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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 259 | 565–291 | 66.0 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 2175 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 22 | 40–20 | 66.7 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 3 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 1 | 1 | |
| Elves | 3 | 12–2 | 85.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 10 | 15–11 | 57.7 | 1 | ||
| Affinity | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 9 | 15–9 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Combo | 51 | 112–55 | 67.1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Storm | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Reanimator | 7 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 6 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 11 | 32–8 | 80.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dredge | 5 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Polymorph | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Protean Hulk Combo | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Restore Balance | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Belcher | 6 | 16–9 | 64.0 | |||
| Actual Twin | 8 | 24–6 | 80.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Izzet Twin | 8 | 24–6 | 80.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Control | 51 | 93–56 | 62.4 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| Dimir Control | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Azorius Control | 11 | 16–14 | 53.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Cawblade | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Stax | 9 | 22–12 | 64.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ponza | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 5 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cycling Control | 9 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Astral Slide | 9 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Five Color Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Last Stand Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Pox | 2 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Prison | 6 | 19–6 | 76.0 | 1 | ||
| Enchantress | 6 | 19–6 | 76.0 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 15 | 22–22 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aristocrats | 7 | 6–10 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Boros Bombardment | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Infect | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Simic Infect | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Dirty Kitty | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 22 | 52–30 | 63.4 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Simic Flash | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wizards | 6 | 13–9 | 59.1 | 1 | ||
| Ninjas | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 7 | 17–8 | 68.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo-Control | 15 | 29–14 | 67.4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Mindcrank | 2 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Hive Mind | 2 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 1 | ||
| Mass Land Destruction | 4 | 11–6 | 64.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 11–6 | 64.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 10–4 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Thopter-Sword | 3 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Thopter-Sword | 3 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Resurgent Belief | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Greasefang | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Greasefang | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 76 | 198–85 | 70.0 | 2 | 7 | 8 |
| The Rock | 9 | 23–9 | 71.9 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 8 | 16–7 | 69.6 | |||
| Selesnya Value Town | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Blink | 5 | 9–7 | 56.3 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 6 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 9 | 28–11 | 71.8 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Martyr's Grace | 9 | 28–11 | 71.8 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Orzhov Midrange | 34 | 106–36 | 74.6 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Orzhov Hero | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Boros Hero | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Ramp | 7 | 16–9 | 64.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 5 | 14–7 | 66.7 | |||
| Greenpost | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Simic Post | 3 | 9–4 | 69.2 | |||
| Selvala Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Applejacks | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 |