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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 293 | 554–517 | 51.7 | 2 | 53 | 10 | 1757 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 37 | 76–72 | 51.4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 7 | 13–14 | 48.1 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 15 | 32–29 | 52.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| White Weenie | 9 | 19–19 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rogues | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Affinity | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 12 | 8–22 | 26.7 | |||
| Esper Control | 5 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Dimir Control | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 18 | 35–38 | 47.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aristocrats | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 13 | 29–27 | 51.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Dreadnought | 5 | 10–11 | 47.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 5 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 8 | 15–12 | 55.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 5 | 13–8 | 61.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 215 | 408–369 | 52.5 | 2 | 46 | 10 |
| The Rock | 21 | 52–39 | 57.1 | 0 | 13 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Jund | 32 | 33–64 | 34.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Blink | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 23 | 33–46 | 41.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 81 | 209–127 | 62.2 | 2 | 25 | 9 |
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 19 | 35–30 | 53.8 | 0 | 5 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 29 | 42–47 | 47.2 | |||
| Death Cloud | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 |