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, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 134 | 164–230 | 41.6 | 3 | 1375 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 16 | 28–27 | 50.9 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| White Weenie | 3 | 11–3 | 78.6 | |||
| Soldiers | 3 | 11–3 | 78.6 | |||
| Werewolves | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 6 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Affinity | 3 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Salvage Titan | 3 | 0–7 | 0.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Aggro | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 28 | 22–57 | 27.8 | |||
| Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Rakdos Reanimator | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Zubera Tribal | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| New Perspectives | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Taking Turns | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Breakfast | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Oops All Lands | 7 | 10–13 | 43.5 | |||
| Control | 32 | 30–60 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Control | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mill | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Grixis Control | 5 | 1–12 | 7.7 | |||
| Cruel Control | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Stax | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ponza | 13 | 16–25 | 39.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 3 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Five Color Collected Conjuring | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Shrines | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Temur Reclamation | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 8 | 2–14 | 12.5 | |||
| Aristocrats | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Burn | 5 | 2–9 | 18.2 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Golgari Infect | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 12–7 | 63.2 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 11 | 31–8 | 79.5 | 3 | ||
| Mindcrank | 10 | 31–6 | 83.8 | 3 | ||
| Hedron Alignment | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 32 | 39–57 | 40.6 | |||
| Jund | 6 | 7–14 | 33.3 | |||
| Blink | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 4 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |||
| Séance | 4 | 9–5 | 64.3 | |||
| Allies | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mardu Allies | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| White Jund | 2 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Vampires | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Mono Black Vampires | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Angels | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Angels | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Midrange | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Party | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 |