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 2 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 159 | 397–313 | 55.9 | 14 | 74 | 2 | 1750 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 61 | 140–116 | 54.7 | 6 | 33 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Heroic | 14 | 30–25 | 54.5 | 2 | 9 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 14 | 30–25 | 54.5 | 2 | 9 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 24 | 61–47 | 56.5 | 3 | 13 | |
| Tokens | 6 | 16–10 | 61.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono White Tokens | 6 | 16–10 | 61.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Elves | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Merfolk | 4 | 11–9 | 55.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 5 | 8–8 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Affinity | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Salvage Titan | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Humans | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Humans | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo | 10 | 14–28 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Reanimator | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Double Dragon | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| New Perspectives | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dredge | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Dice Factory | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Restore Balance | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Control | 11 | 18–30 | 37.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mill | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Five Color Control | 7 | 11–20 | 35.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Shrines | 7 | 11–20 | 35.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 25 | 59–50 | 54.1 | 2 | 10 | |
| Burn | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 8 | 22–14 | 61.1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 8 | 22–14 | 61.1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Hushnought | 15 | 35–32 | 52.2 | 1 | 7 | |
| Aggro-Control | 41 | 113–67 | 62.8 | 4 | 19 | 2 |
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 36 | 106–56 | 65.4 | 4 | 17 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Faeries | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Dimir Faeries | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Combo-Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 8 | 28–14 | 66.7 | 2 | 5 | |
| Blink | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Legends | 1 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simic Snow | 3 | 14–4 | 77.8 | 1 | 3 | |
| Ramp | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Greenpost | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 |