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, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 144 | 296–172 | 63.2 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 1789 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 88 | 204–98 | 67.5 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Heroic | 7 | 20–5 | 80.0 | 2 | ||
| Mono White Heroic | 3 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Selesnya Heroic | 2 | 9–1 | 90.0 | 1 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 53 | 130–55 | 70.3 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| White Weenie | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Selesnya Little Kid | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Gruul Aggro | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Merfolk | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 3 | 6–7 | 46.2 | |||
| Voltron | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Hexproof | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Hateful Auras | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Knights | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Red Eldrazi | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 8 | 18–7 | 72.0 | 2 | ||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 8 | 18–7 | 72.0 | 2 | ||
| Combo | 13 | 21–14 | 60.0 | 2 | ||
| Reanimator | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Warp World | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Glimpse | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Dredge | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Calibrated Blast | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Gyruda | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Midnight Mass | 4 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 1 | ||
| Control | 4 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Ponza | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Pox | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 14 | 34–19 | 64.2 | 3 | ||
| Burn | 10 | 18–17 | 51.4 | |||
| Necro Burn | 3 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 4 | 16–2 | 88.9 | 3 | ||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 4 | 16–2 | 88.9 | 3 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Librarians | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 14 | 16–14 | 53.3 | |||
| Hive Mind | 9 | 8–9 | 47.1 | |||
| Greasefang | 5 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Orzhov Greasefang | 5 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Midrange | 8 | 13–14 | 48.1 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Big Red | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Toughness Matters | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 3 | 6–3 | 66.7 | |||
| Ramp | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Applejacks | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |