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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 368 | 674–465 | 59.2 | 2 | 23 | 28 | 1888 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 72 | 136–73 | 65.1 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Heroic | 23 | 47–22 | 68.1 | 3 | ||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 23 | 47–22 | 68.1 | 3 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 13 | 23–13 | 63.9 | 2 | ||
| Goblins | 5 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Mono Green Stompy | 5 | 9–7 | 56.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Elves | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | |||||
| Rogues | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Zombies | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Madness | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Slivers | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 8 | 25–9 | 73.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Rakdos Aggro | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Shamans | 2 | 8–1 | 88.9 | 1 | 2 | |
| Combo | 79 | 116–102 | 53.2 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Storm | 17 | 23–22 | 51.1 | 2 | ||
| Dimir Tendrils | 5 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| High Tide | 4 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Channel Storm | 7 | 17–7 | 70.8 | 2 | ||
| Reanimator | 35 | 49–38 | 56.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 31 | 43–32 | 57.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Double Dragon | 7 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Grixis Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Warp World | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Four Color Glimpse | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Soulflayer | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 12 | 29–17 | 63.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Oops All Spells | 6 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 1 | ||
| Neoform Hermit | 6 | 17–10 | 63.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dredge | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Control | 73 | 138–95 | 59.2 | 0 | 8 | 6 |
| Esper Control | 6 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |||
| Dimir Control | 13 | 27–11 | 71.1 | 3 | ||
| Azorius Control | 15 | 28–17 | 62.2 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Turbo Fog | 9 | 20–9 | 69.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Izzet Control | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudy With Sunny Spells | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Runeflare | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 5 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Life is Ez | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Pox | 13 | 37–20 | 64.9 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Aggro-Combo | 21 | 41–28 | 59.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Aristocrats | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Burn | 17 | 35–23 | 60.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Infect | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 24 | 52–27 | 65.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 11 | 26–12 | 68.4 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 7 | 21–9 | 70.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 40 | 80–59 | 57.6 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Curses | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Cruel Combo-Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Mindcrank | 13 | 33–17 | 66.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Dragoncrank | 3 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 1 | ||
| Solar Flare | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 18 | 38–25 | 60.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wildfire | 18 | 38–25 | 60.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Thryx-Wildfire | 10 | 18–14 | 56.3 | 1 | ||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 8 | 20–11 | 64.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 49 | 91–66 | 58.0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Blink | 4 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 12 | 25–20 | 55.6 | 1 | ||
| Mardu Midrange | 5 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Vampires | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 4 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 3 | 9–2 | 81.8 | 1 | ||
| Big Red | 9 | 31–13 | 70.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 6 | 13–8 | 61.9 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 5 | 13–7 | 65.0 | |||
| Heart of Darkness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Emerge | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Party | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Obosh | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Ramp | 10 | 16–15 | 51.6 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 8 | 16–14 | 53.3 | |||
| Greenpost | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 |