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, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 460 | 1361–848 | 61.6 | 1 | 5 | 49 | 1877 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 57 | 163–107 | 60.4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Heroic | 5 | 14–11 | 56.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 5 | 14–11 | 56.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Goblins | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | |||
| Soldiers | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Elves | 12 | 30–27 | 52.6 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 4 | 14–6 | 70.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 25 | 74–42 | 63.8 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Affinity | 5 | 13–10 | 56.5 | 1 | ||
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 17 | 55–26 | 67.9 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Mono Blue Architect | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Cats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Selesnya Cats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Humans | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Boros Humans | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Bard Class | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 62 | 160–129 | 55.4 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Storm | 24 | 60–58 | 50.8 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| High Tide | 13 | 31–32 | 49.2 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 6 | 19–11 | 63.3 | |||
| Reanimator | 10 | 23–18 | 56.1 | 1 | ||
| Recurring Nightmare | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Living Death | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Excruciator Combo | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 1 | ||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Warp World | 12 | 40–20 | 66.7 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Boros Glimpse | 11 | 39–16 | 70.9 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Four Color Glimpse | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Eggs | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Dredge | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Insidious Roots Dredge | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Dice Factory | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Restore Balance | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Control | 56 | 148–119 | 55.4 | 2 | ||
| Mono Black Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Esper Control | 4 | 11–9 | 55.0 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Control | 30 | 92–58 | 61.3 | 1 | ||
| Cawblade | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 11 | 29–24 | 54.7 | |||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 3 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Selesnya Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Stax | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 43 | 144–66 | 68.6 | 10 | ||
| Aristocrats | 10 | 26–20 | 56.5 | 1 | ||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Boros Bombardment | 9 | 24–17 | 58.5 | 1 | ||
| Burn | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Infect | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Simic Infect | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 6 | 26–4 | 86.7 | 4 | ||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 6 | 26–4 | 86.7 | 4 | ||
| Hushnought | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 22 | 79–30 | 72.5 | 5 | ||
| Goblin Persist | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Dirty Kitty | 21 | 77–27 | 74.0 | 5 | ||
| Combo-Control | 49 | 140–102 | 57.9 | 4 | ||
| Battle of Wits | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Hive Mind | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Solar Flare | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 45 | 135–90 | 60.0 | 4 | ||
| Wildfire | 19 | 59–36 | 62.1 | 3 | ||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 18 | 57–33 | 63.3 | 3 | ||
| Jokulhaups Control | 26 | 76–54 | 58.5 | 1 | ||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 21 | 61–44 | 58.1 | 1 | ||
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Midrange | 52 | 168–73 | 69.7 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| The Rock | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Grenzo | 7 | 16–10 | 61.5 | |||
| Blink | 27 | 94–35 | 72.9 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Wave Blink | 5 | 17–8 | 68.0 | 2 | ||
| Azorius Wave | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Abzan Wave | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Blink | 21 | 73–26 | 73.7 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Vampires | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 11 | 39–16 | 70.9 | 2 | ||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Capenna | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Clerics | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Ramp | 141 | 438–252 | 63.5 | 0 | 1 | 16 |
| Rofellos Ramp | 22 | 83–27 | 75.5 | 4 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 115 | 346–214 | 61.8 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| Greenpost | 99 | 293–190 | 60.7 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Gruul Post | 13 | 43–19 | 69.4 | 2 | ||
| Simic Post | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Applejacks | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Field Ramp | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 |