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, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 135 | 279–254 | 52.3 | 2 | 26 | 3 | 1660 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 20 | 26–39 | 40.0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Goblins | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Merfolk | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| 8 Whack | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Affinity | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Aggro | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Shamans | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo | 15 | 17–30 | 36.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Storm | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Hazoret Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 5 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Fake-Twin | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 4 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cephalid Breakfast | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Druid Cephalid Breakfast | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Neoform Hermit | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Control | 29 | 69–54 | 56.1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Dimir Control | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 5 | 8–11 | 42.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 5 | 8–11 | 42.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Runeflare | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 17 | 50–30 | 62.5 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Sultai Control | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 13 | 22–24 | 47.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aristocrats | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Infect | 11 | 21–20 | 51.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 11 | 21–20 | 51.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 14 | 34–24 | 58.6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Izzet Tempo | 5 | 11–7 | 61.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 6 | 16–12 | 57.1 | |||
| Combo-Control | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Mindcrank | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Thryx-Wildfire | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 27 | 56–49 | 53.3 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Graveyard Value | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | |||
| Séance | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Allies | 5 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Vampires | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 11 | 25–22 | 53.2 | 0 | 5 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 5 | 13–7 | 65.0 | 1 | ||
| Mardu Hero | 4 | 11–4 | 73.3 | 1 | ||
| Esper Hero | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ramp | 14 | 42–26 | 61.8 | 1 | 8 | |
| Rofellos Ramp | 9 | 28–14 | 66.7 | 1 | 6 | |
| Channel-Rofellos | 9 | 28–14 | 66.7 | 1 | 6 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 4 | 13–9 | 59.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Greenpost | 4 | 13–9 | 59.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Historic Bloom | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 |