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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 107 | 124–82 | 60.2 | 5 | 1786 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 28 | 35–22 | 61.4 | 2 | ||
| Heroic | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 4 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Chroma White | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 6 | 11–5 | 68.8 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Madness | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Voltron | 8 | 18–5 | 78.3 | 1 | ||
| Equipment Aggro | 8 | 18–5 | 78.3 | 1 | ||
| Rakdos Aggro | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 23 | 30–17 | 63.8 | 1 | ||
| Aristocrats | 4 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 4 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Burn | 13 | 15–10 | 60.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 4 | 10–2 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 6 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Ninjas | 4 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 49 | 55–38 | 59.1 | 2 | ||
| Blink | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Vampires | 10 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Vampires | 9 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 10 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Big Red | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 6 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 4 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 4 | 11–3 | 78.6 | 1 | ||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 3 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Mardu Hero | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Boros Hero | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 6 | 9–3 | 75.0 | 1 |