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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 129 | 240–161 | 59.9 | 4 | 17 | 1855 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 8 | 22–7 | 75.9 | 3 | ||
| Heroic | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 6–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Salvage Titan | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Madness | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Combo | 79 | 145–106 | 57.8 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Storm | 24 | 53–37 | 58.9 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Dimir Tendrils | 6 | 14–7 | 66.7 | |||
| High Tide | 6 | 13–9 | 59.1 | 1 | ||
| Stormpost | 7 | 15–13 | 53.6 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Post Desire | 7 | 15–13 | 53.6 | 1 | ||
| Channel Storm | 5 | 11–8 | 57.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Reanimator | 10 | 14–16 | 46.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Recurring Nightmare | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Rakdos Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Eggs | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Ascension | 6 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ominous Good | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 19 | 30–25 | 54.5 | 2 | ||
| Cephalid Breakfast | 4 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 4 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 13 | 26–17 | 60.5 | 2 | ||
| Neoform Hermit | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dredge | 7 | 20–4 | 83.3 | 3 | ||
| Insidious Roots Dredge | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Protean Hulk Combo | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Chain of Acid | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Control | 5 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Esper Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 3 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Cloudpost Control | 3 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 16 | 29–18 | 61.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Burn | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Infect | 5 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Simic Infect | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 5 | 11–6 | 64.7 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 5 | 11–6 | 64.7 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Blue Madness | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Simic Madness | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo-Control | 10 | 13–14 | 48.1 | |||
| Mindcrank | 7 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Dragoncrank | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Zur's Weirding | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Thopter-Sword | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Thopter-Sword | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Greasefang | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Esper Greasefang | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 4 | 10–4 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Blink | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Wave Blink | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Wave Blink | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Ramp | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Channel-Rofellos | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Golgari Post | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 |