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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 120 | 134–230 | 36.8 | 2 | 37 | 1314 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 16 | 25–31 | 44.6 | 2 | 9 | |
| Heroic | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| White Weenie | 7 | 16–16 | 50.0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Elves | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Affinity | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Brushwaggs | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo | 19 | 28–44 | 38.9 | 0 | 7 | |
| Storm | 5 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Simic Storm | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 8 | 9–21 | 30.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 5 | 7–12 | 36.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Umbral Mantle | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 4 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Oops All Spells | 4 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Control | 27 | 16–60 | 21.1 | 0 | 8 | |
| Azorius Control | 4 | 2–9 | 18.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cycling Control | 19 | 13–45 | 22.4 | 0 | 6 | |
| Astral Slide | 19 | 13–45 | 22.4 | 0 | 6 | |
| Five Color Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Last Stand Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 6–11 | 35.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 5 | 6–11 | 35.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Izzet Dreadnought | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 15 | 2–22 | 8.3 | |||
| Wizards | 15 | 2–22 | 8.3 | |||
| Combo-Control | 14 | 7–18 | 28.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Curses | 1 | |||||
| Mindcrank | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Displace Loop | 8 | 0–10 | 0.0 | |||
| Familiars | 8 | 0–10 | 0.0 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 24 | 28–44 | 38.9 | 0 | 9 | |
| Blink | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Blink | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 13 | 21–24 | 46.7 | 0 | 5 | |
| Martyr's Grace | 13 | 21–24 | 46.7 | 0 | 5 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 6 | 6–12 | 33.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Orzhov Capenna | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |