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 2 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 540 | 1513–1013–1 | 59.9 | 59 | 336 | 2 | 1923 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 130 | 332–243 | 57.7 | 11 | 75 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Heroic | 5 | 19–8 | 70.4 | 1 | 3 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 4 | 18–5 | 78.3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 20 | 48–37 | 56.5 | 2 | 11 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| White Weenie | 16 | 30–35 | 46.2 | 0 | 8 | |
| Soldiers | 6 | 14–12 | 53.8 | 0 | 5 | |
| Elves | 13 | 34–22 | 60.7 | 1 | 9 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 4 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 19 | 34–37 | 47.9 | 0 | 11 | |
| Affinity | 19 | 34–37 | 47.9 | 0 | 11 | |
| Hush-finity | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 5 | 7–11 | 38.9 | 0 | 5 | |
| Voltron | 5 | 14–11 | 56.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Equipment Aggro | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hateful Auras | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| AggroSlide | 30 | 93–52 | 64.1 | 4 | 15 | |
| Humans | 7 | 16–15 | 51.6 | 1 | 3 | |
| Jeskai Humans | 6 | 15–13 | 53.6 | 1 | 2 | |
| Boros Humans | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Legends Aggro | 6 | 21–11 | 65.6 | 2 | 6 | |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 5 | 16–9 | 64.0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Combo | 93 | 256–168 | 60.4 | 11 | 58 | 1 |
| Storm | 10 | 18–20 | 47.4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Izzet Storm | 5 | 8–11 | 42.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Channel Storm | 5 | 10–9 | 52.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Reanimator | 30 | 89–58 | 60.5 | 3 | 14 | 1 |
| Recurring Nightmare | 15 | 49–24 | 67.1 | 3 | 9 | 1 |
| Dragon Nightmare | 14 | 47–21 | 69.1 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 15 | 40–34 | 54.1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Rakdos Reanimator | 7 | 15–19 | 44.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 7 | 21–12 | 63.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Orzhov Reanimator | 1 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Warp World | 11 | 35–20 | 63.6 | 2 | 7 | |
| Boros Glimpse | 11 | 35–20 | 63.6 | 2 | 7 | |
| Hypergenesis | 14 | 37–29 | 56.1 | 1 | 11 | |
| Breakfast | 17 | 50–25 | 66.7 | 4 | 14 | |
| Oops All Spells | 16 | 48–23 | 67.6 | 4 | 13 | |
| Unctus | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Belcher | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Actual Twin | 6 | 18–9 | 66.7 | 1 | 5 | |
| Izzet Twin | 6 | 18–9 | 66.7 | 1 | 5 | |
| Nadu Combo | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Control | 51 | 127–101 | 55.7 | 1 | 31 | |
| Esper Control | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Control | 15 | 28–28 | 50.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Stax | 1 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cycling Control | 10 | 25–21 | 54.3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Astral Slide | 10 | 25–21 | 54.3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Guildgate Control | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Control | 16 | 50–31 | 61.7 | 1 | 13 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 59 | 187–101 | 64.9 | 15 | 45 | |
| Aristocrats | 17 | 46–31 | 59.7 | 3 | 13 | |
| Food | 4 | 12–9 | 57.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 11 | 31–19 | 62.0 | 3 | 9 | |
| Boros Bombardment | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Burn | 9 | 34–13 | 72.3 | 3 | 7 | |
| Infect | 5 | 15–8 | 65.2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Golgari Infect | 5 | 15–8 | 65.2 | 1 | 5 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 13 | 39–22 | 63.9 | 3 | 9 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 13 | 39–22 | 63.9 | 3 | 9 | |
| Hushnought | 15 | 53–27 | 66.3 | 5 | 11 | |
| Aggro-Control | 22 | 58–41 | 58.6 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wizards | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 6 | 14–11 | 56.0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Izzet Spells | 8 | 21–13 | 61.8 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Azorius Tempo | 5 | 13–10 | 56.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Combo-Control | 12 | 29–26 | 52.7 | 0 | 9 | |
| Mindcrank | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 6 | 19–11 | 63.3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 6 | 19–11 | 63.3 | 0 | 6 | |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Resurgent Belief | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Midrange | 164 | 438–316–1 | 58.1 | 18 | 101 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Selesnya Value Town | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Blink | 53 | 160–94 | 63.0 | 10 | 39 | |
| Wave Blink | 20 | 66–42 | 61.1 | 2 | 14 | |
| Esper Wave | 7 | 18–17 | 51.4 | 0 | 3 | |
| Azorius Wave | 11 | 43–21 | 67.2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Orzhov Wave | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Blink | 29 | 85–44 | 65.9 | 8 | 24 | |
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Vampires | 5 | 9–11 | 45.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 3 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Naya Midrange | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Card Advantage White | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 40 | 114–74–1 | 60.6 | 4 | 27 | |
| Necro Midrange | 17 | 54–26–1 | 67.5 | 4 | 15 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 11 | 29–25 | 53.7 | 0 | 5 | |
| Angels | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono White Angels | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 6 | 20–9 | 69.0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Martyr's Grace | 6 | 20–9 | 69.0 | 2 | 4 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 13 | 29–26 | 52.7 | 1 | 6 | |
| Zur the Enchanter | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 7 | 21–14 | 60.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 7 | 8–17 | 32.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Esper Hero | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Orzhov Hero | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Naya Hero | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Clerics | 12 | 28–28 | 50.0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Death Cloud | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Wight Midrange | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Jund Wight | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Ramp | 9 | 29–17 | 63.0 | 2 | 5 | |
| Rofellos Ramp | 5 | 12–11 | 52.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 15–4 | 78.9 | 2 | 3 | |
| Greenpost | 3 | 15–4 | 78.9 | 2 | 3 | |
| Applejacks | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 |