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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 150 | 246–216 | 53.2 | 6 | 1688 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 15 | 24–18 | 57.1 | 1 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 1 | ||
| Tokens | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Tokens | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Elves | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Affinity | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| AggroSlide | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo | 25 | 36–41 | 46.8 | |||
| Storm | 5 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Reanimator | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 4 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Polymorph | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Dice Factory | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 31 | 51–44 | 53.7 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Control | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 9 | 24–12 | 66.7 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 3 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Grixis Control | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Cruel Control | 4 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Stax | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Ponza | 2 | 7–1 | 87.5 | 1 | ||
| Dynavolt Tower | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Prison | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Enchantress | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 8 | 18–8 | 69.2 | 2 | ||
| Aristocrats | 8 | 18–8 | 69.2 | 2 | ||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 7 | 16–7 | 69.6 | 2 | ||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 8 | 20–8 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 6 | 17–4 | 81.0 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Tempo | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Combo-Control | 8 | 11–12 | 47.8 | |||
| Battle of Wits | 3 | 6–5 | 54.5 | |||
| Lich's Mastery | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Solar Flare | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 54 | 85–84 | 50.3 | 1 | ||
| Abzan Midrange | 11 | 20–17 | 54.1 | 1 | ||
| Jund | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 13 | 22–18 | 55.0 | |||
| Wave Blink | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Enchantments Matter | 7 | 11–10 | 52.4 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Vampires | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Orzhov Vampires | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 8 | 14–15 | 48.3 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 8 | 14–15 | 48.3 | |||
| Toughness Matters | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 5 | 11–8 | 57.9 | |||
| Esper Hero | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Hero | 3 | 9–4 | 69.2 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 |