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 8 weeks, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 | 211–175 | 54.7 | 4 | 24 | 4 | 1686 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 22 | 52–36 | 59.1 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Heroic | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Azorius Heroic | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 3 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 4 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Merfolk | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 9 | 29–15 | 65.9 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Hellbent | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 9 | 18–15 | 54.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Reanimator | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Recurring Nightmare | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dragon Nightmare | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Grixis Reanimator | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Eggs | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Turntimber Ranger | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Lookout-Buccaneer Combo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Control | 31 | 61–57 | 51.7 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Demonic Rising | 3 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 6 | 12–16 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Control | 7 | 21–8 | 72.4 | 2 | 2 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Ponza | 6 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 8 | 16–16 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Blue Madness | 5 | 11–10 | 52.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Temur Madness | 5 | 11–10 | 52.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Wizards | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Battle of Wits | 2 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Midrange | 24 | 43–40 | 51.8 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jund | 6 | 13–10 | 56.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Graveyard Value | 5 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 1 | ||
| Allies | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mardu Allies | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Allies | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Yisan-Prophet | 5 | 12–8 | 60.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Neoform | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| UBRG Neoform | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 |