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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 114 | 209–197 | 51.5 | 2 | 25 | 1640 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 52 | 104–87 | 54.5 | 2 | 12 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 11 | 39–16 | 70.9 | 2 | 7 | |
| Mono Red Devotion | 3 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Goblins | 5 | 15–8 | 65.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 2 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Soldiers | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Elves | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Zombies | 8 | 16–15 | 51.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 18 | 23–35 | 39.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Affinity | 12 | 18–24 | 42.9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tempered Steel | 6 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| Combo | 10 | 13–18 | 41.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Storm | 5 | 8–11 | 42.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Tendrils | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| High Tide | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Channel Storm | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Reanimator | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Umbral Mantle | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Control | 11 | 23–19 | 54.8 | 0 | 4 | |
| Cycling Control | 7 | 12–14 | 46.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Astral Slide | 7 | 12–14 | 46.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Guildgate Control | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Temur Reclamation | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Ninjas | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 4 | 6–8 | 42.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mindcrank | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Plasma Swans | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 28 | 49–49 | 50.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Jund | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Blink | 12 | 22–24 | 47.8 | 0 | 3 | |
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Allies | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Mardu Allies | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 4 | 8–6 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Fires of Invention | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mardu Hero | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Ramp | 6 | 8–9 | 47.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rofellos Ramp | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Channel-Rofellos | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Greenpost | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 |