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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 325 | 496–415 | 54.4 | 8 | 26 | 13 | 1820 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 28 | 46–39 | 54.1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Red Deck Wins | 13 | 18–19 | 48.6 | 0 | 3 | |
| Tokens | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Orzhov Tokens | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 6 | 8–10 | 44.4 | |||
| Affinity | 4 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Architect | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| AggroSlide | 7 | 19–7 | 73.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Combo | 159 | 281–192 | 59.4 | 8 | 16 | 9 |
| Storm | 26 | 45–28 | 61.6 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Citadel Storm | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 24 | 45–25 | 64.3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Reanimator | 28 | 44–41 | 51.8 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 6 | 2–13 | 13.3 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 22 | 42–28 | 60.0 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 22 | 42–28 | 60.0 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Warp World | 11 | 20–15 | 57.1 | |||
| Boros Glimpse | 11 | 20–15 | 57.1 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 32 | 38–33 | 53.5 | 2 | 2 | |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 7–8 | 46.7 | 0 | 1 | |
| Breakfast | 32 | 65–38 | 63.1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Oops All Spells | 32 | 65–38 | 63.1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Dredge | 9 | 30–8 | 78.9 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ad Nauseam | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Restore Balance | 5 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Belcher | 11 | 24–12 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Control | 28 | 28–32 | 46.7 | 1 | ||
| Ponza | 28 | 28–32 | 46.7 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 29 | 24–42 | 36.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Aristocrats | 13 | 11–16 | 40.7 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 12 | 10–15 | 40.0 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Infect | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Simic Infect | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 7 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
| Izzet Dreadnought | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 4 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 16 | 24–23 | 51.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Ensoul Aggro-Control | 15 | 24–20 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo-Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Temur Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Midrange | 38 | 57–49 | 53.8 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Selesnya Midrange | 9 | 12–11 | 52.2 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Allies | 9 | 15–12 | 55.6 | 1 | ||
| Azorius Allies | 8 | 13–9 | 59.1 | 1 | ||
| Orzhov Midrange | 16 | 26–21 | 55.3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Ramp | 26 | 31–34 | 47.7 | |||
| Rofellos Ramp | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 25 | 31–32 | 49.2 | |||
| Greenpost | 25 | 31–32 | 49.2 |