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 11 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 110 | 240–238 | 50.2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1587 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 33 | 69–66 | 51.1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Heroic | 4 | 12–9 | 57.1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Azorius Heroic | 1 | 6–1 | 85.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Goblins | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Tokens | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 7 | 19–11 | 63.3 | |||
| Soldiers | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Elves | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Illusions | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Eldrazi | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Bard Class | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo | 23 | 49–52 | 48.5 | 1 | ||
| Storm | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| High Tide | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Dubious Challenge | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Warp World | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Boros Glimpse | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Four Color Glimpse | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Storm Herald | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Chain of Acid | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Restore Balance | 4 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
| Gyruda | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Belcher | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Actual Twin | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Twin | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Nadu Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 12 | 22–27 | 44.9 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Boros Control | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Runeflare | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Seasons Past Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 12 | 30–25 | 54.5 | 2 | ||
| Aristocrats | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Burn | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Infect | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Simic Infect | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Hushnought | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 9 | 22–17 | 56.4 | 1 | ||
| Simic Flash | 4 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Ninjas | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Dimir Faeries | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Hedron Alignment | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Liliana's Contract | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Midrange | 18 | 40–44 | 47.6 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Jund | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 4 | 10–9 | 52.6 | |||
| Séance | 4 | 10–9 | 52.6 | |||
| Allies | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 4 | 10–9 | 52.6 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Naya Hero | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Illness in the Ranks | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 |