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 9 weeks, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 217 | 448–337 | 57.1 | 20 | 1830 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 21 | 53–32 | 62.4 | 3 | ||
| Heroic | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Goblins | 4 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Zombies | 5 | 18–5 | 78.3 | 2 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Slivers | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Knights | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Cats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono White Cats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Shamans | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 151 | 292–233 | 55.6 | 13 | ||
| Storm | 44 | 71–71 | 50.0 | 3 | ||
| Dimir Tendrils | 5 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 1 | ||
| Dragonstorm | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Simic Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| High Tide | 4 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |||
| Grixis Tendrils | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Stormpost | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 5 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 1 | ||
| Song Storm | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Channel Storm | 10 | 25–15 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Reanimator | 21 | 54–30 | 64.3 | 3 | ||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 15 | 45–22 | 67.2 | 3 | ||
| Double Dragon | 12 | 33–19 | 63.5 | 2 | ||
| Traditional Reanimator | 5 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Warp World | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 3 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 8 | 24–10 | 70.6 | 1 | ||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 6 | 20–7 | 74.1 | 1 | ||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Eggs | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 13 | 29–24 | 54.7 | |||
| Hermit Gond | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Hermit Dredge | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 7 | 17–12 | 58.6 | |||
| Neoform Hermit | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Dredge | 7 | 21–7 | 75.0 | 3 | ||
| Protean Hulk Combo | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Enduring Ideal | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 3 | 9–4 | 69.2 | |||
| Ad Swanseam | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Gyruda | 3 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 1 | ||
| Stuffy Doll | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Belcher | 3 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 1 | ||
| Possibility Storm | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 11 | 20–18 | 52.6 | 1 | ||
| Mill | 4 | 12–5 | 70.6 | 1 | ||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Blackpost | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Life is Ez | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Shrines | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 12 | 31–18 | 63.3 | 1 | ||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Infect | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Hermit Humans | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Chancellor of the Forge Combo | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 4 | 13–4 | 76.5 | 1 | ||
| Dirty Kitty | 4 | 13–4 | 76.5 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 5 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Curses | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Hive Mind | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 4 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
| The Rock | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Golgari Citadel | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Anti-Persecution | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ramp | 12 | 30–16 | 65.2 | 2 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 9 | 24–11 | 68.6 | 1 | ||
| Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 5 | 16–5 | 76.2 | 1 | ||
| Defenders | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 1 |