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 3 weeks, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 59 | 122–103 | 54.2 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1703 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 17 | 44–26 | 62.9 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 6 | 16–7 | 69.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tempered Steel | 5 | 14–7 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Knights | 4 | 14–4 | 77.8 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Humans | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bant Humans | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Humans | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 9 | 11–16 | 40.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Storm | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| High Tide | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 6 | 9–12 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Recurring Nightmare | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dragon Nightmare | 3 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| GreenTwin | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Control | 7 | 8–14 | 36.4 | |||
| Dimir Control | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 1 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Goblin Persist | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 19 | 47–33 | 58.8 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| The Rock | 3 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Jeskai Midrange | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 10 | 24–14 | 63.2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Death Cloud | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Ramp | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Applejacks | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 |