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, 1 day.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85 | 155–154 | 50.2 | 1 | 4 | 1598 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 17 | 35–26 | 57.4 | 2 | ||
| Heroic | 3 | 9–3 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 6 | 11–9 | 55.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Soldiers | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 1 | ||
| Affinity | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 1 | ||
| Combo | 17 | 27–36 | 42.9 | |||
| Storm | 6 | 11–12 | 47.8 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Simic Storm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Reclamation Storm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| High Tide | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Reanimator | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Dimir Cycling Reanimator | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Taking Turns | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Hermit Dredge | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Dredge | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Protean Hulk Combo | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Control | 20 | 33–36 | 47.8 | |||
| Esper Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Control | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Azorius Control | 8 | 14–18 | 43.8 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mill | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Cruel Control | 1 | |||||
| Stax | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 9 | 25–11 | 69.4 | 2 | ||
| Aristocrats | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Burn | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | 1 | ||
| Infect | 3 | 12–3 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Simic Infect | 3 | 12–3 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 11 | 22–17 | 56.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 5 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo-Control | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Zur's Weirding | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Solar Flare | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Wildfire | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Midrange | 6 | 8–18 | 30.8 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Neoform | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Temur Neoform | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Historic Bloom | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 |