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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 147 | 307–257 | 54.4 | 12 | 62 | 3 | 1690 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 65 | 171–99 | 63.3 | 9 | 35 | 2 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Heroic | 7 | 19–14 | 57.6 | 1 | 4 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 7 | 19–14 | 57.6 | 1 | 4 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 17 | 38–28 | 57.6 | 3 | 8 | |
| Mono Red Devotion | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Zombies | 12 | 31–18 | 63.3 | 1 | 10 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 27 | 80–34 | 70.2 | 4 | 13 | 2 |
| Tempered Steel | 27 | 80–34 | 70.2 | 4 | 13 | 2 |
| Combo | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 40 | 51–71 | 41.8 | 1 | 12 | |
| Esper Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 25 | 38–42 | 47.5 | 1 | 7 | |
| Azorius Control | 7 | 11–15 | 42.3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Jeskai Control | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 4 | 2–6 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 4 | 0–9 | 0.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Food | 3 | 0–6 | 0.0 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Blue Madness | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Simic Madness | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Combo-Control | 4 | 2–14 | 12.5 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 4 | 2–14 | 12.5 | |||
| Midrange | 31 | 64–58 | 52.5 | 2 | 13 | 1 |
| Abzan Midrange | 5 | 7–10 | 41.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Vampires | 11 | 31–20 | 60.8 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Mono Black Vampires | 11 | 31–20 | 60.8 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| Rakdos Midrange | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 11 | 20–20 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Necro Midrange | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 7 | 12–12 | 50.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |