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 3 weeks, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 177 | 377–361 | 51.1 | 7 | 7 | 1718 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 30 | 82–46 | 64.1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Heroic | 6 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 6 | 21–7 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| White Weenie | 6 | 17–9 | 65.4 | 1 | ||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 16–5 | 76.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Affinity | 4 | 16–5 | 76.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 4 | 16–5 | 76.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Madness | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Gruul Madness | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Voltron | 4 | 11–5 | 68.8 | |||
| Hateful Auras | 4 | 11–5 | 68.8 | |||
| AggroSlide | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Combo | 21 | 46–50 | 47.9 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Storm | 2 | 0–9 | 0.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 2 | 0–9 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Taking Turns | 8 | 22–16 | 57.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Reanim8 Rack | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 4 | 12–5 | 70.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Oops All Spells | 4 | 12–5 | 70.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Enduring Ideal | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Restore Balance | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Control | 34 | 68–74 | 47.9 | |||
| Esper Control | 5 | 13–10 | 56.5 | |||
| Azorius Control | 14 | 33–30 | 52.4 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Sultai Control | 4 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
| Pox | 6 | 5–15 | 25.0 | |||
| Seasons Past Control | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 16 | 39–26 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Aristocrats | 8 | 21–12 | 63.6 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 6 | 16–10 | 61.5 | 1 | ||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 8 | 18–14 | 56.3 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 8 | 18–14 | 56.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 14 | 31–26 | 54.4 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 6 | 14–11 | 56.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 5 | 12–9 | 57.1 | |||
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Combo-Control | 5 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |||
| Curses | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Shared Fate | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mindcrank | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Thryx-Wildfire | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Midrange | 52 | 95–114 | 45.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Abzan Midrange | 5 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |||
| Blink | 8 | 10–14 | 41.7 | |||
| Wave Blink | 6 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |||
| Abzan Wave | 6 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Treefolk | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 9 | 26–16 | 61.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Legends Midrange | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Selesnya Legends | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 8 | 13–18 | 41.9 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Toughness Matters | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 7 | 12–16 | 42.9 | 1 | ||
| Ramp | 5 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Greenpost | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Field Ramp | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 |