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 12 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 118 | 390–154 | 71.7 | 1 | 18 | 17 | 2101 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 38 | 139–48 | 74.3 | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| Heroic | 10 | 38–13 | 74.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono White Heroic | 4 | 16–5 | 76.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 6 | 22–8 | 73.3 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 11 | 46–13 | 78.0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Goblins | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 4 | 14–6 | 70.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Soldiers | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 2 | 8–1 | 88.9 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 15–5 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Boros Vehicles | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 3 | 12–3 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Devoid Aggro | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Madness | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Gruul Madness | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 41 | 117–61 | 65.7 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| Storm | 6 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 6 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Reanimator | 4 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 4 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 4 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Necro Combo | 7 | 16–10 | 61.5 | |||
| Deathmantle Necro | 7 | 16–10 | 61.5 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 18 | 65–29 | 69.1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Hyperwave | 9 | 35–13 | 72.9 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Cat Wave | 6 | 20–7 | 74.1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Control | 5 | 15–7 | 68.2 | |||
| Esper Control | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Cruel Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Pollute the Planet | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 14–5 | 73.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aristocrats | 5 | 14–5 | 73.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 2 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Abzan Aristocrats | 3 | 12–5 | 70.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo-Control | 4 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cruel Combo-Control | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Battle of Wits | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 25 | 95–26 | 78.5 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Indestructible | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 21 | 85–18 | 82.5 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Necro Midrange | 21 | 85–18 | 82.5 | 0 | 3 | 9 |