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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 180 | 463–363 | 56.1 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 1818 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 69 | 211–116 | 64.5 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Heroic | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 52 | 169–77 | 68.7 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| Artifact Aggro | 10 | 26–24 | 52.0 | 1 | ||
| Affinity | 10 | 26–24 | 52.0 | 1 | ||
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 6 | 17–13 | 56.7 | 1 | ||
| AggroSlide | 6 | 14–12 | 53.8 | |||
| Combo | 41 | 90–93 | 49.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Storm | 7 | 10–17 | 37.0 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| High Tide | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Grixis Tendrils | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 10 | 24–22 | 52.2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 8 | 20–20 | 50.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 7 | 20–10 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Oops All Spells | 7 | 20–10 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Restore Balance | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Phoenix Altar | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Actual Twin | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | |||
| Izzet Twin | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | |||
| Nadu Combo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Control | 19 | 27–47 | 36.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Esper Control | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 11 | 23–23 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 11 | 23–23 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Grixis Control | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Cruel Control | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 17 | 35–39 | 47.3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Burn | 9 | 18–20 | 47.4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Infect | 8 | 17–19 | 47.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Infect | 8 | 17–19 | 47.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 9 | 20–17 | 54.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 6 | 15–9 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Librarians | 6 | 15–9 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo-Control | 5 | 8–13 | 38.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Battle of Wits | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hive Mind | 4 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 20 | 60–38 | 61.2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 4 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
| Fight Rigging | 4 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 5 | 18–10 | 64.3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Boros Engineers | 5 | 18–10 | 64.3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Death Cloud | 4 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |||
| Wight Midrange | 6 | 22–8 | 73.3 | 2 | 2 | |
| Jund Wight | 6 | 22–8 | 73.3 | 2 | 2 |