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, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 398 | 876–447 | 66.2 | 7 | 36 | 51 | 2293 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 57 | 136–65 | 67.7 | 1 | 8 | 8 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 22 | 59–22 | 72.8 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Mono White Humans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 4 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Artifact Aggro | 7 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 2 | ||
| Tempered Steel | 4 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 1 | ||
| Knights | 1 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| AggroSlide | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 6 | 12–5 | 70.6 | 1 | ||
| Shamans | 9 | 27–11 | 71.1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Combo | 104 | 180–114 | 61.2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Storm | 61 | 96–62 | 60.8 | 4 | ||
| Dimir Tendrils | 5 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Hazoret Storm | 45 | 72–45 | 61.5 | 3 | ||
| High Tide | 4 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 6 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Song Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Living Death | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Necro Combo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 7 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 4 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Ascension | 5 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Breakfast | 9 | 16–11 | 59.3 | 1 | ||
| Oops All Spells | 9 | 16–11 | 59.3 | 1 | ||
| Polymorph | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 4 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Ad Swanseam | 4 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Belcher | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Possibility Storm | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Nadu Combo | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 13 | 26–18 | 59.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Life is Ez | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Prison | 10 | 24–12 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Enchantress | 10 | 24–12 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Aggro-Combo | 96 | 211–120 | 63.7 | 1 | 11 | 11 |
| Aristocrats | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Infect | 93 | 208–116 | 64.2 | 1 | 11 | 11 |
| Simic Infect | 66 | 154–73 | 67.8 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 23 | 43–37 | 53.8 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Golgari Infect | 4 | 11–6 | 64.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 39 | 115–40 | 74.2 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 16 | 43–15 | 74.1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 13 | 32–12 | 72.7 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Dimir Tempo | 14 | 49–11 | 81.7 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Dimir Librarians | 6 | 22–5 | 81.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Azorius Tempo | 8 | 23–13 | 63.9 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Combo-Control | 26 | 64–35 | 64.6 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Mindcrank | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 18 | 45–25 | 64.3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Mass Land Destruction | 7 | 16–8 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 7 | 16–8 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 7 | 16–8 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 63 | 133–55 | 70.7 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Allies | 9 | 14–8 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Azorius Allies | 9 | 14–8 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hero of Precinct One | 39 | 81–33 | 71.1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Five Color Hero | 33 | 71–27 | 72.4 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Jeskai Hero | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 9 | 28–5 | 84.8 | 4 | ||
| Coinflips | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wight Midrange | 2 | 6–1 | 85.7 | 1 | ||
| Jund Wight | 2 | 6–1 | 85.7 | 1 |