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, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 141 | 286–280 | 50.5 | 1 | 9 | 1628 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 37 | 87–67 | 56.5 | 2 | ||
| Heroic | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 11 | 32–13 | 71.1 | 2 | ||
| Tokens | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Tokens | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Selesnya Counters | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Madness | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Golgari Madness | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Knights | 5 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 4 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Combo | 15 | 23–25 | 47.9 | |||
| Storm | 4 | 11–5 | 68.8 | |||
| Channel Storm | 4 | 11–5 | 68.8 | |||
| Reanimator | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Four Color Powerful Magic | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Warp World | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Upheaval Colossus | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Unctus | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Calibrated Blast | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Midnight Mass | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 11 | 18–25 | 41.9 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ponza | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Cycling Control | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Astral Slide | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Five Color Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Aristocrats | 3 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Food | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 12 | 28–23 | 54.9 | 2 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 5 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ninjas | 6 | 14–13 | 51.9 | 1 | ||
| Combo-Control | 5 | 14–8 | 63.6 | |||
| Curses | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 4 | 10–7 | 58.8 | |||
| Wildfire | 4 | 10–7 | 58.8 | |||
| Midrange | 31 | 46–80 | 36.5 | |||
| The Rock | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Blink | 3 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 3 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| White Jund | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 4 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Necro Midrange | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 3 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Hellion Whip | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 4 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Ordealbreak | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Naya Hero | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Simic Snow | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Illness in the Ranks | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Wight Midrange | 4 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |||
| Jund Wight | 4 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |||
| Ramp | 27 | 64–49 | 56.6 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Rofellos Ramp | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 16 | 48–21 | 69.6 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Golgari Post | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Gruul Post | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Simic Post | 11 | 37–13 | 74.0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Applejacks | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Field Ramp | 7 | 12–16 | 42.9 |