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, 6 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 133 | 258–101 | 71.9 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 2094 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 14 | 24–8 | 75.0 | 3 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Mono Green Stompy | 2 | 6–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Elves | 9 | 13–6 | 68.4 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Aggro | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 69 | 151–55 | 73.3 | 2 | 6 | 10 |
| Storm | 25 | 51–22 | 69.9 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Dimir Tendrils | 25 | 51–22 | 69.9 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Reanimator | 34 | 94–23 | 80.3 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Worldgorger Dragon | 33 | 91–23 | 79.8 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Dimir Cycling Reanimator | 1 | 3–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Combo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Dice Factory | 7 | 5–7 | 41.7 | |||
| Control | 16 | 24–16 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mono Black Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Control | 5 | 4–6 | 40.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 4 | 14–4 | 77.8 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ponza | 3 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 1 | 1–0 | 100.0 | |||
| Prison | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Enchantress | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 11 | 28–4 | 87.5 | 2 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 9 | 25–2 | 92.6 | 2 | ||
| Azorius Skies | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 9 | 10–7 | 58.8 | 1 | ||
| Mindcrank | 7 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 1 | ||
| Dragoncrank | 4 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Zur's Weirding | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 4 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 1 | ||
| Anti-Persecution | 4 | 10–3 | 76.9 | 1 | ||
| Ramp | 10 | 9–8 | 52.9 | 1 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 8 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 1 | ||
| Greenpost | 8 | 9–5 | 64.3 | 1 |