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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 422 | 535–916 | 36.9 | 3 | 3 | 1313 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 112 | 149–245 | 37.8 | 1 | ||
| Tokens | 17 | 18–35 | 34.0 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 14 | 15–26 | 36.6 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| White Weenie | 6 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |||
| Werewolves | 19 | 25–48 | 34.2 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 37 | 62–78 | 44.3 | 1 | ||
| Zombies | 4 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Hexproof | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Knights | 16 | 18–27 | 40.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Humans | 8 | 11–23 | 32.4 | |||
| Orzhov Humans | 8 | 11–23 | 32.4 | |||
| Combo | 22 | 25–49 | 33.8 | |||
| Dredge | 16 | 18–36 | 33.3 | |||
| Insidious Roots Dredge | 16 | 18–36 | 33.3 | |||
| Control | 10 | 9–20 | 31.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Astral Slide | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Pox | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 13 | 18–32 | 36.0 | |||
| Burn | 3 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
| Hushnought | 5 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Flash | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 234 | 302–512 | 37.1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Abzan Midrange | 6 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| Selesnya Midrange | 20 | 28–39 | 41.8 | |||
| Jund | 5 | 4–17 | 19.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 56 | 76–128 | 37.3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Legends Midrange | 22 | 16–39 | 29.1 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 9 | 8–16 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Toughness Matters | 65 | 103–130 | 44.2 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 8 | 12–22 | 35.3 | |||
| Five Color Hero | 4 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |||
| Naya Hero | 4 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |||
| Death Cloud | 37 | 40–84 | 32.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ramp | 30 | 28–56 | 33.3 | 1 |