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 3 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 130 | 198–215 | 47.9 | 5 | 1496 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 10 | 15–14 | 51.7 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Tokens | 2 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| White Weenie | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Knights | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Combo | 10 | 18–20 | 47.4 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Dredge | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Insidious Roots Dredge | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Gyruda | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Control | 21 | 30–41 | 42.3 | |||
| Demonic Rising | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Mardu Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 4 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono White Control | 8 | 13–17 | 43.3 | |||
| Pox | 3 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 7 | 9–16 | 36.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 4 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 81 | 126–123 | 50.6 | 5 | ||
| The Rock | 3 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 4 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Blink | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Wave Blink | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Orzhov Wave | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Allies | 4 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Mono White Allies | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Allies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 9 | 16–10 | 61.5 | 1 | ||
| Legends Midrange | 1 | |||||
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | |||||
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Heart of Darkness | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 11 | 24–20 | 54.5 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 19 | 31–30 | 50.8 | 2 | ||
| Hero of Precinct One | 18 | 36–25 | 59.0 | 2 | ||
| Abzan Hero | 4 | 10–6 | 62.5 | |||
| Mardu Hero | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Hero | 13 | 26–18 | 59.1 | 2 | ||
| Clerics | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Golgari Post | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 |