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 9 weeks, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 262 | 339–319 | 51.5 | 2 | 28 | 5 | 1665 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 125 | 201–142 | 58.6 | 1 | 17 | 5 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 5 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Goblins | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Mono Green Stompy | 9 | 12–11 | 52.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 39 | 70–46 | 60.3 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Soldiers | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Elves | 12 | 11–16 | 40.7 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Counters | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Rogues | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 5 | 3–7 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gruul Landfall | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Merfolk | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Madness | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Golgari Madness | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jund Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Voltron | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Equipment Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Knights | 15 | 50–17 | 74.6 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| AggroSlide | 4 | 7–1 | 87.5 | |||
| Cats | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono White Cats | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Selesnya Cats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Humans | 1 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Humans | 1 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Legends Aggro | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Rats | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo | 15 | 3–18 | 14.3 | |||
| Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dubious Challenge | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Warp World | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Actual Warp World | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| New Perspectives | 4 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Hermit Gond | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Polymorph | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Tibalt's Trickery | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 24 | 36–32 | 52.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Demonic Rising | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mardu Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mill | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Dragon Control | 3 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Ponza | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Mono White Control | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cycling Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 17 | 12–23 | 34.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Aristocrats | 5 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Abzan Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Burn | 7 | 10–12 | 45.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Infect | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Infect | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Turbo Myth | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 8 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 5 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Burning Vengeance | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Hive Mind | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 54 | 69–73 | 48.6 | 1 | 7 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 2 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Blink | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Anti-Persecution | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Allies | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Allies | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Vampires | 3 | 6–1 | 85.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 3 | 6–1 | 85.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 5 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Card Advantage White | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Big Red | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 14 | 17–20 | 45.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Necro Midrange | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 5 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Toughness Matters | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Clerics | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Simic Snow | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Game Objects | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 14 | 7–17 | 29.2 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Domain | 4 | 3–3 | 50.0 |