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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 233 | 407–358 | 53.2 | 10 | 57 | 5 | 1601 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 60 | 95–105 | 47.5 | 2 | 10 | |
| Heroic | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 22 | 44–35 | 55.7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 5 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| White Weenie | 7 | 11–14 | 44.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Humans | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 9 | 22–19 | 53.7 | 1 | 5 | |
| Tempered Steel | 9 | 22–19 | 53.7 | 1 | 5 | |
| Voltron | 5 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hexproof | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hateful Auras | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Knights | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| AggroSlide | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo | 94 | 146–144 | 50.3 | 5 | 25 | |
| Storm | 8 | 6–13 | 31.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| High Tide | 5 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Storm | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 15 | 20–28 | 41.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hypergenesis | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Seismic Swans | 7 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Ominous Good | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 42 | 91–60 | 60.3 | 5 | 22 | |
| Oops All Spells | 42 | 91–60 | 60.3 | 5 | 22 | |
| Dredge | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Storm Herald | 2 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Restore Balance | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Gyruda | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Possibility Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Actual Twin | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Izzet Twin | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Control | 6 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 42 | 101–59 | 63.1 | 2 | 14 | 3 |
| Infect | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Golgari Infect | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 40 | 98–55 | 64.1 | 2 | 13 | 3 |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 40 | 98–55 | 64.1 | 2 | 13 | 3 |
| Combo Goblins | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Dirty Kitty | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 5–9 | 35.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Simic Flash | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Librarians | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Curses | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Hive Mind | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 21 | 46–28 | 62.2 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| The Rock | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Blink | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 13 | 34–16 | 68.0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 |