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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 176 | 206–388 | 34.7 | 3 | 1289 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 57 | 78–101 | 43.6 | 3 | ||
| Heroic | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Heroic | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Goblins | 7 | 3–14 | 17.6 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| White Weenie | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Soldiers | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Elves | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Werewolves | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Counters | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Rogues | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 14 | 26–22 | 54.2 | 1 | ||
| Affinity | 4 | 0–10 | 0.0 | |||
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 9 | 26–10 | 72.2 | 1 | ||
| Voltron | 3 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |||
| Equipment Aggro | 3 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |||
| Knights | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Cats | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Selesnya Cats | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Humans | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Humans | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Legends Aggro | 6 | 16–7 | 69.6 | 1 | ||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Bard Class | 5 | 16–5 | 76.2 | 1 | ||
| Combo | 26 | 27–61 | 30.7 | |||
| Storm | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| High Tide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 8 | 10–24 | 29.4 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 8 | 10–24 | 29.4 | |||
| Rakdos Reanimator | 3 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
| Dimir Reanimator | 4 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
| Orzhov Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Necro Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Warp World | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| New Perspectives | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Insidious Roots Dredge | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Polymorph | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Gyruda | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Midnight Mass | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 21 | 16–50 | 24.2 | |||
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 2 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Runeflare | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Last Stand Control | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Sultai Control | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 3 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Prison | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 6 | 8–14 | 36.4 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Burn | 3 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Necro Burn | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Infect | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Infect | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Golgari Infect | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 6–15 | 28.6 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 4 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Faeries | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Solar Flare | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 47 | 53–115 | 31.5 | |||
| Temur Ascendancy | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| The Rock | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Jund | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Anti-Persecution | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Vampires | 4 | 11–8 | 57.9 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 4 | 11–8 | 57.9 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 2 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 2 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Elementals | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Angels | 7 | 11–17 | 39.3 | |||
| Mono White Angels | 7 | 11–17 | 39.3 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 3 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 5 | 7–16 | 30.4 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 2 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |||
| Clerics | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 12 | 17–29 | 37.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 4 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
| Greenpost | 4 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 4 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
| Applejacks | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Field Ramp | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Superfriends | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |