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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 182 | 356–327 | 52.1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1640 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 7 | 11–11 | 50.0 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Humans | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Boros Humans | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Permanent Vacation | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 18 | 29–29 | 50.0 | |||
| Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| High Tide | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 12 | 22–21 | 51.2 | |||
| Dredge | 5 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Insidious Roots Dredge | 5 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Control | 104 | 222–175 | 55.9 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| Esper Control | 35 | 90–47 | 65.7 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Dimir Control | 29 | 59–50 | 54.1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Azorius Control | 27 | 57–56 | 50.4 | 1 | ||
| Cloudpost Control | 4 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 8 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 4 | 13–7 | 65.0 | 1 | ||
| Aristocrats | 3 | 12–3 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 3 | 12–3 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 8 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Librarians | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 4 | 4–13 | 23.5 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 3 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |||
| Mardu Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |||
| Midrange | 28 | 51–55 | 48.1 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 12 | 27–24 | 52.9 | |||
| Jund | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Big Red | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 6 | 15–11 | 57.7 | |||
| Ramp | 9 | 17–23 | 42.5 | |||
| Applejacks | 3 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Field Ramp | 6 | 14–14 | 50.0 |