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 9 weeks, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 306 | 552–707 | 43.8 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1323 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 109 | 234–234 | 50.0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Heroic | 22 | 60–42 | 58.8 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 15 | 43–26 | 62.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Boros Heroic | 7 | 17–16 | 51.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tokens | 6 | 13–14 | 48.1 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 6 | 13–14 | 48.1 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 19 | 46–34 | 57.5 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Selesnya Counters | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Rogues | 10 | 26–18 | 59.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Zombies | 5 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 5 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 7 | 17–17 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 Whack | 4 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |||
| Devastating Dreams | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Madness | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Knights | 8 | 14–14 | 50.0 | |||
| Humans | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Bant Humans | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Jeskai Humans | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Shamans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Bard Class | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo | 11 | 15–32 | 31.9 | |||
| Storm | 4 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |||
| Simic Storm | 4 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |||
| Reclamation Storm | 4 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 4 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Ominous Good | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Calibrated Blast | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Control | 21 | 31–53 | 36.9 | |||
| Demonic Rising | 16 | 26–36 | 41.9 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Dragon Control | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Izzet Dragons | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 2 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 36 | 68–81 | 45.6 | 0 | 4 | |
| Aristocrats | 32 | 66–72 | 47.8 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 11 | 21–25 | 45.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Food | 6 | 10–14 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 5 | 17–10 | 63.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Bombardment | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Hushnought | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 81 | 128–182 | 41.3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Simic Flash | 3 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 4 | 2–12 | 14.3 | |||
| Blue Madness | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Simic Madness | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Wizards | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Ninjas | 21 | 27–53 | 33.8 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 27 | 61–50 | 55.0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Mono Blue Faeries | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Librarians | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 14 | 19–30 | 38.8 | 0 | 3 | |
| Sultai Tempo | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 5 | 11–10 | 52.4 | |||
| Sunforger | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Hive Mind | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Midrange | 37 | 44–102 | 30.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Allies | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| BRGW Allies | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Treefolk | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 3 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
| Selesnya Legends | 3 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Toughness Matters | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Neoform | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Temur Neoform | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Party | 2 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Hero | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Clerics | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Simic Snow | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Coinflips | 5 | 4–15 | 21.1 | |||
| Ramp | 6 | 17–13 | 56.7 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Wild Pair | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Greenpost | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Applejacks | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 |