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, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 267 | 592–431 | 57.9 | 5 | 42 | 18 | 1988 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 39 | 107–64 | 62.6 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Heroic | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 8 | 19–11 | 63.3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Goblins | 5 | 16–6 | 72.7 | 2 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 12 | 24–22 | 52.2 | 1 | ||
| Affinity | 8 | 18–15 | 54.5 | 1 | ||
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 4 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 1 | ||
| Tempered Steel | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Cats | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Cats | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Humans | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Humans | 2 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Humans | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Pirates | 6 | 21–10 | 67.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Combo | 37 | 67–62 | 51.9 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Storm | 17 | 30–30 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 14 | 27–24 | 52.9 | 0 | 3 | |
| High Tide | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Grixis Tendrils | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 7 | 14–9 | 60.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Recurring Nightmare | 6 | 13–7 | 65.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Warp World | 4 | 14–7 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Neoform Hermit | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Insidious Roots Dredge | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Midnight Mass | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Actual Twin | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Twin | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 64 | 130–107 | 54.9 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Esper Control | 5 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |||
| Dimir Control | 8 | 8–11 | 42.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Azorius Control | 22 | 46–33 | 58.2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Izzet Control | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Dragon Control | 4 | 13–7 | 65.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Dragons | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Ponza | 6 | 11–15 | 42.3 | |||
| Five Color Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Pox | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 7 | 26–8 | 76.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Aggro-Combo | 14 | 45–16 | 73.8 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Aristocrats | 8 | 29–10 | 74.4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 8 | 29–10 | 74.4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Infect | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Simic Infect | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 5 | 13–5 | 72.2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 5 | 13–5 | 72.2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Aggro-Control | 29 | 55–52 | 51.4 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Blue Madness | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 9 | 20–16 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 6 | 15–8 | 65.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Tempo | 15 | 31–25 | 55.4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Dimir Faeries | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 10 | 22–18 | 55.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Solar Flare | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Wildfire | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Thryx-Wildfire | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| WUBR Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Greasefang | 5 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Esper Greasefang | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Greasefang | 3 | 9–3 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Midrange | 67 | 152–98 | 60.8 | 3 | 14 | 6 |
| The Rock | 4 | 16–7 | 69.6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Abzan Midrange | 7 | 8–8 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blink | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Mardu Midrange | 5 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 8 | 16–10 | 61.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 30 | 75–45 | 62.5 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Abzan Hero | 9 | 15–13 | 53.6 | 1 | ||
| Mardu Hero | 3 | 10–4 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Esper Hero | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Orzhov Hero | 7 | 25–10 | 71.4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Five Color Hero | 4 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Naya Hero | 4 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 4 | 16–2 | 88.9 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Ramp | 6 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Greenpost | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Applejacks | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |