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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 188 | 236–412 | 36.4 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1228 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 72 | 95–152 | 38.5 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Heroic | 23 | 28–43 | 39.4 | 1 | ||
| Mono White Heroic | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 21 | 26–39 | 40.0 | 1 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 21 | 41–42 | 49.4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Elves | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Warriors | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Rogues | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Affinity | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Slivers | 17 | 16–42 | 27.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Naya Zoo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Knights | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| AggroSlide | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Combo | 27 | 25–68 | 26.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Storm | 4 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 10 | 16–26 | 38.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 8 | 15–19 | 44.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Reanimator | 6 | 12–13 | 48.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dice Factory | 5 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
| GreenTwin | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Control | 6 | 3–18 | 14.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 54 | 80–109 | 42.3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Aristocrats | 36 | 55–74 | 42.6 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 31 | 50–64 | 43.9 | 1 | 2 | |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Burn | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Infect | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Simic Infect | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 5 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 5 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Wizards | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 6 | 5–18 | 21.7 | |||
| Curses | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Hedron Alignment | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Midrange | 19 | 18–38 | 32.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blink | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Wave Blink | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Wave | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Allies | 6 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |||
| Boros Allies | 4 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Vampires | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Legends | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 6 | 9–14 | 39.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mardu Hero | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Hero | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Naya Hero | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Coinflips | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Golgari Post | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 |