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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 125 | 330–160 | 67.3 | 7 | 29 | 10 | 2143 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 46 | 121–64 | 65.4 | 3 | 16 | 2 |
| Heroic | 6 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 5 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 18 | 48–33 | 59.3 | 2 | 13 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 5 | 14–5 | 73.7 | 1 | ||
| White Weenie | 9 | 34–9 | 79.1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Soldiers | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono White Humans | 8 | 32–8 | 80.0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 6 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 6 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Combo | 32 | 81–38 | 68.1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Reanimator | 7 | 18–9 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Living Death | 7 | 18–9 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Excruciator Combo | 6 | 15–8 | 65.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 8 | 21–8 | 72.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Breakfast | 8 | 24–8 | 75.0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Unctus | 8 | 24–8 | 75.0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Oops All Lands | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Actual Twin | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Izzet Twin | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Nadu Combo | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Control | 11 | 19–20 | 48.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Boros Control | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Mono White Control | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 6 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 5 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Midrange | 29 | 94–32 | 74.6 | 2 | 8 | 6 |
| Blink | 15 | 51–16 | 76.1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Orzhov Blink | 15 | 51–16 | 76.1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Illness in the Ranks | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Wight Midrange | 12 | 42–14 | 75.0 | 1 | 6 | 2 |
| Jund Wight | 12 | 42–14 | 75.0 | 1 | 6 | 2 |