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 9 weeks, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 215 | 346–398 | 46.5 | 3 | 25 | 4 | 1529 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 56 | 111–94 | 54.1 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Heroic | 5 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Mono White Heroic | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Boros Heroic | 1 | |||||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Tokens | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 7 | 18–8 | 69.2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Soldiers | 6 | 16–8 | 66.7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Elves | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 3–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Selesnya Counters | 1 | 3–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Zombies | 5 | 18–7 | 72.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Merfolk | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| 8 Whack | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 9 | 9–22 | 29.0 | |||
| Affinity | 7 | 7–16 | 30.4 | |||
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Salvage Titan | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 11 | 27–23 | 54.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Humans | 2 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Shamans | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo | 23 | 11–47 | 19.0 | |||
| Storm | 6 | 5–14 | 26.3 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Tendrils | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Warp World | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Temur Glimpse | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 4 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |||
| Eggs | 5 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 5 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dice Factory | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 42 | 58–81 | 41.7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Mono Black Control | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Esper Control | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Mardu Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Grixis Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Runeflare | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 5 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Temur Reclamation | 19 | 34–37 | 47.9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Pox | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Seasons Past Control | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 20 | 35–34 | 50.7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Aristocrats | 7 | 9–11 | 45.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Abzan Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Burn | 10 | 21–16 | 56.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Aggro-Control | 14 | 30–20 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 5 | 18–7 | 72.0 | |||
| Blue Madness | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Simic Madness | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Ninjas | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo-Control | 7 | 8–15 | 34.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Displace Loop | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Thopter-Sword | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Azorius Thopter-Sword | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Midrange | 40 | 62–81 | 43.4 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Jund | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blink | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Allies | 4 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Esper Allies | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Big Red | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Sultai Emerge | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 11 | 28–24 | 53.8 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Mardu Hero | 10 | 27–20 | 57.4 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Boros Hero | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Simic Snow | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Ramp | 13 | 20–26 | 43.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rofellos Ramp | 5 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Greenpost | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 0 | 1 |