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 11 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202 | 407–432 | 48.5 | 8 | 118 | 1545 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 157 | 295–337 | 46.7 | 8 | 95 | |
| Heroic | 16 | 30–33 | 47.6 | 1 | 10 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 10 | 20–20 | 50.0 | 1 | 6 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 6 | 10–13 | 43.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 45 | 88–89 | 49.7 | 3 | 29 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 8 | 14–21 | 40.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Soldiers | 7 | 12–19 | 38.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Elves | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Zombies | 16 | 34–33 | 50.7 | 0 | 11 | |
| Merfolk | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 9 | 18–19 | 48.6 | 1 | 6 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 37 | 68–81 | 45.6 | 2 | 21 | |
| Affinity | 31 | 56–69 | 44.8 | 2 | 18 | |
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 6 | 12–12 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Voltron | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 13 | 26–29 | 47.3 | 0 | 9 | |
| Cats | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Cats | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Legends Aggro | 3 | 5–9 | 35.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 3 | 5–9 | 35.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo | 7 | 14–17 | 45.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Storm | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Reanimator | 4 | 9–10 | 47.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 4 | 9–10 | 47.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 4 | 9–10 | 47.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Actual Twin | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Twin | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Guildgate Control | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 12 | 22–25 | 46.8 | 0 | 7 | |
| Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Infect | 5 | 12–11 | 52.2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Simic Infect | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Golgari Infect | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Izzet Dreadnought | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 12–12 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 5 | 12–12 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Midrange | 12 | 22–21 | 51.2 | 0 | 6 | |
| Naya Midrange | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 6 | 10–8 | 55.6 | 0 | 5 | |
| Necro Midrange | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 3 | 3–4 | 42.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Naya Hero | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Simic Snow | 2 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ramp | 7 | 9–17 | 34.6 | 0 | 4 | |
| Rofellos Ramp | 7 | 9–17 | 34.6 | 0 | 4 | |
| Channel-Rofellos | 7 | 9–17 | 34.6 | 0 | 4 |