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 7 weeks, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 161 | 258–317 | 44.9 | 3 | 1362 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 63 | 126–125 | 50.2 | |||
| Mono Black Aggro | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Goblins | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Chroma White | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Elves | 9 | 22–13 | 62.9 | |||
| Werewolves | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Warriors | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 10 | 25–15 | 62.5 | |||
| Merfolk | 4 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 8 | 15–17 | 46.9 | |||
| Affinity | 7 | 12–15 | 44.4 | |||
| Hush-finity | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Slivers | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Knights | 13 | 35–25 | 58.3 | |||
| Cats | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Breakfast | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Control | 27 | 35–46 | 43.2 | 2 | ||
| Mono Black Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Blackpost | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Stax | 8 | 11–17 | 39.3 | 1 | ||
| Runeflare | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Ponza | 6 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Prison | 3 | 7–2 | 77.8 | |||
| Enchantress | 3 | 7–2 | 77.8 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Ninjas | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Curses | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Midrange | 55 | 77–112 | 40.7 | 1 | ||
| The Rock | 10 | 9–21 | 30.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 5 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Jund | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Big Red | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Toughness Matters | 4 | 9–7 | 56.3 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 7 | 15–16 | 48.4 | |||
| Orzhov Capenna | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 6 | 8–16 | 33.3 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 3 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Mardu Hero | 3 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Midrange | 5 | 13–8 | 61.9 | |||
| Death Cloud | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Illness in the Ranks | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Ramp | 5 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 4 | 2–8 | 20.0 |