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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 599 | 1098–1120 | 49.5 | 23 | 1625 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 81 | 181–162 | 52.8 | 4 | ||
| Mono Green Stompy | 28 | 82–39 | 67.8 | 3 | ||
| Elves | 15 | 24–44 | 35.3 | |||
| Werewolves | 10 | 16–16 | 50.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Knights | 15 | 42–31 | 57.5 | 1 | ||
| Rakdos Aggro | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Pirates | 6 | 7–16 | 30.4 | |||
| Combo | 30 | 44–83 | 34.6 | |||
| Storm | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Maniac Combo | 18 | 33–49 | 40.2 | |||
| Quest for Ula's Temple | 4 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| Breakfast | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Control | 79 | 138–143 | 49.1 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Control | 10 | 11–13 | 45.8 | |||
| Izzet Control | 18 | 28–27 | 50.9 | 1 | ||
| Mill | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Stax | 18 | 39–38 | 50.6 | |||
| Dragon Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Ponza | 8 | 12–15 | 44.4 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 20 | 41–42 | 49.4 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 59 | 108–92 | 54.0 | 5 | ||
| Aristocrats | 41 | 80–69 | 53.7 | 3 | ||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 15 | 25–24 | 51.0 | |||
| Boros Bombardment | 14 | 37–20 | 64.9 | 3 | ||
| Burn | 4 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 13 | 19–13 | 59.4 | 2 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 125 | 237–214 | 52.5 | 9 | ||
| Simic Flash | 18 | 41–30 | 57.7 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 19 | 38–27 | 58.5 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Skies | 11 | 25–13 | 65.8 | 2 | ||
| Blue Madness | 59 | 105–96 | 52.2 | 4 | ||
| Simic Madness | 59 | 105–96 | 52.2 | 4 | ||
| Izzet Spells | 13 | 15–44 | 25.4 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 5 | 13–4 | 76.5 | 1 | ||
| Combo-Control | 28 | 39–44 | 47.0 | |||
| Cruel Combo-Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Pickles | 17 | 28–23 | 54.9 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 179 | 321–357 | 47.3 | 4 | ||
| Selesnya Midrange | 5 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Treefolk | 32 | 59–71 | 45.4 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 9 | 12–12 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 42 | 77–91 | 45.8 | 1 | ||
| Big Red | 9 | 22–15 | 59.5 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 8 | 21–13 | 61.8 | 1 | ||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 17 | 34–26 | 56.7 | |||
| Death Cloud | 28 | 49–45 | 52.1 | 2 | ||
| Ramp | 17 | 29–23 | 55.8 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 12 | 21–14 | 60.0 | |||
| Domain | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 |