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 9 weeks, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 203 | 352–456 | 43.6 | 16 | 4 | 1415 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 145 | 266–326 | 44.9 | 0 | 13 | 3 |
| Heroic | 38 | 85–87 | 49.4 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Mono White Heroic | 31 | 75–72 | 51.0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Azorius Heroic | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Selesnya Heroic | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Tokens | 16 | 25–46 | 35.2 | |||
| Selesnya Tokens | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Orzhov Tokens | 11 | 15–34 | 30.6 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 14 | 36–27 | 57.1 | 1 | ||
| White Weenie | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Quest for the Holy Relic | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Soldiers | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Elves | 7 | 14–15 | 48.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Selesnya Little Kid | 16 | 30–29 | 50.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Selesnya Counters | 6 | 6–11 | 35.3 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Merfolk | 7 | 16–14 | 53.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Artifact Aggro | 15 | 31–41 | 43.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Affinity | 10 | 21–27 | 43.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Tempered Steel | 5 | 10–14 | 41.7 | |||
| Voltron | 18 | 17–35 | 32.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hexproof | 14 | 9–27 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Hateful Auras | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Naya Zoo | 4 | 5–12 | 29.4 | |||
| Cats | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Selesnya Cats | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Boros Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Chain of Acid | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 7 | 10–12 | 45.5 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Infect | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 5 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 25 | 36–55 | 39.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 7 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 6 | 13–14 | 48.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dimir Tempo | 9 | 13–22 | 37.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 21 | 25–55 | 31.3 | |||
| The Rock | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 7 | 10–17 | 37.0 | |||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 7 | 10–17 | 37.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 3 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 4 | 3–12 | 20.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 2 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Hero | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Hero | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 1 |