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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 302 | 813–540 | 60.1 | 30 | 138 | 4 | 2019 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 32 | 86–61 | 58.5 | 4 | 15 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Rogues | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Merfolk | 8 | 25–11 | 69.4 | 2 | 4 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 5 | 12–12 | 50.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Affinity | 5 | 12–12 | 50.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| AggroSlide | 12 | 44–26 | 62.9 | 1 | 9 | |
| Combo | 80 | 203–145 | 58.3 | 5 | 27 | 1 |
| Storm | 9 | 17–20 | 45.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 4 | 8–9 | 47.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Simic Storm | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Reanimator | 36 | 95–66 | 59.0 | 2 | 14 | |
| Recurring Nightmare | 33 | 90–60 | 60.0 | 2 | 13 | |
| Dragon Nightmare | 33 | 90–60 | 60.0 | 2 | 13 | |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Double Dragon | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Ominous Good | 17 | 49–32 | 60.5 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Breakfast | 8 | 21–12 | 63.6 | 1 | 4 | |
| Hermit Gond | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Oops All Spells | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Neoform Hermit | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Phoenix Altar | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Control | 38 | 93–60 | 60.8 | 2 | 10 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 5 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Astral Slide | 5 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 28 | 82–43 | 65.6 | 2 | 10 | |
| Enchantments Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 26 | 83–42 | 66.4 | 4 | 17 | 1 |
| Aristocrats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Pummeler | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 21 | 74–34 | 68.5 | 4 | 15 | 1 |
| Izzet Dreadnought | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 19 | 67–31 | 68.4 | 3 | 13 | 1 |
| Hushnought | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Aggro-Control | 19 | 50–37 | 57.5 | 1 | 12 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 3 | 9–7 | 56.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 15 | 41–28 | 59.4 | 1 | 10 | |
| Combo-Control | 19 | 47–37 | 56.0 | 2 | 11 | |
| Hive Mind | 8 | 18–13 | 58.1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Plasma Swans | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 10 | 27–22 | 55.1 | 1 | 7 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 10 | 27–22 | 55.1 | 1 | 7 | |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 10 | 27–22 | 55.1 | 1 | 7 | |
| Midrange | 83 | 220–152 | 59.1 | 12 | 45 | 2 |
| Jund | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Wave Blink | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Allies | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Allies | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 42 | 101–89 | 53.2 | 3 | 24 | |
| Mutate | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Simic Snow | 28 | 106–39 | 73.1 | 9 | 21 | 2 |
| Ramp | 5 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 5 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Greenpost | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Gruul Post | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 |