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, 3 days.
Decks
Record
# Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
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133 | 198–203 | 49.4 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 1522 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
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Aggro | 76 | 138–117 | 54.1 | 4 | 18 | |
Red Deck Wins | 34 | 79–50 | 61.2 | 3 | 11 | |
White Weenie | 11 | 14–15 | 48.3 | 0 | 1 | |
Quest for the Holy Relic | 9 | 9–13 | 40.9 | |||
Zombies | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Merfolk | 5 | 4–9 | 30.8 | 0 | 1 | |
Artifact Aggro | 7 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |||
Affinity | 4 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
Tempered Steel | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
AggroSlide | 17 | 30–28 | 51.7 | 1 | 3 | |
Legends Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Boros Legends Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Combo | 20 | 24–37 | 39.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Storm | 3 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |||
Dimir Tendrils | 3 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |||
Reanimator | 5 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
Recurring Nightmare | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
Dragon Nightmare | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
Necro Combo | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
Hypergenesis | 5 | 13–6 | 68.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
Eggs | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
Dredge | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Control | 10 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |||
Cloudpost Control | 5 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
Azorius Cloudpost Control | 5 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
Ponza | 5 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
Aggro-Control | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Izzet Tempo | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Izzet Spells | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
Midrange | 8 | 8–11 | 42.1 | |||
Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
Mono Black Midrange | 5 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
Mono Black Devotion | 5 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
Toughness Matters | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
Ramp | 6 | 6–10 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
Rofellos Ramp | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
Reclamation at Wake | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
Unclassified | 10 | 0–12 | 0.0 |