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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | 159–150 | 51.5 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 1647 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 27 | 55–45 | 55.0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 15 | 34–28 | 54.8 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Affinity | 6 | 15–11 | 57.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tempered Steel | 3 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Blue Architect | 6 | 12–14 | 46.2 | |||
| Cats | 10 | 18–14 | 56.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Selesnya Cats | 10 | 18–14 | 56.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Combo | 4 | 8–9 | 47.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Storm | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Grixis Tendrils | 2 | 4–5 | 44.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Intruder Alarm | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 3–0 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 3–0 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 1 | 3–0 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 17 | 34–43 | 44.2 | 1 | 4 | |
| Ninjas | 15 | 32–39 | 45.1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Izzet Spells | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 23 | 53–51 | 51.0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Midrange | 8 | 23–15 | 60.5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Orzhov Capenna | 8 | 23–15 | 60.5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Hero of Precinct One | 11 | 21–30 | 41.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mardu Hero | 7 | 17–17 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Five Color Hero | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Hero | 3 | 4–11 | 26.7 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ramp | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Carth Superfriends | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 |