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 7 weeks, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 92 | 297–160 | 65.0 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 2050 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 26 | 89–41 | 68.5 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| 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 | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Soldiers | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 5 | 16–8 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Affinity | 5 | 16–8 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 5 | 16–8 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cats | 2 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Cats | 2 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 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 | |||
| Permanent Vacation | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Pirates | 9 | 33–13 | 71.7 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Combo | 7 | 23–13 | 63.9 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Warp World | 5 | 19–7 | 73.1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Boros Glimpse | 5 | 19–7 | 73.1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Insidious Roots Dredge | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Control | 18 | 59–30 | 66.3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Esper Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 4 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dragon Control | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Control | 9 | 33–11 | 75.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Aggro-Combo | 7 | 28–7 | 80.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Aristocrats | 7 | 28–7 | 80.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 7 | 28–7 | 80.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Aggro-Control | 9 | 23–21 | 52.3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 5 | 14–10 | 58.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 3 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dimir Tempo | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Combo-Control | 7 | 17–13 | 56.7 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Solar Flare | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| 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 | 16 | 52–30 | 63.4 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| The Rock | 4 | 16–7 | 69.6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Blink | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 4 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |||
| Mardu Hero | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Boros Hero | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 |