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, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 236 | 376–607 | 38.3 | 5 | 1182 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 36 | 52–104 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Heroic | 12 | 23–33 | 41.1 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 12 | 23–33 | 41.1 | |||
| Goblins | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 5 | 8–15 | 34.8 | |||
| Affinity | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Devastating Dreams | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Madness | 4 | 3–13 | 18.8 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 3 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 54 | 55–157 | 25.9 | |||
| Storm | 9 | 5–33 | 13.2 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 7 | 5–25 | 16.7 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 2 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Maniac Combo | 4 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dredge | 16 | 7–53 | 11.7 | |||
| Polymorph | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Protean Hulk Combo | 4 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |||
| Calibrated Blast | 11 | 19–23 | 45.2 | |||
| Restore Balance | 2 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| Control | 25 | 35–63 | 35.7 | |||
| Azorius Control | 13 | 16–35 | 31.4 | |||
| Stax | 4 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
| Ponza | 7 | 14–13 | 51.9 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 44 | 104–89 | 53.9 | 3 | ||
| Aristocrats | 35 | 84–68 | 55.3 | 3 | ||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 29 | 70–52 | 57.4 | 3 | ||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 6 | 14–16 | 46.7 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 6 | 14–12 | 53.8 | |||
| Izzet Dreadnought | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 11 | 13–34 | 27.7 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 4 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |||
| Wizards | 3 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 11 | 20–27 | 42.6 | 1 | ||
| Plasma Swans | 10 | 20–25 | 44.4 | 1 | ||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 54 | 96–129 | 42.7 | 1 | ||
| Jund | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 9 | 11–25 | 30.6 | |||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Allies | 5 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |||
| Boros Allies | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Mono White Allies | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| BRGW Allies | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Vampires | 14 | 38–30 | 55.9 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 14 | 38–30 | 55.9 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 5 | 14–10 | 58.3 | 1 | ||
| Big Red | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 8 | 12–22 | 35.3 | |||
| Adventures | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Coinflips | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 |