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, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 193 | 365–287 | 56.0 | 15 | 1772 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 52 | 103–70 | 59.5 | 4 | ||
| Heroic | 4 | 9–3 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 4 | 9–3 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Tokens | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 15 | 35–19 | 64.8 | 2 | ||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 13 | 34–17 | 66.7 | 2 | ||
| Elves | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 3 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Zombies | 6 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 4 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 1 | ||
| 8 Whack | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 8 | 13–11 | 54.2 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Salvage Titan | 7 | 13–10 | 56.5 | |||
| Madness | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Golgari Madness | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Shamans | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 52 | 106–72 | 59.6 | 6 | ||
| Storm | 11 | 13–18 | 41.9 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Simic Storm | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| High Tide | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 8 | 26–9 | 74.3 | 3 | ||
| Recurring Nightmare | 5 | 18–5 | 78.3 | 2 | ||
| Starlit Graves | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 3 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 1 | ||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dredge | 4 | 10–4 | 71.4 | |||
| Polymorph | 10 | 16–13 | 55.2 | 1 | ||
| Dice Factory | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 1 | ||
| Storm Herald | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| GreenTwin | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Control | 14 | 23–27 | 46.0 | |||
| Mono Black Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mill | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Runeflare | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Ponza | 7 | 10–11 | 47.6 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 20 | 37–37 | 50.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 5 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 2 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Chancellor of the Forge Combo | 10 | 22–20 | 52.4 | |||
| Hushnought | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Thopter-Sword | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 46 | 90–69 | 56.6 | 5 | ||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 6 | 14–5 | 73.7 | 1 | ||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Allies | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mardu Allies | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 7 | 11–12 | 47.8 | |||
| Big Red | 6 | 11–13 | 45.8 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Martyr's Grace | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Neoform | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Sultai Neoform | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Party | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 5 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Boros Hero | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Clerics | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Midrange | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Game Objects | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 6 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 5 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Greenpost | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Simic Post | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 |