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 12 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 218 | 469–327 | 58.9 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 1870 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 65 | 158–90 | 63.7 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 38 | 92–59 | 60.9 | 5 | ||
| Goblins | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 5 | 21–4 | 84.0 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 13 | 24–18 | 57.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Affinity | 13 | 24–18 | 57.1 | 0 | 2 | |
| Madness | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 4 | 11–2 | 84.6 | 2 | ||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 4 | 11–2 | 84.6 | 2 | ||
| Combo | 21 | 59–21 | 73.8 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 9–4 | 69.2 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 17 | 49–16 | 75.4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Oops All Spells | 17 | 49–16 | 75.4 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Actual Twin | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Twin | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 63 | 117–104 | 52.9 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| Esper Control | 13 | 23–23 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 6 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 5 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 35 | 78–56 | 58.2 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| Aggro-Combo | 7 | 13–12 | 52.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 5 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
| Boros Bombardment | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Izzet Dreadnought | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 15 | 30–25 | 54.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Izzet Tempo | 10 | 28–17 | 62.2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blue Madness | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Temur Madness | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Ninjas | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 9 | 14–13 | 51.9 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 9 | 14–13 | 51.9 | |||
| Wildfire | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 5 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Midrange | 38 | 78–62 | 55.7 | 3 | 5 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Blink | 10 | 28–13 | 68.3 | 3 | 4 | |
| Orzhov Blink | 8 | 22–9 | 71.0 | 3 | 4 | |
| Vampires | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Rakdos Vampires | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Big Red | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Midrange | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Lifegain Midrange | 7 | 12–12 | 50.0 | |||
| Martyr's Grace | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Orzhov Midrange | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Hero of Precinct One | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | |||
| Orzhov Hero | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | |||
| Artifact Midrange | 7 | 12–12 | 50.0 |