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 5 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
# Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
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185 | 251–366 | 40.7 | 2 | 4 | 1353 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Aggro | 137 | 215–269 | 44.4 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
Heroic | 71 | 127–132 | 49.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Mono White Heroic | 67 | 122–123 | 49.8 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Boros Heroic | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
Tokens | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
Selesnya Tokens | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Mono White Tokens | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
White Weenie | 5 | 7–9 | 43.8 | |||
Elves | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
Zombies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Merfolk | 12 | 26–31 | 45.6 | |||
Artifact Aggro | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
Affinity | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Tempered Steel | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Gruul Madness | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Voltron | 12 | 12–21 | 36.4 | |||
Hexproof | 11 | 11–20 | 35.5 | |||
Equipment Aggro | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
Knights | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
AggroSlide | 17 | 23–35 | 39.7 | |||
Cats | 5 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |||
Selesnya Cats | 5 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |||
Combo | 7 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
Storm | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Dragonstorm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Izzet Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Reanimator | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
Soulflayer | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Breakfast | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
Neoform Hermit | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
Control | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
Stax | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Cycling Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Astral Slide | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Prison | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Enchantress | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Aggro-Combo | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Aristocrats | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Mono Black Aristocrats | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Midrange | 31 | 31–70 | 30.7 | |||
Blink | 3 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
Wave Blink | 3 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
Abzan Wave | 3 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
Fake-Rack | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
Mono Black Midrange | 7 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |||
Mono Black Devotion | 7 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |||
Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Orzhov Midrange | 5 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
Orzhov Capenna | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Hero of Precinct One | 8 | 14–17 | 45.2 | |||
Mardu Hero | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
Esper Hero | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Orzhov Hero | 5 | 10–12 | 45.5 | |||
Naya Hero | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Gruul Obosh | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
Ramp | 4 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
Cloudpost Ramp | 4 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
Greenpost | 4 | 1–7 | 12.5 |