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 12 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 116 | 149–205 | 42.1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1418 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 21 | 40–39 | 50.6 | 1 | ||
| Heroic | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| White Weenie | 11 | 17–21 | 44.7 | |||
| Odric Keywords | 6 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |||
| Devoid Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Humans | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Gruul Humans | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 10 | 8–15 | 34.8 | |||
| Storm | 5 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 4 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Grozoth | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Fake-Twin | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Control | 61 | 65–108 | 37.6 | 1 | 3 | |
| Esper Control | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Demonic Rising | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Paradox Haze Lock | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 8 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 16 | 15–30 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Turbo Fog | 6 | 17–10 | 63.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Izzet Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mardu Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 5 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |||
| Cruel Control | 3 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Birthday Stax | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Jeskai Approach | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Galleon Control | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 5 | 10–8 | 55.6 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Blue Madness | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Temur Madness | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | |||||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Displace Loop | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 17 | 25–31 | 44.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Temur Ascendancy | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Blink | 1 | |||||
| Orzhov Blink | 1 | |||||
| Allies | 5 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Mardu Allies | 5 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Yisan-Prophet | 3 | 7–9 | 43.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Temur Energy | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Death Cloud | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |