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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 237 | 366–470 | 43.8 | 7 | 1422 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 68 | 142–122 | 53.8 | 4 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 33 | 64–59 | 52.0 | 2 | ||
| Mono Red Devotion | 10 | 25–18 | 58.1 | 1 | ||
| Goblins | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| White Weenie | 14 | 35–24 | 59.3 | 1 | ||
| Odric Keywords | 5 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
| Chroma White | 4 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 5 | 10–10 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Tempered Steel | 5 | 10–10 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Aggro | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Illusions | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Naya Zoo | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Shamans | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Combo | 13 | 34–23 | 59.6 | |||
| Reanimator | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Jund Nightmare | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Breakfast | 9 | 26–16 | 61.9 | |||
| Cephalid Breakfast | 9 | 26–16 | 61.9 | |||
| Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 9 | 26–16 | 61.9 | |||
| Control | 63 | 76–137 | 35.7 | 2 | ||
| Esper Control | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Demonic Rising | 11 | 24–18 | 57.1 | 2 | ||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Boros Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 13 | 7–31 | 18.4 | |||
| Blackpost | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Izzet Cloudpost Control | 5 | 0–15 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 8 | 7–18 | 28.0 | |||
| Stax | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 7 | 8–18 | 30.8 | |||
| Jeskai Approach | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Life is Ez | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 6 | 12–12 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| Simic Flash | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Combo-Control | 22 | 18–46 | 28.1 | |||
| Burning Vengeance | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cruel Combo-Control | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Displace Loop | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Peregrine Drake | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 14 | 14–29 | 32.6 | |||
| Wildfire | 14 | 14–29 | 32.6 | |||
| Midrange | 52 | 74–102 | 42.0 | 1 | ||
| Temur Ascendancy | 5 | 15–10 | 60.0 | |||
| The Rock | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Grenzo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 11 | 13–25 | 34.2 | |||
| Knights of Windgrace | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jund | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Blink | 3 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |||
| Allies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Allies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Leave // Chance Midrange | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| White Jund | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Vampires | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 7 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 1 | ||
| Boros Legends Midrange | 6 | 11–8 | 57.9 | 1 | ||
| Mardu Legends | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Hellion Whip | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 9 | 12–16 | 42.9 | |||
| Sultai Emerge | 9 | 12–16 | 42.9 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 14 | 14–27 | 34.1 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Locus Awakening | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Golgari Post | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Domain | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |