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 2 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
# Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
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267 | 596–633 | 48.5 | 11 | 1501 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Aggro | 53 | 140–108 | 56.5 | 5 | ||
Heroic | 15 | 28–41 | 40.6 | |||
Mono White Heroic | 9 | 22–22 | 50.0 | |||
Azorius Heroic | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Boros Heroic | 5 | 5–15 | 25.0 | |||
Red Deck Wins | 6 | 18–12 | 60.0 | |||
Selesnya Little Kid | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
Selesnya Counters | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
Rogues | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Merfolk | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
Artifact Aggro | 8 | 20–20 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
Affinity | 7 | 19–16 | 54.3 | 1 | ||
Madness | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Rakdos Madness | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Voltron | 12 | 44–16 | 73.3 | 3 | ||
Hateful Auras | 12 | 44–16 | 73.3 | 3 | ||
Humans | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
Combo | 9 | 6–19 | 24.0 | |||
Storm | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Reanimator | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Taking Turns | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
Izzet Ascension | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Dredge | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Dice Factory | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Intruder Alarm | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
Control | 70 | 139–185 | 42.9 | 1 | ||
Mono Black Control | 9 | 18–24 | 42.9 | |||
Mono Blue Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
Dimir Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Azorius Control | 7 | 11–18 | 37.9 | |||
Turbo Fog | 6 | 14–16 | 46.7 | |||
Izzet Control | 13 | 22–37 | 37.3 | |||
Boros Control | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
Cloudpost Control | 11 | 24–31 | 43.6 | |||
Blackpost | 10 | 21–29 | 42.0 | |||
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Grixis Control | 4 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |||
Stax | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Dragon Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Ponza | 10 | 28–22 | 56.0 | 1 | ||
Cycling Control | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Astral Slide | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Prison | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
Enchantress | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
Aggro-Combo | 21 | 52–45 | 53.6 | 2 | ||
Aristocrats | 10 | 29–16 | 64.4 | 2 | ||
Mono Black Aristocrats | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Orzhov Aristocrats | 6 | 21–9 | 70.0 | 2 | ||
Boros Bombardment | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
Burn | 11 | 23–29 | 44.2 | |||
Aggro-Control | 10 | 26–18 | 59.1 | 1 | ||
Blue Madness | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Wizards | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
Izzet Spells | 5 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 1 | ||
Dimir Tempo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Dimir Faeries | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Combo-Control | 7 | 17–18 | 48.6 | |||
Pickles | 4 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |||
Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Resurgent Belief | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
Midrange | 80 | 174–204 | 46.0 | 2 | ||
The Rock | 8 | 20–18 | 52.6 | |||
Blink | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
Wave Blink | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Orzhov Wave | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Orzhov Blink | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
Enchantments Matter | 10 | 32–17 | 65.3 | |||
Vampires | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
Rakdos Vampires | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
Elementals | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Big Red | 9 | 21–23 | 47.7 | |||
Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Heart of Darkness | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Lifegain Midrange | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
Martyr's Grace | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
Orzhov Midrange | 4 | 14–6 | 70.0 | |||
Ordealbreak | 7 | 10–23 | 30.3 | |||
Enigmatic Incarnation | 7 | 10–23 | 30.3 | |||
Party | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
Boros Hero | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
Clerics | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Artifact Midrange | 11 | 22–30 | 42.3 | |||
Death Cloud | 3 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
Game Objects | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Ramp | 17 | 42–36 | 53.8 | |||
Cloudpost Ramp | 17 | 42–36 | 53.8 | |||
Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 5 | 10–15 | 40.0 | |||
Greenpost | 8 | 22–14 | 61.1 |