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 7 weeks, 4 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | 112–138 | 44.8 | 3 | 2 | 1513 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 9 | 26–19 | 57.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| White Weenie | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono White Humans | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Elves | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Merfolk | 2 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Hardened Scales Affinity | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Mono Red Eldrazi | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Legends Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo | 18 | 20–32 | 38.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Storm | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Oops All Lands | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Restore Balance | 6 | 6–12 | 33.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Belcher | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midnight Mass | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Actual Twin | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Boros Twin | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 18 | 32–35 | 47.8 | 1 | ||
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 10 | 16–19 | 45.7 | |||
| Azorius Cloudpost Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Blackpost | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Selesnya Cloudpost Control | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Seasons Past Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Prison | 4 | 14–6 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Enchantress | 4 | 14–6 | 70.0 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Burn | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Necro Burn | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo-Control | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Hive Mind | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Solar Flare | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 15 | 19–35 | 35.2 | |||
| Temur Ascendancy | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Jund | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 0–5 | 0.0 | |||
| Elementals | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 4 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Jeskai Midrange | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Eldrazipost | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 |