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 6 days, 3 hours.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 178 | 452–260 | 63.5 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 2042 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 20 | 61–25 | 70.9 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Red Deck Wins | 4 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 1 | ||
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| White Weenie | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 8 | 31–6 | 83.8 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Affinity | 6 | 24–5 | 82.8 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tempered Steel | 2 | 7–1 | 87.5 | 1 | ||
| Voltron | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Humans | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Humans | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Shamans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 44 | 104–66 | 61.2 | 1 | 10 | 4 |
| Reanimator | 33 | 82–46 | 64.1 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Recurring Nightmare | 24 | 53–33 | 61.6 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Dragon Nightmare | 20 | 50–27 | 64.9 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 6 | 19–6 | 76.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 3 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 3 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Fake-Twin | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Naya Fake-Twin | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Ascension | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 4 | 9–7 | 56.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Oops All Spells | 4 | 9–7 | 56.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Ad Nauseam | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Control | 17 | 43–27 | 61.4 | |||
| Azorius Control | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Izzet Control | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Blackpost | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Stax | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Ponza | 8 | 25–15 | 62.5 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 25 | 64–36 | 64.0 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Aristocrats | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Infect | 9 | 21–15 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simic Infect | 8 | 21–13 | 61.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 3 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 3 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Hushnought | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 7 | 24–10 | 70.6 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Goblin Persist | 7 | 24–10 | 70.6 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Librarians | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Sultai Tempo | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 40 | 111–53 | 67.7 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| Battle of Wits | 4 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Yosei Vat | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Solar Flare | 3 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Plasma Swans | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 20 | 60–28 | 68.2 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Wildfire | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 19 | 56–27 | 67.5 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 9 | 25–16 | 61.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 6 | 20–5 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Thopter-Sword | 8 | 26–8 | 76.5 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Azorius Thopter-Sword | 3 | 10–2 | 83.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Esper Thopter-Sword | 5 | 16–6 | 72.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Midrange | 24 | 45–40 | 52.9 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Jund | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Blink | 8 | 9–7 | 56.3 | 1 | ||
| Wave Blink | 6 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Wave | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Abzan Wave | 4 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Blink | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Prophet Glare | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Five Color Hero | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Ramp | 3 | 9–3 | 75.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 9–3 | 75.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 3 | 9–3 | 75.0 |