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 11 weeks, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 127 | 155–221 | 41.2 | 4 | 2 | 1396 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 16 | 17–27 | 38.6 | |||
| Heroic | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Azorius Heroic | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Affinity | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Madness | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Voltron | 8 | 10–12 | 45.5 | |||
| Hexproof | 7 | 10–12 | 45.5 | |||
| Hateful Auras | 1 | |||||
| Combo | 19 | 18–35 | 34.0 | |||
| Storm | 7 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Dark Tide | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 4 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| High Tide | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Myr Incubator | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Taking Turns | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 4 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Dredge | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Gyruda | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Control | 35 | 39–59 | 39.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Esper Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Control | 11 | 19–18 | 51.4 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 4 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Stax | 8 | 5–15 | 25.0 | |||
| Ponza | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 11 | 12–24 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aristocrats | 8 | 7–17 | 29.2 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Food | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Liquimetal Fishing | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 23 | 36–40 | 47.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simic Flash | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 4 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Blue Madness | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Simic Madness | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Wizards | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ninjas | 5 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 5 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Tempo | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 22 | 32–35 | 47.8 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Blink | 5 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 1 | ||
| Wave Blink | 5 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Wave | 5 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 1 | ||
| Fake-Rack | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 5 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 1 | ||
| Toughness Matters | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fires of Invention | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |