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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 237 | 546–428 | 56.1 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 1771 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 59 | 147–97 | 60.2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Heroic | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 21 | 56–32 | 63.6 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| White Weenie | 6 | 16–11 | 59.3 | 1 | ||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 3 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 1 | ||
| Soldiers | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Elves | 5 | 14–10 | 58.3 | 1 | ||
| Zombies | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 11 | 34–13 | 72.3 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 7 | 14–17 | 45.2 | |||
| Affinity | 5 | 8–13 | 38.1 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Humans | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Orzhov Humans | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 30 | 83–53 | 61.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Reanimator | 6 | 19–8 | 70.4 | 1 | ||
| Traditional Reanimator | 6 | 19–8 | 70.4 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 6 | 19–8 | 70.4 | 1 | ||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 10 | 29–15 | 65.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 6 | 15–15 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 6 | 15–15 | 50.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Restore Balance | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Tameshi Bloom | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | |||
| Control | 8 | 12–19 | 38.7 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Stax | 4 | 9–7 | 56.3 | |||
| Dragon Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Dragons | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 41 | 103–63 | 62.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Aristocrats | 5 | 11–9 | 55.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Burn | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 12 | 29–18 | 61.7 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Dreadnought | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 10 | 26–13 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Hushnought | 9 | 19–14 | 57.6 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 14 | 41–21 | 66.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dirty Kitty | 14 | 41–21 | 66.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Aggro-Control | 6 | 10–17 | 37.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Librarians | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Dimir Faeries | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Combo-Control | 20 | 40–35 | 53.3 | |||
| Yosei Vat | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 15 | 30–25 | 54.5 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 15 | 30–25 | 54.5 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 8 | 19–13 | 59.4 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Thopter-Sword | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Esper Thopter-Sword | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Greasefang | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Orzhov Greasefang | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Midrange | 59 | 119–112 | 51.5 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| The Rock | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 6 | 10–12 | 45.5 | |||
| Wave Blink | 5 | 10–9 | 52.6 | |||
| Orzhov Wave | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Abzan Wave | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 16 | 33–34 | 49.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 14 | 41–25 | 62.1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Necro Midrange | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 5 | 14–4 | 77.8 | 2 | ||
| Orzhov Capenna | 4 | 12–3 | 80.0 | 2 | ||
| Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Mardu Hero | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Clerics | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Ramp | 14 | 30–32 | 48.4 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 6 | 14–15 | 48.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 8 | 16–17 | 48.5 | |||
| Greenpost | 7 | 13–16 | 44.8 | |||
| Simic Post | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 |