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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 322 | 508–614 | 45.3 | 9 | 8 | 1521 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 55 | 93–105 | 47.0 | |||
| Heroic | 6 | 12–12 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Selesnya Heroic | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| White Weenie | 5 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Humans | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Elves | 8 | 15–9 | 62.5 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 8 | 13–19 | 40.6 | |||
| Boros Vehicles | 3 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Illusions | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Voltron | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Hateful Auras | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Shamans | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 7 | 22–12 | 64.7 | |||
| Bard Class | 7 | 22–12 | 64.7 | |||
| Combo | 143 | 243–260 | 48.3 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Storm | 37 | 53–76 | 41.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Dragonstorm | 14 | 22–25 | 46.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hazoret Storm | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| High Tide | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Grixis Tendrils | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 3 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Song Storm | 11 | 11–16 | 40.7 | |||
| Reanimator | 12 | 24–33 | 42.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Recurring Nightmare | 9 | 17–25 | 40.5 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 9 | 17–25 | 40.5 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Warp World | 4 | 11–8 | 57.9 | |||
| Boros Glimpse | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Four Color Glimpse | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Myr Incubator | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Umbral Mantle | 4 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Fake-Twin | 5 | 15–9 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Naya Fake-Twin | 5 | 15–9 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Eggs | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 25 | 55–33 | 62.5 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Oops All Spells | 15 | 37–21 | 63.8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Unctus | 10 | 18–12 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dredge | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dice Factory | 7 | 13–14 | 48.1 | |||
| Storm Herald | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| GreenTwin | 1 | 3–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Tibalt's Trickery | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Calibrated Blast | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Restore Balance | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Gyruda | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Belcher | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Tameshi Bloom | 4 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Midnight Mass | 5 | 10–7 | 58.8 | |||
| Phoenix Altar | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Actual Twin | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Twin | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | 1 | ||
| Control | 22 | 16–38 | 29.6 | |||
| Mono Black Control | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Life is Ez | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Five Color Control | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Last Stand Control | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Prison | 5 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 5 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 12 | 24–31 | 43.6 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Infect | 3 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 3 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 5 | 11–10 | 52.4 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dirty Kitty | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Dwarf Combo | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 10–18 | 35.7 | |||
| Ninjas | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Mono Blue Librarians | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Dimir Faeries | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 18 | 30–28 | 51.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mindcrank | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Yosei Vat | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Hive Mind | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Plasma Swans | 4 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Archfiend Alteration | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Greasefang | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Esper Greasefang | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Orzhov Greasefang | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 50 | 70–97 | 41.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| The Rock | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Jund | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| White Jund | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Vampires | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Angels | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Angels | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Orzhov Angels | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ordealbreak | 5 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 5 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 6 | 12–15 | 44.4 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Mardu Hero | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Clerics | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Simic Snow | 6 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Ramp | 15 | 16–37 | 30.2 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 5 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Gruul Post | 4 | 6–12 | 33.3 | |||
| Defenders | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 6 | 9–14 | 39.1 | |||
| Applejacks | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 |