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, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 182 | 438–304 | 59.0 | 16 | 1886 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 11 | 37–14 | 72.5 | 4 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 6 | 18–9 | 66.7 | 2 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 15–4 | 78.9 | 2 | ||
| Affinity | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Salvage Titan | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Combo | 48 | 111–84 | 56.9 | 2 | ||
| Storm | 14 | 30–21 | 58.8 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Tendrils | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| High Tide | 6 | 18–6 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Stormpost | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Eggs | 28 | 63–58 | 52.1 | |||
| Ominous Good | 3 | 13–2 | 86.7 | 1 | ||
| Soulflayer | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 38 | 65–76 | 46.1 | |||
| Esper Control | 6 | 12–15 | 44.4 | |||
| Dimir Control | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Azorius Control | 5 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Cawblade | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Stagnant Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 12 | 26–22 | 54.2 | |||
| Five Color Control | 6 | 6–13 | 31.6 | |||
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 4 | 6–9 | 40.0 | |||
| Bant Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Seasons Past Control | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 19 | 53–22 | 70.7 | 3 | ||
| Aristocrats | 12 | 32–16 | 66.7 | 2 | ||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 2 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 10 | 31–15 | 67.4 | 2 | ||
| Combo Goblins | 7 | 21–6 | 77.8 | 1 | ||
| Goblin Persist | 1 | |||||
| Dirty Kitty | 6 | 21–6 | 77.8 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 39 | 92–69 | 57.1 | 5 | ||
| Mindcrank | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Dragoncrank | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Lich's Mastery | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Zur's Weirding | 18 | 36–36 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Mass Land Destruction | 14 | 34–26 | 56.7 | 1 | ||
| Wildfire | 11 | 26–23 | 53.1 | 1 | ||
| Thryx-Wildfire | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | |||
| Thopter-Sword | 5 | 19–2 | 90.5 | 3 | ||
| Azorius Thopter-Sword | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Thopter-Sword | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Esper Thopter-Sword | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Midrange | 23 | 70–35 | 66.7 | 2 | ||
| Abzan Midrange | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | |||
| Blink | 7 | 22–8 | 73.3 | 1 | ||
| Wave Blink | 6 | 19–7 | 73.1 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Wave | 5 | 19–6 | 76.0 | 1 | ||
| Bant Wave | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Anti-Persecution | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Neoform | 11 | 34–18 | 65.4 | 1 | ||
| Sultai Neoform | 10 | 32–15 | 68.1 | 1 | ||
| Ramp | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 |