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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 115 | 202–173 | 53.9 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 1669 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 51 | 101–70 | 59.1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Tokens | 20 | 48–19 | 71.6 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 16 | 37–13 | 74.0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Orzhov Tokens | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Soldiers | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Humans | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 8 | 10–14 | 41.7 | |||
| Selesnya Counters | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 7 | 9–14 | 39.1 | |||
| Affinity | 5 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Humans | 9 | 24–9 | 72.7 | 2 | ||
| Boros Humans | 8 | 19–9 | 67.9 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Humans | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Permanent Vacation | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Combo | 17 | 20–33 | 37.7 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Seismic Swans | 5 | 9–7 | 56.3 | |||
| Midnight Mass | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Phoenix Altar | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Actual Twin | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Boros Twin | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Control | 8 | 16–18 | 47.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dragon Control | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Dragons | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Pox | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Enchantments Control | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Aristocrats | 5 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 3 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 8–13 | 38.1 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Wizards | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 24 | 47–27 | 63.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 2 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Boros Hero | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 12 | 29–14 | 67.4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Boros Engineers | 10 | 26–10 | 72.2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Ramp | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 |