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, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 160 | 269–288 | 48.3 | 5 | 4 | 1766 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 42 | 77–67 | 53.5 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Heroic | 9 | 18–15 | 54.5 | 1 | ||
| Mono White Heroic | 9 | 18–15 | 54.5 | 1 | ||
| White Weenie | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Zombies | 6 | 14–9 | 60.9 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Merfolk | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 20 | 38–33 | 53.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Affinity | 10 | 21–13 | 61.8 | 1 | ||
| Tempered Steel | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 8 | 13–17 | 43.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Slivers | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Knights | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Combo | 16 | 14–34 | 29.2 | |||
| Storm | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 5 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 10 | 4–20 | 16.7 | |||
| Esper Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Cawblade | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Life is Ez | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 22 | 49–35 | 58.3 | |||
| Mindcrank | 4 | 13–7 | 65.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 18 | 36–28 | 56.3 | |||
| Wildfire | 18 | 36–28 | 56.3 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 18 | 36–28 | 56.3 | |||
| Midrange | 11 | 10–22 | 31.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ramp | 54 | 109–98 | 52.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rofellos Ramp | 7 | 14–12 | 53.8 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 47 | 95–86 | 52.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Greenpost | 47 | 95–86 | 52.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |