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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 152 | 251–264 | 48.7 | 4 | 1464 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 55 | 86–105 | 45.0 | |||
| Heroic | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| White Weenie | 5 | 13–9 | 59.1 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Soldiers | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Minotaurs | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Rogues | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Zombies | 4 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
| Merfolk | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 8 | 4–16 | 20.0 | |||
| Affinity | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Salvage Titan | 4 | 1–9 | 10.0 | |||
| Madness | 6 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Gruul Madness | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Voltron | 7 | 17–15 | 53.1 | |||
| Hateful Auras | 7 | 17–15 | 53.1 | |||
| AggroSlide | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 5 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
| Humans | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Selesnya Humans | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Humans | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo | 23 | 34–38 | 47.2 | |||
| Reanimator | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Maniac Combo | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dredge | 7 | 12–11 | 52.2 | |||
| Polymorph | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dice Factory | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Storm Herald | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Intruder Alarm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Restore Balance | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Control | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Pox | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 17 | 42–27 | 60.9 | 2 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 6 | 20–6 | 76.9 | 2 | ||
| Wizards | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Ninjas | 5 | 14–8 | 63.6 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Spirits | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Azorius Spirits | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 22 | 39–37 | 51.3 | 1 | ||
| Curses | 6 | 15–10 | 60.0 | |||
| Hive Mind | 11 | 17–19 | 47.2 | 1 | ||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | |||||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | |||||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 1 | |||||
| Resurgent Belief | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Midrange | 19 | 25–32 | 43.9 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Allies | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Allies | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Allies | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Vampires | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Rakdos Vampires | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Ordealbreak | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Clerics | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Game Objects | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Ramp | 10 | 15–13 | 53.6 | 1 | ||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 6 | 13–7 | 65.0 | 1 |