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 9 weeks, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95 | 167–170 | 49.6 | 2 | 18 | 1590 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 45 | 88–76 | 53.7 | 1 | 14 | |
| Goblins | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| White Weenie | 12 | 21–19 | 52.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Elves | 16 | 33–30 | 52.4 | 1 | 9 | |
| Merfolk | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Affinity | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Humans | 6 | 16–8 | 66.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Boros Humans | 6 | 16–8 | 66.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Combo | 23 | 44–40 | 52.4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Storm | 6 | 12–10 | 54.5 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 4 | 9–7 | 56.3 | |||
| High Tide | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Myr Incubator | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Seismic Swans | 4 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Eggs | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Breakfast | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Neoform Hermit | 3 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Protean Hulk Combo | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 9 | 9–15 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Runeflare | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Pox | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Infect | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Golgari Infect | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wizards | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo-Control | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 10 | 9–23 | 28.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fake-Rack | 7 | 8–16 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Neoform | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Temur Neoform | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 |