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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 194 | 313–393 | 44.3 | 5 | 1498 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 22 | 28–41 | 40.6 | |||
| Tokens | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| White Weenie | 5 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Soldiers | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 4 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Madness | 8 | 11–17 | 39.3 | |||
| Golgari Madness | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Jund Madness | 6 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 9 | 15–22 | 40.5 | |||
| Storm | 4 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 4 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Ominous Good | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Control | 56 | 80–105 | 43.2 | 2 | ||
| Esper Control | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Mardu Control | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Mill | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Control | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Grixis Control | 8 | 11–14 | 44.0 | |||
| Cruel Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 22 | 34–40 | 45.9 | 1 | ||
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 16 | 29–30 | 49.2 | 1 | ||
| Shrines | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Sultai Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Bant Control | 6 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
| Pox | 5 | 12–10 | 54.5 | 1 | ||
| Prison | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Resurgent Belief | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Midrange | 101 | 180–213 | 45.8 | 3 | ||
| The Rock | 5 | 12–9 | 57.1 | |||
| Golgari Citadel | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 4 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Jund | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Blink | 4 | 14–4 | 77.8 | |||
| Anti-Persecution | 3 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Naya Midrange | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 5 | 9–14 | 39.1 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 4 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
| Toughness Matters | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 6 | 15–11 | 57.7 | 1 | ||
| Ordealbreak | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Party | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Clerics | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Death Cloud | 23 | 45–50 | 47.4 | 1 | ||
| Illness in the Ranks | 7 | 11–15 | 42.3 | |||
| Ramp | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Superfriends | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 |