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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 456 | 858–913 | 48.4 | 19 | 174 | 5 | 1510 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 191 | 410–386 | 51.5 | 13 | 96 | 3 |
| Heroic | 3 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 3 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 14 | 32–29 | 52.5 | 0 | 7 | |
| Tokens | 5 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 5 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 28 | 73–54 | 57.5 | 3 | 19 | |
| Soldiers | 26 | 72–49 | 59.5 | 3 | 19 | |
| Mono White Humans | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Elves | 8 | 13–13 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Artifact Aggro | 118 | 271–235 | 53.6 | 10 | 67 | 2 |
| Affinity | 62 | 129–131 | 49.6 | 4 | 35 | 1 |
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 9 | 10–22 | 31.3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Tempered Steel | 56 | 142–104 | 57.7 | 6 | 32 | 1 |
| Madness | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Knights | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| AggroSlide | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Humans | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Humans | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Legends Aggro | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Permanent Vacation | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 49 | 60–98 | 38.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Storm | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Reanimator | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Warp World | 15 | 24–27 | 47.1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Temur Glimpse | 8 | 12–16 | 42.9 | 0 | 5 | |
| Boros Glimpse | 6 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 5 | 2–12 | 14.3 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 6 | 15–11 | 57.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Oops All Spells | 6 | 15–11 | 57.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Oops All Lands | 7 | 7–13 | 35.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dredge | 7 | 8–14 | 36.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Insidious Roots Dredge | 5 | 7–11 | 38.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Calibrated Blast | 3 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| Control | 78 | 134–143 | 48.4 | 4 | 32 | 1 |
| Azorius Control | 23 | 24–45 | 34.8 | 1 | 5 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 47 | 103–82 | 55.7 | 3 | 25 | 1 |
| Selesnya Cloudpost Control | 28 | 58–46 | 55.8 | 3 | 16 | |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 19 | 45–36 | 55.6 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Stax | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 4 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Astral Slide | 4 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Five Color Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Shrines | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 28 | 38–58 | 39.6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Aristocrats | 10 | 14–17 | 45.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 8 | 10–14 | 41.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Boros Bombardment | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Burn | 12 | 23–24 | 48.9 | 0 | 4 | |
| Infect | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Infect | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 5 | 1–15 | 6.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 5 | 1–15 | 6.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 27 | 38–60 | 38.8 | 1 | 8 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 6 | 9–15 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 4 | 6–11 | 35.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 12 | 25–23 | 52.1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Combo-Control | 41 | 59–80 | 42.4 | 0 | 10 | |
| Curses | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 39 | 59–76 | 43.7 | 0 | 10 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 39 | 59–76 | 43.7 | 0 | 10 | |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 18 | 27–33 | 45.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 3–10 | 23.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 8 | 11–17 | 39.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Midrange | 36 | 57–77 | 42.5 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| Blink | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Blink | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fake-Rack | 4 | 8–11 | 42.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 12 | 24–21 | 53.3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Martyr's Grace | 12 | 24–21 | 53.3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Simic Snow | 5 | 11–8 | 57.9 | 1 | 2 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Ramp | 6 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Field Ramp | 5 | 3–9 | 25.0 |