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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 133 | 227–271 | 45.6 | 3 | 1478 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 39 | 79–68 | 53.7 | 1 | ||
| Heroic | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 6 | 13–13 | 50.0 | |||
| Goblins | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Elves | 5 | 11–10 | 52.4 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 7 | 10–12 | 45.5 | |||
| Affinity | 5 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Madness | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Voltron | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Equipment Aggro | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Hateful Auras | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Humans | 6 | 18–10 | 64.3 | |||
| Boros Humans | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Humans | 5 | 17–8 | 68.0 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 3 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 1 | ||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 3 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 1 | ||
| Combo | 41 | 60–86 | 41.1 | |||
| Storm | 14 | 22–28 | 44.0 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 10 | 19–21 | 47.5 | |||
| High Tide | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Reanimator | 6 | 8–15 | 34.8 | |||
| Living Death | 6 | 8–15 | 34.8 | |||
| Excruciator Combo | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Warp World | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Boros Glimpse | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 6 | 6–14 | 30.0 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 3 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| Eggs | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Reanim8 Rack | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 5 | 16–9 | 64.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 5 | 16–9 | 64.0 | |||
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dredge | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Belcher | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Phoenix Altar | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Control | 12 | 17–30 | 36.2 | |||
| Esper Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 6 | 12–10 | 54.5 | |||
| Prison | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Enchantress | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 11 | 27–26 | 50.9 | 1 | ||
| Aristocrats | 4 | 11–8 | 57.9 | 1 | ||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Burn | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Infect | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Simic Infect | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Golgari Infect | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 4 | 11–8 | 57.9 | |||
| Izzet Dreadnought | 4 | 11–8 | 57.9 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ninjas | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Hive Mind | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Greasefang | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Esper Greasefang | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Midrange | 21 | 33–43 | 43.4 | 1 | ||
| Blink | 10 | 21–17 | 55.3 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Blink | 10 | 21–17 | 55.3 | 1 | ||
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Illness in the Ranks | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Wight Midrange | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Jund Wight | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Ramp | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 |