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, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 131 | 265–253 | 51.2 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 1664 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 9 | 17–18 | 48.6 | 0 | 4 | |
| White Weenie | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Madness | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Rakdos Madness | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Voltron | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Boros Auras | 4 | 7–9 | 43.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Combo | 12 | 24–27 | 47.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Storm | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 4 | 13–8 | 61.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Recurring Nightmare | 4 | 13–8 | 61.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Umbral Mantle | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Cephalid Breakfast | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Control | 29 | 47–54 | 46.5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mono Black Control | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Paradox Haze Lock | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Stax | 5 | 11–10 | 52.4 | |||
| Runeflare | 5 | 17–8 | 68.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Ponza | 3 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 3 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 3 | 3–9 | 25.0 | |||
| Temur Reclamation | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 13 | 21–24 | 46.7 | 0 | 3 | |
| Simic Flash | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simic Vat | 4 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 4 | 5–9 | 35.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Wizards | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 4 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo-Control | 27 | 72–43 | 62.6 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| Curses | 5 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Cruel Combo-Control | 5 | 18–7 | 72.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Pickles | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mindcrank | 12 | 43–21 | 67.2 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Hedron Alignment | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Curious Niv-Mizzet | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 30 | 61–59 | 50.8 | 1 | 4 | |
| The Rock | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Golgari Citadel | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Yisan-Prophet | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 8 | 25–13 | 65.8 | 1 | 3 | |
| Hellion Whip | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Toughness Matters | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Death Cloud | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Illness in the Ranks | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Ramp | 9 | 15–24 | 38.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 |