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 | 308–201 | 60.5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 1941 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 30 | 78–36 | 68.4 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Heroic | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Red Devotion | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Goblins | 8 | 19–9 | 67.9 | 1 | 3 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Zombies | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Salvage Titan | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Voltron | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 6 | 23–5 | 82.1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Humans | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 57 | 106–62 | 63.1 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Storm | 6 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Simic Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| High Tide | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Channel Storm | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dubious Challenge | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 26 | 56–24 | 70.0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 22 | 49–19 | 72.1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo Post | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 5 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ominous Good | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 8 | 22–7 | 75.9 | 2 | ||
| Oops All Spells | 8 | 22–7 | 75.9 | 2 | ||
| Dredge | 2 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 12 | 16–14 | 53.3 | 1 | ||
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Ponza | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Shrines | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Bant Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Temur Reclamation | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 10 | 27–11 | 71.1 | 1 | ||
| Aristocrats | 7 | 23–8 | 74.2 | 1 | ||
| Food | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 3 | 10–4 | 71.4 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 10 | 29–12 | 70.7 | 2 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Blue Madness | 4 | 12–6 | 66.7 | |||
| Simic Madness | 4 | 12–6 | 66.7 | |||
| Wizards | 2 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 1 | ||
| Ninjas | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 8 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Yosei Vat | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Lich's Mastery | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Hive Mind | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 4 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Midrange | 24 | 25–34 | 42.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Temur Ascendancy | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| The Rock | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Golgari Citadel | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Varolz Dreadnought | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mutate | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Ordealbreak | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 17 | 19–23 | 45.2 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 14 | 18–18 | 50.0 | |||
| Locus Awakening | 5 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Greenpost | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Gruul Post | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Reclamation at Wake | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Sarkhan's Unsealing Ramp | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 |