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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 329 | 619–272 | 69.5 | 6 | 20 | 43 | 2094 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 48 | 119–30 | 79.9 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Red Deck Wins | 11 | 39–5 | 88.6 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Tokens | 14 | 33–10 | 76.7 | 4 | ||
| Mono White Tokens | 7 | 18–5 | 78.3 | 2 | ||
| Orzhov Tokens | 7 | 15–5 | 75.0 | 2 | ||
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 6–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Elves | 9 | 13–6 | 68.4 | 1 | ||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 6 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 1 | ||
| Tempered Steel | 6 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cats | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Selesnya Cats | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Combo | 171 | 335–145 | 69.8 | 4 | 16 | 20 |
| Storm | 42 | 61–39 | 61.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Dimir Tendrils | 25 | 51–22 | 69.9 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Simic Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 5 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 10 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |||
| Reanimator | 45 | 118–34 | 77.6 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 33 | 91–23 | 79.8 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Dimir Cycling Reanimator | 1 | 3–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 11 | 24–11 | 68.6 | 2 | ||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 11 | 24–11 | 68.6 | 2 | ||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 8 | 14–6 | 70.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Upheaval Colossus | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Lookout-Buccaneer Combo | 14 | 17–12 | 58.6 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 3 | 6–1 | 85.7 | 1 | ||
| Breakfast | 45 | 113–39 | 74.3 | 2 | 9 | 6 |
| Hermit Dredge | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 6 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Neoform Hermit | 33 | 100–27 | 78.7 | 2 | 8 | 5 |
| Dice Factory | 7 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Control | 38 | 53–45 | 54.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Mono Black Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Control | 19 | 29–21 | 58.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Azorius Control | 7 | 17–10 | 63.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Turbo Fog | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Ponza | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Pox | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 30 | 59–21 | 73.8 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Izzet Tempo | 21 | 47–14 | 77.0 | 3 | ||
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 4 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo-Control | 9 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 1 | ||
| Mindcrank | 7 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 1 | ||
| Dragoncrank | 4 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Zur's Weirding | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 21 | 25–15 | 62.5 | 2 | ||
| Blink | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Wave Blink | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Wave | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Bant Wave | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Anti-Persecution | 4 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 1 | ||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 4 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Toughness Matters | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 3 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Hero | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 11 | 14–8 | 63.6 | 2 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 8 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 1 | ||
| Greenpost | 8 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 1 | ||
| Applejacks | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 |