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, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119 | 176–134 | 56.8 | 16 | 7 | 1791 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Red Deck Wins | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo | 16 | 11–19 | 36.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Reanimator | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Recurring Nightmare | 4 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Jeskai Jeskai Ascendancy | 3 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 0 | 2 | |
| Taking Turns | 3 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Izzet Ascension | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Enduring Ideal | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Control | 42 | 59–50 | 54.1 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| Dimir Control | 8 | 23–12 | 65.7 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Azorius Control | 5 | 2–5 | 28.6 | |||
| Turbo Fog | 2 | 2–2 | 50.0 | |||
| Cloudpost Control | 5 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mono Blue Cloudpost Control | 5 | 7–7 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Stax | 7 | 8–7 | 53.3 | |||
| Mono White Control | 7 | 12–9 | 57.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Cycling Control | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Astral Slide | 1 | 2–1 | 66.7 | |||
| Pox | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Seasons Past Control | 5 | 3–5 | 37.5 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 8 | 7–6 | 53.8 | 1 | ||
| Trickbind Dreadnought | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Mono Blue Dreadnought | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Combo Goblins | 6 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 1 | ||
| Dirty Kitty | 6 | 7–4 | 63.6 | 1 | ||
| Aggro-Control | 4 | 8–5 | 61.5 | 0 | 1 | |
| Combo-Control | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 3 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Grixis Jokulhaups Control | 2 | 4–3 | 57.1 | |||
| Midrange | 29 | 58–32 | 64.4 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Blink | 16 | 28–16 | 63.6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Wave Blink | 16 | 28–16 | 63.6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Azorius Wave | 7 | 13–6 | 68.4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Orzhov Wave | 9 | 15–10 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Lifegain Midrange | 6 | 13–5 | 72.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Martyr's Grace | 6 | 13–5 | 72.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sultai Midrange | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Ramp | 15 | 25–16 | 61.0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Rofellos Ramp | 4 | 6–4 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cloudpost Ramp | 9 | 13–10 | 56.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Greenpost | 9 | 13–10 | 56.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |