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, 3 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | 197–117 | 62.7 | 4 | 6 | 1853 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 3 | 9–4 | 69.2 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Legends Aggro | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Combo | 21 | 51–31 | 62.2 | 2 | ||
| Storm | 7 | 19–10 | 65.5 | 1 | ||
| Citadel Storm | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| High Tide | 5 | 17–5 | 77.3 | 1 | ||
| Warp World | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Boros Glimpse | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Maniac Combo | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | 1 | ||
| New Perspectives | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Ominous Good | 2 | 5–2 | 71.4 | |||
| Breakfast | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Hermit Dredge | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Unctus | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Control | 16 | 35–27 | 56.5 | |||
| Esper Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Demonic Rising | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Control | 6 | 12–10 | 54.5 | |||
| Azorius Control | 3 | 10–3 | 76.9 | |||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Cruel Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Stagnant Control | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Galleon Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Burn | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Necro Burn | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 11 | 30–21 | 58.8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cruel Combo-Control | 6 | 19–9 | 67.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Battle of Wits | 3 | 4–9 | 30.8 | |||
| Mindcrank | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Midrange | 24 | 68–32 | 68.0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Jund | 7 | 24–9 | 72.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Hellion Whip | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Dimir Vat | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mythic Colossification | 10 | 31–13 | 70.5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Laelia Cascade | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 |