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, 1 day.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 147 | 389–205 | 65.5 | 26 | 2045 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 28 | 70–45 | 60.9 | 3 | ||
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 3 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 2 | ||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Elves | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Selesnya Counters | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 6 | 18–9 | 66.7 | |||
| Affinity | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 4 | 12–5 | 70.6 | |||
| Voltron | 6 | 18–12 | 60.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Equipment Aggro | 4 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
| Humans | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Humans | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Boros Humans | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 31 | 65–53 | 55.1 | 4 | ||
| Storm | 5 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| Sultai Tendrils | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Reanimator | 7 | 14–9 | 60.9 | 1 | ||
| Traditional Reanimator | 7 | 14–9 | 60.9 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 4 | 10–4 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Zubera Tribal | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 5 | 16–5 | 76.2 | 2 | ||
| Upheaval Colossus | 5 | 16–5 | 76.2 | 2 | ||
| Eggs | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 4 | 10–7 | 58.8 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Polymorph | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Actual Twin | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Twin | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Control | 8 | 15–9 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Esper Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 6–1 | 85.7 | 1 | ||
| Ponza | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 19 | 64–21 | 75.3 | 5 | ||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Infect | 6 | 19–8 | 70.4 | 1 | ||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 6 | 19–8 | 70.4 | 1 | ||
| Hushnought | 6 | 26–4 | 86.7 | 4 | ||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 4 | 11–5 | 68.8 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 4 | 11–5 | 68.8 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Ninjas | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Combo-Control | 5 | 12–11 | 52.2 | |||
| Curses | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 42 | 133–46 | 74.3 | 10 | ||
| Jund | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Blink | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 16 | 57–15 | 79.2 | 4 | ||
| Séance | 13 | 47–10 | 82.5 | 3 | ||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Enchantments Matter | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Allies | 3 | 12–3 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Boros Allies | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 6 | 22–8 | 73.3 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 8–1 | 88.9 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 8–1 | 88.9 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Zur the Enchanter | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Ramp | 12 | 24–18 | 57.1 | 2 | ||
| Rofellos Ramp | 6 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Wild Pair | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 5 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 1 | ||
| Greenpost | 4 | 15–5 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Simic Post | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Field Ramp | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |