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, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93 | 185–169 | 52.3 | 3 | 1585 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 29 | 73–46 | 61.3 | 3 | ||
| Goblins | 7 | 9–13 | 40.9 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Counters | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 16 | 51–21 | 70.8 | 3 | ||
| Tempered Steel | 16 | 51–21 | 70.8 | 3 | ||
| Knights | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Combo | 27 | 49–54 | 47.6 | |||
| Storm | 8 | 18–13 | 58.1 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Simic Storm | 1 | |||||
| Channel Storm | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Eggs | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Breakfast | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Hermit Dredge | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Neoform Hermit | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Polymorph | 5 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |||
| Storm Herald | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Restore Balance | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 7 | 13–11 | 54.2 | |||
| Mardu Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Pox | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 9 | 13–17 | 43.3 | |||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Burn | 5 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 9–7 | 56.3 | |||
| Blue Madness | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Simic Madness | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 13 | 25–23 | 52.1 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Wave Blink | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Wave | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Ordealbreak | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Gruul Post | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Applejacks | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 |