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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 161 | 146–398 | 26.8 | 2 | 1 | 1097 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 46 | 40–126 | 24.1 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 5 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |||
| Tokens | 39 | 33–108 | 23.4 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 30 | 24–80 | 23.1 | |||
| Orzhov Tokens | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 60 | 74–146 | 33.6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Demonic Rising | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Azorius Control | 22 | 26–56 | 31.7 | |||
| Grixis Control | 11 | 13–25 | 34.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cruel Control | 11 | 13–25 | 34.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ponza | 18 | 24–39 | 38.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sultai Control | 6 | 7–19 | 26.9 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 37 | 24–86 | 21.8 | |||
| Aristocrats | 37 | 24–86 | 21.8 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 8 | 3–20 | 13.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 29 | 21–66 | 24.1 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Cruel Combo-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Pickles | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 13 | 8–30 | 21.1 | |||
| Jund | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 8 | 4–21 | 16.0 |