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 1 day, 13 hours.
Congratulations to thewatchwander, winner of The Penny Dreadful 500 (Season 34)
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 86 | 128–178 | 41.8 | 2 | 1410 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 26 | 40–46 | 46.5 | 1 | ||
| Heroic | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Heroic | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 4 | 9–4 | 69.2 | |||
| Kithkin | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Humans | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
| Elves | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Affinity | 4 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Madness | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Golgari Madness | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Naya Zoo | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Knights | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 3 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 1 | ||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Bard Class | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo | 4 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Soulflayer | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Restore Balance | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Gyruda | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Midnight Mass | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 6 | 4–14 | 22.2 | |||
| Mono Black Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Cruel Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Enchantress | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Golgari Infect | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Faeries | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 41 | 68–94 | 42.0 | 1 | ||
| The Rock | 22 | 35–49 | 41.7 | |||
| Jund | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Allies | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Illness in the Ranks | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Ramp | 5 | 11–11 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Gruul Post | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Field Ramp | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 |