 81 | 126–145 | 46.5 | 2 |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 39 | 74–63 | 54.0 | 2 |
| Abzan Midrange | 33 | 60–70 | 46.2 | 1 |
| Selesnya Midrange | 27 | 40–51 | 44.0 | |
| Fires of Invention | 25 | 40–44 | 47.6 | 1 |
| Orzhov Midrange | 25 | 58–37 | 61.1 | 3 |
| Blink | 24 | 44–31 | 58.7 | 3 |
| Orzhov Blink | 39 | 93–53 | 63.7 | 4 |
| Dimir Midrange | 24 | 42–31 | 57.5 | 3 |
| Graveyard Value | 22 | 16–38 | 29.6 | |
| Death Cloud | 20 | 42–42 | 50.0 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 18 | 10–34 | 22.7 | |
| Sultai Midrange | 11 | 11–28 | 28.2 | |
| Fight Rigging | 8 | 15–16 | 48.4 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 10 | 18–14 | 56.3 | 2 |
| Enchantments Matter | 9 | 10–18 | 35.7 | |
| Game Objects | 9 | 11–14 | 44.0 | 1 |
| Fake-Rack | 8 | 3–16 | 15.8 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 8 | 12–22 | 35.3 | |
| Illness in the Ranks | 7 | 14–15 | 48.3 | 1 |
| Jund | 7 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 6 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |
| Big Red | 5 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |
| Clerics | 5 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 1 |
| Grenzo | 5 | 11–5 | 68.8 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 5 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |
| Five Color Hero | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Naya Hero | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Mardu Hero | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Toughness Matters | 5 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 4 | 0–9 | 0.0 | |
| Adventures | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |
| Allies | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Azorius Allies | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Jeskai Midrange | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Mutate | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Vampires | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |
| Orzhov Vampires | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| -1/-1 Counters | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Angels | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Mono White Angels | 14 | 24–24 | 50.0 | |
| Orzhov Angels | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Boros Legends Midrange | 6 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |
| Orzhov Legends | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |
| Selesnya Legends | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Naya Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Nissa Company | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Zur the Enchanter | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Combo | 32 | 32–73 | 30.5 | |
| Oops All Lands | 71 | 122–80 | 60.4 | 2 |
| Calibrated Blast | 15 | 28–29 | 49.1 | 2 |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 15 | 15–15 | 50.0 | 1 |
| Restore Balance | 14 | 23–21 | 52.3 | 1 |
| Dredge | 12 | 20–19 | 51.3 | 1 |
| Insidious Roots Dredge | 71 | 113–121 | 48.3 | 3 |
| Hypergenesis | 10 | 14–14 | 50.0 | |
| Taking Turns | 9 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |
| Tibalt's Trickery | 8 | 12–16 | 42.9 | |
| Gyruda | 7 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |
| Midnight Mass | 7 | 15–6 | 71.4 | 1 |
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 6 | 16–10 | 61.5 | |
| Polymorph | 5 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |
| Warp World | 4 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |
| Boros Glimpse | 72 | 168–92 | 64.6 | 8 |
| Temur Glimpse | 19 | 44–32 | 57.9 | |
| Dubious Challenge | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |
| Seismic Swans | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |
| Fake-Twin | 2 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |
| Ominous Good | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Breakfast | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |
| Oops All Spells | 23 | 52–27 | 65.8 | 3 |
| Enduring Ideal | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Intruder Alarm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Possibility Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Splendid Reclamation Combo | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Storm Herald | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Ramp | 24 | 23–55 | 29.5 | 1 |
| Field Ramp | 92 | 111–155 | 41.7 | |
| Carth Superfriends | 22 | 41–44 | 48.2 | 1 |
| Superfriends | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |
| Applejacks | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Villainous Wealth | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Burn | 15 | 18–42 | 30.0 | |
| Citadel Storm | 14 | 20–30 | 40.0 | |
| Control | 12 | 14–21 | 40.0 | |
| Azorius Control | 83 | 133–108 | 55.2 | 3 |
| Esper Control | 64 | 133–93 | 58.8 | 7 |
| Turbo Fog | 44 | 44–45 | 49.4 | |
| Mono White Control | 29 | 52–48 | 52.0 | 1 |
| Izzet Control | 21 | 42–34 | 55.3 | 2 |
| Boros Control | 16 | 19–28 | 40.4 | |
| Stax | 15 | 14–27 | 34.1 | |
| Dimir Control | 12 | 9–33 | 21.4 | |
| Grixis Control | 12 | 10–19 | 34.5 | |
| Cruel Control | 15 | 14–31 | 31.1 | |
| Mill | 11 | 9–25 | 26.5 | |
| Prison | 11 | 15–26 | 36.6 | 1 |
| Enchantress | 6 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |
| Seasons Past Control | 10 | 20–20 | 50.0 | |
| Jeskai Control | 7 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |
| Orzhov Control | 6 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |
| Runeflare | 6 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 5 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |
| Dragon Control | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |
| Five Color Control | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |
| Last Stand Control | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Bant Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Enchantments Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Mardu Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |
| Dwarf Combo | 9 | 11–17 | 39.3 | 1 |
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 8 | 3–25 | 10.7 | |
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 14–16 | 46.7 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 29 | 46–44 | 51.1 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 18 | 37–34 | 52.1 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 40 | 101–56 | 64.3 | 6 |
| Dimir Tempo | 17 | 30–33 | 47.6 | 1 |
| Dimir Librarians | 4 | 1–11 | 8.3 | |
| Dimir Faeries | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |
| Izzet Spells | 12 | 18–21 | 46.2 | |
| Azorius Tempo | 8 | 4–14 | 22.2 | |
| Simic Flash | 6 | 14–13 | 51.9 | 1 |
| Wizards | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Selesnya Tokens | 7 | 12–13 | 48.0 | |
| Aristocrats | 6 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 101 | 238–139 | 63.1 | 15 |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 6 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |
| Boros Bombardment | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Boros Heroic | 5 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |
| Wildfire | 5 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |
| Astral Slide | 4 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |
| Combo-Control | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Battle of Wits | 17 | 24–51 | 32.0 | 1 |
| Sunforger | 11 | 19–29 | 39.6 | |
| Greasefang | 6 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |
| Orzhov Greasefang | 49 | 106–72 | 59.6 | 5 |
| Esper Greasefang | 30 | 62–45 | 57.9 | 2 |
| Resurgent Belief | 6 | 9–13 | 40.9 | |
| Solar Flare | 5 | 9–13 | 40.9 | 1 |
| Burning Vengeance | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Curious Niv-Mizzet | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |
| Plasma Swans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Shared Fate | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 1 |
| Grixis Tendrils | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |
| Aggro | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 103 | 238–135 | 63.8 | 12 |
| Permanent Vacation | 34 | 40–43 | 48.2 | 1 |
| Pirates | 32 | 89–47 | 65.4 | 2 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 17 | 33–31 | 51.6 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 10 | 12–19 | 38.7 | |
| AggroSlide | 9 | 14–8 | 63.6 | |
| Knights | 7 | 9–13 | 40.9 | |
| Merfolk | 5 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 1 |
| Rats | 5 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |
| Zombies | 5 | 3–16 | 15.8 | |
| Elves | 4 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |
| Goblins | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 4 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |
| Legends Aggro | 4 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |
| Bard Class | 20 | 44–28 | 61.1 | 3 |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 10 | 18–14 | 56.3 | |
| Selesnya Legends Aggro | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 7 | 10–9 | 52.6 | 1 |
| Tempered Steel | 6 | 11–12 | 47.8 | |
| Affinity | 5 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 77 | 148–145 | 50.5 | 4 |
| White Weenie | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Mono White Humans | 36 | 61–54 | 53.0 | 2 |
| Soldiers | 15 | 28–25 | 52.8 | |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 13 | 10–23 | 30.3 | |
| Odric Keywords | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |
| Boros Aggro | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |
| Humans | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |
| Orzhov Humans | 66 | 131–78 | 62.7 | 7 |
| Boros Humans | 35 | 86–37 | 69.9 | 6 |
| Selesnya Humans | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |
| Selesnya Counters | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |
| Voltron | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |
| Hateful Auras | 25 | 44–35 | 55.7 | 2 |
| Equipment Aggro | 5 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |
| Hexproof | 3 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Werewolves | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |
| Unclassified | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |
| Azorius Heroic | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Familiars | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Goblin Persist | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |
| Golgari Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Jund Madness | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Orzhov Tokens | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |
| Orzhov Reanimator | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |
| Turbo Myth | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |
| Upheaval Colossus | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |