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, 1 day.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 201–115 | 63.6 | 3 | 21 | 5 | 1909 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 26 | 70–43 | 61.9 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Heroic | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Zombies | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 16 | 46–29 | 61.3 | 1 | 8 | |
| Affinity | 14 | 41–25 | 62.1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Tempered Steel | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 2 | |
| Madness | 4 | 6–6 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Gruul Madness | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Madness | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Combo | 15 | 48–28 | 63.2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Storm | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 6 | 17–10 | 63.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 5 | 15–8 | 65.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rakdos Reanimator | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 8–3 | 72.7 | 1 | ||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 3 | 16–4 | 80.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Oops All Spells | 3 | 16–4 | 80.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dredge | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Chain of Acid | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 11 | 47–18 | 72.3 | 1 | 8 | |
| Combo Goblins | 11 | 47–18 | 72.3 | 1 | 8 | |
| Goblin Persist | 11 | 47–18 | 72.3 | 1 | 8 | |
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mass Land Destruction | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Jeskai Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Midrange | 6 | 14–12 | 53.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blink | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Wave Blink | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 4 | 9–9 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ramp | 5 | 12–8 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 5 | 12–8 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Greenpost | 5 | 12–8 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 |