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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 239 | 458–251 | 64.6 | 2 | 28 | 2118 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 55 | 124–53 | 70.1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| Heroic | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 4 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Elves | 6 | 13–7 | 65.0 | 1 | ||
| Merfolk | 7 | 17–8 | 68.0 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 33 | 77–28 | 73.3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Affinity | 13 | 33–10 | 76.7 | 4 | ||
| Mono Blue Architect | 20 | 44–18 | 71.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Combo | 115 | 224–117 | 65.7 | 0 | 1 | 14 |
| Storm | 17 | 36–18 | 66.7 | 2 | ||
| Dimir Tendrils | 17 | 36–18 | 66.7 | 2 | ||
| Reanimator | 23 | 48–17 | 73.8 | 4 | ||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 23 | 48–17 | 73.8 | 4 | ||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 24 | 51–21 | 70.8 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Izzet Ascension | 21 | 49–20 | 71.0 | 2 | ||
| Soulflayer | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Dredge | 20 | 33–28 | 54.1 | 2 | ||
| Protean Hulk Combo | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Possibility Storm | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 24 | 30–28 | 51.7 | |||
| Mill | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Runeflare | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 7 | 14–7 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono White Control | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 11 | 7–15 | 31.8 | |||
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Shrines | 7 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 6 | 12–4 | 75.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 6 | 12–4 | 75.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 6 | 12–4 | 75.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 1 | ||
| Wizards | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 1 | ||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mindcrank | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Midrange | 32 | 55–36 | 60.4 | 4 | ||
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Séance | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 5 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 4 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 13 | 33–9 | 78.6 | 4 | ||
| Neoform | 6 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Sultai Neoform | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Greenpost | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 |