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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 207 | 588–352 | 62.6 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 1820 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 4 | 9–9 | 50.0 | |||
| Heroic | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Heroic | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Slivers | 3 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Combo | 100 | 311–157 | 66.5 | 2 | 12 | 10 |
| Storm | 7 | 19–13 | 59.4 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Tendrils | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 11 | 27–23 | 54.0 | |||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 6 | 16–12 | 57.1 | |||
| Grozoth | 5 | 11–11 | 50.0 | |||
| Maniac Combo | 13 | 49–16 | 75.4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 33 | 114–49 | 69.9 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 15 | 54–23 | 70.1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 18 | 60–26 | 69.8 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Metalwork Colossus | 10 | 30–14 | 68.2 | 1 | ||
| Upheaval Colossus | 10 | 30–14 | 68.2 | 1 | ||
| Saffi Combo | 23 | 63–38 | 62.4 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Turntimber Ranger | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Control | 15 | 29–32 | 47.5 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Boros Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Dragon Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 6 | 10–14 | 41.7 | 1 | ||
| Shrines | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Bant Control | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Pox | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 28 | 73–46 | 61.3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Azorius Skies | 20 | 52–30 | 63.4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Combo-Control | 16 | 49–20 | 71.0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Mindcrank | 10 | 39–10 | 79.6 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Displace Loop | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Hedron Alignment | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Plasma Swans | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Midrange | 37 | 102–72 | 58.6 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Graveyard Value | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 3 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Naya Midrange | 30 | 88–56 | 61.1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mythic Colossification | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Death Cloud | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Ramp | 7 | 14–16 | 46.7 | |||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 |