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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 135 | 220–262 | 45.6 | 40 | 1 | 1419 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 10 | 10–19 | 34.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 6 | 5–9 | 35.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 6 | 5–9 | 35.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Combo | 66 | 100–132 | 43.1 | 0 | 17 | 1 |
| Storm | 5 | 3–16 | 15.8 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Reanimator | 6 | 18–8 | 69.2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Living Death | 6 | 18–8 | 69.2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Excruciator Combo | 6 | 18–8 | 69.2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Warp World | 16 | 35–26 | 57.4 | 0 | 7 | |
| Boros Glimpse | 16 | 35–26 | 57.4 | 0 | 7 | |
| Hypergenesis | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Soulflayer | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Breakfast | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Unctus | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Dredge | 11 | 11–25 | 30.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Polymorph | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Restore Balance | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Nadu Combo | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Control | 28 | 52–54 | 49.1 | 0 | 12 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 15 | 35–28 | 55.6 | 0 | 10 | |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 15 | 35–28 | 55.6 | 0 | 10 | |
| Stax | 6 | 11–14 | 44.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ponza | 5 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | |||||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Astral Slide | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 11–6 | 64.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aristocrats | 5 | 11–6 | 64.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Ninjas | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 24 | 36–48 | 42.9 | 0 | 8 | |
| Blink | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Angels | 4 | 7–11 | 38.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Angels | 4 | 7–11 | 38.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mutate | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Ordealbreak | 4 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 4 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Fires of Invention | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Engineers | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Game Objects | 4 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 0 | 2 |