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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | 95–124 | 43.4 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1460 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 9 | 15–18 | 45.5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Heroic | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Azorius Heroic | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| White Weenie | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Soldiers | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Humans | 5 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Humans | 5 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Combo | 15 | 22–36 | 37.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Storm | 3 | 3–10 | 23.1 | |||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| High Tide | 2 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 3 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Warp World | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Boros Glimpse | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 3–5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Metalwork Colossus | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Dredge | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Insidious Roots Dredge | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 9 | 10–22 | 31.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 5 | 9–12 | 42.9 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dwarf Combo | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 13–10 | 56.5 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Librarians | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Dimir Faeries | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Azorius Tempo | 3 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Spirits | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Spirits | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Combo-Control | 8 | 17–15 | 53.1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Greasefang | 8 | 17–15 | 53.1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Orzhov Greasefang | 7 | 17–14 | 54.8 | 1 | 6 | |
| Midrange | 9 | 12–17 | 41.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Abzan Midrange | 3 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Blink | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Fake-Rack | 1 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 3 | 7–3 | 70.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Laelia Cascade | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Ramp | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Gruul Post | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Post | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 |