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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | 148–134 | 52.5 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1819 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 6 | 15–11 | 57.7 | 1 | ||
| Red Deck Wins | 3 | 10–5 | 66.7 | 1 | ||
| Mono Red Swarm | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| 8 Whack | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| AggroSlide | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Combo | 33 | 73–60 | 54.9 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Reanimator | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Mono Black Reanimator | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 26 | 58–46 | 55.8 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Four Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 20 | 43–36 | 54.4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Five Color Jeskai Ascendancy | 6 | 15–10 | 60.0 | |||
| Fake-Twin | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Naya Fake-Twin | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 5 | 14–7 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Neoform Hermit | 5 | 14–7 | 66.7 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Control | 12 | 13–25 | 34.2 | |||
| Esper Control | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Mardu Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Grixis Control | 1 | 1–4 | 20.0 | |||
| Stax | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jeskai Control | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Dragon Control | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Izzet Dragons | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Cycling Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Burn | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Faeries | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 20 | 41–33 | 55.4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Abzan Midrange | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Wave Blink | 2 | 2–6 | 25.0 | |||
| Azorius Wave | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Graveyard Value | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Mardu Midrange | 10 | 29–15 | 65.9 | 0 | 3 | |
| Legends Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Selesnya Legends | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Rakdos Midrange | 2 | 7–2 | 77.8 | 1 | ||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 1 | 0–3 | 0.0 |