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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 108 | 68–230 | 22.8 | 1057 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 18 | 13–38 | 25.5 | |||
| Heroic | 5 | 4–13 | 23.5 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Heroic | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| White Weenie | 4 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Humans | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Voltron | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Hexproof | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Slivers | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Humans | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Humans | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 18 | 21–40 | 34.4 | |||
| Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dubious Challenge | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Warp World | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Four Color Glimpse | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 4 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 4 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Seismic Swans | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 6 | 13–14 | 48.1 | |||
| Gyruda | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Nadu Combo | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Control | 38 | 9–77 | 10.5 | |||
| Azorius Control | 7 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |||
| Cawblade | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 4 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| Mill | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 6 | 2–14 | 12.5 | |||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Stax | 11 | 2–23 | 8.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Prison | 4 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 4 | 0–8 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Liquimetal Fishing | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 7–19 | 26.9 | |||
| Wizards | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 3 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Spirits | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Azorius Spirits | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 7 | 3–15 | 16.7 | |||
| Curses | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Mindcrank | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Solar Flare | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 16 | 8–31 | 20.5 | |||
| The Rock | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Golgari Citadel | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 6 | 2–15 | 11.8 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 2 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Big Red | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Death Cloud | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |