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, 1 day.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 684 | 778–766 | 50.4 | 1 | 31 | 26 | 1774 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 177 | 255–208 | 55.1 | 1 | 18 | 9 |
| Heroic | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 56 | 116–65 | 64.1 | 0 | 8 | 7 |
| Goblins | 51 | 67–64 | 51.1 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 26 | 29–31 | 48.3 | 1 | 4 | |
| White Weenie | 19 | 25–17 | 59.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Elves | 8 | 12–11 | 52.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Voltron | 5 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Hexproof | 5 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Humans | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Humans | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Rats | 6 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Combo | 8 | 2–14 | 12.5 | |||
| Storm | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Channel Storm | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Chain of Acid | 6 | 1–10 | 9.1 | |||
| Control | 67 | 51–78 | 39.5 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 14 | 9–15 | 37.5 | |||
| Azorius Control | 39 | 29–48 | 37.7 | |||
| Cawblade | 19 | 14–20 | 41.2 | |||
| Izzet Control | 10 | 10–12 | 45.5 | |||
| Grixis Control | 3 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 40 | 35–41 | 46.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Burn | 23 | 20–24 | 45.5 | 1 | ||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 16 | 15–16 | 48.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 168 | 187–170 | 52.4 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Izzet Tempo | 47 | 64–50 | 56.1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 58 | 66–58 | 53.2 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| Dimir Tempo | 57 | 53–59 | 47.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Azorius Tempo | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 6 | 11–13 | 45.8 | |||
| Solar Flare | 6 | 11–13 | 45.8 | |||
| Midrange | 218 | 231–242 | 48.8 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| The Rock | 14 | 14–17 | 45.2 | |||
| Jund | 51 | 52–56 | 48.1 | 2 | ||
| Graveyard Value | 9 | 16–13 | 55.2 | 2 | ||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 9 | 16–13 | 55.2 | 2 | ||
| Rakdos Midrange | 25 | 14–23 | 37.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 86 | 95–94 | 50.3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Mono Black Devotion | 78 | 93–88 | 51.4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Dimir Midrange | 11 | 8–13 | 38.1 | |||
| Simic Snow | 20 | 32–24 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |