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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 53 | 73–104 | 41.2 | 1 | 1417 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 15 | 23–33 | 41.1 | |||
| Tokens | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Orzhov Tokens | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Elves | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Affinity | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Humans | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Orzhov Humans | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Combo | 12 | 20–16 | 55.6 | 1 | ||
| Reanimator | 9 | 16–12 | 57.1 | 1 | ||
| Living Death | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Excruciator Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 8 | 16–11 | 59.3 | 1 | ||
| Rakdos Reanimator | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Grixis Reanimator | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Protean Hulk Combo | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Infect | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dirty Kitty | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Cruel Combo-Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Greasefang | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Esper Greasefang | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Midrange | 15 | 20–29 | 40.8 | |||
| Temur Ascendancy | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| The Rock | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Jund | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Wave Blink | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Wave | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Big Red | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Capenna | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Hero | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 3 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 |