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, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | 122–104 | 54.0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1660 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 32 | 68–41 | 62.4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Tokens | 14 | 36–14 | 72.0 | 2 | ||
| Mono White Tokens | 11 | 26–9 | 74.3 | 2 | ||
| Orzhov Tokens | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Soldiers | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Affinity | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Humans | 7 | 18–7 | 72.0 | 1 | ||
| Boros Humans | 7 | 18–7 | 72.0 | 1 | ||
| Permanent Vacation | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Combo | 15 | 20–29 | 40.8 | |||
| 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 | 4 | 10–9 | 52.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| 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 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Aristocrats | 3 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 3 | 6–2 | 75.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 6 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 7 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| The Rock | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jund | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Boros Hero | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Wight Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Golgari Wight | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 |