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 3 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 890 | 1791–1436 | 55.5 | 11 | 96 | 51 | 1894 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 9 | 8–14 | 36.4 | |||
| Rogues | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Merfolk | 7 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |||
| Combo | 325 | 707–506 | 58.3 | 7 | 45 | 24 |
| Storm | 82 | 200–116 | 63.3 | 2 | 8 | 8 |
| Dimir Tendrils | 17 | 46–17 | 73.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Dark Tide | 15 | 42–15 | 73.7 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Citadel Storm | 13 | 31–23 | 57.4 | 1 | ||
| High Tide | 51 | 122–75 | 61.9 | 2 | 6 | 3 |
| Reanimator | 49 | 122–81 | 60.1 | 2 | 12 | 3 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 49 | 122–81 | 60.1 | 2 | 12 | 3 |
| Rakdos Reanimator | 47 | 122–78 | 61.0 | 2 | 12 | 3 |
| Dimir Reanimator | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Eggs | 36 | 104–65 | 61.5 | 2 | 17 | 1 |
| Taking Turns | 80 | 121–151 | 44.5 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Breakfast | 7 | 22–7 | 75.9 | 1 | ||
| Oops All Spells | 7 | 22–7 | 75.9 | 1 | ||
| Ad Nauseam | 40 | 55–51 | 51.9 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Restore Balance | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Actual Twin | 24 | 81–24 | 77.1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Izzet Twin | 23 | 80–22 | 78.4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Nadu Combo | 4 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 175 | 350–278 | 55.7 | 2 | 24 | 9 |
| Esper Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Dimir Control | 17 | 31–24 | 56.4 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Control | 58 | 112–104 | 51.9 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
| Mill | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 74 | 172–112 | 60.6 | 1 | 14 | 6 |
| Blackpost | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 59 | 133–87 | 60.5 | 1 | 8 | 6 |
| Dragon Control | 6 | 12–10 | 54.5 | |||
| Prison | 16 | 19–22 | 46.3 | |||
| Enchantress | 16 | 19–22 | 46.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 45 | 102–64 | 61.4 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Infect | 44 | 102–63 | 61.8 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Simic Infect | 44 | 102–63 | 61.8 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Aggro-Control | 9 | 6–12 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Tempo | 7 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Dimir Faeries | 6 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo-Control | 26 | 64–32 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Mindcrank | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Hive Mind | 9 | 11–14 | 44.0 | |||
| Greasefang | 16 | 52–16 | 76.5 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Orzhov Greasefang | 15 | 52–14 | 78.8 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Midrange | 266 | 474–479 | 49.7 | 1 | 20 | 7 |
| Temur Ascendancy | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| The Rock | 14 | 21–20 | 51.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jund | 75 | 121–120 | 50.2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Blink | 8 | 17–11 | 60.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 20 | 27–36 | 42.9 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 26 | 50–44 | 53.2 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Devotion | 25 | 48–42 | 53.3 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Midrange | 92 | 191–188 | 50.4 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| Orzhov Midrange | 5 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 5 | 3–16 | 15.8 | |||
| Ramp | 35 | 62–51 | 54.9 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 35 | 62–51 | 54.9 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Eldrazipost | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Golgari Post | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Greenpost | 15 | 35–22 | 61.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Gruul Post | 13 | 18–18 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simic Post | 3 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 |