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 2 weeks, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 216 | 295–408 | 42.0 | 1 | 72 | 1 | 1346 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 22 | 24–38 | 38.7 | 0 | 6 | |
| Heroic | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 7 | 6–10 | 37.5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Gruul Aggro | 4 | 4–9 | 30.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Legends Aggro | 8 | 9–13 | 40.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Boros Legends Aggro | 8 | 9–13 | 40.9 | 0 | 2 | |
| Combo | 25 | 45–54 | 45.5 | 1 | 10 | |
| Reanimator | 10 | 19–20 | 48.7 | 1 | 5 | |
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 9 | 19–18 | 51.4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 9 | 19–18 | 51.4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Izzet Ascension | 3 | 3–7 | 30.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Dredge | 11 | 22–24 | 47.8 | 0 | 5 | |
| Control | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 68 | 97–133 | 42.2 | 0 | 33 | |
| Aristocrats | 38 | 56–75 | 42.7 | 0 | 22 | |
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 34 | 49–68 | 41.9 | 0 | 18 | |
| Burn | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Necro Burn | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 14 | 16–29 | 35.6 | 0 | 9 | |
| Izzet Dreadnought | 14 | 16–29 | 35.6 | 0 | 9 | |
| Izzet Blitzkrieg | 14 | 23–24 | 48.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aggro-Control | 25 | 23–44 | 34.3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 14 | 8–26 | 23.5 | 0 | 3 | |
| Wizards | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Ninjas | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 8 | 12–12 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo-Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Solar Flare | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 72 | 84–130 | 39.3 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
| Vampires | 6 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Mono Black Vampires | 6 | 8–12 | 40.0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Legends Midrange | 4 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Boros Legends Midrange | 3 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Orzhov Legends | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 1 | |||||
| Big Red | 12 | 14–18 | 43.8 | 0 | 5 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 18 | 32–34 | 48.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Mono Black Devotion | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Clerics | 11 | 9–23 | 28.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Artifact Midrange | 20 | 20–37 | 35.1 | 0 | 5 |