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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 383 | 815–504 | 61.8 | 8 | 55 | 17 | 1960 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 49 | 110–58 | 65.5 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Red Deck Wins | 4 | 12–4 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Tokens | 5 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| White Weenie | 7 | 18–8 | 69.2 | 1 | ||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 5 | 18–6 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Soldiers | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Elves | 15 | 30–19 | 61.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Zombies | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 12 | 32–15 | 68.1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Humans | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Humans | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 6 | 12–8 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 5 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Recurring Nightmare | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Starlit Graves | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Control | 142 | 295–190 | 60.8 | 5 | 24 | 4 |
| Esper Control | 3 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Dimir Control | 5 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 77 | 184–87 | 67.9 | 4 | 17 | 3 |
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 21 | 46–36 | 56.1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Cruel Control | 21 | 46–36 | 56.1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Stax | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Ponza | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Seasons Past Control | 24 | 44–37 | 54.3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Aggro-Combo | 9 | 24–12 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Aristocrats | 6 | 17–8 | 68.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 6 | 17–8 | 68.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Pummeler | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 2 | 6–1 | 85.7 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Ninjas | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Faeries | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 106 | 236–149 | 61.3 | 2 | 15 | 5 |
| Curses | 4 | 9–7 | 56.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 102 | 227–142 | 61.5 | 2 | 14 | 5 |
| Jokulhaups Control | 102 | 227–142 | 61.5 | 2 | 14 | 5 |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 9 | 18–14 | 56.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 68 | 148–92 | 61.7 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Midrange | 43 | 84–56 | 60.0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Temur Ascendancy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| The Rock | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Jund | 8 | 16–10 | 61.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Blink | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Elementals | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 4 | 7–1 | 87.5 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 3 | 3–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 11 | 28–14 | 66.7 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Fires of Invention | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Death Cloud | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 23 | 44–26 | 62.9 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Rofellos Ramp | 11 | 22–11 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Simic Post | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 |