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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | 161–149 | 51.9 | 5 | 1596 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 11 | 29–17 | 63.0 | 1 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Goblins | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Tokens | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Tokens | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 5 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 1 | ||
| Affinity | 5 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 1 | ||
| Combo | 34 | 78–61 | 56.1 | 3 | ||
| Storm | 12 | 38–18 | 67.9 | 2 | ||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Channel Storm | 10 | 35–11 | 76.1 | 2 | ||
| Reanimator | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 11 | 28–16 | 63.6 | 1 | ||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 10 | 25–14 | 64.1 | 1 | ||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Eggs | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Actual Twin | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Twin | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Control | 9 | 14–21 | 40.0 | |||
| Esper Control | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Stax | 4 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Five Color Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Ultimatum | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 10 | 24–18 | 57.1 | 1 | ||
| Aristocrats | 3 | 12–3 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 3 | 12–3 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Infect | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Infect | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 6 | 12–12 | 50.0 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Dirty Kitty | 5 | 10–9 | 52.6 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 2–12 | 14.3 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Wizards | 4 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Resurgent Belief | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 6 | 12–14 | 46.2 | |||
| The Rock | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Golgari Citadel | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Naya Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Game Objects | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Simic Post | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 |