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 11 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | 139–82 | 62.9 | 10 | 1830 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 5 | 14–7 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Heroic | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono Red Blitzkrieg | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Goblins | 3 | 9–4 | 69.2 | 1 | ||
| Elves | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Combo | 38 | 78–50 | 60.9 | 6 | ||
| Storm | 11 | 15–13 | 53.6 | 1 | ||
| Dimir Tendrils | 5 | 5–4 | 55.6 | 1 | ||
| Grixis Tendrils | 1 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Stormpost | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 6 | 10–6 | 62.5 | 1 | ||
| Worldgorger Dragon | 2 | 5–1 | 83.3 | 1 | ||
| Double Dragon | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 4 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 4 | 11–6 | 64.7 | |||
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Breakfast | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 4 | 9–8 | 52.9 | |||
| Dredge | 6 | 20–5 | 80.0 | 3 | ||
| Protean Hulk Combo | 3 | 8–4 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Possibility Storm | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Control | 8 | 17–11 | 60.7 | 1 | ||
| Mill | 4 | 12–5 | 70.6 | 1 | ||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Blackpost | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Control | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Life is Ez | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Five Color Control | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Shrines | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 5 | 11–8 | 57.9 | |||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Chancellor of the Forge Combo | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Midrange | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Varolz Dreadnought | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Ramp | 5 | 15–5 | 75.0 | 2 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 9–2 | 81.8 | 1 | ||
| Greenpost | 3 | 9–2 | 81.8 | 1 | ||
| Defenders | 2 | 6–3 | 66.7 | 1 |