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, 1 day.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 165 | 332–281 | 54.2 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 1661 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 29 | 71–45 | 61.2 | 2 | ||
| Heroic | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Goblins | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Werewolves | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 3 | 9–2 | 81.8 | 1 | ||
| Selesnya Counters | 3 | 9–2 | 81.8 | 1 | ||
| Zombies | 6 | 17–9 | 65.4 | |||
| Voltron | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Knights | 5 | 18–7 | 72.0 | |||
| Humans | 5 | 15–9 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Selesnya Humans | 5 | 15–9 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Combo | 49 | 109–82 | 57.1 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
| Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| High Tide | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 6 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 5 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 3 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Umbral Mantle | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Fake-Twin | 4 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Naya Fake-Twin | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Retraction Helix Combo | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ominous Good | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Breakfast | 23 | 72–30 | 70.6 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| Hermit Gond | 18 | 60–24 | 71.4 | 3 | 8 | 2 |
| Neoform Hermit | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Control | 33 | 59–52 | 53.2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Esper Control | 4 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 7 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mill | 8 | 14–11 | 56.0 | |||
| Stagnant Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 7 | 20–6 | 76.9 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Astral Slide | 7 | 20–6 | 76.9 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sultai Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 8 | 17–13 | 56.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Aristocrats | 7 | 17–11 | 60.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Food | 6 | 15–8 | 65.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Burn | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Lich Aggro-Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Mindcrank | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Solar Flare | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 22 | 37–46 | 44.6 | |||
| Temur Ascendancy | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Prophet Ascendancy | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Value Town | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Wave Blink | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 7 | 14–15 | 48.3 | |||
| Séance | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 7 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Coinflips | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ramp | 20 | 34–35 | 49.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 18 | 30–32 | 48.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Eldrazipost | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Golgari Post | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 13 | 22–22 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simic Post | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 |