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, 1 day.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 494 | 1115–901 | 55.3 | 7 | 34 | 25 | 1757 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 23 | 44–40 | 52.4 | 2 | ||
| Heroic | 7 | 17–13 | 56.7 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 4 | 11–7 | 61.1 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Zombies | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 8 | 20–9 | 69.0 | 2 | ||
| Combo | 204 | 499–364 | 57.8 | 5 | 20 | 12 |
| Storm | 129 | 353–205 | 63.3 | 4 | 14 | 9 |
| Dimir Tendrils | 24 | 70–36 | 66.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Hazoret Storm | 5 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Simic Storm | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| High Tide | 81 | 248–117 | 67.9 | 4 | 13 | 6 |
| Stormpost | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Post Desire | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 9 | 21–21 | 50.0 | |||
| Swath Storm | 3 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |||
| Channel Storm | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 14 | 25–28 | 47.2 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Double Dragon | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Dimir Cycling Reanimator | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 8 | 12–15 | 44.4 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 6 | 12–11 | 52.2 | |||
| Warp World | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Eggs | 10 | 31–16 | 66.0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Taking Turns | 26 | 49–54 | 47.6 | 2 | ||
| Izzet Ascension | 5 | 9–13 | 40.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Soulflayer | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 5 | 10–11 | 47.6 | |||
| Hermit Dredge | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dice Factory | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Possibility Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 119 | 231–219 | 51.3 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Esper Control | 31 | 67–57 | 54.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Dimir Control | 18 | 39–37 | 51.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Azorius Control | 23 | 48–30 | 61.5 | 2 | ||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mardu Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mill | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 3 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 22 | 44–40 | 52.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Stax | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 5 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |||
| Astral Slide | 5 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |||
| Sultai Control | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Sultai Ultimatum | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Pox | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 10 | 15–21 | 41.7 | |||
| Aristocrats | 6 | 11–10 | 52.4 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | |||
| Abzan Aristocrats | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 3 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 15 | 28–30 | 48.3 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 3 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |||
| Blue Madness | 6 | 11–16 | 40.7 | |||
| Simic Madness | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Grixis Madness | 4 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Combo-Control | 93 | 245–161 | 60.3 | 2 | 9 | 8 |
| Burning Vengeance | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mindcrank | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Dragoncrank | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Zur's Weirding | 3 | 9–4 | 69.2 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 87 | 231–154 | 60.0 | 2 | 9 | 8 |
| Jokulhaups Control | 87 | 231–154 | 60.0 | 2 | 9 | 8 |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 5 | 13–8 | 61.9 | 1 | ||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 5 | 16–8 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 73 | 192–128 | 60.0 | 2 | 8 | 7 |
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 25 | 41–57 | 41.8 | |||
| Jund | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Blink | 4 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
| Wave Blink | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Abzan Wave | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 7 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |||
| Séance | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 4 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Simic Snow | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Game Objects | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 5 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |