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 11 weeks, 5 days.
Decks
Record
| # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 142 | 368–193 | 65.6 | 3 | 22 | 8 | 2097 |
Achievements
Archetype Tree
| Archetype | # Decks | Record | Win % | ① | ⑧ | 5–0s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggro | 21 | 66–29 | 69.5 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Mono Black Aggro | 7 | 19–11 | 63.3 | 0 | 2 | |
| White Weenie | 13 | 42–18 | 70.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Soldiers | 1 | 4–1 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono White Humans | 7 | 19–9 | 67.9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Legends Aggro | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Boros Legends Aggro | 1 | 5–0 | 100.0 | 1 | ||
| Combo | 19 | 45–28 | 61.6 | 1 | 3 | |
| Reanimator | 8 | 19–13 | 59.4 | 0 | 1 | |
| Living Death | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Excruciator Combo | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Traditional Reanimator | 7 | 16–11 | 59.3 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mono Black Reanimator | 5 | 13–9 | 59.1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Orzhov Reanimator | 2 | 3–2 | 60.0 | |||
| Hypergenesis | 1 | 1–1 | 50.0 | |||
| Breakfast | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Oops All Spells | 3 | 6–6 | 50.0 | |||
| Actual Twin | 7 | 19–8 | 70.4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Izzet Twin | 7 | 19–8 | 70.4 | 1 | 2 | |
| Control | 60 | 151–88 | 63.2 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| Mono Black Control | 1 | 1–2 | 33.3 | |||
| Dimir Control | 2 | 1–5 | 16.7 | |||
| Azorius Control | 5 | 13–5 | 72.2 | |||
| Izzet Control | 2 | 0–2 | 0.0 | |||
| Boros Control | 3 | 5–5 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Cloudpost Control | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Mono White Cloudpost Control | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 | |||
| Pox | 3 | 7–4 | 63.6 | |||
| Orzhov Control | 37 | 100–55 | 64.5 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Prison | 5 | 16–8 | 66.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Enchantress | 5 | 16–8 | 66.7 | 0 | 2 | |
| Midrange | 42 | 103–48 | 68.2 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
| Blink | 39 | 92–44 | 67.6 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Orzhov Blink | 38 | 91–41 | 68.9 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| Orzhov Midrange | 1 | 3–2 | 60.0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Laelia Cascade | 2 | 8–2 | 80.0 |