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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 148 | 254–220 | 53.6 | 5 | 36 | 9 | 1571 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 65 | 115–89 | 56.4 | 1 | 20 | 4 |
| Heroic | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Heroic | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Red Deck Wins | 37 | 69–42 | 62.2 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| White Weenie | 12 | 26–20 | 56.5 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 12 | 14–18 | 43.8 | 1 | 5 | |
| Tempered Steel | 10 | 11–14 | 44.0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Mono Blue Architect | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Combo | 25 | 28–44 | 38.9 | 1 | 6 | |
| Reanimator | 3 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Orzhov Reanimator | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Warp World | 4 | 3–11 | 21.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Boros Glimpse | 4 | 3–11 | 21.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blazing Shoal Combo | 15 | 22–22 | 50.0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Enduring Ideal | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Control | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 37 | 74–53 | 58.3 | 2 | 8 | 5 |
| Aristocrats | 15 | 20–31 | 39.2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 15 | 20–31 | 39.2 | 2 | 5 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 21 | 53–20 | 72.6 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 21 | 53–20 | 72.6 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Hushnought | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 11 | 14–16 | 46.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simic Flash | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Librarians | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 9 | 14–12 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Faeries | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Midrange | 6 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 6 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |||
| Necro Midrange | 6 | 2–11 | 15.4 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Rofellos Ramp | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 | 1 |