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 12 weeks, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | 248–199 | 55.5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1701 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo | 39 | 86–55 | 61.0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Reanimator | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo Post | 11 | 23–18 | 56.1 | 1 | ||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Soulflayer | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 14 | 40–15 | 72.7 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Ad Swanseam | 12 | 39–11 | 78.0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Control | 20 | 28–35 | 44.4 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mill | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 7 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 5 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Cruel Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ponza | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Dynavolt Tower | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Sultai Ultimatum | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 8 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Abzan Aristocrats | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Wizards | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 36 | 91–56 | 61.9 | 3 | ||
| Battle of Wits | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 1 | ||
| Plasma Swans | 6 | 14–10 | 58.3 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 26 | 70–40 | 63.6 | 2 | ||
| Wildfire | 26 | 70–40 | 63.6 | 2 | ||
| Thryx-Wildfire | 9 | 26–12 | 68.4 | 2 | ||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 17 | 44–28 | 61.1 | |||
| Midrange | 17 | 29–29 | 50.0 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 5 | 13–8 | 61.9 | |||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 5 | 13–8 | 61.9 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Esper Hero | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Ramp | 4 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Villainous Wealth | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Simic Post | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |