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 12 weeks, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 98 | 229–173 | 57.0 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 1965 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 4 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hush-finity | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 37 | 102–63 | 61.8 | 3 | 11 | 3 |
| Storm | 13 | 23–30 | 43.4 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Dark Tide | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 5 | 12–10 | 54.5 | |||
| Simic Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Warp World | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Four Color Glimpse | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 21 | 76–29 | 72.4 | 3 | 11 | 3 |
| Oops All Spells | 21 | 76–29 | 72.4 | 3 | 11 | 3 |
| Control | 9 | 13–20 | 39.4 | |||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Mill | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ponza | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 21 | 45–39 | 53.6 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Burn | 6 | 15–10 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Infect | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Simic Infect | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 13 | 24–25 | 49.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Izzet Dreadnought | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 11 | 24–20 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Combo Goblins | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dirty Kitty | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 7–9 | 43.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wizards | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Ninjas | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 14 | 35–20 | 63.6 | 1 | ||
| Mindcrank | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 13 | 35–19 | 64.8 | 1 | ||
| Jokulhaups Control | 13 | 35–19 | 64.8 | 1 | ||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 7 | 19–12 | 61.3 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Midrange | 8 | 24–15 | 61.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| The Rock | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 6 | 19–10 | 65.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mardu Hero | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 |