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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 179 | 147–348 | 29.7 | 1 | 1120 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 48 | 60–89 | 40.3 | |||
| Mono Black Aggro | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Heroic | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Goblins | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| White Weenie | 4 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Elves | 7 | 11–16 | 40.7 | |||
| Warriors | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Rogues | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Merfolk | 4 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 5 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
| Affinity | 5 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Mono Blue Aggro | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Pirates | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Rats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 61 | 33–127 | 20.6 | |||
| Storm | 15 | 6–38 | 13.6 | |||
| Sultai Tendrils | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 7 | 4–16 | 20.0 | |||
| High Tide | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Grixis Tendrils | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Biovisionary | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Dubious Challenge | 7 | 7–19 | 26.9 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Fake-Twin | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Naya Fake-Twin | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Upheaval Colossus | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Eggs | 7 | 1–11 | 8.3 | |||
| Taking Turns | 11 | 4–23 | 14.8 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Soulflayer | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Reanim8 Rack | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Cephalid Breakfast | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Grixis Breakfast | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Oops All Lands | 4 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Control | 16 | 11–24 | 31.4 | |||
| Azorius Control | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Mill | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Ponza | 6 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Pox | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 7 | 2–12 | 14.3 | |||
| Aristocrats | 4 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 4 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| Chancellor of the Forge Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Dirty Kitty | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 13 | 11–25 | 30.6 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 4 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 4 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |||
| Midrange | 23 | 27–41 | 39.7 | 1 | ||
| Temur Ascendancy | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Séance | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Allies | 4 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Allies | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Midrange | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Davriel Braids | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Death Cloud | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 11 | 3–30 | 9.1 | |||
| Villainous Wealth | 2 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |