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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 264 | 423–309 | 57.8 | 1 | 11 | 23 | 1748 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 39 | 69–41 | 62.7 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Goblins | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Tokens | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| White Weenie | 8 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 1 | ||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 8 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 1 | ||
| Elves | 7 | 13–8 | 61.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Zombies | 8 | 11–10 | 52.4 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 5 | 13–6 | 68.4 | 1 | ||
| Mono Red Swarm | 2 | 8–1 | 88.9 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Slivers | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 27 | 30–39 | 43.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Storm | 6 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 9 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |||
| Warp World | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Actual Warp World | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 5 | 13–6 | 68.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 4 | 12–4 | 75.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dice Factory | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Possibility Storm | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Control | 27 | 29–35 | 45.3 | 1 | ||
| Demonic Rising | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Blackpost | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 8 | 6–10 | 37.5 | |||
| Dragon Control | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Grixis Dragons | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Ponza | 10 | 13–10 | 56.5 | 1 | ||
| Pox | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 24 | 49–25 | 66.2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Aristocrats | 23 | 49–24 | 67.1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 7 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 1 | ||
| Abzan Aristocrats | 4 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Food | 12 | 31–11 | 73.8 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Liquimetal Fishing | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 40 | 66–47 | 58.4 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Curses | 2 | 7–1 | 87.5 | 1 | ||
| Lich's Mastery | 34 | 56–40 | 58.3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Mass Land Destruction | 4 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Wildfire | 4 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 93 | 167–103 | 61.9 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Temur Ascendancy | 3 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Grenzo | 7 | 11–7 | 61.1 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Jund | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Blink | 4 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 24 | 28–26 | 51.9 | 1 | ||
| -1/-1 Counters | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Vampires | 38 | 100–42 | 70.4 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Mono Black Vampires | 38 | 100–42 | 70.4 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 13 | 11–19 | 36.7 | 1 | ||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Channel-Rofellos | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 |