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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 261 | 427–554 | 43.5 | 5 | 4 | 1402 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 74 | 160–149 | 51.8 | 2 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 10 | 25–17 | 59.5 | 1 | ||
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Goblins | 14 | 40–28 | 58.8 | 1 | ||
| Mono Green Stompy | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| White Weenie | 21 | 43–39 | 52.4 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 3 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Voltron | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Hexproof | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Naya Zoo | 6 | 13–17 | 43.3 | |||
| Knights | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Combo | 45 | 45–108 | 29.4 | |||
| Storm | 20 | 28–53 | 34.6 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 4 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 10 | 14–29 | 32.6 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 6 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |||
| Swath Storm | 4 | 7–12 | 36.8 | |||
| Reanimator | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Dimir Reanimator | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Reanimator | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Maniac Combo | 7 | 10–16 | 38.5 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dredge | 5 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |||
| Polymorph | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Protean Hulk Combo | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Dice Factory | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 32 | 35–66 | 34.7 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cawblade | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 4 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Runeflare | 5 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Pox | 13 | 13–26 | 33.3 | |||
| Prison | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Enchantress | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 24 | 45–46 | 49.5 | 1 | ||
| Aristocrats | 4 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 4 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Burn | 15 | 34–31 | 52.3 | 1 | ||
| Infect | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Simic Infect | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 16 | 14–30 | 31.8 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Wizards | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ninjas | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 6 | 8–13 | 38.1 | |||
| Dimir Faeries | 6 | 8–13 | 38.1 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Hive Mind | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 57 | 98–125 | 43.9 | 0 | 5 | |
| The Rock | 12 | 28–25 | 52.8 | 0 | 3 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Jund | 12 | 19–31 | 38.0 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Big Red | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 9 | 12–20 | 37.5 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 7 | 10–16 | 38.5 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Death Cloud | 9 | 22–19 | 53.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ramp | 12 | 28–26 | 51.9 | 1 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Applejacks | 7 | 17–12 | 58.6 | 1 |