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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 242 | 426–424 | 50.1 | 9 | 2045 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Combo | 78 | 119–144 | 45.2 | 1 | ||
| Storm | 47 | 75–89 | 45.7 | 1 | ||
| Simic Storm | 18 | 45–24 | 65.2 | 1 | ||
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 18 | 14–46 | 23.3 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 11 | 16–19 | 45.7 | |||
| Oriss Genesis | 7 | 20–15 | 57.1 | |||
| Metalwork Colossus | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Upheaval Colossus | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | |||
| Taking Turns | 19 | 16–29 | 35.6 | |||
| Chain of Acid | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Control | 76 | 134–150 | 47.2 | 1 | ||
| Esper Control | 4 | 3–8 | 27.3 | |||
| Dimir Control | 7 | 6–16 | 27.3 | |||
| Azorius Control | 24 | 45–39 | 53.6 | 1 | ||
| Cawblade | 2 | 7–3 | 70.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 4 | 14–6 | 70.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 4 | 14–6 | 70.0 | |||
| Sultai Control | 2 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Guildgate Control | 11 | 20–22 | 47.6 | |||
| Seasons Past Control | 24 | 43–53 | 44.8 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Aristocrats | 4 | 7–6 | 53.8 | |||
| Orzhov Aristocrats | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Golgari Aristocrats | 3 | 7–5 | 58.3 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 6 | 7–8 | 46.7 | |||
| Mono Blue Tempo | 5 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Faeries | 5 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Dimir Tempo | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo-Control | 16 | 15–21 | 41.7 | |||
| Curses | 15 | 14–20 | 41.2 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Jund Jokulhaups Control | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Midrange | 59 | 139–91 | 60.4 | 7 | ||
| The Rock | 6 | 11–12 | 47.8 | |||
| Golgari Citadel | 6 | 11–12 | 47.8 | |||
| Jund | 7 | 7–11 | 38.9 | |||
| Blink | 46 | 121–68 | 64.0 | 7 | ||
| Wave Blink | 46 | 121–68 | 64.0 | 7 | ||
| Azorius Wave | 6 | 19–7 | 73.1 | 1 | ||
| Bant Wave | 36 | 95–48 | 66.4 | 6 | ||
| Ramp | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 3 | 5–4 | 55.6 |