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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 87 | 143–175 | 45.0 | 4 | 1449 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 4 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Heroic | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Zombies | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Combo | 23 | 56–45 | 55.4 | 3 | ||
| Storm | 5 | 10–9 | 52.6 | |||
| High Tide | 5 | 10–9 | 52.6 | |||
| Reanimator | 11 | 31–20 | 60.8 | 2 | ||
| Recurring Nightmare | 11 | 31–20 | 60.8 | 2 | ||
| Dragon Nightmare | 11 | 31–20 | 60.8 | 2 | ||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 7 | 15–16 | 48.4 | 1 | ||
| Control | 14 | 12–29 | 29.3 | |||
| Esper Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | |||||
| Mardu Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 4 | 4–13 | 23.5 | |||
| Sultai Control | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Sultai Ultimatum | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Bant Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Temur Reclamation | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Pox | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 7 | 17–11 | 60.7 | 1 | ||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 2 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Hushnought | 5 | 15–7 | 68.2 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 8 | 7–10 | 41.2 | |||
| Blue Madness | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Simic Madness | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Ninjas | 4 | 4–10 | 28.6 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | |||||
| Mono Blue Librarians | 1 | |||||
| Dimir Tempo | 2 | 2–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 9 | 15–24 | 38.5 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 9 | 15–24 | 38.5 | |||
| Wildfire | 9 | 15–24 | 38.5 | |||
| Thryx-Wildfire | 8 | 14–20 | 41.2 | |||
| Borderpost Wildfire | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Midrange | 19 | 31–43 | 41.9 | |||
| The Rock | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Blink | 4 | 9–11 | 45.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 4 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |||
| Séance | 4 | 4–12 | 25.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Selesnya Legends | 3 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 5 | 14–9 | 60.9 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 2 | 7–2 | 77.8 | |||
| Davriel Braids | 3 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Neoform | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Sultai Neoform | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Greenpost | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 |