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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 133 | 215–217 | 49.8 | 6 | 1699 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 21 | 36–39 | 48.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Heroic | 4 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Heroic | 4 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 1 | ||
| Merfolk | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 4 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| 8 Whack | 4 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Madness | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Gruul Madness | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 26 | 56–53 | 51.4 | 2 | ||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 7 | 13–17 | 43.3 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 7 | 13–17 | 43.3 | |||
| Polymorph | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Calibrated Blast | 13 | 35–25 | 58.3 | 1 | ||
| Actual Twin | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Twin | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Control | 4 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Ponza | 4 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 4 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Burn | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dirty Kitty | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 32 | 45–36 | 55.6 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 27 | 36–29 | 55.4 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Spells | 4 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 5 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Plasma Swans | 4 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 1 | ||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Midrange | 41 | 59–74 | 44.4 | 1 | ||
| The Rock | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 4 | 11–5 | 68.8 | 1 | ||
| Party | 22 | 31–44 | 41.3 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Gruul Obosh | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 |