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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97 | 157–183 | 46.2 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1636 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 5 | 13–8 | 61.9 | |||
| Heroic | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Rogues | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Cats | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Selesnya Cats | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo | 9 | 16–13 | 55.2 | 1 | ||
| Storm | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 6 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 6 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Neoform Hermit | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 13 | 8–25 | 24.2 | |||
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 7 | 4–14 | 22.2 | |||
| Sultai Ultimatum | 6 | 4–13 | 23.5 | |||
| Bant Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 6 | 7–12 | 36.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hushnought | 6 | 7–12 | 36.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Wizards | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Sultai Tempo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 56 | 102–112 | 47.7 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| The Rock | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Legends Midrange | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Legends | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 25 | 64–47 | 57.7 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Toughness Matters | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 17 | 23–39 | 37.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 6 | 11–10 | 52.4 | |||
| Abzan Hero | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mardu Hero | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Esper Hero | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Golgari Post | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 |