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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2487 | 4716–3699 | 56.0 | 182 | 2045 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 23 | 38–36 | 51.4 | 2 | ||
| White Weenie | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Elves | 2 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 1 | ||
| Merfolk | 7 | 14–11 | 56.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 10 | 11–14 | 44.0 | 1 | ||
| Affinity | 10 | 11–14 | 44.0 | 1 | ||
| Combo | 666 | 1135–1077 | 51.3 | 38 | ||
| Storm | 392 | 686–648 | 51.4 | 27 | ||
| Hazoret Storm | 16 | 23–23 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Simic Storm | 86 | 165–123 | 57.3 | 6 | ||
| Citadel Storm | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| High Tide | 83 | 229–102 | 69.2 | 16 | ||
| Grixis Tendrils | 8 | 11–11 | 50.0 | |||
| Stormpost | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Mono Blue Post Desire | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 74 | 56–162 | 25.7 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 62 | 131–90 | 59.3 | 3 | ||
| Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 22 | 34–37 | 47.9 | |||
| Warp World | 32 | 54–46 | 54.0 | 2 | ||
| Four Color Glimpse | 22 | 47–28 | 62.7 | 2 | ||
| New Perspectives | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo Post | 19 | 32–30 | 51.6 | 1 | ||
| Metalwork Colossus | 69 | 123–105 | 53.9 | 3 | ||
| Upheaval Colossus | 69 | 123–105 | 53.9 | 3 | ||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Taking Turns | 91 | 126–140 | 47.4 | 3 | ||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 5 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Breakfast | 7 | 23–10 | 69.7 | 2 | ||
| Cephalid Breakfast | 7 | 23–10 | 69.7 | 2 | ||
| Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 7 | 23–10 | 69.7 | 2 | ||
| Ad Nauseam | 8 | 5–13 | 27.8 | |||
| Chain of Acid | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Intruder Alarm | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 681 | 1231–1030 | 54.4 | 41 | ||
| Mono Black Control | 15 | 28–30 | 48.3 | |||
| Esper Control | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Dimir Control | 16 | 21–28 | 42.9 | |||
| Azorius Control | 342 | 660–470 | 58.4 | 29 | ||
| Cawblade | 14 | 30–18 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 37 | 104–55 | 65.4 | 3 | ||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 17 | 44–30 | 59.5 | |||
| Cloudy With Sunny Spells | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Selesnya Cloudpost Control | 16 | 51–17 | 75.0 | 3 | ||
| Grixis Control | 27 | 38–38 | 50.0 | |||
| Cruel Control | 26 | 38–37 | 50.7 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 11 | 14–14 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Galleon Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 8 | 21–8 | 72.4 | 1 | ||
| Five Color Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 54 | 100–88 | 53.2 | 4 | ||
| Guildgate Control | 72 | 100–135 | 42.6 | 1 | ||
| Bant Control | 15 | 21–24 | 46.7 | |||
| Seasons Past Control | 55 | 90–98 | 47.9 | 2 | ||
| Orzhov Control | 9 | 13–9 | 59.1 | |||
| Prison | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 45 | 82–60 | 57.7 | 2 | ||
| Aristocrats | 45 | 82–60 | 57.7 | 2 | ||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 29 | 61–34 | 64.2 | 2 | ||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 9 | 11–15 | 42.3 | |||
| Abzan Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 53 | 97–69 | 58.4 | 4 | ||
| Simic Flash | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Simic Vat | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Blue Madness | 5 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Simic Madness | 5 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Wizards | 13 | 22–19 | 53.7 | 1 | ||
| Ninjas | 9 | 28–11 | 71.8 | 2 | ||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 11 | 20–15 | 57.1 | |||
| Mono Blue Faeries | 5 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 11 | 14–12 | 53.8 | 1 | ||
| Combo-Control | 98 | 137–152 | 47.4 | 3 | ||
| Curses | 16 | 15–24 | 38.5 | |||
| Cruel Combo-Control | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 22 | 28–40 | 41.2 | 1 | ||
| Shared Fate | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Pickles | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Displace Loop | 10 | 9–14 | 39.1 | |||
| Peregrine Drake | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Familiars | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Lich's Mastery | 12 | 20–19 | 51.3 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 29 | 49–40 | 55.1 | 2 | ||
| Wildfire | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 28 | 48–37 | 56.5 | 2 | ||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 10 | 11–11 | 50.0 | |||
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 14 | 29–19 | 60.4 | 2 | ||
| Midrange | 586 | 1267–829 | 60.4 | 62 | ||
| The Rock | 12 | 14–25 | 35.9 | |||
| Golgari Citadel | 11 | 14–22 | 38.9 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 39 | 76–63 | 54.7 | 2 | ||
| Jund | 23 | 47–35 | 57.3 | |||
| Blink | 347 | 812–446 | 64.5 | 46 | ||
| Wave Blink | 149 | 360–193 | 65.1 | 21 | ||
| Cloudpost Wave Blink | 8 | 25–6 | 80.6 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Wave | 75 | 177–82 | 68.3 | 11 | ||
| Orzhov Wave | 6 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 1 | ||
| Bant Wave | 55 | 136–83 | 62.1 | 8 | ||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Allies | 2 | 7–1 | 87.5 | 1 | ||
| Mono White Allies | 2 | 7–1 | 87.5 | 1 | ||
| Card Advantage White | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 7 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 18 | 41–26 | 61.2 | 2 | ||
| Martyr's Grace | 18 | 41–26 | 61.2 | 2 | ||
| Orzhov Midrange | 37 | 85–55 | 60.7 | 4 | ||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Neoform | 14 | 23–27 | 46.0 | |||
| Sultai Neoform | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Simic Neoform | 11 | 17–20 | 45.9 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 72 | 143–115 | 55.4 | 6 | ||
| Hero of Precinct One | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Hero | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 335 | 728–446 | 62.0 | 30 | ||
| Rofellos Ramp | 194 | 481–235 | 67.2 | 24 | ||
| Wild Pair | 16 | 22–18 | 55.0 | 1 | ||
| Channel-Rofellos | 89 | 273–78 | 77.8 | 19 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 66 | 97–101 | 49.0 | 2 | ||
| Golgari Post | 13 | 15–19 | 44.1 | |||
| Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Greenpost | 30 | 43–51 | 45.7 | 1 | ||
| Simic Post | 7 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Domain | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Reclamation at Wake | 30 | 58–41 | 58.6 | 1 | ||
| Applejacks | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 |