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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 255 | 449–356 | 55.8 | 22 | 2045 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 7 | 14–9 | 60.9 | |||
| Merfolk | 6 | 12–8 | 60.0 | |||
| Artifact Aggro | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Affinity | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Combo | 45 | 86–57 | 60.1 | 6 | ||
| Storm | 22 | 44–25 | 63.8 | 4 | ||
| High Tide | 11 | 31–10 | 75.6 | 3 | ||
| Paradoxical Outcome Storm | 5 | 1–7 | 12.5 | |||
| Izzet Storm | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Warp World | 15 | 37–20 | 64.9 | 2 | ||
| Four Color Glimpse | 15 | 37–20 | 64.9 | 2 | ||
| Metalwork Colossus | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Upheaval Colossus | 3 | 4–5 | 44.4 | |||
| Taking Turns | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Ad Nauseam | 3 | 0–4 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 124 | 221–175 | 55.8 | 10 | ||
| Mono Black Control | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Dimir Control | 2 | 4–2 | 66.7 | |||
| Azorius Control | 61 | 129–76 | 62.9 | 7 | ||
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 2 | 5–4 | 55.6 | |||
| Mono White Control | 7 | 17–7 | 70.8 | 1 | ||
| Guildgate Control | 31 | 44–54 | 44.9 | 1 | ||
| Seasons Past Control | 16 | 18–24 | 42.9 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Combo | 8 | 16–9 | 64.0 | |||
| Aristocrats | 8 | 16–9 | 64.0 | |||
| Mono Black Aristocrats | 8 | 16–9 | 64.0 | |||
| Aggro-Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Tempo | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Midrange | 54 | 95–87 | 52.2 | 5 | ||
| Mono Black Midrange | 1 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Fires of Invention | 53 | 94–84 | 52.8 | 5 | ||
| Ramp | 15 | 17–17 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Rofellos Ramp | 13 | 16–14 | 53.3 | 1 | ||
| Wild Pair | 13 | 16–14 | 53.3 | 1 | ||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Greenpost | 2 | 1–3 | 25.0 |