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, 1 day.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 132 | 232–235 | 49.7 | 5 | 2 | 1576 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 12 | 14–24 | 36.8 | |||
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Goblins | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Werewolves | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 6 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Affinity | 6 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Hush-finity | 5 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 12 | 28–26 | 51.9 | 1 | ||
| Storm | 6 | 19–10 | 65.5 | 1 | ||
| Dragonstorm | 6 | 19–10 | 65.5 | 1 | ||
| Warp World | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Four Color Glimpse | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Upheaval Colossus | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 11 | 12–23 | 34.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Cawblade | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Dragon Control | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Izzet Dragons | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Bant Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 14 | 31–22 | 58.5 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 5 | 14–7 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 5 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 5 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 15 | 33–19 | 63.5 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 5 | 15–6 | 71.4 | |||
| Wizards | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 2 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Combo-Control | 6 | 11–13 | 45.8 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 5 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 5 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Midrange | 54 | 90–94 | 48.9 | 0 | 4 | |
| Blink | 26 | 30–37 | 44.8 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 6 | 15–7 | 68.2 | |||
| Big Red | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Abzan Hero | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 10 | 29–22 | 56.9 | 0 | 4 | |
| Death Cloud | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Illness in the Ranks | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ramp | 8 | 12–14 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Villainous Wealth | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Greenpost | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simic Post | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 |