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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 176 | 257–290 | 47.0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1541 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 27 | 46–38 | 54.8 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Heroic | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Heroic | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Humans | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Rogues | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 10 | 19–13 | 59.4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Affinity | 10 | 19–13 | 59.4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 10 | 19–13 | 59.4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Voltron | 3 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hateful Auras | 3 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Combo | 56 | 82–88 | 48.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Storm | 11 | 11–22 | 33.3 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 5 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |||
| High Tide | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Channel Storm | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Reanimator | 11 | 14–19 | 42.4 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Living Death | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Excruciator Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 8 | 11–13 | 45.8 | |||
| Orzhov Reanimator | 8 | 11–13 | 45.8 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Eggs | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Oops All Lands | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Insidious Roots Dredge | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Polymorph | 5 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Dice Factory | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Tameshi Bloom | 7 | 20–8 | 71.4 | |||
| Midnight Mass | 5 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Actual Twin | 5 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Izzet Twin | 5 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nadu Combo | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 23 | 33–34 | 49.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Esper Control | 3 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Control | 6 | 8–11 | 42.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Stax | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Prison | 9 | 16–11 | 59.3 | 1 | ||
| Enchantress | 9 | 16–11 | 59.3 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 11 | 15–18 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Aristocrats | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Burn | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 5 | 12–5 | 70.6 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 5 | 12–5 | 70.6 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 6 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Spirits | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Spirits | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 8 | 15–20 | 42.9 | |||
| Mindcrank | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Hive Mind | 2 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Archfiend Alteration | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Midrange | 26 | 25–46 | 35.2 | |||
| Temur Ascendancy | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| The Rock | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jund | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Blink | 5 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Wave Blink | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Anti-Persecution | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Angels | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono White Angels | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Death Cloud | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Laelia Cascade | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Ramp | 19 | 36–35 | 50.7 | 1 | ||
| Rofellos Ramp | 17 | 33–28 | 54.1 | 1 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Gruul Post | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 |