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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 239 | 190–325 | 36.9 | 9 | 2 | 1394 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 51 | 48–70 | 40.7 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Heroic | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Selesnya Heroic | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 13 | 8–17 | 32.0 | |||
| Mono Red Devotion | 6 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Goblins | 5 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Tokens | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 4 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Elves | 18 | 26–24 | 52.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| AggroSlide | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 9 | 7–16 | 30.4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 9 | 7–16 | 30.4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Combo | 50 | 41–73 | 36.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Storm | 10 | 4–14 | 22.2 | |||
| High Tide | 10 | 4–14 | 22.2 | |||
| Reanimator | 26 | 23–30 | 43.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Traditional Reanimator | 26 | 23–30 | 43.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Orzhov Reanimator | 26 | 23–30 | 43.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Gyruda | 9 | 12–20 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tameshi Bloom | 4 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Possibility Storm | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 38 | 22–47 | 31.9 | |||
| Esper Control | 5 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Dimir Control | 10 | 8–15 | 34.8 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 9 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |||
| Selesnya Cloudpost Control | 8 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Seasons Past Control | 5 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 15 | 10–22 | 31.3 | |||
| Aristocrats | 9 | 4–14 | 22.2 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 9 | 4–14 | 22.2 | |||
| Infect | 6 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Golgari Infect | 6 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 8 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| Wizards | 6 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 18 | 26–26 | 50.0 | |||
| Hive Mind | 9 | 14–15 | 48.3 | |||
| Solar Flare | 9 | 12–11 | 52.2 | |||
| Midrange | 56 | 34–75 | 31.2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 19 | 8–26 | 23.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Blink | 13 | 9–18 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wave Blink | 13 | 9–18 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cloudpost Wave Blink | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 11 | 6–16 | 27.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Wave | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 4 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 12 | 9–15 | 37.5 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 12 | 9–15 | 37.5 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Death Cloud | 5 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Ramp | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Simic Post | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 |