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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 127 | 251–265 | 48.6 | 2 | 4 | 1766 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 60 | 118–122 | 49.2 | 2 | ||
| Heroic | 5 | 10–9 | 52.6 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 5 | 10–9 | 52.6 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 12 | 24–27 | 47.1 | |||
| Tokens | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 3 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| White Weenie | 11 | 26–20 | 56.5 | 1 | ||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 11 | 26–20 | 56.5 | 1 | ||
| Elves | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Zombies | 6 | 11–13 | 45.8 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| 8 Whack | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| AggroSlide | 5 | 12–10 | 54.5 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 4 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Combo | 34 | 70–66 | 51.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Storm | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 25 | 57–45 | 55.9 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 25 | 57–45 | 55.9 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 25 | 57–45 | 55.9 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Reanim8 Rack | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Breakfast | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Neoform Hermit | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 15 | 35–32 | 52.2 | 1 | ||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Infect | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 10 | 30–20 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 13–17 | 43.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 4 | 10–10 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Midrange | 5 | 6–16 | 27.3 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Orzhov Hero | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Gruul Obosh | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 6 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 6 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |||
| Greenpost | 6 | 9–12 | 42.9 |