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 8 weeks, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85 | 143–122 | 54.0 | 5 | 1599 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 14 | 36–9 | 80.0 | 2 | ||
| Heroic | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 9–2 | 81.8 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Selesnya Counters | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Zombies | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 5 | 12–1 | 92.3 | 2 | ||
| Affinity | 4 | 12–1 | 92.3 | 2 | ||
| Voltron | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Hateful Auras | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Combo | 7 | 14–9 | 60.9 | 1 | ||
| Reanimator | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Dredge | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 18 | 28–32 | 46.7 | |||
| Mono Black Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Boros Control | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Stax | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Ponza | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Shrines | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Pox | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 6 | 14–8 | 63.6 | 1 | ||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Simic Infect | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Wizards | 1 | |||||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 9 | 17–10 | 63.0 | |||
| Curses | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 6 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 5 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 17 | 17–34 | 33.3 | |||
| The Rock | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Selesnya Legends | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Angels | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Angels | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Hero | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Naya Hero | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Simic Snow | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Death Cloud | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Ramp | 11 | 15–17 | 46.9 | 1 | ||
| Rofellos Ramp | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 7 | 7–9 | 43.8 | 1 | ||
| Greenpost | 5 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Gruul Post | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Carth Superfriends | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Jund Carth | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 |