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 12 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 | 166–135 | 55.1 | 2 | 1692 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 10 | 20–18 | 52.6 | |||
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Tokens | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Madness | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Golgari Madness | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 11 | 18–21 | 46.2 | |||
| Storm | 7 | 9–16 | 36.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 5 | 8–13 | 38.1 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Swath Storm | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 31 | 78–54 | 59.1 | 1 | ||
| Esper Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Cawblade | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mardu Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Dragon Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ponza | 13 | 38–23 | 62.3 | |||
| Cycling Control | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | 1 | ||
| Astral Slide | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | 1 | ||
| Sultai Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Sultai Ultimatum | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Pox | 4 | 8–6 | 57.1 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Bombardment | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo-Control | 5 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |||
| Yosei Vat | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Zur's Weirding | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 17 | 32–23 | 58.2 | 1 | ||
| The Rock | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 8 | 21–11 | 65.6 | 1 | ||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Ordealbreak | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Gruul Post | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 |