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, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 307 | 358–354 | 50.3 | 21 | 6 | 1671 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 62 | 73–72 | 50.3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 10 | 18–18 | 50.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Gruul Landfall | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 30 | 37–30 | 55.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Affinity | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | |||
| Salvage Titan | 27 | 26–26 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Madness | 15 | 15–17 | 46.9 | |||
| Gruul Madness | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 6 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Jund Madness | 7 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 88 | 131–110 | 54.4 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| Storm | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| High Tide | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Grixis Tendrils | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Reanimator | 4 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Warp World | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 8 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Eggs | 4 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 49 | 104–55 | 65.4 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| Enduring Ideal | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Tibalt's Trickery | 6 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |||
| Phoenix Altar | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 42 | 32–42 | 43.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Esper Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 11 | 1–16 | 5.9 | |||
| Azorius Control | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Cawblade | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 14 | 27–10 | 73.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 14 | 27–10 | 73.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Temur Reclamation | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Prison | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 14 | 15–13 | 53.6 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Necro Burn | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 4 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 70 | 79–82 | 49.1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Izzet Tempo | 12 | 17–10 | 63.0 | |||
| Blue Madness | 5 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Simic Madness | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Ninjas | 4 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Mono Blue Gush | 9 | 6–17 | 26.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 9 | 14–13 | 51.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 15 | 19–15 | 55.9 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 4 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Azorius Tempo | 5 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 6 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Solar Flare | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Midrange | 22 | 9–24 | 27.3 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 11 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rofellos Ramp | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Channel-Rofellos | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |