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 11 weeks, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | 212–161 | 56.8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1819 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 31 | 77–47 | 62.1 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Heroic | 5 | 14–6 | 70.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono White Heroic | 4 | 11–4 | 73.3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Tokens | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Werewolves | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Counters | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| 8 Whack | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 8 | 23–9 | 71.9 | 1 | 2 | |
| Affinity | 4 | 12–5 | 70.6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 3 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Knights | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 4 | 12–7 | 63.2 | |||
| Cats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Cats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 10 | 23–24 | 48.9 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dubious Challenge | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Warp World | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Dredge | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 4 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Shrines | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 10 | 29–18 | 61.7 | 1 | ||
| Burn | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 7 | 24–9 | 72.7 | 1 | ||
| Hushnought | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 12 | 28–21 | 57.1 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 8 | 23–14 | 62.2 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Sultai Tempo | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Midrange | 18 | 44–32 | 57.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Legends Midrange | 8 | 24–15 | 61.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Legends | 8 | 24–15 | 61.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Big Red | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mythic Colossification | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Abzan Hero | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 |