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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 265 | 495–417 | 54.3 | 7 | 52 | 12 | 1819 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 38 | 78–46 | 62.9 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Heroic | 7 | 16–8 | 66.7 | 1 | 3 | |
| Boros Heroic | 6 | 14–6 | 70.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Selesnya Heroic | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 17 | 41–23 | 64.1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Soldiers | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| 8 Whack | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Affinity | 4 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Knights | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| AggroSlide | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Humans | 1 | |||||
| Boros Humans | 1 | |||||
| Legends Aggro | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo | 58 | 128–99 | 56.4 | 1 | 10 | 4 |
| Storm | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| High Tide | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 3 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Starlit Graves | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 31 | 68–52 | 56.7 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 25 | 53–42 | 55.8 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 6 | 15–10 | 60.0 | |||
| Fake-Twin | 5 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Jeskai Fake-Twin | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Naya Fake-Twin | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Breakfast | 15 | 41–20 | 67.2 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Oops All Spells | 10 | 27–13 | 67.5 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Neoform Hermit | 5 | 14–7 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Actual Twin | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Twin | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 81 | 115–131 | 46.7 | 3 | 15 | 1 |
| Esper Control | 19 | 34–32 | 51.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 5 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Control | 10 | 27–10 | 73.0 | 3 | 6 | |
| Mardu Control | 7 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dragon Control | 5 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Izzet Dragons | 5 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Mono White Control | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Life is Ez | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dynavolt Tower | 6 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
| Cycling Control | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Seasons Past Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 6 | 6–11 | 35.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Prison | 5 | 5–9 | 35.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Enchantress | 4 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Burn | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Faeries | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo-Control | 27 | 57–40 | 58.8 | 1 | 10 | |
| Battle of Wits | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 23 | 51–33 | 60.7 | 1 | 9 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 23 | 51–33 | 60.7 | 1 | 9 | |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 7 | 21–10 | 67.7 | 1 | 2 | |
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 13 | 29–20 | 59.2 | 0 | 7 | |
| Midrange | 54 | 100–89 | 52.9 | 1 | 11 | 3 |
| Abzan Midrange | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Blink | 5 | 4–11 | 26.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wave Blink | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 17 | 45–23 | 66.2 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Vampires | 5 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Black Vampires | 5 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Legends | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 1 | ||
| Naya Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Fires of Invention | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Naya Hero | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Game Objects | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |