Calibrated Blast

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.
Which cards are legal?

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.
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
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.
How do I enter the league?

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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How do I enter a tournament?

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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What happens if a card goes above 2¢? How does rotation work? When is the next rotation? How long are cards legal for?

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 2 days, 3 hours.

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Congratulations to chickeninthebrain, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 32)

Archetype Tree

Archetype	# Decks	Record	Win %	①	⑧	5–0s
Combo	34890	58132–59762–18	49.3	395	2523	1572
Calibrated Blast	106	153–197	43.7	0	2	3

Decks

Cards

Matchups

Archetype	Record	Win %
Aggro	28–53	34.6
Heroic	0–8	0.0
Mono White Heroic	0–5	0.0
Mono Red Blitzkrieg	0–2	0.0
Boros Heroic	0–1	0.0
Red Deck Wins	0–6	0.0
Goblins	2–2	50.0
Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono White Tokens	1–0	100.0
Mono Green Stompy	1–3	25.0
White Weenie	3–5	37.5
Elves	2–3	40.0
Selesnya Little Kid	1–0	100.0
Rogues	0–1	0.0
Zombies	0–1	0.0
Gruul Aggro	2–1	66.7
Merfolk	0–2	0.0
Artifact Aggro	4–7	36.4
Affinity	1–4	20.0
Salvage Titan	1–0	100.0
Tempered Steel	2–2	50.0
Mono Blue Architect	0–1	0.0
Madness	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Madness	1–0	100.0
Voltron	0–2	0.0
Equipment Aggro	0–2	0.0
Slivers	1–0	100.0
Knights	3–0	100.0
AggroSlide	2–1	66.7
Cats	0–1	0.0
Selesnya Cats	0–1	0.0
Boros Aggro	0–1	0.0
Humans	2–1	66.7
Selesnya Humans	0–1	0.0
Boros Humans	1–0	100.0
Mono Red Eldrazi	1–0	100.0
Legends Aggro	2–8	20.0
Boros Legends Aggro	1–8	11.1
Bard Class	1–0	100.0
Combo	33–36	47.8
Storm	12–13	48.0
Dimir Tendrils	1–2	33.3
Dragonstorm	1–4	20.0
Hazoret Storm	0–1	0.0
Citadel Storm	2–1	66.7
High Tide	5–3	62.5
Paradoxical Outcome Storm	1–0	100.0
Izzet Storm	1–1	50.0
Channel Storm	1–1	50.0
Reanimator	3–1	75.0
Recurring Nightmare	2–0	100.0
Dragon Nightmare	1–0	100.0
Traditional Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Rakdos Reanimator	1–1	50.0
Oriss Genesis	1–0	100.0
Necro Combo	1–0	100.0
Necrotic Ooze Combo	1–2	33.3
Hypergenesis	3–0	100.0
Runeflare	1–0	100.0
Metalwork Colossus	0–2	0.0
Anvil Colossus	0–1	0.0
Upheaval Colossus	0–1	0.0
Blazing Shoal Combo	1–0	100.0
Taking Turns	0–1	0.0
Izzet Ascension	2–0	100.0
Soulflayer	0–2	0.0
Breakfast	0–5	0.0
Oops All Spells	0–4	0.0
Unctus	0–1	0.0
Dredge	1–1	50.0
Polymorph	1–1	50.0
Storm Herald	1–0	100.0
Enduring Ideal	0–1	0.0
Ad Nauseam	0–2	0.0
Tibalt's Trickery	1–1	50.0
Midnight Mass	1–1	50.0
Actual Twin	1–2	33.3
Izzet Twin	1–2	33.3
Control	30–15	66.7
Mono Black Control	1–0	100.0
Esper Control	2–0	100.0
Demonic Rising	0–1	0.0
Dimir Control	0–2	0.0
Azorius Control	4–4	50.0
Cawblade	0–1	0.0
Izzet Control	0–1	0.0
Mill	1–0	100.0
Cloudpost Control	1–1	50.0
Azorius Cloudpost Control	1–0	100.0
Mono Blue Cloudpost Control	0–1	0.0
Grixis Control	2–1	66.7
Stax	3–0	100.0
Jeskai Control	2–0	100.0
Dragon Control	2–0	100.0
Mono White Control	2–0	100.0
Life is Ez	2–0	100.0
Cycling Control	1–0	100.0
Astral Slide	1–0	100.0
Sultai Control	0–1	0.0
Pox	2–0	100.0
Enchantments Control	2–0	100.0
Seasons Past Control	1–2	33.3
Orzhov Control	3–2	60.0
Aggro-Combo	8–18	30.8
Aristocrats	1–1	50.0
Orzhov Aristocrats	0–1	0.0
Food	1–0	100.0
Infect	2–5	28.6
Simic Infect	0–2	0.0
Blazing Shoal Infect	2–2	50.0
Golgari Infect	0–1	0.0
Trickbind Dreadnought	1–5	16.7
Mono Blue Dreadnought	1–5	16.7
Izzet Blitzkrieg	1–0	100.0
Hushnought	0–1	0.0
Liquimetal Fishing	0–1	0.0
Combo Goblins	2–5	28.6
Goblin Persist	1–4	20.0
Dirty Kitty	1–1	50.0
Aggro-Control	4–18	18.2
Izzet Tempo	0–6	0.0
Azorius Skies	1–0	100.0
Wizards	0–2	0.0
Mono Blue Tempo	1–2	33.3
Mono Blue Librarians	1–1	50.0
Izzet Spells	2–1	66.7
Dimir Tempo	0–6	0.0
Dimir Faeries	0–1	0.0
Azorius Tempo	0–1	0.0
Combo-Control	10–14	41.7
Curses	0–1	0.0
Cruel Combo-Control	1–0	100.0
Battle of Wits	1–3	25.0
Mindcrank	1–1	50.0
Hive Mind	1–1	50.0
Plasma Swans	1–0	100.0
Mass Land Destruction	5–7	41.7
Wildfire	2–1	66.7
Jokulhaups Control	3–6	33.3
Grixis Jokulhaups Control	1–1	50.0
Jeskai Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
Temur Jokulhaups Control	0–1	0.0
WUBR Jokulhaups Control	1–2	33.3
Resurgent Belief	0–1	0.0
Midrange	31–33	48.4
The Rock	0–2	0.0
Abzan Midrange	1–0	100.0
Jund	1–1	50.0
Blink	6–0	100.0
Wave Blink	3–0	100.0
Azorius Wave	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Wave	2–0	100.0
Graveyard Value	0–2	0.0
Varolz Dreadnought	0–2	0.0
Enchantments Matter	0–1	0.0
Allies	1–0	100.0
Boros Allies	1–0	100.0
Fake-Rack	1–0	100.0
Vampires	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Vampires	0–1	0.0
Legends Midrange	1–0	100.0
Orzhov Legends	1–0	100.0
Rakdos Midrange	3–0	100.0
Naya Midrange	1–0	100.0
Big Red	0–2	0.0
Mono Black Midrange	2–3	40.0
Necro Midrange	0–1	0.0
Mono Black Devotion	0–1	0.0
Dimir Midrange	1–0	100.0
Dimir Vat	1–0	100.0
Lifegain Midrange	0–2	0.0
Martyr's Grace	0–2	0.0
Sultai Midrange	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Midrange	3–6	33.3
Jeskai Midrange	1–0	100.0
Heartless Summoning Stompy	0–1	0.0
Ordealbreak	0–1	0.0
Enigmatic Incarnation	0–1	0.0
Fires of Invention	2–5	28.6
Hero of Precinct One	0–2	0.0
Orzhov Hero	0–1	0.0
Boros Hero	0–1	0.0
Simic Snow	0–1	0.0
Artifact Midrange	2–0	100.0
Ramp	9–10	47.4
Rofellos Ramp	1–2	33.3
Cloudpost Ramp	6–8	42.9
Eldrazipost	1–0	100.0
Greenpost	1–2	33.3
Gruul Post	1–4	20.0
Simic Post	2–1	66.7