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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 499 | 455–681 | 40.1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1200 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 233 | 268–317 | 45.8 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Heroic | 25 | 22–32 | 40.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 15 | 12–17 | 41.4 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 84 | 101–111 | 47.6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Goblins | 18 | 21–20 | 51.2 | 1 | ||
| Tokens | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 4 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono Red Swarm | 36 | 31–49 | 38.8 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Affinity | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Voltron | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Auras | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Knights | 50 | 80–74 | 51.9 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| AggroSlide | 3 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 5 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Combo | 13 | 11–22 | 33.3 | |||
| Reanimator | 12 | 10–20 | 33.3 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 8 | 8–13 | 38.1 | |||
| Rakdos Reanimator | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 7 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Control | 125 | 79–172 | 31.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Black Control | 6 | 5–11 | 31.3 | |||
| Demonic Rising | 56 | 38–71 | 34.9 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Control | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 10 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |||
| Blackpost | 10 | 7–13 | 35.0 | |||
| Runeflare | 40 | 16–57 | 21.9 | |||
| Ponza | 10 | 10–17 | 37.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 27 | 28–33 | 45.9 | |||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Burn | 20 | 24–26 | 48.0 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 5 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 13 | 10–23 | 30.3 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 10 | 8–18 | 30.8 | |||
| Midrange | 69 | 41–88 | 31.8 | 2 | ||
| Blink | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Wave Blink | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Wave | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Vampires | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Vampires | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Elementals | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 7 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Big Red | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 34 | 23–35 | 39.7 | 2 | ||
| Mono Black Devotion | 20 | 19–21 | 47.5 | 2 | ||
| Heart of Darkness | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 4 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Death Cloud | 9 | 0–16 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 19 | 16–26 | 38.1 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 15 | 8–16 | 33.3 | |||
| Golgari Post | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 14 | 8–15 | 34.8 |