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 | 224–171 | 56.7 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1748 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 18 | 48–28 | 63.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Red Deck Wins | 4 | 16–4 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Goblins | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Affinity | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Cats | 10 | 28–19 | 59.6 | 1 | ||
| Selesnya Cats | 10 | 28–19 | 59.6 | 1 | ||
| Combo | 20 | 41–37 | 52.6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Storm | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 8 | 18–13 | 58.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Dragon Nightmare | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 5 | 12–9 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Dimir Reanimator | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Warp World | 6 | 11–12 | 47.8 | |||
| Actual Warp World | 6 | 11–12 | 47.8 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 4 | 9–7 | 56.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Control | 16 | 42–30 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mill | 8 | 23–12 | 65.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ponza | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono White Control | 5 | 15–8 | 65.2 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 18 | 48–34 | 58.5 | 1 | 3 | |
| Aristocrats | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Burn | 12 | 30–24 | 55.6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 5 | 16–8 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Combo-Control | 7 | 19–13 | 59.4 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 7 | 19–13 | 59.4 | |||
| Midrange | 10 | 16–18 | 47.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Big Red | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Death Cloud | 7 | 10–13 | 43.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ramp | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 |