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, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 723 | 720–1386 | 34.2 | 2 | 77 | 4 | 1132 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 293 | 268–564 | 32.2 | 1 | 38 | |
| Heroic | 15 | 11–27 | 28.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 15 | 11–27 | 28.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 87 | 106–155 | 40.6 | 1 | 17 | |
| Goblins | 37 | 31–66 | 32.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| White Weenie | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 31 | 21–59 | 26.3 | 0 | 3 | |
| Gruul Landfall | 17 | 9–34 | 20.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Red Swarm | 8 | 6–18 | 25.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 67 | 55–135 | 28.9 | 0 | 9 | |
| Affinity | 64 | 54–128 | 29.7 | 0 | 9 | |
| Salvage Titan | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Illusions | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Knights | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 36 | 32–79 | 28.8 | 0 | 4 | |
| Boros Aggro | 5 | 4–10 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo | 76 | 84–122 | 40.8 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 76 | 84–122 | 40.8 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Control | 34 | 29–67 | 30.2 | 0 | 6 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 34 | 29–67 | 30.2 | 0 | 6 | |
| Izzet Cloudpost Control | 34 | 29–67 | 30.2 | 0 | 6 | |
| Aggro-Combo | 169 | 158–337 | 31.9 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| Burn | 7 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
| Infect | 39 | 22–75 | 22.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simic Infect | 13 | 4–27 | 12.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 6 | 3–11 | 21.4 | |||
| Mono Black Infect | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 18 | 8–32 | 20.0 | |||
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 87 | 111–180 | 38.1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| Hushnought | 18 | 14–38 | 26.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Aggro-Control | 89 | 92–178 | 34.1 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Izzet Tempo | 70 | 72–138 | 34.3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 18 | 19–39 | 32.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 48 | 39–96 | 28.9 | 0 | 4 | |
| Enchantments Matter | 3 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 13 | 14–27 | 34.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Midrange | 14 | 12–29 | 29.3 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 14 | 9–27 | 25.0 | |||
| Ramp | 12 | 10–20 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 12 | 10–20 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 |