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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 163 | 293–231 | 55.9 | 13 | 11 | 1751 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 39 | 97–61 | 61.4 | 0 | 8 | 5 |
| White Weenie | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Soldiers | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Knights | 23 | 50–38 | 56.8 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Humans | 15 | 45–21 | 68.2 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Boros Humans | 12 | 38–17 | 69.1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Orzhov Humans | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 1 | ||
| Combo | 15 | 19–26 | 42.2 | 1 | ||
| Storm | 6 | 8–14 | 36.4 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 5 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Fake-Twin | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 6 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |||
| Control | 18 | 14–29 | 32.6 | |||
| Dimir Control | 5 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 9 | 8–16 | 33.3 | |||
| Grixis Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Cruel Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 37 | 59–47 | 55.7 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Izzet Tempo | 8 | 11–10 | 52.4 | |||
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 22 | 41–23 | 64.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Azorius Tempo | 7 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo-Control | 37 | 88–46 | 65.7 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Mass Land Destruction | 22 | 55–25 | 68.8 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Jokulhaups Control | 22 | 55–25 | 68.8 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 5 | 12–9 | 57.1 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 16 | 39–15 | 72.2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Greasefang | 15 | 33–21 | 61.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Esper Greasefang | 11 | 23–16 | 59.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Greasefang | 4 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Midrange | 14 | 13–18 | 41.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Allies | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Azorius Allies | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Clerics | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |