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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 177 | 406–299 | 57.6 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 1886 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 81 | 216–122 | 63.9 | 1 | 15 | 6 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Heroic | 8 | 12–8 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono White Heroic | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 4 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Red Deck Wins | 22 | 58–42 | 58.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Proliferate Red | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Goblins | 4 | 17–5 | 77.3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tokens | 5 | 10–6 | 62.5 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 5 | 10–6 | 62.5 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 8 | 26–13 | 66.7 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| White Weenie | 1 | 3–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Elves | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 1 | ||
| Zombies | 13 | 39–18 | 68.4 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Merfolk | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 7 | 18–11 | 62.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Affinity | 6 | 17–9 | 65.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Voltron | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Hateful Auras | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 1 | ||
| Humans | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Boros Humans | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Combo | 32 | 58–65 | 47.2 | |||
| Storm | 8 | 11–13 | 45.8 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 5 | 9–7 | 56.3 | |||
| High Tide | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 10 | 16–25 | 39.0 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 7 | 13–17 | 43.3 | |||
| Rakdos Reanimator | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 5 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Warp World | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Boros Glimpse | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 4 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 4 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Midnight Mass | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 18 | 32–37 | 46.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Esper Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 6 | 9–12 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cawblade | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 6 | 17–9 | 65.4 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 14 | 28–28 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aristocrats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Burn | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Infect | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Simic Infect | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 5 | 13–11 | 54.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 5 | 13–11 | 54.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hushnought | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 14–12 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 6 | 14–10 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Greasefang | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Esper Greasefang | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Midrange | 22 | 50–31 | 61.7 | 1 | ||
| Blink | 6 | 13–9 | 59.1 | |||
| Wave Blink | 4 | 9–7 | 56.3 | |||
| Orzhov Wave | 4 | 9–7 | 56.3 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 5 | 11–7 | 61.1 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Angels | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono White Angels | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Simic Snow | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 |