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 11 weeks, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 171 | 297–326 | 47.7 | 7 | 72 | 1 | 1546 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 14 | 23–25 | 47.9 | 0 | 7 | |
| Heroic | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tokens | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Tokens | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Affinity | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Madness | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Legends Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo | 98 | 160–182 | 46.8 | 4 | 37 | 1 |
| Storm | 32 | 53–60 | 46.9 | 2 | 5 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 13 | 21–24 | 46.7 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 4 | 1–9 | 10.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hazoret Storm | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| High Tide | 6 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 2 | 3 | |
| Izzet Storm | 3 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Channel Storm | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Reanimator | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Living Death | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Excruciator Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Oriss Genesis | 1 | 3–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 5 | 8–11 | 42.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Warp World | 4 | 6–10 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Boros Glimpse | 4 | 6–10 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hypergenesis | 6 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 1 | 4 | |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Myr Incubator | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Eggs | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Taking Turns | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Breakfast | 17 | 37–30 | 55.2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Cephalid Breakfast | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 12 | 29–21 | 58.0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Neoform Hermit | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dredge | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Insidious Roots Dredge | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Polymorph | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tibalt's Trickery | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Restore Balance | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Belcher | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tameshi Bloom | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midnight Mass | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Phoenix Altar | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Actual Twin | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 1 | 3 | |
| Izzet Twin | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Boros Twin | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Nadu Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Control | 9 | 7–18 | 28.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Last Stand Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 15 | 33–26 | 55.9 | 1 | 8 | |
| Aristocrats | 1 | 6–1 | 85.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 6–1 | 85.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Burn | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Infect | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Golgari Infect | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 5 | 11–8 | 57.9 | 0 | 4 | |
| Izzet Dreadnought | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hushnought | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Dwarf Combo | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 9–14 | 39.1 | 0 | 6 | |
| Wizards | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Tempo | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Combo-Control | 11 | 20–22 | 47.6 | 1 | 4 | |
| Battle of Wits | 4 | 8–10 | 44.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Zur's Weirding | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 5 | 8–8 | 50.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 5 | 8–8 | 50.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Greasefang | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Esper Greasefang | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 13 | 26–31 | 45.6 | 1 | 6 | |
| The Rock | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Blink | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Blink | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Allies | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Azorius Allies | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 2 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Fires of Invention | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simic Snow | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Ramp | 4 | 2–8 | 20.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Greenpost | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Applejacks | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |