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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | 212–225 | 48.5 | 5 | 4 | 1640 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 63 | 114–113 | 50.2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Red Deck Wins | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Goblins | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| White Weenie | 5 | 13–7 | 65.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Soldiers | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Werewolves | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Selesnya Counters | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 34 | 66–62 | 51.6 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Affinity | 20 | 47–32 | 59.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 8 | 16–15 | 51.6 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 14 | 19–30 | 38.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Madness | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Gruul Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Golgari Madness | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Knights | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Humans | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Selesnya Humans | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Shamans | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 4 | 9–7 | 56.3 | 1 | ||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Bard Class | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo | 24 | 33–44 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Reanimator | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Dimir Cycling Reanimator | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Living Death | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Excruciator Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dubious Challenge | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Warp World | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
| Boros Glimpse | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Upheaval Colossus | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dredge | 5 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
| Calibrated Blast | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Gyruda | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Possibility Storm | 4 | 5–11 | 31.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Control | 7 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Dragon Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Grixis Dragons | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Seasons Past Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Burn | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Necro Burn | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Simic Infect | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Blue Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Faeries | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 19 | 29–29 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 3 | 12–2 | 85.7 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Blink | 3 | 12–2 | 85.7 | 1 | ||
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Necro Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hellion Whip | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 7 | 12–13 | 48.0 | |||
| Mardu Hero | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Wight Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Jund Wight | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 6 | 10–14 | 41.7 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 4 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Eldrazipost | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |