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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 253 | 481–578 | 45.4 | 4 | 60 | 4 | 1449 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 4 | 8–9 | 47.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| White Weenie | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Soldiers | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Affinity | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo | 28 | 46–70 | 39.7 | 0 | 4 | |
| Storm | 8 | 18–19 | 48.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Dragonstorm | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simic Storm | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Reclamation Storm | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| High Tide | 3 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Channel Storm | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Necro Combo | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| New Perspectives | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Fake-Twin | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Fake-Twin | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo Post | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Eggs | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Oops All Lands | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Gyruda | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Control | 158 | 284–358 | 44.2 | 3 | 33 | 3 |
| Esper Control | 7 | 12–19 | 38.7 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 9 | 13–18 | 41.9 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Azorius Control | 36 | 77–73 | 51.3 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| Turbo Fog | 6 | 8–16 | 33.3 | |||
| Mardu Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mill | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 19 | 25–52 | 32.5 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 11 | 12–30 | 28.6 | 1 | ||
| Grixis Control | 8 | 15–22 | 40.5 | |||
| Cruel Control | 6 | 11–16 | 40.7 | |||
| Stax | 7 | 5–15 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Control | 23 | 60–47 | 56.1 | 2 | 11 | |
| Ponza | 5 | 7–15 | 31.8 | |||
| Mono White Control | 11 | 17–21 | 44.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Life is Ez | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Bant Control | 8 | 16–13 | 55.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Orzhov Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Prison | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Enchantress | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Aristocrats | 2 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Food | 2 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Aggro-Control | 8 | 15–18 | 45.5 | 1 | 5 | |
| Ninjas | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Izzet Spells | 4 | 10–9 | 52.6 | 1 | 3 | |
| Spirits | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Spirits | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 27 | 53–61 | 46.5 | 0 | 8 | |
| Battle of Wits | 4 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |||
| Mindcrank | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 3 | |
| Hive Mind | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 11 | 20–21 | 48.8 | 0 | 4 | |
| Wildfire | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Thryx-Wildfire | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 9 | 17–19 | 47.2 | 0 | 4 | |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 8 | 17–16 | 51.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Thopter-Sword | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Esper Thopter-Sword | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Midrange | 25 | 47–58 | 44.8 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Selesnya Midrange | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Value Town | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blink | 9 | 21–18 | 53.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| -1/-1 Counters | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 5 | 9–11 | 45.0 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Coinflips | 3 | 1–11 | 8.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ramp | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |