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, 1 day.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98 | 199–157 | 55.9 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 1730 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |