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 8 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 880 | 1770–927 | 65.6 | 4 | 26 | 107 | 2118 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 103 | 218–109 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| Heroic | 22 | 50–24 | 67.6 | 3 | ||
| Mono White Heroic | 22 | 50–24 | 67.6 | 3 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 13 | 32–15 | 68.1 | 2 | ||
| Mono Green Stompy | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Elves | 7 | 15–9 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Merfolk | 7 | 17–8 | 68.0 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 41 | 83–36 | 69.7 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Affinity | 14 | 33–11 | 75.0 | 4 | ||
| Tempered Steel | 4 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 21 | 44–19 | 69.8 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Illusions | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Voltron | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Equipment Aggro | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Permanent Vacation | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Pirates | 4 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo | 444 | 930–466 | 66.6 | 3 | 13 | 55 |
| Storm | 162 | 402–170 | 70.3 | 2 | 3 | 30 |
| Dimir Tendrils | 27 | 57–32 | 64.0 | 2 | ||
| Dark Tide | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 5 | 13–3 | 81.3 | 1 | ||
| Hazoret Storm | 9 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |||
| Simic Storm | 5 | 13–7 | 65.0 | 1 | ||
| High Tide | 112 | 309–109 | 73.9 | 2 | 3 | 26 |
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 4 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 40 | 89–38 | 70.1 | 6 | ||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 32 | 69–28 | 71.1 | 5 | ||
| Double Dragon | 5 | 11–6 | 64.7 | |||
| Living Death | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Excruciator Combo | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 5 | 16–6 | 72.7 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 4 | 12–5 | 70.6 | 1 | ||
| Oriss Genesis | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 17 | 31–20 | 60.8 | 0 | 3 | |
| Warp World | 10 | 18–10 | 64.3 | |||
| Boros Glimpse | 10 | 18–10 | 64.3 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 10 | 16–10 | 61.5 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 6 | 10–7 | 58.8 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | |||
| Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Eggs | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 39 | 74–38 | 66.1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Izzet Ascension | 66 | 158–59 | 72.8 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Ominous Good | 12 | 18–13 | 58.1 | |||
| Soulflayer | 5 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Reanim8 Rack | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Breakfast | 16 | 34–16 | 68.0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Neoform Hermit | 10 | 17–10 | 63.0 | 2 | ||
| Unctus | 5 | 16–5 | 76.2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dredge | 25 | 40–35 | 53.3 | 2 | ||
| Insidious Roots Dredge | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Polymorph | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Protean Hulk Combo | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 16 | 19–19 | 50.0 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 4 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Possibility Storm | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Actual Twin | 4 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Izzet Twin | 4 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Nadu Combo | 2 | 4–1 | 80.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Control | 79 | 124–89 | 58.2 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Esper Control | 8 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Control | 30 | 62–31 | 66.7 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Izzet Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mill | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 4 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 4 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Stax | 7 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |||
| Runeflare | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 8 | 15–8 | 65.2 | |||
| Mono White Control | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 11 | 7–15 | 31.8 | |||
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Shrines | 7 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 75 | 134–66 | 67.0 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| Aristocrats | 50 | 89–45 | 66.4 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 35 | 50–33 | 60.2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 15 | 39–12 | 76.5 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Infect | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Infect | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 21 | 43–16 | 72.9 | 4 | ||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 20 | 43–14 | 75.4 | 4 | ||
| Combo Goblins | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Dirty Kitty | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 51 | 120–57 | 67.8 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Izzet Tempo | 5 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |||
| Wizards | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 13 | 34–13 | 72.3 | 3 | ||
| Mono Blue Faeries | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Librarians | 11 | 29–9 | 76.3 | 3 | ||
| Izzet Spells | 27 | 66–28 | 70.2 | 5 | ||
| Dimir Tempo | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Faeries | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Dimir Librarians | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 37 | 72–35 | 67.3 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Mindcrank | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Zur's Weirding | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Solar Flare | 6 | 13–7 | 65.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Plasma Swans | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 26 | 55–20 | 73.3 | 5 | ||
| Wildfire | 24 | 49–19 | 72.1 | 5 | ||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 24 | 49–19 | 72.1 | 5 | ||
| Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 6–1 | 85.7 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 6–1 | 85.7 | |||
| Archfiend Alteration | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 87 | 162–100 | 61.8 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| The Rock | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Golgari Citadel | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Blink | 18 | 47–18 | 72.3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Wave Blink | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 15 | 47–15 | 75.8 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Graveyard Value | 7 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |||
| Séance | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Allies | 12 | 25–10 | 71.4 | 2 | ||
| Orzhov Allies | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Allies | 9 | 21–7 | 75.0 | 2 | ||
| Rakdos Midrange | 5 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 8 | 12–12 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 15 | 34–11 | 75.6 | 4 | ||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Ordealbreak | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Neoform | 6 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Sultai Neoform | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Orzhov Hero | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Clerics | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Ramp | 4 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Greenpost | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Domain | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 |