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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | 82–110 | 42.7 | 9 | 2 | 1466 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 6 | 5–8 | 38.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Naya Zoo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Aggro | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 20 | 6–27 | 18.2 | |||
| Storm | 12 | 3–17 | 15.0 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Simic Storm | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Swath Storm | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Fake-Twin | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Fake-Twin | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Eggs | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 9 | 5–14 | 26.3 | |||
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mardu Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Runeflare | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Sultai Ultimatum | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Pox | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 8 | 10–12 | 45.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aristocrats | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Abzan Aristocrats | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Burn | 5 | 7–9 | 43.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Infect | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Blazing Shoal Infect | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 5 | 12–9 | 57.1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Skies | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo-Control | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Curses | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Mindcrank | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 24 | 39–34 | 53.4 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Abzan Midrange | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Allies | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mardu Allies | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 6 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 2 | ||
| Mono Black Devotion | 6 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 2 | ||
| Ordealbreak | 8 | 12–12 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Enigmatic Incarnation | 8 | 12–12 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Fires of Invention | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Esper Hero | 1 | 4–2 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ramp | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 |