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, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | 133–147 | 47.5 | 1 | 1539 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 17 | 33–33 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Goblins | 4 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Soldiers | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Elves | 7 | 20–9 | 69.0 | 1 | ||
| Merfolk | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Knights | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 2 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 17 | 20–32 | 38.5 | |||
| Mono Black Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Esper Control | 4 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Azorius Control | 4 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 5 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 5 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 29 | 62–56 | 52.5 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 4 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |||
| Ninjas | 9 | 21–19 | 52.5 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 7 | 16–15 | 51.6 | |||
| Mono Blue Faeries | 6 | 15–13 | 53.6 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 8 | 15–12 | 55.6 | |||
| Dimir Faeries | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 5 | 12–10 | 54.5 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 4 | 12–8 | 60.0 |