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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 760 | 2014–1382 | 59.3 | 11 | 106 | 52 | 1900 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 102 | 274–183 | 60.0 | 2 | 11 | 11 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 9 | 27–13 | 67.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Heroic | 10 | 26–22 | 54.2 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 10 | 26–22 | 54.2 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Goblins | 15 | 31–27 | 53.4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| White Weenie | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Elves | 5 | 10–11 | 47.6 | 1 | ||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Selesnya Counters | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Rogues | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 5 | 10–12 | 45.5 | |||
| Affinity | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Salvage Titan | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Madness | 46 | 144–71 | 67.0 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Rakdos Madness | 46 | 144–71 | 67.0 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| AggroSlide | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo | 67 | 161–124 | 56.5 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
| Storm | 7 | 18–14 | 56.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 5 | 11–11 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Reanimator | 12 | 38–17 | 69.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 11 | 35–15 | 70.0 | |||
| Double Dragon | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 11 | 25–15 | 62.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Hypergenesis | 5 | 14–9 | 60.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Ominous Good | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Hermit Dredge | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Neoform Hermit | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Dredge | 14 | 34–23 | 59.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Enduring Ideal | 7 | 13–20 | 39.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Control | 44 | 110–83 | 57.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Esper Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 18 | 48–32 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Control | 5 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Ponza | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Mono White Control | 5 | 14–9 | 60.9 | |||
| Life is Ez | 5 | 14–9 | 60.9 | |||
| Pox | 9 | 28–14 | 66.7 | 2 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 176 | 456–325 | 58.4 | 3 | 33 | 8 |
| Aristocrats | 77 | 210–140 | 60.0 | 1 | 12 | 5 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Aristocrats | 5 | 14–8 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 64 | 182–112 | 61.9 | 1 | 11 | 4 |
| Boros Bombardment | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Burn | 43 | 87–92 | 48.6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Infect | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hushnought | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 51 | 145–83 | 63.6 | 2 | 14 | 3 |
| Goblin Persist | 31 | 91–51 | 64.1 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Dirty Kitty | 20 | 54–32 | 62.8 | 2 | 9 | |
| Aggro-Control | 22 | 56–39 | 58.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Blue Madness | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Simic Madness | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 11 | 35–19 | 64.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dimir Tempo | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Combo-Control | 281 | 782–490 | 61.5 | 6 | 49 | 23 |
| Curses | 8 | 16–18 | 47.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Shared Fate | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mindcrank | 104 | 351–164 | 68.2 | 4 | 25 | 13 |
| Dragoncrank | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Hedron Alignment | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Zur's Weirding | 158 | 386–285 | 57.5 | 2 | 18 | 10 |
| Solar Flare | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 3 | 14–6 | 70.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 5 | 10–12 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wildfire | 5 | 10–12 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Borderpost Wildfire | 5 | 10–12 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 64 | 148–125 | 54.2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Blink | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 29 | 66–64 | 50.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Varolz Dreadnought | 4 | 10–10 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Heart of Darkness | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 21 | 49–39 | 55.7 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Toughness Matters | 4 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Party | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 4 | 1–13 | 7.1 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Historic Bloom | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 |