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 | 188–135 | 58.2 | 4 | 12 | 1960 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 35 | 66–55 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Heroic | 8 | 14–11 | 56.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 8 | 14–11 | 56.0 | 1 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 5 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Tokens | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Elves | 6 | 17–10 | 63.0 | 1 | ||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Zombies | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Merfolk | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 5 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 1 | ||
| Affinity | 4 | 12–5 | 70.6 | 1 | ||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Voltron | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Hateful Auras | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 14 | 24–18 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Storm | 6 | 10–9 | 52.6 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 3 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 1 | ||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Double Dragon | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Reanim8 Rack | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Restore Balance | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Control | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Esper Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Life is Ez | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 7 | 6–9 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Burn | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 6 | 25–2 | 92.6 | 4 | ||
| Ninjas | 6 | 25–2 | 92.6 | 4 | ||
| Combo-Control | 1 | |||||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | |||||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | |||||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 1 | |||||
| Midrange | 29 | 60–43 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Abzan Midrange | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Jund | 5 | 11–11 | 50.0 | |||
| Blink | 9 | 19–10 | 65.5 | 1 | ||
| Enchantments Matter | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Vampires | 4 | 12–8 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Black Vampires | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 4 | 13–5 | 72.2 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 |