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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | 156–111 | 58.4 | 1 | 4 | 1686 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 18 | 52–30 | 63.4 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 10 | 34–16 | 68.0 | |||
| Goblins | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Knights | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 19 | 49–22 | 69.0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Storm | 6 | 11–8 | 57.9 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Tendrils | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 1 | ||
| Citadel Storm | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Grixis Tendrils | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 12 | 38–12 | 76.0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Recurring Nightmare | 10 | 33–9 | 78.6 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Dragon Nightmare | 10 | 33–9 | 78.6 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Rakdos Reanimator | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 12 | 17–21 | 44.7 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Blackpost | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Runeflare | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 5 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Temur Reclamation | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
| Aristocrats | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Abzan Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |||
| Blue Madness | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Simic Madness | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ninjas | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Combo-Control | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Wildfire | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Thryx-Wildfire | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Midrange | 9 | 14–14 | 50.0 | |||
| Temur Ascendancy | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Big Red | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Davriel Braids | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Zur the Enchanter | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Neoform | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Temur Neoform | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Death Cloud | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Reclamation at Wake | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 |