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 9 weeks, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 238 | 275–458 | 37.5 | 1 | 25 | 1117 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 78 | 106–139 | 43.3 | 1 | 9 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Heroic | 7 | 9–16 | 36.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 4 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Azorius Heroic | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 18 | 47–31 | 60.3 | 1 | 5 | |
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Goblins | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Tokens | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 8 | 8–17 | 32.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Odric Keywords | 6 | 6–13 | 31.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Soldiers | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Elves | 3 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Zombies | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Merfolk | 4 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 10 | 11–20 | 35.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Affinity | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 5 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Devoid Aggro | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Equipment Aggro | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Naya Zoo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Humans | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Jeskai Humans | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Shamans | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 25 | 32–50 | 39.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Storm | 7 | 7–20 | 25.9 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 6 | 7–17 | 29.2 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 7 | 6–10 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| 8 Goyf | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | |||||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | |||||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Actual Twin | 5 | 10–12 | 45.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Izzet Twin | 5 | 10–12 | 45.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Control | 45 | 44–90 | 32.8 | 0 | 6 | |
| Mono Black Control | 6 | 10–9 | 52.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Esper Control | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Demonic Rising | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Dimir Control | 8 | 7–17 | 29.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Azorius Control | 7 | 6–11 | 35.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mardu Control | 1 | |||||
| Mill | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 10 | 13–25 | 34.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Blackpost | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 6 | 10–19 | 34.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Approach | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Dragon Control | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Esper Dragons | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 8 | 5–15 | 25.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Infect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Pummeler | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Wizards | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 20 | 18–49 | 26.9 | 0 | 4 | |
| Curses | 4 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Cruel Combo-Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mindcrank | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Curious Niv-Mizzet | 6 | 5–12 | 29.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 6 | 7–18 | 28.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 5 | 5–15 | 25.0 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 32 | 23–55 | 29.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Temur Ascendancy | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Jund | 4 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Blink | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Acid Trip | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Allies | 6 | 5–13 | 27.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Allies | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mardu Allies | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Boros Allies | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Allies | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 2 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| White Jund | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Elementals | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | |||||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Angels | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Orzhov Angels | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 26 | 21–52 | 28.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rofellos Ramp | 7 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 15 | 14–29 | 32.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Eldrazipost | 7 | 4–15 | 21.1 | |||
| Greenpost | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Gruul Post | 6 | 8–11 | 42.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Devoid Cruelty | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Jund Carth | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 |