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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 124 | 228–188 | 54.8 | 3 | 30 | 4 | 1708 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 41 | 79–62 | 56.0 | 2 | 10 | 1 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 8 | 11–17 | 39.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 20 | 48–27 | 64.0 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| White Weenie | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Humans | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Zombies | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Voltron | 4 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hateful Auras | 4 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Knights | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Control | 25 | 36–34 | 51.4 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Esper Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Control | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Izzet Control | 4 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Grixis Control | 5 | 1–5 | 16.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cruel Control | 3 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 8 | 16–11 | 59.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Aristocrats | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Food | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 6 | 6–10 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 5 | 6–9 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Midrange | 32 | 65–50 | 56.5 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| The Rock | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 18 | 39–29 | 57.4 | 1 | 9 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 18 | 39–29 | 57.4 | 1 | 9 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 11 | 22–17 | 56.4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Five Color Hero | 11 | 22–17 | 56.4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Ramp | 17 | 37–27 | 57.8 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Rofellos Ramp | 15 | 37–23 | 61.7 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Channel-Rofellos | 15 | 37–23 | 61.7 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Carth Superfriends | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |