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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 227 | 400–356 | 52.9 | 12 | 1710 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 63 | 109–99 | 52.4 | 6 | ||
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 4 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |||
| Proliferate Red | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Tokens | 7 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 5 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Soldiers | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 15 | 21–24 | 46.7 | |||
| Selesnya Counters | 14 | 21–23 | 47.7 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 4 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Madness | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Gruul Madness | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Voltron | 6 | 13–12 | 52.0 | 1 | ||
| Hateful Auras | 6 | 13–12 | 52.0 | 1 | ||
| Knights | 10 | 26–13 | 66.7 | 3 | ||
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Humans | 5 | 15–6 | 71.4 | 2 | ||
| Jeskai Humans | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Humans | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Humans | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Legends Aggro | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Bard Class | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo | 56 | 101–97 | 51.0 | 1 | ||
| Reanimator | 6 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 6 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
| Rakdos Reanimator | 6 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Polymorph | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Dice Factory | 34 | 60–66 | 47.6 | |||
| Storm Herald | 12 | 21–18 | 53.8 | |||
| GreenTwin | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 6 | 10–11 | 47.6 | |||
| Pox | 6 | 10–11 | 47.6 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 14 | 24–16 | 60.0 | 2 | ||
| Aristocrats | 14 | 24–16 | 60.0 | 2 | ||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 3 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Bombardment | 9 | 19–12 | 61.3 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 32 | 58–45 | 56.3 | 2 | ||
| Blue Madness | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Temur Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Lich Aggro-Control | 24 | 51–36 | 58.6 | 2 | ||
| Ninjas | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 50 | 89–76 | 53.9 | 1 | ||
| Temur Ascendancy | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| The Rock | 6 | 11–12 | 47.8 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 8 | 16–14 | 53.3 | 1 | ||
| Séance | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 8 | 14–10 | 58.3 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 8 | 14–10 | 58.3 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Party | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 14 | 31–18 | 63.3 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Simic Snow | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Game Objects | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Ramp | 5 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Golgari Post | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 |