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 11 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 156 | 167–286 | 36.9 | 3 | 1370 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 10 | 12–17 | 41.4 | 1 | ||
| Heroic | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Tokens | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Affinity | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Salvage Titan | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| AggroSlide | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Cats | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Selesnya Cats | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo | 52 | 38–101 | 27.3 | 1 | ||
| Storm | 16 | 12–31 | 27.9 | 1 | ||
| Dragonstorm | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| High Tide | 6 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Channel Storm | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Warp World | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Actual Warp World | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Zubera Tribal | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Eggs | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 12 | 9–26 | 25.7 | |||
| Soulflayer | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Dredge | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| GreenTwin | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Restore Balance | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Possibility Storm | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Control | 42 | 48–80 | 37.5 | |||
| Esper Control | 6 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 5 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Grixis Control | 8 | 9–13 | 40.9 | |||
| Cruel Control | 8 | 9–13 | 40.9 | |||
| Runeflare | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Ponza | 7 | 11–16 | 40.7 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 5 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Seasons Past Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Prison | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 4 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 3 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Dirty Kitty | 3 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 7 | 9–16 | 36.0 | |||
| Curses | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 6 | 9–15 | 37.5 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 6 | 9–15 | 37.5 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Midrange | 31 | 41–47 | 46.6 | 1 | ||
| The Rock | 5 | 5–14 | 26.3 | |||
| Golgari Citadel | 5 | 5–14 | 26.3 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Blink | 7 | 12–9 | 57.1 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Big Red | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Toughness Matters | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Coinflips | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Illness in the Ranks | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Game Objects | 7 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 9 | 12–20 | 37.5 | |||
| Villainous Wealth | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Greenpost | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 |