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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 262 | 503–347 | 59.2 | 14 | 99 | 11 | 1891 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 58 | 118–69 | 63.1 | 5 | 23 | 4 |
| Heroic | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 12 | 36–15 | 70.6 | 3 | 8 | |
| Soldiers | 4 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono White Humans | 8 | 27–10 | 73.0 | 3 | 6 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Affinity | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Humans | 8 | 14–6 | 70.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Boros Humans | 7 | 14–5 | 73.7 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Orzhov Humans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 33 | 62–38 | 62.0 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 31 | 58–34 | 63.0 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| Bard Class | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo | 97 | 185–135 | 57.8 | 7 | 40 | 4 |
| Reanimator | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Living Death | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Excruciator Combo | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Necro Combo | 8 | 9–7 | 56.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Warp World | 39 | 96–51 | 65.3 | 4 | 21 | 3 |
| Boros Glimpse | 39 | 96–51 | 65.3 | 4 | 21 | 3 |
| Hypergenesis | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 13 | 15–16 | 48.4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Anvil Colossus | 12 | 13–14 | 48.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Enduring Ideal | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Restore Balance | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gyruda | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Midnight Mass | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Phoenix Altar | 10 | 27–15 | 64.3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Actual Twin | 8 | 12–12 | 50.0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Izzet Twin | 8 | 12–12 | 50.0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Nadu Combo | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 16 | 26–26 | 50.0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Dimir Control | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Control | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 10 | 17–18 | 48.6 | 0 | 7 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 8 | 18–14 | 56.3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Aristocrats | 8 | 18–14 | 56.3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 8 | 18–14 | 56.3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Aggro-Control | 14 | 26–15 | 63.4 | 0 | 7 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 5 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 4 | 9–3 | 75.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 8 | 17–10 | 63.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Midrange | 64 | 112–83 | 57.4 | 1 | 18 | 3 |
| The Rock | 2 | 6–1 | 85.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blink | 53 | 92–63 | 59.4 | 1 | 14 | 3 |
| Orzhov Blink | 52 | 91–60 | 60.3 | 1 | 14 | 3 |
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Angels | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono White Angels | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Fight Rigging | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wight Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jund Wight | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ramp | 5 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Field Ramp | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 |