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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 324 | 362–889 | 28.9 | 2 | 1008 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 49 | 76–128 | 37.3 | |||
| Heroic | 16 | 32–36 | 47.1 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 13 | 24–31 | 43.6 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Goblins | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Elves | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Zombies | 3 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |||
| Merfolk | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 8 | 15–25 | 37.5 | |||
| Affinity | 5 | 12–13 | 48.0 | |||
| Hush-finity | 5 | 12–13 | 48.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Aggro | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Illusions | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Humans | 8 | 8–25 | 24.2 | |||
| Azorius Humans | 8 | 8–25 | 24.2 | |||
| Shamans | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo | 74 | 79–222 | 26.2 | 2 | ||
| Storm | 35 | 31–117 | 20.9 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| High Tide | 14 | 12–50 | 19.4 | |||
| Stormpost | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 14 | 15–50 | 23.1 | |||
| Channel Storm | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 14 | 9–41 | 18.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 12 | 24–22 | 52.2 | 2 | ||
| Oops All Spells | 12 | 24–22 | 52.2 | 2 | ||
| Dredge | 9 | 7–30 | 18.9 | |||
| Dice Factory | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Control | 61 | 42–192 | 17.9 | |||
| Mono Black Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Demonic Rising | 4 | 4–16 | 20.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 25 | 11–81 | 12.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 3 | 0–11 | 0.0 | |||
| Mill | 4 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Boros Control | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 5 | 3–20 | 13.0 | |||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 4 | 2–16 | 11.1 | |||
| Blackpost | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Stax | 5 | 4–17 | 19.0 | |||
| Ponza | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 8 | 15–21 | 41.7 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 20 | 40–40 | 50.0 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Infect | 13 | 24–29 | 45.3 | |||
| Simic Infect | 13 | 24–29 | 45.3 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 6 | 13–9 | 59.1 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 6 | 13–9 | 59.1 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 9 | 7–31 | 18.4 | |||
| Wizards | 6 | 5–22 | 18.5 | |||
| Mono Blue Gush | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 30 | 32–64 | 33.3 | |||
| Curses | 15 | 22–33 | 40.0 | |||
| Hive Mind | 11 | 9–27 | 25.0 | |||
| Liliana's Contract | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Midrange | 75 | 76–191 | 28.5 | |||
| The Rock | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Blink | 3 | 0–9 | 0.0 | |||
| Acid Trip | 3 | 0–9 | 0.0 | |||
| Allies | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 16 | 21–42 | 33.3 | |||
| Vampires | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 6 | 9–21 | 30.0 | |||
| Big Red | 6 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 13 | 9–28 | 24.3 | |||
| Angels | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Orzhov Angels | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 5 | 4–13 | 23.5 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 3 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 3 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| Clerics | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Snow | 6 | 11–15 | 42.3 | |||
| Ramp | 6 | 9–21 | 30.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 6 | 9–21 | 30.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 6 | 9–21 | 30.0 |