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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 149 | 252–255 | 49.7 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 1682 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 43 | 75–74 | 50.3 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 13 | 31–22 | 58.5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Goblins | 5 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 2 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Soldiers | 2 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Elves | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Werewolves | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 9 | 16–16 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo | 66 | 108–114 | 48.6 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
| Storm | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 28 | 46–55 | 45.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Recurring Nightmare | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dragon Nightmare | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 4 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Double Dragon | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 20 | 37–38 | 49.3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Rakdos Reanimator | 13 | 31–26 | 54.4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Warp World | 4 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Boros Glimpse | 4 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ominous Good | 4 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 6 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |||
| Soulflayer | 6 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Reanim8 Rack | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Breakfast | 7 | 18–10 | 64.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Oops All Spells | 6 | 17–8 | 68.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Neoform Hermit | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 5 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mill | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 19 | 36–36 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Aristocrats | 9 | 16–19 | 45.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 5 | 10–12 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Infect | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Simic Infect | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 5 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 5 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hushnought | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 4 | 13–3 | 81.3 | 1 | ||
| Mass Land Destruction | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Greasefang | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Orzhov Greasefang | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Midrange | 9 | 6–18 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jund | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Blink | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Defenders | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 |