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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 142 | 362–208 | 63.5 | 8 | 34 | 9 | 1956 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 13 | 25–22 | 53.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 1 | ||
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Slivers | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Red Eldrazi | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Permanent Vacation | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 13 | 19–17 | 52.8 | 0 | 3 | |
| Storm | 5 | 11–8 | 57.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hazoret Storm | 3 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Warp World | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Glimpse | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Unctus | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Polymorph | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Gyruda | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Control | 15 | 28–25 | 52.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 8 | 20–11 | 64.5 | |||
| Blackpost | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Izzet Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 5 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Cruel Control | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Prison | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 21 | 55–31 | 64.0 | 5 | 11 | |
| Aristocrats | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 18 | 53–24 | 68.8 | 5 | 10 | |
| Izzet Dreadnought | 17 | 49–22 | 69.0 | 4 | 9 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Dwarf Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 8 | 28–13 | 68.3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Ninjas | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Dimir Faeries | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 4 | 13–8 | 61.9 | 1 | 3 | |
| Combo-Control | 10 | 21–17 | 55.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Curses | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Yosei Vat | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Solar Flare | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Midrange | 56 | 163–72 | 69.4 | 2 | 13 | 8 |
| The Rock | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Blink | 7 | 17–9 | 65.4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Wave Blink | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Cloudpost Wave Blink | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 5 | 13–7 | 65.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Rakdos Midrange | 4 | 11–5 | 68.8 | 1 | 2 | |
| Big Red | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Angels | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Angels | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 35 | 115–42 | 73.2 | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mardu Hero | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Death Cloud | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Laelia Cascade | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 6 | 15–11 | 57.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 6 | 15–11 | 57.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Greenpost | 5 | 15–9 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 |