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, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 251 | 242–310 | 43.8 | 3 | 1531 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 34 | 32–39 | 45.1 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Elves | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| 8 Whack | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 16 | 19–17 | 52.8 | |||
| Affinity | 8 | 11–6 | 64.7 | |||
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 4 | 9–3 | 75.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 6 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Madness | 4 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Gruul Madness | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Naya Zoo | 4 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| AggroSlide | 5 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Combo | 44 | 35–53 | 39.8 | |||
| Storm | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| High Tide | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 4 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 4 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 4 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 9 | 9–13 | 40.9 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Upheaval Colossus | 8 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 4 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Neoform Hermit | 4 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Dredge | 7 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Storm Herald | 7 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Control | 52 | 42–62 | 40.4 | 1 | ||
| Esper Control | 8 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 5 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Azorius Control | 15 | 13–17 | 43.3 | |||
| Cawblade | 4 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Boros Control | 5 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Stax | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dragon Control | 4 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Dragons | 4 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 4 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Five Color Control | 5 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Last Stand Control | 5 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Seasons Past Control | 4 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 19 | 25–24 | 51.0 | 1 | ||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Boros Bombardment | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Infect | 7 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
| Simic Infect | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 5 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Dreadnought | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Hushnought | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 4 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Goblin Persist | 4 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 8 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 6 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 7 | 13–11 | 54.2 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 7 | 13–11 | 54.2 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 7 | 13–11 | 54.2 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Midrange | 75 | 76–91 | 45.5 | 1 | ||
| Abzan Midrange | 4 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Blink | 6 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 6 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 8 | 10–11 | 47.6 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 20 | 22–22 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 7 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 10 | 6–15 | 28.6 | |||
| Esper Hero | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Orzhov Hero | 4 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Simic Snow | 5 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Ramp | 12 | 10–20 | 33.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 6 | 5–13 | 27.8 | |||
| Greenpost | 6 | 5–13 | 27.8 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 6 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Jund Carth | 6 | 5–7 | 41.7 |