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, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 168 | 388–235 | 62.3 | 9 | 53 | 4 | 1918 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 5 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Goblins | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Zombies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Shamans | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo | 56 | 150–79 | 65.5 | 4 | 23 | 2 |
| Storm | 5 | 12–9 | 57.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| High Tide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Channel Storm | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 20 | 59–25 | 70.2 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| Recurring Nightmare | 18 | 53–21 | 71.6 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| Dragon Nightmare | 18 | 53–21 | 71.6 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Reanimator | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Warp World | 1 | 6–0 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Boros Glimpse | 1 | 6–0 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Hypergenesis | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Upheaval Colossus | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Eggs | 23 | 61–34 | 64.2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Enduring Ideal | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 71 | 159–100 | 61.4 | 3 | 21 | 2 |
| Azorius Control | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 6 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Control | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Cloudpost Control | 12 | 29–17 | 63.0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 10 | 27–15 | 64.3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Ponza | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cycling Control | 34 | 81–49 | 62.3 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
| Astral Slide | 34 | 81–49 | 62.3 | 2 | 11 | 1 |
| Five Color Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Shrines | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Seasons Past Control | 11 | 19–16 | 54.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Aristocrats | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 14–7 | 66.7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wizards | 5 | 14–7 | 66.7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Combo-Control | 9 | 14–13 | 51.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Curses | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Shared Fate | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 6 | 12–8 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 6 | 12–8 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 6 | 12–8 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 12 | 12–17 | 41.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| The Rock | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Golgari Citadel | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jund | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Blink | 6 | 6–9 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wave Blink | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Abzan Wave | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Anti-Persecution | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Allies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Allies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Ramp | 6 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 6 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Greenpost | 4 | 10–4 | 71.4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Gruul Post | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |