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, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 586 | 1295–1125 | 53.5 | 11 | 79 | 26 | 1969 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 58 | 113–112 | 50.2 | 2 | 13 | |
| Heroic | 9 | 15–22 | 40.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 7 | 13–16 | 44.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 8 | 18–14 | 56.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 4 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| White Weenie | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Elves | 7 | 11–18 | 37.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Affinity | 3 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Hush-finity | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 17 | 43–22 | 66.2 | 2 | 7 | |
| Legends Aggro | 8 | 16–16 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 8 | 16–16 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Combo | 196 | 419–415 | 50.2 | 4 | 19 | 8 |
| Storm | 70 | 132–164 | 44.6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dimir Tendrils | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Dark Tide | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 15 | 21–34 | 38.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hazoret Storm | 18 | 52–31 | 62.7 | 2 | ||
| Simic Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| High Tide | 19 | 35–42 | 45.5 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 14 | 18–48 | 27.3 | |||
| Reanimator | 7 | 9–21 | 30.0 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 6 | 9–20 | 31.0 | |||
| Rakdos Reanimator | 5 | 6–18 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Necro Combo | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Warp World | 16 | 35–34 | 50.7 | 1 | ||
| Temur Glimpse | 10 | 27–21 | 56.3 | 1 | ||
| Boros Glimpse | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Four Color Glimpse | 4 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 10 | 27–20 | 57.4 | 1 | ||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 5 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Anvil Colossus | 5 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Seismic Swans | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Breakfast | 34 | 113–55 | 67.3 | 3 | 13 | 4 |
| Oops All Spells | 33 | 109–54 | 66.9 | 3 | 12 | 4 |
| Unctus | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dredge | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Polymorph | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Tibalt's Trickery | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Calibrated Blast | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Restore Balance | 9 | 14–25 | 35.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gyruda | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Belcher | 4 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |||
| Tameshi Bloom | 5 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Possibility Storm | 3 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midnight Mass | 5 | 6–14 | 30.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Phoenix Altar | 6 | 15–11 | 57.7 | |||
| Actual Twin | 6 | 16–7 | 69.6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Izzet Twin | 6 | 16–7 | 69.6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Control | 70 | 128–120 | 51.6 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Esper Control | 6 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 10 | 7–22 | 24.1 | |||
| Cawblade | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mill | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 9 | 19–13 | 59.4 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Cloudpost Control | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 4 | 12–3 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Grixis Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Cruel Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Ponza | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Enchantments Control | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Seasons Past Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 32 | 74–49 | 60.2 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Aggro-Combo | 110 | 280–210 | 57.1 | 2 | 22 | 10 |
| Burn | 8 | 20–13 | 60.6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Necro Burn | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Infect | 19 | 54–40 | 57.4 | 2 | ||
| Simic Infect | 16 | 48–32 | 60.0 | 2 | ||
| Golgari Infect | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 69 | 177–118 | 60.0 | 2 | 19 | 7 |
| Izzet Dreadnought | 10 | 24–19 | 55.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 59 | 153–99 | 60.7 | 2 | 18 | 6 |
| Hushnought | 11 | 23–30 | 43.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo Goblins | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Dirty Kitty | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 34 | 66–68 | 49.3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Izzet Tempo | 4 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wizards | 7 | 11–16 | 40.7 | |||
| Ninjas | 17 | 41–33 | 55.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 4 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
| Mono Blue Librarians | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo-Control | 23 | 54–35 | 60.7 | 1 | ||
| Mindcrank | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hive Mind | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Solar Flare | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 16 | 42–26 | 61.8 | 1 | ||
| Jokulhaups Control | 16 | 42–26 | 61.8 | 1 | ||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 8 | 20–15 | 57.1 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Midrange | 90 | 201–152 | 56.9 | 2 | 16 | 3 |
| The Rock | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Blink | 59 | 139–93 | 59.9 | 2 | 14 | 3 |
| Wave Blink | 7 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Orzhov Wave | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 52 | 135–82 | 62.2 | 2 | 14 | 3 |
| Vampires | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Big Red | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Necro Midrange | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Fight Rigging | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 6 | 19–10 | 65.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fires of Invention | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 5 | 13–12 | 52.0 | |||
| Mardu Hero | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 4 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |||
| Simic Snow | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Ramp | 4 | 5–11 | 31.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Greenpost | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Field Ramp | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 |