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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 258 | 505–424 | 54.4 | 7 | 18 | 1695 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 59 | 130–89 | 59.4 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Heroic | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Zombies | 23 | 71–40 | 64.0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Merfolk | 14 | 29–17 | 63.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Red Swarm | 17 | 24–21 | 53.3 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo | 16 | 18–40 | 31.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 8 | 14–23 | 37.8 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 8 | 14–23 | 37.8 | |||
| Dimir Reanimator | 7 | 13–19 | 40.6 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Biovisionary | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 2 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Restore Balance | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Gyruda | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Control | 56 | 73–103 | 41.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Control | 7 | 6–16 | 27.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Grixis Control | 12 | 17–19 | 47.2 | |||
| Stax | 9 | 14–18 | 43.8 | |||
| Ponza | 19 | 26–30 | 46.4 | |||
| Sultai Control | 6 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 2 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 4 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
| Infect | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Simic Infect | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Golgari Infect | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 46 | 106–70 | 60.2 | 4 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 5 | 13–9 | 59.1 | 1 | ||
| Wizards | 12 | 17–15 | 53.1 | 1 | ||
| Ninjas | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 23 | 65–34 | 65.7 | 2 | ||
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 4 | 11–6 | 64.7 | 1 | ||
| Hive Mind | 4 | 11–6 | 64.7 | 1 | ||
| Midrange | 70 | 150–98 | 60.5 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Blink | 5 | 12–11 | 52.2 | 1 | ||
| Wave Blink | 5 | 12–11 | 52.2 | 1 | ||
| Esper Wave | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Wave | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 52 | 118–58 | 67.0 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Big Red | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Davriel Braids | 2 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Zur the Enchanter | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Simic Snow | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Ramp | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 |