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, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85 | 85–140 | 37.8 | 10 | 1355 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 13 | 16–23 | 41.0 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Madness | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Knights | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Humans | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Shamans | 6 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Combo | 5 | 6–9 | 40.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Taking Turns | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Control | 22 | 13–35 | 27.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Esper Control | 5 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 4 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Stax | 3 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Chandra Nalaar | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Runeflare | 6 | 1–8 | 11.1 | |||
| Prison | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Enchantress | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 9 | 7–17 | 29.2 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Infect | 6 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |||
| Simic Infect | 5 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 13 | 12–27 | 30.8 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 13 | 12–27 | 30.8 | 0 | 4 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 13 | 12–27 | 30.8 | 0 | 4 | |
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 9 | 5–17 | 22.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 4 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Midrange | 19 | 22–26 | 45.8 | 0 | 3 | |
| Selesnya Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Vampires | 10 | 14–13 | 51.9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Rakdos Vampires | 10 | 14–13 | 51.9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Clerics | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | |||
| Coinflips | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Historic Bloom | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |