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 2 weeks, 2 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | 80–104 | 43.5 | 2 | 1356 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 6 | 4–8 | 33.3 | |||
| White Weenie | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Soldiers | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Humans | 3 | 2–4 | 33.3 | |||
| Boros Humans | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Orzhov Humans | 2 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Pirates | 2 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Combo | 26 | 26–44 | 37.1 | |||
| Reanimator | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Necrotic Ooze Combo | 4 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Warp World | 4 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Boros Glimpse | 4 | 8–4 | 66.7 | |||
| Breakfast | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 3 | 3–6 | 33.3 | |||
| Oops All Lands | 2 | 3–4 | 42.9 | |||
| Dredge | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Insidious Roots Dredge | 3 | 1–3 | 25.0 | |||
| Intruder Alarm | 3 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Restore Balance | 1 | 0–1 | 0.0 | |||
| Midnight Mass | 2 | 1–6 | 14.3 | |||
| Control | 4 | 7–7 | 50.0 | |||
| Azorius Control | 2 | 3–3 | 50.0 | |||
| Seasons Past Control | 2 | 4–4 | 50.0 | |||
| Aggro-Combo | 6 | 16–7 | 69.6 | 2 | ||
| Aristocrats | 6 | 16–7 | 69.6 | 2 | ||
| Rakdos Aristocrats | 6 | 16–7 | 69.6 | 2 | ||
| Combo-Control | 7 | 10–11 | 47.6 | |||
| Mass Land Destruction | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Wildfire | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Greasefang | 6 | 8–8 | 50.0 | |||
| Esper Greasefang | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Greasefang | 4 | 8–5 | 61.5 | |||
| Midrange | 9 | 8–17 | 32.0 | |||
| The Rock | 4 | 5–8 | 38.5 | |||
| Grenzo | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Abzan Midrange | 1 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Blink | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Orzhov Blink | 2 | 0–3 | 0.0 | |||
| Heartless Summoning Stompy | 1 | 2–3 | 40.0 | |||
| Ramp | 6 | 9–10 | 47.4 | |||
| Cloudpost Ramp | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Temurpost | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Applejacks | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Field Ramp | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 |