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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 185 | 251–366 | 40.7 | 2 | 4 | 1353 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |