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 12 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 103 | 195–126 | 60.7 | 8 | 10 | 1888 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 17 | 31–16 | 66.0 | 3 | ||
| Heroic | 6 | 14–6 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 6 | 14–6 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 6–1 | 85.7 | 1 | ||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rogues | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo | 19 | 22–24 | 47.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Storm | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Reanimator | 10 | 14–11 | 56.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 10 | 14–11 | 56.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jokulhaups Combo | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Breakfast | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 19 | 38–23 | 62.3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Dimir Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 3 | 9–3 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ponza | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Life is Ez | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Pox | 9 | 25–12 | 67.6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aristocrats | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Burn | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 9 | 22–13 | 62.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 6 | 14–7 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo-Control | 11 | 24–16 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cruel Combo-Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Mindcrank | 8 | 21–11 | 65.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dragoncrank | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Solar Flare | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 18 | 36–19 | 65.5 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Blink | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 5 | 8–7 | 53.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Legends Midrange | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Big Red | 4 | 19–4 | 82.6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Heart of Darkness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Party | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 5 | 12–9 | 57.1 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 5 | 12–9 | 57.1 | |||
| Greenpost | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 |