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 7 weeks, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65 | 157–148 | 51.5 | 4 | 1582 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 16 | 50–27 | 64.9 | 2 | ||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| 8 Whack | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 13–7 | 65.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Knights | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 6 | 23–5 | 82.1 | 2 | ||
| Combo | 9 | 17–24 | 41.5 | |||
| Storm | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| High Tide | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Neoform Hermit | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Protean Hulk Combo | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Control | 12 | 28–30 | 48.3 | 1 | ||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Dimir Cloudpost Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ponza | 7 | 19–16 | 54.3 | 1 | ||
| Four Color Counter Ghazi | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo-Control | 7 | 15–16 | 48.4 | |||
| Mindcrank | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Dragoncrank | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 5 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |||
| Wildfire | 5 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |||
| Thryx-Wildfire | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Midrange | 14 | 35–33 | 51.5 | 1 | ||
| The Rock | 5 | 14–9 | 60.9 | 1 | ||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 3 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Historic Bloom | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 |