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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 752 | 1369–1292 | 51.4 | 14 | 33 | 1766 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 239 | 495–383 | 56.4 | 0 | 5 | 17 |
| Heroic | 32 | 61–55 | 52.6 | 1 | ||
| Mono White Heroic | 27 | 57–48 | 54.3 | 1 | ||
| Boros Heroic | 5 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 19 | 32–34 | 48.5 | |||
| Goblins | 4 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |||
| Tokens | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 11 | 33–12 | 73.3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| White Weenie | 37 | 87–51 | 63.0 | 4 | ||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 11 | 26–20 | 56.5 | 1 | ||
| Soldiers | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Humans | 17 | 44–18 | 71.0 | 2 | ||
| Elves | 12 | 22–20 | 52.4 | 1 | ||
| Zombies | 13 | 29–23 | 55.8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Gruul Aggro | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Merfolk | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| 8 Whack | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 44 | 92–80 | 53.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Affinity | 22 | 45–35 | 56.3 | 1 | ||
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 11 | 29–21 | 58.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Architect | 11 | 18–24 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Madness | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Voltron | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Hexproof | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Equipment Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Slivers | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Knights | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 6 | 13–12 | 52.0 | |||
| Cats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Cats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Humans | 4 | 9–3 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Boros Humans | 4 | 9–3 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Legends Aggro | 32 | 72–40 | 64.3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 32 | 72–40 | 64.3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Combo | 186 | 332–324 | 50.6 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| Storm | 12 | 11–25 | 30.6 | 1 | ||
| Dragonstorm | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| High Tide | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Channel Storm | 7 | 8–11 | 42.1 | 1 | ||
| Reanimator | 103 | 229–166 | 58.0 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 4 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 99 | 229–160 | 58.9 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Rakdos Reanimator | 60 | 149–91 | 62.1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 31 | 67–54 | 55.4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Orzhov Reanimator | 8 | 13–15 | 46.4 | 1 | ||
| Hypergenesis | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Myr Incubator | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Umbral Mantle | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 7 | 10–14 | 41.7 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 7 | 10–14 | 41.7 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 10 | 14–22 | 38.9 | |||
| Reanim8 Rack | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Breakfast | 23 | 42–45 | 48.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Oops All Spells | 21 | 40–41 | 49.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Neoform Hermit | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Restore Balance | 5 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Midnight Mass | 10 | 8–17 | 32.0 | |||
| Actual Twin | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Twin | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 16 | 6–34 | 15.0 | |||
| Esper Control | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 5 | 0–12 | 0.0 | |||
| Cawblade | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Stax | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Mono White Control | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Life is Ez | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 40 | 65–83 | 43.9 | 1 | ||
| Aristocrats | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Burn | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Infect | 8 | 7–19 | 26.9 | |||
| Simic Infect | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 4 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 10 | 17–16 | 51.5 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 10 | 17–16 | 51.5 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 12 | 34–25 | 57.6 | 1 | ||
| Combo Goblins | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 17 | 25–34 | 42.4 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 5 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 7 | 10–15 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Librarians | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Combo-Control | 34 | 61–57 | 51.7 | |||
| Mindcrank | 5 | 13–9 | 59.1 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 29 | 48–48 | 50.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 21 | 37–34 | 52.1 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 21 | 37–34 | 52.1 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 8 | 11–14 | 44.0 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Midrange | 54 | 70–102 | 40.7 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Abzan Midrange | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Jund | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 9 | 14–14 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 9 | 14–14 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 18 | 18–33 | 35.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 5 | 5–8 | 38.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
| Orzhov Hero | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Boros Hero | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Gruul Obosh | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Snow | 8 | 21–14 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Ramp | 166 | 312–275 | 53.2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Rofellos Ramp | 55 | 106–77 | 57.9 | 2 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 110 | 205–196 | 51.1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Eldrazipost | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 106 | 198–189 | 51.2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |