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 6 days, 22 hours.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 291 | 501–558 | 47.3 | 3 | 50 | 9 | 1504 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 45 | 98–87 | 53.0 | 3 | 10 | 3 |
| Red Deck Wins | 7 | 18–11 | 62.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Goblins | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 13 | 28–26 | 51.9 | 1 | 4 | |
| Soldiers | 9 | 24–15 | 61.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| Chroma White | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Elves | 10 | 26–16 | 61.9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 5 | 5–14 | 26.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 7 | 15–13 | 53.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tempered Steel | 7 | 15–13 | 53.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Humans | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 1 | ||
| Gruul Humans | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 1 | ||
| Combo | 58 | 106–116 | 47.7 | 0 | 12 | 3 |
| Storm | 15 | 23–33 | 41.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hazoret Storm | 4 | 8–9 | 47.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simic Storm | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| High Tide | 5 | 13–9 | 59.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Reanimator | 3 | 2–10 | 16.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 3 | 2–10 | 16.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Maniac Combo | 6 | 11–8 | 57.9 | 1 | ||
| New Perspectives | 17 | 35–35 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Seismic Swans | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 5 | 11–8 | 57.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Breakfast | 6 | 15–9 | 62.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Cephalid Breakfast | 6 | 15–9 | 62.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 6 | 15–9 | 62.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Control | 121 | 183–236 | 43.7 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| Esper Control | 26 | 58–51 | 53.2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Control | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 14 | 21–24 | 46.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Mill | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Cruel Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Stagnant Control | 5 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 10 | 20–18 | 52.6 | 0 | 4 | |
| Galleon Control | 12 | 14–21 | 40.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Runeflare | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Ponza | 3 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Dynavolt Tower | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Sultai Control | 6 | 7–16 | 30.4 | |||
| Pox | 10 | 20–20 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Seasons Past Control | 16 | 19–35 | 35.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo-Control | 11 | 15–20 | 42.9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Pickles | 5 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 6 | 9–12 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 5 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 38 | 56–73 | 43.4 | 0 | 6 | |
| The Rock | 5 | 10–14 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Value Town | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 8 | 17–13 | 56.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 8 | 17–13 | 56.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Hellion Whip | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Angels | 4 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Angels | 2 | 7–1 | 87.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Angels | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 9 | 11–15 | 42.3 | |||
| Ramp | 18 | 32–26 | 55.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rofellos Ramp | 5 | 15–5 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Channel-Rofellos | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 6 | 12–11 | 52.2 | |||
| Locus Awakening | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 4 | 12–8 | 60.0 |