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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 162 | 387–241 | 61.6 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 1863 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 4 | 2–8 | 20.0 | |||
| Elves | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Tempered Steel | 3 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Combo | 50 | 120–75 | 61.5 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Storm | 5 | 12–8 | 60.0 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Tendrils | 3 | 11–4 | 73.3 | 1 | ||
| Simic Storm | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Citadel Storm | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Reanimator | 6 | 17–9 | 65.4 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Dragon Nightmare | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 5 | 13–8 | 61.9 | |||
| Rakdos Reanimator | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 4 | 13–7 | 65.0 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 29 | 73–43 | 62.9 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Upheaval Colossus | 5 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Ominous Good | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Combo | 9 | 18–13 | 58.1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Control | 20 | 58–30 | 65.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Dimir Control | 10 | 35–13 | 72.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Azorius Control | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Izzet Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Runeflare | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Ponza | 5 | 15–8 | 65.2 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 7 | 17–12 | 58.6 | |||
| Izzet Spells | 7 | 17–12 | 58.6 | |||
| Combo-Control | 15 | 38–19 | 66.7 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Battle of Wits | 5 | 12–7 | 63.2 | 1 | ||
| Hive Mind | 10 | 26–12 | 68.4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Midrange | 56 | 130–80 | 61.9 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Selesnya Midrange | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Selesnya Value Town | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 12 | 28–15 | 65.1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Séance | 11 | 28–14 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Varolz Dreadnought | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Legends Midrange | 7 | 16–9 | 64.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Rakdos Midrange | 21 | 53–30 | 63.9 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Devotion | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Zur the Enchanter | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Neoform | 6 | 18–8 | 69.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Temur Neoform | 6 | 18–8 | 69.2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Death Cloud | 4 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Ramp | 10 | 22–17 | 56.4 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 4 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Arcum's Not Astrolabe | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Gruul Post | 2 | 5–3 | 62.5 | |||
| Reclamation at Wake | 6 | 13–11 | 54.2 |