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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 131 | 225–147 | 60.5 | 9 | 1818 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 30 | 56–35 | 61.5 | 2 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 13 | 31–14 | 68.9 | 2 | ||
| White Weenie | 10 | 5–10 | 33.3 | |||
| AggroSlide | 5 | 16–8 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo | 24 | 42–25 | 62.7 | 2 | ||
| Storm | 7 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Dragonstorm | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Reanimator | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 13 | 26–11 | 70.3 | 2 | ||
| Metalwork Colossus | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Anvil Colossus | 1 | 3–1 | 75.0 | |||
| Soulflayer | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Reanim8 Rack | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Control | 43 | 77–51 | 60.2 | 2 | ||
| Esper Control | 12 | 8–12 | 40.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 21 | 62–26 | 70.5 | 2 | ||
| Cloudpost Control | 8 | 6–8 | 42.9 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 6 | 5–6 | 45.5 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 6 | 12–6 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Infect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Simic Infect | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Hushnought | 4 | 12–4 | 75.0 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 11 | 23–14 | 62.2 | 1 | ||
| Izzet Tempo | 9 | 19–11 | 63.3 | 1 | ||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Midrange | 17 | 15–16 | 48.4 | 1 | ||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 3 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Dimir Midrange | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Prophet Glare | 8 | 2–7 | 22.2 | |||
| Gruul Obosh | 3 | 9–2 | 81.8 | 1 |