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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 173 | 287–329 | 46.6 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 1486 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 36 | 77–70 | 52.4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Tokens | 5 | 13–7 | 65.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Mono White Tokens | 4 | 12–5 | 70.6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Orzhov Tokens | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 5 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
| Elves | 4 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 19 | 45–39 | 53.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Affinity | 11 | 28–23 | 54.9 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 8 | 17–16 | 51.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Humans | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Selesnya Humans | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Orzhov Humans | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo | 49 | 79–93 | 45.9 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Storm | 26 | 59–42 | 58.4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Dimir Tendrils | 12 | 32–16 | 66.7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| High Tide | 6 | 12–11 | 52.2 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 8 | 15–15 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Reanimator | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Warp World | 5 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |||
| Temur Glimpse | 5 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |||
| Splendid Reclamation Combo | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Eggs | 9 | 6–23 | 20.7 | |||
| Dredge | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Polymorph | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Control | 16 | 21–28 | 42.9 | |||
| Azorius Control | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Mill | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Ponza | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Cycling Control | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Pox | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 15 | 25–21 | 54.3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Aristocrats | 8 | 10–11 | 47.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Boros Bombardment | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Burn | 7 | 15–10 | 60.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 13 | 14–26 | 35.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 4 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Dimir Faeries | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Combo-Control | 5 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Thopter-Sword | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Thopter-Sword | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Archfiend Alteration | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Midrange | 35 | 56–73 | 43.4 | 0 | 5 | |
| Jund | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Naya Midrange | 5 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |||
| Big Red | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Fight Rigging | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 18 | 36–42 | 46.2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Five Color Hero | 12 | 22–28 | 44.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ramp | 4 | 5–10 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Villainous Wealth | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Field Ramp | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 |