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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1008 | 2047–1772 | 53.6 | 14 | 176 | 42 | 1764 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 198 | 447–341 | 56.7 | 3 | 18 | 11 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 18 | 33–31 | 51.6 | |||
| Heroic | 4 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 104 | 259–181 | 58.9 | 3 | 13 | 6 |
| Goblins | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| White Weenie | 15 | 29–29 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono White Humans | 5 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rogues | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Zombies | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 4 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 34 | 80–52 | 60.6 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Affinity | 21 | 44–34 | 56.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tempered Steel | 13 | 36–18 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Madness | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 6 | 13–10 | 56.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Permanent Vacation | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Chain of Acid | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Control | 122 | 199–225 | 46.9 | 3 | 26 | |
| Esper Control | 36 | 64–78 | 45.1 | 0 | 5 | |
| Dimir Control | 25 | 35–44 | 44.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Control | 20 | 33–33 | 50.0 | 1 | 7 | |
| Cawblade | 6 | 12–14 | 46.2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Izzet Control | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Dragon Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Dragons | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 4 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Pox | 4 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 25 | 58–41 | 58.6 | 2 | 13 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 30 | 60–58 | 50.8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Aristocrats | 6 | 12–10 | 54.5 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Burn | 6 | 8–13 | 38.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 16 | 34–32 | 51.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Dreadnought | 5 | 10–11 | 47.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 6 | 13–9 | 59.1 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Hushnought | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 81 | 173–138 | 55.6 | 3 | 12 | 5 |
| Simic Flash | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 56 | 140–99 | 58.6 | 3 | 11 | 4 |
| Wizards | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ninjas | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Faeries | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Librarians | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 14 | 27–24 | 52.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dimir Faeries | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Spirits | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Spirits | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 31 | 53–52 | 50.5 | 0 | 7 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 31 | 53–52 | 50.5 | 0 | 7 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 31 | 53–52 | 50.5 | 0 | 7 | |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 23 | 45–38 | 54.2 | 0 | 7 | |
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 545 | 1069–955 | 52.8 | 5 | 111 | 25 |
| The Rock | 31 | 68–58 | 54.0 | 0 | 14 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Jund | 40 | 46–80 | 36.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Blink | 46 | 94–81 | 53.7 | 1 | 17 | 1 |
| Wave Blink | 18 | 39–31 | 55.7 | 1 | 13 | |
| Orzhov Wave | 18 | 39–31 | 55.7 | 1 | 13 | |
| Orzhov Blink | 21 | 41–37 | 52.6 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 63 | 104–124 | 45.6 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 169 | 408–273 | 59.9 | 2 | 37 | 18 |
| Mono Black Devotion | 27 | 62–47 | 56.9 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Dimir Midrange | 63 | 129–114 | 53.1 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 116 | 206–196 | 51.2 | 1 | 23 | 1 |
| Jeskai Midrange | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Simic Snow | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Death Cloud | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Wight Midrange | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Jund Wight | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 |