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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 285 | 314–428 | 42.3 | 12 | 2 | 1386 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 31 | 34–51 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Goblins | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Elves | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Rogues | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 9 | 7–16 | 30.4 | |||
| Salvage Titan | 8 | 6–14 | 30.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Madness | 5 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Golgari Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Voltron | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hateful Auras | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Humans | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Bant Humans | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Brushwaggs | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 24 | 17–35 | 32.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Reanimator | 13 | 13–20 | 39.4 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 10 | 10–16 | 38.5 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Dimir Reanimator | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Maniac Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Dice Factory | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Chain of Acid | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Intruder Alarm | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Restore Balance | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 48 | 51–85 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Esper Control | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mardu Control | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Stax | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 1 | ||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Runeflare | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Ponza | 6 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Shrines | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Bant Control | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Pox | 19 | 24–34 | 41.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 45 | 72–56 | 56.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Abzan Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Burn | 41 | 68–52 | 56.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Liquimetal Fishing | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 34 | 40–50 | 44.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Blue Madness | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
| Simic Madness | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
| Wizards | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 9 | 12–12 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Faeries | 7 | 9–7 | 56.3 | |||
| Combo-Control | 15 | 14–21 | 40.0 | |||
| Hedron Alignment | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 12 | 12–15 | 44.4 | |||
| Wildfire | 5 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Thryx-Wildfire | 5 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 7 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Resurgent Belief | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Midrange | 84 | 84–122 | 40.8 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| The Rock | 15 | 21–23 | 47.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 17 | 13–17 | 43.3 | 1 | ||
| Selesnya Midrange | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Jund | 12 | 16–17 | 48.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blink | 5 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Allies | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Esper Allies | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Azorius Allies | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 6 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Legends | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Naya Hero | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Death Cloud | 8 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |||
| Ramp | 4 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Defenders | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 |