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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 105 | 240–133 | 64.3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 1858 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 11 | 27–14 | 65.9 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Heroic | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 1 | ||
| Elves | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 11–5 | 68.8 | |||
| Affinity | 4 | 11–5 | 68.8 | |||
| AggroSlide | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Combo | 69 | 168–79 | 68.0 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| Storm | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 63 | 153–68 | 69.2 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 63 | 153–68 | 69.2 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 63 | 153–68 | 69.2 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| Oriss Genesis | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Neoform Hermit | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Control | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 8 | 12–11 | 52.2 | |||
| Aristocrats | 4 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 4 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 11 | 20–17 | 54.1 | 1 | ||
| The Rock | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 3 | 9–2 | 81.8 | 1 | ||
| Toughness Matters | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Gruul Obosh | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |