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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 216 | 377–336 | 52.9 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1601 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 85 | 175–122 | 58.9 | 6 | ||
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Heroic | 6 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 19 | 61–21 | 74.4 | 3 | ||
| Tokens | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 25 | 50–34 | 59.5 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 19 | 40–26 | 60.6 | |||
| Soldiers | 5 | 10–7 | 58.8 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 12 | 24–14 | 63.2 | 3 | ||
| Affinity | 10 | 19–13 | 59.4 | 3 | ||
| Tempered Steel | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | |||
| Madness | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Golgari Madness | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Knights | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Cats | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Selesnya Cats | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Humans | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Bant Humans | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Combo | 61 | 104–92 | 53.1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Storm | 16 | 26–22 | 54.2 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 9 | 14–11 | 56.0 | |||
| Simic Storm | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| High Tide | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Stormpost | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Post Desire | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 6 | 15–5 | 75.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Maniac Combo | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 8 | 14–13 | 51.9 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 7 | 12–10 | 54.5 | |||
| Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Umbral Mantle | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Fake-Twin | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Jeskai Fake-Twin | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 3 | 9–4 | 69.2 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 3 | 9–4 | 69.2 | |||
| Eggs | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 3 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Ascension | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 7 | 12–12 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cephalid Breakfast | 2 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 2 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hermit Gond | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Neoform Hermit | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Dredge | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Control | 18 | 14–28 | 33.3 | |||
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mill | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Cruel Control | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Astral Slide | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 4 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 11 | 25–18 | 58.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Aristocrats | 5 | 8–9 | 47.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Food | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Burn | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Infect | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Simic Infect | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Goblin Persist | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 12–8 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 3 | 12–3 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Zur's Weirding | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 29 | 40–60 | 40.0 | |||
| Temur Ascendancy | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| The Rock | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Selesnya Value Town | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Allies | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 6 | 13–12 | 52.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Heart of Darkness | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Temur Energy | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Clerics | 3 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |||
| Ramp | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Channel-Rofellos | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Greenpost | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 |