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 12 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 229 | 667–384 | 63.5 | 4 | 18 | 29 | 1919 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 103 | 332–157 | 67.9 | 3 | 13 | 15 |
| Heroic | 14 | 56–18 | 75.7 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Mono White Heroic | 13 | 53–16 | 76.8 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Selesnya Heroic | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 70 | 226–99 | 69.5 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Goblins | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Tokens | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Zombies | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 11–11 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Affinity | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 2 | 9–3 | 75.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| AggroSlide | 4 | 11–7 | 61.1 | |||
| Combo | 13 | 44–16 | 73.3 | 3 | ||
| Reanimator | 6 | 16–10 | 61.5 | |||
| Starlit Graves | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 5 | 16–7 | 69.6 | |||
| Dimir Reanimator | 5 | 16–7 | 69.6 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 5 | 22–3 | 88.0 | 2 | ||
| Hypergenesis | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Control | 52 | 135–102 | 57.0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Esper Control | 6 | 13–10 | 56.5 | |||
| Demonic Rising | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 5 | 16–9 | 64.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 12 | 33–25 | 56.9 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Cloudpost Control | 13 | 31–26 | 54.4 | |||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 8 | 19–16 | 54.3 | |||
| Dimir Cloudpost Control | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Stagnant Control | 4 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 8 | 26–13 | 66.7 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Jeskai Approach | 8 | 26–13 | 66.7 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Ponza | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 8 | 15–25 | 37.5 | |||
| Aristocrats | 4 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 4 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |||
| Infect | 2 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Simic Infect | 2 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Turbo Myth | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 9 | 22–17 | 56.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Simic Flash | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Simic Vat | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Lich Aggro-Control | 4 | 13–6 | 68.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 12 | 30–19 | 61.2 | 2 | ||
| Pickles | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mindcrank | 6 | 17–8 | 68.0 | 2 | ||
| Plasma Swans | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 4 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 4 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |||
| Midrange | 26 | 72–34 | 67.9 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Blink | 8 | 25–12 | 67.6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Wave Blink | 7 | 23–9 | 71.9 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Cloudpost Wave Blink | 4 | 17–4 | 81.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Azorius Wave | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 1 | ||
| Indestructible | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 10 | 35–7 | 83.3 | 2 | ||
| Mono Black Devotion | 8 | 28–4 | 87.5 | 2 | ||
| Toughness Matters | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 6 | 14–14 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 4 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |||
| Simic Post | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Applejacks | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 |