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 9 weeks, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | 297–398 | 42.7 | 3 | 58 | 1394 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 115 | 180–218 | 45.2 | 2 | 38 | |
| Heroic | 10 | 21–14 | 60.0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 10 | 21–14 | 60.0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 6 | 6–12 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Elves | 6 | 11–11 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Zombies | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 11 | 13–19 | 40.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Affinity | 10 | 13–17 | 43.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Knights | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| AggroSlide | 70 | 116–140 | 45.3 | 1 | 24 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo | 24 | 25–44 | 36.2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Reanimator | 23 | 25–43 | 36.8 | 0 | 5 | |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 22 | 25–42 | 37.3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Rakdos Reanimator | 14 | 14–26 | 35.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 8 | 11–16 | 40.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 21 | 35–49 | 41.7 | 0 | 6 | |
| Cycling Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 19 | 34–44 | 43.6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Temur Reclamation | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 10 | 7–21 | 25.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Aristocrats | 6 | 5–13 | 27.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Food | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Burn | 4 | 2–8 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 27 | 32–58 | 35.6 | 1 | 6 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 4 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 23 | 31–49 | 38.8 | 1 | 6 | |
| Midrange | 4 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Abzan Hero | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |