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 12 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 297 | 486–462–1 | 51.3 | 9 | 63 | 5 | 1666 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 126 | 207–189 | 52.3 | 6 | 28 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 19 | 30–24 | 55.6 | 1 | 4 | |
| Heroic | 9 | 14–13 | 51.9 | 1 | 4 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 5 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Boros Heroic | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 17 | 24–26 | 48.0 | 2 | 6 | |
| Tokens | 5 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
| Orzhov Tokens | 5 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 4 | 16–5 | 76.2 | 1 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 10 | 22–15 | 59.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| Soldiers | 8 | 14–10 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Humans | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Elves | 22 | 39–35 | 52.7 | 0 | 4 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 20 | 29–33 | 46.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Affinity | 4 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 16 | 27–29 | 48.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| AggroSlide | 7 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Cats | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Cats | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Humans | 6 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Humans | 6 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Legends Aggro | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Bard Class | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo | 46 | 70–81 | 46.4 | 2 | 14 | |
| Reanimator | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 4 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 7 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dredge | 2 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Insidious Roots Dredge | 2 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Polymorph | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Restore Balance | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gyruda | 5 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Phoenix Altar | 2 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Actual Twin | 5 | 14–8 | 63.6 | 2 | 4 | |
| Izzet Twin | 4 | 9–7 | 56.3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Boros Twin | 1 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Nadu Combo | 6 | 9–10 | 47.4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Amalia Combo | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Control | 6 | 3–8–1 | 27.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Izzet Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mill | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 3 | 1–4–1 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 16 | 28–23 | 54.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Infect | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Golgari Infect | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 6 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Hushnought | 8 | 18–14 | 56.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 15 | 13–23 | 36.1 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Blue Madness | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Simic Madness | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 7 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |||
| Dimir Faeries | 7 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 20 | 40–33 | 54.8 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Battle of Wits | 4 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 15 | 30–25 | 54.5 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Wildfire | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 14 | 29–22 | 56.9 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Greasefang | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 44 | 75–62 | 54.7 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| Abzan Midrange | 2 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Blink | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Big Red | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 11 | 22–15 | 59.5 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Devotion | 11 | 22–15 | 59.5 | 1 | ||
| Angels | 5 | 11–6 | 64.7 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Mono White Angels | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mutate | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hero of Precinct One | 11 | 17–15 | 53.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mardu Hero | 5 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Five Color Hero | 6 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Ramp | 24 | 25–43 | 36.8 | 0 | 3 | |
| Rofellos Ramp | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 14 | 21–24 | 46.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Greenpost | 14 | 21–24 | 46.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Field Ramp | 8 | 2–16 | 11.1 | 0 | 1 |