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 5 weeks, 4 days.
Decks
Record
# Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
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98 | 199–157 | 55.9 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1730 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Aggro | 21 | 42–27 | 60.9 | 2 | ||
Red Deck Wins | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
Goblins | 4 | 13–5 | 72.2 | 1 | ||
Tokens | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Mono White Tokens | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Elves | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Werewolves | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Selesnya Little Kid | 5 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
Selesnya Counters | 5 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
Merfolk | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Artifact Aggro | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
Affinity | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Rakdos Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Voltron | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Hexproof | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
AggroSlide | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
Cats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Selesnya Cats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Combo | 28 | 56–46 | 54.9 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
Storm | 5 | 18–9 | 66.7 | 1 | 4 | |
High Tide | 5 | 18–9 | 66.7 | 1 | 4 | |
Oriss Genesis | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Hypergenesis | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Jeskai Ascendancy | 13 | 28–17 | 62.2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 11 | 27–13 | 67.5 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Eggs | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Taking Turns | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
Izzet Ascension | 3 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
Breakfast | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Oops All Spells | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Ad Nauseam | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Ad Swanseam | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Control | 12 | 18–28 | 39.1 | |||
Mono Black Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Esper Control | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
Azorius Control | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
Cawblade | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Mill | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Cloudpost Control | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Prison | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Enchantress | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Aggro-Combo | 13 | 35–20 | 63.6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Aristocrats | 6 | 18–7 | 72.0 | 1 | ||
Orzhov Aristocrats | 6 | 18–7 | 72.0 | 1 | ||
Infect | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
Simic Infect | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
Hushnought | 3 | 9–3 | 75.0 | 1 | 1 | |
Liquimetal Fishing | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Combo Goblins | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Goblin Persist | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Aggro-Control | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
Wizards | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Ninjas | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
Combo-Control | 4 | 11–5 | 68.8 | |||
Mindcrank | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | |||
Mass Land Destruction | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
Midrange | 14 | 27–22 | 55.1 | 0 | 2 | |
Blink | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Wave Blink | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Azorius Wave | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
Abzan Wave | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Allies | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
Boros Allies | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
Fake-Rack | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
Lifegain Midrange | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Martyr's Grace | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Orzhov Hero | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Simic Snow | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
Ramp | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Greenpost | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 |