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 11 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 232 | 521–445 | 53.9 | 10 | 79 | 1 | 1802 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 184 | 431–340 | 55.9 | 10 | 67 | 1 |
| Heroic | 85 | 216–157 | 57.9 | 8 | 38 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 72 | 189–137 | 58.0 | 8 | 33 | |
| Azorius Heroic | 10 | 25–16 | 61.0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 36 | 70–65 | 51.9 | 1 | 8 | |
| Goblins | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 6 | 8–17 | 32.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| 8 Whack | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Knights | 6 | 20–8 | 71.4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| AggroSlide | 42 | 109–78 | 58.3 | 1 | 17 | |
| Combo | 22 | 29–46 | 38.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| High Tide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 19 | 28–43 | 39.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Traditional Reanimator | 19 | 28–43 | 39.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Reanimator | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 17 | 27–38 | 41.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Protean Hulk Combo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cawblade | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 14 | 24–36 | 40.0 | 0 | 8 | |
| Infect | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simic Infect | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hushnought | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 10 | 22–27 | 44.9 | 0 | 7 | |
| Goblin Persist | 10 | 22–27 | 44.9 | 0 | 7 | |
| Aggro-Control | 10 | 21–17 | 55.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 6 | 16–13 | 55.2 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 4 | 5–4 | 55.6 |