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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 162 | 371–295 | 55.7 | 4 | 67 | 4 | 1807 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 29 | 62–53 | 53.9 | 0 | 10 | |
| Heroic | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| White Weenie | 3 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Soldiers | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Elves | 6 | 9–13 | 40.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 7 | 13–8 | 61.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Affinity | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 2 | 3–1 | 75.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Knights | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| AggroSlide | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Combo | 72 | 168–133 | 55.8 | 3 | 33 | 2 |
| Storm | 9 | 17–16 | 51.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| High Tide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Tendrils | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Reanimator | 8 | 22–16 | 57.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 8 | 22–16 | 57.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 7 | 19–15 | 55.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Reanimator | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Warp World | 11 | 32–22 | 59.3 | 1 | 9 | |
| Temur Glimpse | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Boros Glimpse | 9 | 29–19 | 60.4 | 1 | 7 | |
| Hypergenesis | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Umbral Mantle | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Eggs | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 12 | 21–25 | 45.7 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Oops All Spells | 12 | 21–25 | 45.7 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Oops All Lands | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dredge | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Enduring Ideal | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Calibrated Blast | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Restore Balance | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Gyruda | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Belcher | 4 | 15–9 | 62.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Tameshi Bloom | 4 | 15–5 | 75.0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Actual Twin | 6 | 17–9 | 65.4 | 1 | 3 | |
| Izzet Twin | 6 | 17–9 | 65.4 | 1 | 3 | |
| Control | 13 | 19–25 | 43.2 | 0 | 6 | |
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mill | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 4 | 8–9 | 47.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Cloudpost Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Stax | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ponza | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Enchantments Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Control | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 19 | 43–34 | 55.8 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Infect | 10 | 21–18 | 53.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Simic Infect | 8 | 16–13 | 55.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Golgari Infect | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 6 | 15–12 | 55.6 | 0 | 5 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 6 | 15–12 | 55.6 | 0 | 5 | |
| Hushnought | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Combo Goblins | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dirty Kitty | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo-Control | 11 | 25–20 | 55.6 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Mindcrank | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Hive Mind | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Solar Flare | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 1 | ||
| Mass Land Destruction | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Thopter-Sword | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Greasefang | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Greasefang | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 10 | 23–18 | 56.1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Blink | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 4 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Elementals | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Martyr's Grace | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 3 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Ramp | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Greenpost | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Field Ramp | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |