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, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 194 | 316–242 | 56.6 | 26 | 10 | 1791 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 26 | 23–29 | 44.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Storm | 4 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 3 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dark Tide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| High Tide | 1 | 3–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 5 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Fake-Twin | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Infinite Infinite Combos | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Taking Turns | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Belcher | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 77 | 128–102 | 55.7 | 0 | 15 | 3 |
| Mono Black Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Esper Control | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Control | 9 | 26–14 | 65.0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Azorius Control | 11 | 21–13 | 61.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Turbo Fog | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 12 | 24–20 | 54.5 | 0 | 5 | |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 11 | 21–18 | 53.8 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Stax | 10 | 17–11 | 60.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Pollute the Planet | 2 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Birthday Stax | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 7 | 12–9 | 57.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Cycling Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Pox | 8 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Seasons Past Control | 5 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 14 | 15–15 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Aristocrats | 4 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Boros Bombardment | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 6 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 1 | ||
| Dirty Kitty | 6 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Blue Librarians | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo-Control | 12 | 19–23 | 45.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Shared Fate | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mindcrank | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Displace Loop | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Peregrine Drake | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Zur's Weirding | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 6 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 5 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 33 | 67–39 | 63.2 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Blink | 17 | 31–18 | 63.3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Wave Blink | 16 | 28–16 | 63.6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Azorius Wave | 7 | 13–6 | 68.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Orzhov Wave | 9 | 15–10 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 7 | 19–6 | 76.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Martyr's Grace | 7 | 19–6 | 76.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Ramp | 24 | 47–24 | 66.2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Rofellos Ramp | 4 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 17 | 34–16 | 68.0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Greenpost | 17 | 34–16 | 68.0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |