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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55 | 160–95 | 62.7 | 5 | 1712 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 7 | 25–10 | 71.4 | 2 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Green Stompy | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Artifact Aggro | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Affinity | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| AggroSlide | 2 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo | 10 | 29–15 | 65.9 | 1 | ||
| Reanimator | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Rakdos Reanimator | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | 1 | ||
| Warp World | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Actual Warp World | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 6 | 16–8 | 66.7 | |||
| Protean Hulk Combo | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Control | 13 | 37–26 | 58.7 | |||
| Mill | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Cruel Control | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ponza | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Life is Ez | 2 | 6–4 | 60.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Astral Slide | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Five Color Control | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Shrines | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Pox | 3 | 9–6 | 60.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Mindcrank | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Midrange | 10 | 23–21 | 52.3 | |||
| Grenzo | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | |||
| Jund | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Big Red | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Heart of Darkness | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Prophet Glare | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Neoform | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Sultai Neoform | 3 | 4–7 | 36.4 | |||
| Ramp | 14 | 41–23 | 64.1 | 1 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 6 | 18–11 | 62.1 | 1 | ||
| Greenpost | 6 | 18–11 | 62.1 | 1 | ||
| Summer Bloom Ramp | 8 | 23–12 | 65.7 | |||
| Historic Bloom | 6 | 19–8 | 70.4 |