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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93 | 158–201 | 44.0 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 1348 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 20 | 47–39 | 54.7 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Red Deck Wins | 5 | 13–12 | 52.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Green Stompy | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Minotaurs | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 4 | 15–5 | 75.0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Rakdos Aggro | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Humans | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Humans | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo | 7 | 11–14 | 44.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Storm | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| High Tide | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 29 | 30–65 | 31.6 | 0 | 5 | |
| Dimir Control | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Mill | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 13 | 11–31 | 26.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Cruel Control | 7 | 4–16 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Control | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jeskai Approach | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dragon Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Dragons | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Astral Slide | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sultai Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 7 | 22–11 | 66.7 | 2 | 4 | |
| Aristocrats | 5 | 16–6 | 72.7 | 2 | 3 | |
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Food | 4 | 16–4 | 80.0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Burn | 1 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 2 | |
| Combo-Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mindcrank | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 23 | 23–57 | 28.8 | 0 | 4 | |
| Jund | 4 | 2–10 | 16.7 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 5 | 12–12 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 6 | 4–17 | 19.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Five Color Hero | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ramp | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Jund Carth | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Applejacks | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 |