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 2 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 226 | 329–341 | 49.1 | 3 | 38 | 2 | 1718 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 77 | 139–120 | 53.7 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Heroic | 6 | 16–10 | 61.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 4 | 13–7 | 65.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 7 | 23–10 | 69.7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 12 | 28–19 | 59.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Soldiers | 2 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Humans | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Selesnya Counters | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 8 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Affinity | 7 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Aggro | 4 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hateful Auras | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Knights | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Humans | 10 | 11–14 | 44.0 | |||
| Jeskai Humans | 5 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |||
| Boros Humans | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Humans | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Shamans | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Legends Aggro | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Bard Class | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Pirates | 11 | 23–14 | 62.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Combo | 22 | 26–38 | 40.6 | 0 | 4 | |
| Reanimator | 5 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Living Death | 5 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Excruciator Combo | 5 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Warp World | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Glimpse | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 6 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Reanim8 Rack | 6 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Restore Balance | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Nadu Combo | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Control | 19 | 20–33 | 37.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Esper Control | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Control | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cawblade | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Ponza | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Pox | 7 | 4–15 | 21.1 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 15 | 29–23 | 55.8 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Aristocrats | 3 | 10–4 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 3 | 10–4 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 11 | 18–18 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 11 | 18–18 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Combo Goblins | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 29 | 32–35 | 47.8 | 1 | 5 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 7 | 12–12 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Ninjas | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 10 | 10–9 | 52.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 6 | 9–7 | 56.3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Dimir Tempo | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 8 | 11–9 | 55.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Archfiend Alteration | 4 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Midrange | 47 | 51–73 | 41.1 | 1 | 8 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jund | 5 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Blink | 5 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Orzhov Blink | 5 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 4 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Angels | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Angels | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 12 | 26–20 | 56.5 | 1 | 5 | |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 4 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Naya Hero | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Hero | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Wight Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Jund Wight | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 9 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Carth Superfriends | 1 | |||||
| Field Ramp | 7 | 12–8 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |