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 1 week, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 400 | 968–606 | 61.5 | 11 | 72 | 36 | 2131 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 71 | 224–101 | 68.9 | 1 | 18 | 11 |
| Heroic | 4 | 14–6 | 70.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Heroic | 4 | 14–6 | 70.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 9 | 21–12 | 63.6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Goblins | 6 | 20–7 | 74.1 | 2 | ||
| Tokens | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Tokens | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Soldiers | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Rogues | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 13 | 32–20 | 61.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Affinity | 10 | 27–16 | 62.8 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 6 | 21–8 | 72.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tempered Steel | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| 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 | 11 | 40–13 | 75.5 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 9 | 33–12 | 73.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bard Class | 2 | 7–1 | 87.5 | 1 | ||
| Pirates | 18 | 62–27 | 69.7 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| Rats | 2 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo | 49 | 85–78 | 52.1 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| Storm | 22 | 34–40 | 45.9 | 0 | 5 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 19 | 31–34 | 47.7 | 0 | 4 | |
| 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 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Warp World | 6 | 20–9 | 69.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Boros Glimpse | 6 | 20–9 | 69.0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 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 | |||
| Restore Balance | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Midnight Mass | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Actual Twin | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Izzet Twin | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Control | 71 | 134–114 | 54.0 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| Esper Control | 5 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |||
| Dimir Control | 8 | 8–11 | 42.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Azorius Control | 26 | 61–39 | 61.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Izzet Control | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 5 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| 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 | 14–5 | 73.7 | 2 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 17 | 55–20 | 73.3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Aristocrats | 11 | 39–14 | 73.6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 11 | 39–14 | 73.6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 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 | 48 | 106–77 | 57.9 | 1 | 7 | 5 |
| Simic Flash | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 6 | 10–13 | 43.5 | 1 | ||
| Blue Madness | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 11 | 24–18 | 57.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 8 | 19–10 | 65.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dimir Tempo | 19 | 38–31 | 55.1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Dimir Faeries | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Tempo | 7 | 28–7 | 80.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Combo-Control | 17 | 34–30 | 53.1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Solar Flare | 6 | 11–10 | 52.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 5 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| Wildfire | 3 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| 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 | 6 | 18–9 | 66.7 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Esper Greasefang | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Greasefang | 4 | 12–5 | 70.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Midrange | 117 | 303–168 | 64.3 | 7 | 25 | 10 |
| The Rock | 4 | 16–7 | 69.6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Abzan Midrange | 9 | 14–12 | 53.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Blink | 22 | 79–30 | 72.5 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
| Orzhov Blink | 19 | 68–26 | 72.3 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| Mardu Midrange | 5 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 6 | 19–10 | 65.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Orzhov Legends | 6 | 19–10 | 65.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dimir Midrange | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Angels | 8 | 19–8 | 70.4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Mono White Angels | 8 | 19–8 | 70.4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 13 | 27–14 | 65.9 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 3 | 12–3 | 80.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 32 | 81–49 | 62.3 | 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 | |
| Boros Hero | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 6 | 19–8 | 70.4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Nissa Company | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ramp | 9 | 12–18 | 40.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Greenpost | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Applejacks | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Field Ramp | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 |