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 7 weeks, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 148 | 324–190 | 63.0 | 14 | 1930 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 76 | 189–101 | 65.2 | 9 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rogues | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 46 | 132–58 | 69.5 | 9 | ||
| Affinity | 2 | 6–2 | 75.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 44 | 126–56 | 69.2 | 9 | ||
| Slivers | 7 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Cats | 16 | 38–22 | 63.3 | |||
| Selesnya Cats | 16 | 38–22 | 63.3 | |||
| Combo | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Ominous Good | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Polymorph | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Control | 19 | 39–23 | 62.9 | 1 | ||
| Jeskai Control | 7 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |||
| Ponza | 4 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Pox | 8 | 24–11 | 68.6 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Chancellor of the Forge Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 11 | 29–13 | 69.0 | 2 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 7 | 22–5 | 81.5 | 2 | ||
| Dimir Tempo | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Dimir Faeries | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Combo-Control | 11 | 28–11 | 71.8 | 2 | ||
| Mass Land Destruction | 11 | 28–11 | 71.8 | 2 | ||
| Jokulhaups Control | 11 | 28–11 | 71.8 | 2 | ||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 14–4 | 77.8 | 1 | ||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 1 | ||
| Midrange | 25 | 31–34 | 47.7 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 10 | 14–11 | 56.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 8 | 9–15 | 37.5 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 |